The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-05-09
ENLARGE SCOPE
OF TARIFF BOARD
Sundry Civil Bill Has Sup.
port Of President.
STANDPATTERS IN REVOLT

DaIzeIl and Fordney Look Upon Con-
ferring Of Additional Powers Upon
Board as Entering Wedge For Tar
In Commission Which They Declare
Observation-Disclosures, Author
of Provision, Denies That Right to
Change Rates Is Delegated.
Washington, May "a law Is
about to be enacted by congress with
the approval of the Taft administra
tion that will, It Is believed, provide
an issue on which Republican orators
of all compilations may unite In dis
cossing the tariff In the coming cam
paign. Republican leaders have de-
termined to confer powers upon the
existing tariff board that will enable
II to make more thorough inquiries
into cost of production at home and
abroad. Such a provision Is contain
ed In the sundry civil bill, which is
pending in the house.
President Taft is favorable to the
proposal that the powers of the tariff
board be enlarged. While Speaker
Cannon has made no comment on the
subject for publication, It Is under
stood that the provision in the sun
dry civil bill has his approval. Sen,
ator Aldrich will not object, and the
officers of the Republican congress
sional committee, notably Chairman
Mckinley, who will direct the fight
TO retain Republican control over the
house. has placed his o. X. on the
provision.
Some Republican stand.patters will
oppose 1t, particularly Representa-
tives Dalzell of Pennsylvania and
Fordney of Michigan, members Of the
ways and means committee. They
look on the move to confer additional
powers on the tariff board as the en-
tering wedge for a tariff commission
which, as proposed by Senator Bev-
eridge of Indiana, would be author
lied to make changes In rates In its
discretion. To this Representative
Tawney of Minnesota, author. of tho
provision broadening the powers of
the tariff board, has replied that con.
gress can not delegate the taxing
power and that in his opinion no seri-
GUS effort will be made to create
such a commission, inasmuch as 1t
obviously would be unconstitutional.
Mr.. Tawney declares that 1t is mere
ly proposed to make the tariff board
,D 30 lot L., ta nI
other countries in order that future
revisions of the tariff may be made
in a more scientific manner.
Representative Champ Clark, the
minority leader, has announced that
the house Democrats will be united
In their opposition to the Tawney
proposition. "The Democrats are op-
posed to It," said Representative
Tawney, because they know that It
will afford a means by which Repub.
lioans may get together on the tar
iff."
Republicans from the middle and
northwest are very much elated over
the Tawney provision They say that
II they can give their constituents
assurances that a tariff board Is at
work collecting data that will enable
congress to avoid mistakes In future
revisions that are alleged in some
quarters to have been made In the
recent revision, the way will be made
easier for them In this years cam
paign. This view is entertained by
many Republican leaders, and as the
Tawney provision has the support Of
the president. It's advocates have no
doubt that 1t will be enacted. They
expect that Mr.. Taft will be able to
win over to the support of the pro.
vision the stand-patters who have