The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-02-13
SOLUTION OF THE
II TARIFF PROBLEM
MUST COME FROM EXPERTS, NOT
FROM CONGRESS, SAYS
: ANDREW CARNEGIE.
HE PREDICTS GREAT CHANGES
IN the Industrial World and Advo
Gates the Creation Of a Supreme
Court to Control Monopolles
80 and Fix Prices.

New York, Feb. 13.-AndTew Carne.
gle yesterday declared that congress
IL Incapable of fixing just tariff
schedule, and that permanent bi
partisan commission of experts is the
only solution of the ever troublesome
tariff problem. MFR. Carnegie urged
that all manufacturers of the country
attend the national tariff commission
convention, which assemblies at In.
dianapolis on February 16. He also
asserted that the average congress.
man, as a rule. is unequipped by train.
ing or knowledge to fairly deal with
such an abstruse proposition as tariff.
Mr.. Carnegie's views we're made
known to representative of "Ameri.
can Industries" the official publica.
tion OF the National Association OF
Manufacturers He said:
~rhe difficulty with tariff commits.
sions OF regulators composed of mem.
hers of congress is that these gentle.
men are necessarily uninformed upon
the true conditions of the varied in.
dustries. Evidence given by inter
ssted parties cannot be depended up.
on as disinterested. Interested peo.
pie form distorted views. colored as
these are by their own interests. This
is Inevitable. Such is human nature.
They may not wish to deceive They
are themselves deceived
Congressman hearing evidence on
the technical points of an industry
are not familiar with the language
They cannot understand the bearing
OF the testimony given.
Another misfortune is that con.
gressional tariff committees get no
trustworthy evidence upon conditions
in other countries, and before men
can legislate wisely they must be I'm,
formed upon the relative conditions OF
both domestic and foreign manufac.
lures.
There should be a permanent staff
OF able, disinterested men, charged
with studying conditions In all manu-
featuring countries. The industrial
world is about to undergo the most
momentous change known In its his
tory, even more far reaching than was
the change from the individual domes-
tic manufacturer, manufacturing at
home. to the factory system and the
huge establishments of to-day. We
are rapidly losing competition In ar.
ticles of general consumption upon
which nations have hitherto depended
20 insure reasonable prices for the
consumer Some OF our most impor-
tAnt Industries to-day are only nomin-
ally competitive and in reality are
monopolies, so far as an understand.
thg exists as to prices that win pre-
vail.
"Fhese virtual monopolies must be
controlled I'm some way or other. A
supreme industrial court will have to
be created, and eventually will have
% pass upon prices--disgulse this as
we may. This is even a larger ques.
fion than the tariff, but our trouble
with revisIons of the tariff will be
greatly overcome by a body of ex-
perts. keeping themselves fully in
formed OF all matters pertaining TO
the question. The new Industrial
court may make steps, as our inter-
state commerce commission may, but
hoth will gradually create traditions
and make decisions which will be
guides for the future. II would be
well for our captains Of industry gen
orally TO attend the forthcoming con
ventlon and get true understanding
of the problems involved that they
may be prepared 10 pass upon the
suggested remedies"