The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-04-18
Tawney Confident House
Will Adopt Presidents
Plan.
HALE'S OPPOSITION
MAY BE WITHDRAWN
Fight, IF Any, on Proposition EX-
pectsd TO Be Made IN
Senate.
By JOHN sHURE.

Details Of the plan To- converting the
existing tariff board into what VIII
amount 70 q real tarsa commission have
Zen given out " Chairman James A
iErswney. Of the House Appropriations
.souu5ttee NJ. Tawney IS confident the
.plan viii be adopted so far as the
House IA concerned, and ne believes II
rvfIl 20 though the Senate
Mr.. TaEney is now on trip to his
district cut in Minnesota where MS
opponents are lying awake nights in an
EFFORT 70 beat him There, Nj IaWney
has given out an interview on the plan
- enIarre the powers Of the tariff board
and copies Of It have found lneir way
back TO washington
"One Of the great difficulties Congress
has had 20 contend with n the prepare
ton Of Z tariff bill that VIII proVlqe
revenues and g. tie same tine eInoOoy
the RepUoIcan ocC ~. l.lt U .L.-ssi17 TIE
dfTerencc between the cost Of prOduc-
tion here and abroad
To Obtain Information
'.Is the plan proposed BY the President
4s carried out, as 7 think It VII be, this
difficulty in preparation Of future tariII
Rus viii be overcome. as II IS proposed
70 authorize srd direct this commission
70 make such Inv CEtIgations here and
a5:la into the question Of the cost OF
-production as vii enable the President
70 give Congress reliable information On
this subject
This information VIII en lSil- s-S. On
zrsss 70 prepare q more scieEltlilc protee-
Rive tariff bill than II has heretofore
been able 20 prepare
1T nav be that the matter viii have
70 be threshed out in conference De
tween the two houses II 50. II Will pe
done BY the COnferees OF the Two houses
and the House contereeS vii De my sen.
Judge Smith Of Iowa and Fitzgerald o.
Rev York. Judge Smith IS as heartily
In favor Of the proposition as an
Collection OF Data
with this legislation. and the appro-
S,-iatiou- the President, through the tar
n board OF commission. can begin at
once the work Of collecting data neces-
sarv 10 determine 70 what extent the
present duty falls TO measure the eT-
act difference IN the cost Of production
here and abroad. and then TO make such
recommendations for changes in the eH-
listing tariff law as the result or theSe
Investigations show TO be necessary
This statement by Chairman Iavyney
1E the first authorized expression from
the House Appropriations Committee as
TO what the plan Is regarding the tar
probably been paved, so far as the
House IS concerned for getting an a2-
mission which has real authority
Hale's Hostility.
T il well known that Senator Hale.
chairman Of the Senate Committee on
Appropriations. Is hostile 10 a tariff
commission But lately, there are wins
pers about the Capitol that Senator
Hale. being in q hard row Of stumps up
IN the Pine Tree State. may conclude
that q tariff commission OF board with
real powers might not he so bad 4 thing
after all So there IS q possibility that
The fight IN the Senate against the COM
mission VIII not be as strenuous as waH
anticipated
The idco Of having e commission with
zeal power - likely 20 prove the enter
Ing we1ge to great changes II the
handling OF the tariff. In The House, il
6n informal way, there has been much
serious discussion Of so changing the
farln law as 20 clCthe the President
win power when the commission finds
the duty does not measure The difference
between cost OF production here and
ABROAD Plus reasonable profit. 70 mod
tfy the DUTY accordingly Things point
10 the serious consideration Of this
proposition in the Tot distant future II
may come this session.