The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1910-12-08

Tor SAFE are OlTeCleU u NC opSh ~ lhS
inspection and examination Of creditors
and stockholders Of the corporation
whose record is sought, The returns of
all corporations are subject to the IN
spection of any government officer or TO
the examination OF any court, IN Whlch
the return made by the corporation 10
relevent and competent evidence.
the Payne Tariff Act.
The schedules of tho rates of duty in
the Payne tariff act have been subjected
10 a great deal of criticism. some of 1t
Just, more of it ~unfounded, and to much
misrepresentation . The act was adopted
in pursuance of a declaration by the
party which Is responsible for 1t that q
customs bill should be a tariff for the
protection of home industries, the meas
ure OF the protection to be the difference
between the cost of producing the i'm
ported article abroad and. the cost OF
producing It at home, together with such
addition to that difference as might give
4 reasonable profit to the home producer.
The basis for the criticism of this tariff
schedules the declared measure was not
followed, but a higher difference retained
or inserted by way OF undue discrimina-
zion in favor of certain industries and
manufactures. Little, If any, of the
criticism of the tariff has been directed
against the protective principle above
cism has been based on the charge that
the attempt to conform to the measure
OF protection was not honestly and SIN
cerely adhered to.
u
The time in which the tariff was pre-
pared undoubtedly was so short as to
make it impossible for the congress and
its experts to acquire the information
necessary strictly TO conform 10 the de-
clared measure; In order to avoid crit
iclsm OF This KIND in the future and for
me purpose of more nearly conforming
TO the party promise, congress at its last
session made provision at my request
for, the continuance of a board created
under the authority of the maximum and
minimum clause of the tariff bill, and
authorized this board to eXpend the
money appropriated under my direction
Tor the ascertainment the cost of produc-
ton at home and abroad of the various
articies included in the schedules of the
tariff. The tariff board thus appointed
and authorized has been diligent in pre-
gations: The hope of those who nave
advocated the use of this board for tariff
purposes is that the question OF the rate
of a duty imposed shall become more of
a business question and less of a pol:t-
knowledge. The halt In business and
the shock to business, due to the an
pc prepared and put in operation. will
pc avoided by treating the schedules one
oy one as occasion shall arise for a
AFTER a report upon the schedule by the
tariff board competent to make such re-
Q ~ II IS not likely that the board will
liahS d report uOIlIS the
Present session Of congress on any of
the schedules, because a proper exam
laaaon involves an enormous amount of
hope to be able at the opening Of the
new, congress, or at least during the
SESSION sessn{1on OF that congress, TO bring to its
atSehtlon the facts in regard to those
schedules in the present tariff that may
prove to need amendment. The carry
ing ths out f,,i, OF this plan, of course, involves
I!Le iuil cooperation of congress in
limiting the consideration in tariff mat
tefs to one schedule at a time, because
Is : Z 70 pri1 n%o,Ta amendment J to a tariff bill
Of all the schedules and another revisinn
tnen we shall only repeat the evil from
W mhlfn the business Of this country has
ii e stn e1o past past suffered most grievously
a resettlement of a law affectine ali
of4sn directly or indirectly, and the
g Wlo1id o. which no wise business man
II, nsesaLnents L can not too much en-
fba nie the Importance and beneft of
men rne p, az Sooxe proposed for the treat
moVal of noteworthy defects in any i'm
Pbor{ane law without a disturbance of
im S1g +~pfto 30 per which is wen more
OF I'm Instances Of the injustice in the tariff.
the tsr INJURIES hne which the members of
summer into the methods pursued bv
ethsr governments with reference to the
of TIER e ssel1ts ana the determination
each government maintains an office or
bureau, the officers and employees of
s Wn ! ~ aye made their life work Che
prices and cost of articles imnort-
ed, and the effect of the tariff upon
t thaIe, SO n a whenever a change is
~ ous4 70 pc necessary in the tariff law
~ : OFFICE Is the source of the most re-
ttiIa IA ln1ormation as to the propriety Of
enev gnange ana its effect. I am strongly
men. JUST such an office, and that it can
o fra secured BY making the tariff board
aPpol mffb a permanent tariff
ana 2 emoluments as it may seem wise to
10 on en1sgsa TO thgg give. It has been proposed
The ehI nresen the board from three to five.
90 not know that an Increase Of Two o
would be Objectionable. '"o
IL h metner or not the protective policy is
5ection to be accorded to our home in
are questions. which the people
nnsa decide through their chosen repre-
q, It IS clear that the necessary leetsia-
bnros silhuld pc based on an impartial,
q o+s 'sh ana continuous study of the
Banking and Currency.
The method of impartial scientific st,,a,,
1g experts as a preliminary to legtsiation
Mn NC 1 nope to see ultimately adopted
spect to the tariff, rivers and harhors
waterways and public buildings. also f.
pursued by the ~non-parfisan mon
,tary commission Of congress. An, ex-
and most valuable study Of the
banking and currency systems Of for
elgn countries has been completed
a comparison of the business methods |
ana institutions of the country are sure
g pc OF immediate value. I urge upon
congress- the importance of a n%on-parti-
ana disinterested study and consid-
tem. eyS-
It is idle to dream Of commercial ex-
2ansion and of the development ST our
latlonal trade on a scale that measures
lp 70 our matchless opponents unless
can lay a solid foundation in q
'ound and enduring banking and cur
.ency system. The problem is not parti-
san, IS not sectional-it is national.
Organization Of Army.
! further recommend that congress es-
sabHsh q commission to determine as
sarly as practicable a comprehensivyee
policy for the organization, mobilization |
md ADMINISTRATION OF the regular army,
ne organized militia, and the volunteer
forces in the event of war.
One or the great difficulties in the
prompt organization and mobilization Of
militia ana forces Is the alb
sence OF competent officers of the rank
oT captain. to teach the new army, by
lning Sp1l iarr 81 orJ = - = a.