The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-12-04
AIMS OF TARIFF
BOARD MADE CLEAR

would then De ready 90 take up at once
the nest schedule.
There has been said AR. Emery
much understanding a bout hear
lNka before the board. and many manu-
ltcturers have wondered how we can
ut luNestiEating their schedules with
our consulting them. The answer is
Audl we consider Do waste or time for
ali PARTIES concerned 20 have them ap-
pear before ms I'm formal hearings til
we have first made n thorough study
=. tne industry and know just what
done. we shall invite the testimony Of
aii interested parties. We shall lay
our results openly ON the table Cor any
one TO ~~iticiso. amend. or disprOve.'
aule- Taken ~.
s-fou can - -criatc the necessity we
sf' under of n. iccntrating our chief ef-
forts 90 first on q Few main lines"
said Mr. Emery. Naturally every one
wn7 has some personal grievance
triHkH his particular schedule is the one
mat needs immediate revision. while
20 nave bad On vast amount OF earnest
end pupiic epiritcu. but utterly CON
IIirting. advice gs 90 what we ought Co
taFc up first and. exactly when we
ouEnt Co have the work completed.
whether wisely or uuwisely. we de-
ien % concentrate for Tire moment
on schedule - tpulD and paper1. schc-
quo n wool and wooicnsl aud scncd-
ule - farm productsl. Preliminary
work ie being done on schedule A
tchemicaleI. schedule g. tmetnls and
manufacturcrs Of and schedule tcot-
These VIII begin a. soon as possible.
Furthermore. we are obtaining
many special reports from technical
experts both CO home and abroad. COW
eriur wide range OF articles in other
schedule. which viii later form the
basis for more detailed Investigations.
Fo-ce ~ Work.
AT the moment. besides the mem
hfrs or The board. the statisticinn and
the strictly administrative force. we
have four chicfs of Investigation. eight
trained inreetfEa tors employed on the
first part OF trc work and about an
euu q number on clerks to assist them.
about Ca dozen consulting or technical
experts devotinE part or their time
ports on special topics. and twelve men
I'm the field. getting actual cost figures
from the books ~ Individual pur-
The speaker then urged strongly the
necessity for maintaining "a sane sense
or proportion REGARDING the influence.
AID or tarifr irvcstigations
"Iuzt as there are some who give
practically an tlc credit Tor prosperity
o. %" tariff. and others who think the
air the cause OF most misfortune.
hc said. "fhcre are those who think
an impartial investigation OF the tar
SO ie menace tp ali business. and
ofhers who think that such an iuvesti-
cation wiz hy some wagic process 40
0uate for bis expenditure and solve the
aEe-'onE problem Of making both ends
meet.
Conditions Not Theories.
Many economic theorists have at
fciupted tu find the philosopher stone
by means Of which prices could DE
made high to an who wish them hiEh.
and low fo alf who wish them loH. n
would hr fine thinr 90 Che farmer
CnulG always get 30 huaNFI fur Nis
wheat. and trc WORKING man pay only
NE are Inclined to hold governments
responsible which does MOI accomplish
such fear- Of alchemy. and fle work ~
any government agency D. GFfaliA
hawuercd hy the absence ~ sane
undorsfa ndinE Of what DO can, and
what DO cannot do
sir Errorv showed tho difference be-
tween European and American meth
ods n tariff making. ard pointed yrt
that fHc reason why such elaborate tn
restiratiors had not been necessary
abroad was because in those countries
there were bodies % government Of
character. who have devoted them
solves SOLELY go the study 81 these
questions Tor "a quarter 81 a century
Question one OF business.
-Trc tariff question is one of bust
Emery "Tnc problem OF how FAR an
industry needs protection fo keep DO
iu sound existence. or what the effect
tIed bv an alesbraic formula. None the
fr-s. such material. when dtgested hF
irnuarttaf men 81 common sense. who
know tnr conditions ~ competition IN
each i~dustry. and checked by the
krhu. iedEe ~ those who have follow cd
or indu-tr. for O. lifetime. viii furuiAa
body of know ledge on whicn tarlttS
can boz made which wiII have fre iuII
confidence OF fair-minded men,. -.
SIR Emery spoke ~ The great dilfi-
r-fftrr involved. especially I'm getting
accurate cost fiZurrz Ia view of the
fact that ir many lines the manutac-
furor has not himself been able Co fig
uro out BITS own costs accurately. and
also I'm view Of the fact that Figures or
relative cost were not iu tnemsel Ives
TTr frankly admitted that in the case
Of some articles 90 would bc either inn
possible or unnecessary 20 attempt such
Di-cussine the existing powers % the
tariff board 60 secure Information. Nh
board that FOR an Investigation ~ this
character. cOcrciVc powers 60 call for
books and examine witnesses under
oath were hy no means essential
Present Methods Good Enough.
TESTIMONY given under coercion. he
said. "ie TOO likely Io become uuwill-
fne and halr-hcarfcd. In most cases
more complete and Illuminating iufor-
s9 can , or .gs,lTsf, % t ll,igTsI
government who have accomplished
most In these lines have no such powers
and do not ask tn"m. Up Co date. how
ever. thc board has no reason 10 doubt
that they can secure tho necessary iu-
formation hF present methods. After
aff IN tlr principle ig once firmly ee-
fHnliencd that protection. however nee
resarr. DE- favor. and that the burden
81 proof is on the manufacture 60
show cause why if is granted. the auos-
ton ~ powers becomes relatively UNI
important"
on tho question a. 10 what use
would bc made Of such findings. Mr.
Emer- said that. whether tho board
should report o. tho President or %
ton into facts would come from tho