Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-02-17
TARIFF COMMISSION IS FINAL GOAL
 AIMED AT
NATIONAL TARIFF COMMISSION CONFINES AT INDIANAP-
 OILS YESTERDAY.
VAN CLEvE NAMED PRESIDENT
DENUNCIATION OF AMERICAN PROTECTIVE TARIFF LEAGUE
 DRAWS APPLAUSE.

INDIANAPOLIS, February l6.-The first national tariff commission conven. ton, whose delegates hope to pave the way for the establishment of a per manent tariff commission, assembled here today and chose as permanent chairman J. w. Van Cleve of St. Louis, the president of the National Associa ton of Manufacturers. Chairman Van Cleve has been one of the leaders of the movement for this convention and his activity called forth protests from the ranks of the manufacturers organiza- tion. Endorsement of his work by the executive committee of his organization yesterday made him double victor.
 The program for the first session in cluded speeches by Chairman Van Cleve, Henry $. Towne, president of the Mer- chants Association of New York; Sen ator Brown of Nebraska, and former Governor Guild of Massachusetts. The last named headed a delegation repre- senting the Boston chamber of com. merce, and scores of other delegates represented various large commercial or political organizations
 Van Cleve's denuneiation of the American Protective Tariff League aroused the delegates, who applauded vigorously. At the conclusion of Van Cleve B address, Senator Brown of Ne braska was introduced. The senator was followed by former Governor Guild of Massachusetts. Governor Guild said in part:
 1.-The present tariff is outgrown. I speak as protectionist. It needs to be modernized, and modernized now with such information as congress may be able at once 10 obtain. Any ques- tion in the commission must be as corollary to the new modern tariff to be prepared at once by this present con gross. It is better that the new tariff contain, as it will, some errors, than that immediate consideration of this question should further be evade6 or postponed
 Representative Fowler of New Jersey addressed the tariff commission eonven- tion in session here today in advocacy of bill, outlined by himself, which proposes the creation of tariff com mission of fifteen members at a salary of sl0,000 per year, each.
 In urging this bill, Fowler admitted that difficulties lay in tho way of its enactment into law, and to that end he recommended that every commercial body in>the United States should be or ganized into campaign club, and s'' through the sheer force of voting, compel members of congress to commit themselves to the program. He de clared, "Neither the house nor the sen. ate will yield an atom of its power or prerogative any more than the kings of England did, unless driven to do 50 by overwhelming, consuming public senti- ment, which you alone can create. He referred to the voIuminous litiga. ton growing out of customs disputes and on this point said:
 Litigation which keeps an army of judges, lawyers and government officials constantly busy. costs millions of dollars to the government, many more millions to people directly interested therein, and in the end must como from the pockets of the people. With the excep- ton of members of tho bar, hardly single class in this community has been benefited by this waste of time and money.
 "The commission which l advocate provides effective machinery by which this proposal can be carried without shock or the slightest interference with the trade of the country, and yet the matter of executive control rests en- tirely with the house and senate. v