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shine, the view was particularly effec-
tive. The bells of St. Mary IS Catholic
church, near by, were ringing chime
and citizens, lining the sidewalks, look
ed on in silent admiration.
The President in the meanwhile had
hurried back to his work at Burgess
Point and the festivities of the after
noon proceeded. They included large
banquet at the City Hall, where there
We're speeches and many fine words for
the President.
That very afternoon Secretary Mac
Veagh had come down from the frost
tipped woods of New Hampshire for
his last conference with the President
prior to the Western trip. They had
had a talk before the review and they
talked after the review on wide range
of topics affecting the administration
of affairs. Secretary MaeVeagh will
be the ranking cabinet officer in Wash
ington during much of the President s
trip-the man on the lid as it were.
Among other things he brought down to
the President his recommendations for
the new tariff commission, which will
be composed of Prof. Henry c. Emery,
of Yale University; Assistant Secretary
of the Treasury James B. Reynolds, and
Alvin II. Sanders. of Chicago, who owns
and has been editing the Breeders
Gazette.
There has been a deal Of comforting
over that tariff board and also over its
personnel 1t is a very important board,
although its functions fall far short of
II I. e MI iah
many men wanted. The immediate i'm
preston was that the President had
named a very competent trio Of men
and that their labors would make for
the collection of truthful and enlight-
ening data about tariff rates. They
have authority, of course, chiefly in the
matter of investigating the tariffs of
foreign countries in connection with
the maximum and minimum provisions
of the Payne law But the President,
if he wishes, can employ them in bring
ing out a vast amount Of information
regarding the significance of rates.
The chairman of the board, Prof
Emery, is a political economist of es-
tablished reputation and of thorough
education. He comes from Ellsworth,
Maine, the home town of Senator Hale,
and that is likely to please such stand
pat leaders as Senator Hale and Sena-
tor Aldrich. Assistant Secretary Rey-
nolds, who will now resign the Office
he has held since March, 1905, has had
charge of the administration of Gus
toms and is very well informed about
the practical workings of tariffs. There
is no more capable official in that line
in all the Treasury service. He is a
graduate of Dartmouth and like Prof.
Emery. is not yet 40 years old. Mr..
Sanders has been a very active advo-
cate of reciprocity and of downward re-
vision, has fought the determinations
of European countries against the meat
products of the United States and has
| made several visits to Europe on kin
| bred erTands.
All three of the new mmissioners
have had European experience and have
familiarity with European tariffs
which should expedite the thorough con-
sideration of those documents which
they are expected to give. In the course
| of the next three or four months they
will be required to show the President
| whether any European government is
| discriminating against American goods
and whether American exports are be-
| ing given the most favored rates of
| duty.