The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-04-03
GLOSSARY Of THE
AMERICAN TARIFF
: Administration Has a Plan to
Furnish Mass of Much
Needed information.
GREAT WORK COMMENCED
CONGRESS TO BE ASKED FOR APP
PRECIPITATION OF $25o,ooo.
GREAT WORK COMMENCED
BY SIDNEY EsPEY.

Washington, April 2.-One OF the
most far-reaching and engrossing sub
jects which this administration will at
tempt to bring about during the course
of the present fiscal year is complete
glossary, or encyclopedia. Of the Amer
lean tariff. 1t will include within its
scope an Investigation of all the large
industries OF the United States engaged
in export trade with foreign countries,
and, 20 perhaps a larger extent, the en-
tire manufacture of articles OF trade
coming into this country. The purpose
of this important work is TO acquaiut
Congress, the President and the people
of the United States generally with the
cost of manufacture of articles OF ex-
port so that the legislators, executives
and the people may have a complete
and intelligent idea of the valuations OF
articles OF commerce and industry.
Heretofore Congress and the Presi-
dent in endeaVOring TO work out a
tariff just and equitable for the United
States in comparison to like rates ex-
listing In other countries, have under
taken a job which, to say the least, has
been one they did not fully under
stand. In other words, experts Of the
government In this line say they have
DEtu utd&lu6 Win a SuUJN-N WHICH NAAS
majority knew very little about. Sew
eral hundred lawmakers from various
parts of the country, in determining
tariff rates in their respective commu-
mites. The result is that when tariff
bill has been completed great disSattS-
faction has been apparent in one sec
ton of the country or another. Should
a glossary be compiled showing the cost
of manufacture of articles Of export it
is pointed out that all lawmakers who
are interested can be made fully ac-
quainted with conditions obtaining in
the United States at once, and after
due consideration can handle their sub
ject with intelligence.
Work Already Commenced.
Work on this glossary or encyclopedia
has already been commenced by mem
Sers of the tariff board, which is COM
posed OF A. II. Sanders, II. c. Emery
and J. r. Reynolds The plan on which
the work will proceed has been mapped
GU and its general scope provided for.
To make this encyclopedia a success
from the start the hearty cooperation
of Congress has been sought, and, ac-
cording 10 the adYices of a high gov
eminent official, Congress viii not re-
fuse it. 1t is proposed by President
Taft to ask Congress for an apprOpria-
ton Of S25O,OOO for this purpose. Should
this sum become available the force of
the tariff board viii be greatly en-
larged, additional clerks will be asked
for aud special examiners and Stats
ticians employed. OF the latter class.
men especially fitted to carry on this
work Will be appointed If possible
professors of economics of universities,
or others whose calling has made them
familiar with the collection of such
data as the board may wish to obtain,
viii be given the preference. Other
quarters viii be obtained as it is con-
sidered that the offices now occupied In
the treasury building are inadequate.
When the work IS well on its way
and the initial appropriation obtained
from Congress appointments TO the new
branch OF the government service will
be made by the tariff board members
themselves, irrespective, it is said, of
Congressional influence. The object is
to obtain men unbiased, politically, who
viii send absolutely correct reports OF
their research so that positive state
ments can be made and the glossary
be rated as standard work. These
men will be high-class experts and will
be employed by the tariff board mem
bers at different times. They win DE
assigned to some particular work, and
when that is finished, to another. The
places VIII not be permanent, however
They viii also have rowing commits
siOns, being sent from one part Of the
country TO another. No research Will
1t is thought, take longer than siS
months to complete.
Articles Now Listed.
In summing up the number of indus
trial articles of export which will bt
subjected TO this research of valuation
and cost, il is estimated that there ar,
about 5000 or 1000 now listed in the