The Tupelo journal., 1910-05-06
INQUIRY
SEEMS ASSURED
Congress Likely to Vote the Ap-
preparation For the Com
mission.
OPPOSITION DYING
President Does Not Want to Postpone
Action on His Measures-Future
Leadership OF Senate 10 Topic
OF Lively Speculation-
Root q Puzzle. rs

WaShtngton-When the members OF
what very properly may be called the
presidents tariff board" are certain
that money enough will be provided
to enable them to broaden the scope
Of their work they will at once begin
an investigation which Is likely. it Is
said. to bring to the surface ome real
facts concerning the relation or lack
of relation Of high prices to the tariff.
MI. Taft asked for $500 0 to en-
able the tariff inquiry work to go on.
and 1t is possible that In addition to
granting the money congress. possibly
for political reasons, will also enact
legislation which will give specific au-
thority to the experts to collect mate
rial which may be of advantage for
use in future tariff legislation.
Money Likely to Be Granted.
In the earlier days Of the present
session several of the standpat Repub-
licans said openly that they would OPP
pose any measure which would give
the tariff experts any greater author
~ SANA a NoAAIAACo OA lAOAA uA-
der the Payne-Aldrict law. Since
these words of intended antagonism
to additional powers for the experts,
the Republicans who spoke them have
had a change of heart which Demo
Gratis say is due almost entirely to the
recent congressional elections in which
the party met defeat. The chances
are therefore that $250.000 will be
granted for further investigation into
business conditions with a view to the
relation that they bear to the tariff.
The Democrats declare that the Re-
publicans are insincere and they say
their change of position Is due wholly
to the fact that they are frightened.
The work which the tariff board will
do when the money Is forthcoming
to enable them to do II. will be to col
lect information after a name d.
rectly suggested by the president Of
the United States when he said that
1t should be collected without regard
Ito the effect which the facts may
have in calling for a REIMBURSEMENT OF
the rates Of duty"
Position Of High Tariff Men.
The high tariff men in congress be-
lieve that Ravens (Dem.) was elected
in the Rochester district over AID
ridge tRep.) because of the tariff is
sue They do not say this openly. but
they believe it. nevertheless, and now
they realize that with a tariff board
working along lines mapped out by
the country may come to the conclu-
sion that the Republican administra-
ton and the Republican congress
finally may get into a mood to revise
the tariff downward.
These politicians Of the dominant
party ,say~that If the people knew
they were actually to get it they would
prefer to have downward revision CIV
en- to them by the Republicans rather
than by the Democrats, who. as these
high tariff men say. when once start
ed on the downward scale of the sched-
ules would not know where to STOP"
President Against Delay.
Suggestion has been made to Presi-
dent Taft by some of the leading Re
publicans that it might be just as well
to postpone full consideration of ono
or two of his chief measures until the
next session. These Republicans, the
president apparently thinks, do not
realize that If the legislation is post.
poned how great an effect the putting
off may have on the elections.
1t is perfectly clear that the Demo-
Gratis, from a political standpoint, will
be very willing to have the Republic
ans postpone action On some of the
presidents measures, for the minority
party believes that If only a part Of
the administrators program is car
ried out the Republicans will lose just
SO much ammunition for use in the
campaign during the months pre-
ceding the election. The Democrats.
however. are not giving this advice
to the Republicans. for they are will
ing that the enemy should make the
mistake which they to think
would be vital. and 1t must be said
that the president to q considerable
extent seems to share the Democratic
view.
Senator Aldrich Is having almost
daily conferences with Mr.. Taft The
Rhode Islander has been accused Of
pretty nearly all the legislative Of
lenses to be found in the realm Of &C
c~usations. but he apparently is de
sirous in this. the next session before
his last. to help the president. whom
Misunderstood.
Tn uyoc on onfhuciaot1r 0arqman and