The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-10-28

out by the tariH board. Ihey are. as
previously stated. sent to individual
firms and read as follows:
"As you are aware. the new Tariff
Act of August 9Th. 1909. provides that
the duties on imports into this coun,
try shall. after March 31st. 1910. be
those prescribed by Section /. of the
act, plus % per cent ad yalorem.
These maximum rates go into effect
automatically except where the presi.
dent shall by proclamation declre
that country does not, by tariff
regulations or in any other way. dis
criminate unduly against the united
States or the products thereof. In
case the president decides that any
country does not make such discrim-
ination, the duties to be levied on
goods imported from such country
will be those of the published sched-
ules, which constitute the minimum
tariff.
"A tariff board has been appointed
by the president, whose duty it is to
assist him in determining whether or
not undue discrimination does exist
at the present time under the laws
or regulations of any country. 1t is
necessary for the proper fulfiillnent
of this duty that the tariff board
should have full information, not only
as to the formal legisla ton, or regula-
tons OF foreign countries in thi;
regard, but also as 10 the practical
x,-o,ly;,, af ony r,,ch lams nr rapula-
lions in their effect on American ex-
port trade.
I'm carrying out the purposes of this
act the board desires and asks for the
cooperation of the business interests
O. the country. We invite communica'
tions containing definite and explicit
statements of fact as to the actual
bearing of foreign tariffs or regulations
OF: the trade of American exporters
as compared with the exporters or
other countries. All such communica-
lions will receive prompt and careful
consideration.
I'VE ask that you at once lay before
the tariff board any information peril
nent to this inquiry, as far as your
own business is concerned" ....
From the answers received, and
from the study of the foreign tariff
laws themselves, the American tariff
board expects to be able to formulate
its future course of action.
3 -
Home Sickness Causes Desertion.
Brigadier General Charles Morton
commanding the Department or Mis-
souri,, one of the Oldest, in point OF
service, of the officers of the army,
i; official sponsor for the idea that
the greatest trouble with the Amer1-
can soldier is homesickness, and that
of the plainest, unmodified variety
Desertion has long been the most
perplexing problem for the officers
who are constantly striving to build
UP thoroughly trained army units.
No sooner have they started ON their
task when the recruit, beginning to
undergo the metanorphosis into the
soldiery regular, takes notion to get
back to the undisciplined order OF
civil life. More recruits take their
places and the process is continuous
so that the army officer is constantly
confronted with this variety of en-
byro soldier Like the poor of the
Bible, he is always with them.
General Morton, who has had time
to study the problem for the forty
eight years he has been in the military
service, believes inconsistencies is
the trouble, and for this reason sug-
gests a modification of the stern
treatment which is melted to the de-
sorting soldier boy VINO overstays his
leave to get glimpse of home from
whence he set forth with beating
heart to achieve glory for thirteen
dollars month.
Says General Morton in his report
TO the department:
Il am fuzzy convinced that the ma
jor portion of the assertions by very
young men, in the early part of their
enlistment terms, is due to nome
sickness and disappointment over
what they enormously anticipated a
soldiers life to be. The numerous at
tempts by this class of deserters to
enlist again and the number found to
have succeeded demonstrate that the
assertions were not due to causes in
herent to the service nor to read dis
satisfaction Herewith. This is fur
Their demonstrated Oy the fact OF so
many who surrender from desertion
and of those unprecedented, desiring to
serve the unexpired term of their en-
hstments. / would recommend, in out
line, proclamation to restore to duty
without trial for desertion this class
OF deserters where the assertions were
not attended by any other aggravating
circumstances, conditioned upon their
reporting within three months to
their respective organizations for
honorable completion of their terms
o. enlistments. 1 believe some such
relief, if consistent with law, should
be extended to the very young men
now serving sentences for plain un-
aggravated desertion soon after en-
listment.
Il believe that many men who are
absent from their organizations with
out leave for various causes, not with
any original intent to desert, remain
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