Albuquerque morning journal., 1910-12-04
Chairman Of Tariff Commission
Wants Body Made Free From
All Partisan Influence in Con-
duct oi Work,
SAID TC SPEAK WITH
APPROVAL OF PRESIDENT
Pulp and Paper and the Wool
Schedules to Be Among First
Taken Up by Commission for
Revision,



Chicago. Dec 9.--Ilenry G. Emery.
chairman OF the tariff commission, To-
night gave the first official utterance
regarding the definite aims of that
body In an address made before mem
hers of the Chicago Association Of
Commerce. following q banquet at the
Congress hotel.
He made a strong plea for pernla-
nent tariff board or commission, Tree
from partisan Influence, 60 conduct
an extended Investigation into the in
dustrial effects of the tariff and then
to revise the various schedules without
partisan interference
Chairman Emery's address was the
first official utterance Of the detl-
mite aims of the tariff board and tho
methods il intends to employ. u can
be assumed that ne spoke for and
with, the approval Of President TAFT
! He made clear, strong plea Tor q
permanent tariff board or commission.
| free from partisan influences, To meet
he growing opinion that q new agency
should be provided by the government
under which impartial inquiry might
be carried out.
The mag work of jpyestigatlng the
industrial Directs OF our tartu hnd
been divided into three main parts,
So"
vestigators Of different types The
first pnrt is the collection of facts re-
gardng each dutiable article, show
! ing the character and localization or
ita production at home and abroad.
lstptistics OF output. imports ana eN-
ports. rates OF duty reduced to adj
valorem terms and the like.
The second part Of the work is the
collection OF data regarding costs 81
tI. nal
| consists OF obtaining Information
from the best experts available re-
garding home and foreign prices. lo-
cal variations In each industry, ana
| the general conditions Of competition
Int home and abroad.
The first part of the work, he said.
can be pushed rapidly. but the Sec
ond part and. TO some extent the
third. must be concentrated for the
time being on few main lines or
inquiry and carried out with caution.
| The speaker mentioned the differ
lent groups of investigators in eaeh
field and referred to the fact that
experts on cost accounts would IN q
/ few weeks have the actual conversion
costs al the mill of every leading
putp and paper plant IN the country.
! taken directly from the books, ana
would then be ready to take up at
once the next schedule.
you can appreciate the necessity
we are under Of concentrating our
chief efforts at first on few nam
lines" said Mr.. Emery. Naturally.
everyone who has some personal
grievance, thinks his particular scneu-
ule Is the one that needs Immediate
revision while we have had vast
lamount OF earnest and public spirit
ed but utterly conflicting advice as
20 what We ought to take up iirsl anu
exactly when we ought to nave the
work completed.
whether wisely or unwlsely we
decided 10 concentrate for the moment
on schedule M tpulp ana phpeF)
schedule X (wool and woolens), ana
schedule G (farm producfs). Pre-
lliminary work is being done on scheu-
lule A (chemicals), schedule Z tmet-
lnls and manufacturers of) and sched-
lnle (cottons). And the more de-
tailed work on these viii begin as
soon as possible.
Furthermore. we are ohtainlhs
many special reports from technleai
experts both at home and abroad
covering wide range of articles In
other schedules which will later form
the basis for more detailed inVesu"
cations.
AT the moment besides the mem
hers Of the board, the statistician ana
IN. strictly administrative force, we
have four chiefs of Investigation.
eight trained investigators employed
Ion tho first part Of the work ana
lnbout an equal number Of clerks 10
assist them. about dozen consuming
or technical experts devoting Il part
of fhcir time to the third part Oh tho
work or 10 reports on special topics.
land twelve men In the field gettins
ncfuaI cost figures from the books OF
individual producers
."rhrre mas been" said Mr. Emery,
"mnch misunderstanding about hear
lings before the board, and many
manufacturers have wondered how
we can be investigating their sched-
ltlee without consulting them Thc
answer is that We consider II waste oi
time FOR all parties concerned 20
lhaXe them appear before us In formal
hearings till We have first made a
lthorouuh study of the industry and
know lust what We are after. When
This has been done We shall invite the
Testimony Of all Interested parties. We
shall lay our results openly on the
table for any one to criticise' amend
or disaproVc.
The speaker then urged strongly the
necessity for maintaining san"
isens. of proportion regarding the m
0uence. whether for good or EVIL. or
Tariffs and OF tariff investigations.
Just as there are some VINO give
i,.artiralfv an the credit for prosper