The Prescott daily news., 1910-08-25
GOES MORE THAN HALF WAY TO SUPPLY MEETING GROUND
 WITH INSURGENTS.
STILL LIKES PAYNE LAW
President, However, Admits, Inferen- italy, There Is Room for Improve ment-Politicians Call Latest
 Move Very ShreWd.

Beverly, Mass, Aug. 25-President Taft has gone more than half way to meet the insurgents, and to supply meeting ground for them and the reg ulars in his decision to recommend to the next congress that individual schedules of the tariff be taken up separately and revised further, in a scientific manner.
 This recommendation will be the presidents keynote speech for the congressional cam paign. Political ob- servers regard the move as about the shre widest that has been made during the present administration.
 The president still is convinced the Payne Aldrich law Is the best tariff measure the country ever has had, but he admits, inferentially, there yet Is much room for improvement,
 The principal fight of the insurgents was upon certain schedules of the tar if law President Taft has been ex- ceedingly anxious to find ground upon which the two factions could meet without embarrassment to eith- CT.
 To Take Up Schedules Separately
 Taft does not intend that business should be upset by another wholesale revision, but will recommend to con gress that individual schedules in the tariff system be taken up separately The new revision is to be based upon the findings of the commission of the cost of production at home and abroad.
 Only fair profit is to be allowed the American producer. "EXtortlon- ate and unreasonable" profits, the president declares, will be tolerated TO longer.
 The president has stated these facts and has outlined his position in de- tail in the letter he has sent to Repre- sentative Mckinley of Illinois for publication in the congressional cam paign textbook
 With the creation of the tarlff board under the Payne-Aldrich act and the enlargement of it's power by provision of the last congress, the president De- | lieves a way has been opened to put the tariff Cn a scientific basis for the first time in the history of the coun- try.
 | The objection has been raised and urged upon the president that the opening of an individual schedule ot the tariff would mean the possible throwing open of the entire tarif act with another long debate and stir ring up of conditions generally.
 Plans to Cut Of Long Debate.
 Taft proposes to meet this with the recommendation to congress before any schedule is taken up for further consideration a rule shall be passed, both by the house and senate, proVld- ing that amendments to certain schedule of the tariff shall be in order, and any amendments not germane to that particular schedule shall be de clared out of order.
 The president takes the ground that it was impossible to revise the taritt Immediately after the Republican platform was adopted, and to revise 1t at the same time on basis ot the difference between the cost of produc- tion at home and abroad. | He believes that substantial prog ress was made in the Payne-Aldrich act and now that the tariff commis- sion has got its inquiries we'll under way. it soon will be possible to take mn the individual schedules as fast as the facts and figures are available and revise them actually on the basis de- ! cIarad for in the party platform.