Albuquerque morning journal., 1910-12-07

ulcA. because proper examination N 4
wolves an enormous amount Of detan
and "a great deal Of care, but ! hope
10 h, able "a the opening OF the new
congress. or at least during the ses-
sion OF thut congress. 10 bring TO its
aiisnt the facts in regard TO those
schedules In the present tnriff that
may prove 10 need amendment the
carrying. ont OF this plan. of course.
involves the full cooperation Of con
press in limiting the consideration In
tariff matters 10 one schedule at q
time, beeuuse If proposed amend-
mcut to a tariff bill is to involve "A
compiete consideration Of all the
achedules and another revision. then
we shall only repeat the evil from
which the business Of this country has
in tifaes past suffered most grievous-
IS by staRnation and uncertainty,
ponGinE n resettiemcnt Of law ar
fectinR all business directly or indi-
rectly and the effect of which no
wise business man would ignore IN
new projects and new Investments. |
cannot too much emphasize the I'M
pOrtance and benefit Of the plan
above proposed for the treatment OF
the tariff II facilitates the removal
of noteworthy defects in an import
ant law without disturbance Of busi-
ness prosperity which " even more
important 20 the happiness and the
comfort of tho people than the elm
inati0n Of instances OF Injustice IN the
tariff
The Inquiries which the members of
the tariff board made during the last
SUMMER into the methods pursued by
other governments with reference 10
the fixing Of tariffs ana the determin-
alton Of their effect upon trade, show
4HtI ttf4lr "a M
office or bureau, the Officers and em-
ployes of which have made their life
work the study Of tariff matters, Of
foreign nnd home prices and cost Of
articles imported and the effect OF
the fariff upon trade 80 that when
ever rhange Is thought 70 bc neo-
essary ln the tariff law this office Is
the source of the most reliable infor-
nation as to the propriety OF the
change and It's effect / am strongly
convinced that wc need ia this gov
ernment Just such an office. and that
Il can be secured by making the tariff
board already appointed permanent
tariff commission, with such duties.
powers and emoluments az Il may
seem wiae 60 congress 10 give u mas
heen proposed 60 enlarge the board
from three TO five The present
number IS convenient but ! do not
know that an increase Of two mem
bcra would be Objectionable
whether or not the protective pol
icy Is e. be continued, and the de-
gree of protection 20 be accorded TO
our home industries, are questions
which the people must decide through
their CHOSEN representatives but
VIII, tevar policy is adopted, II is clear
thai the necessary legislation should
DO based On an impartial, thorough (
and CONTINUOUS study of the Facts
Banking aud Currency Reform
The method Of impartial scientific
study BY experts as a preliminary to
LEGISLATION which | hope 70 soc ulti-
nately adopted az our fixed natlonal
nolicy with respect to the tariff rivers
snd harbcrs. waterways and public
buildinge also Is being pursued by the
non-partisan monetary commission of
fonpress An exhaustive and most /
stndY of the banking and
surrenrs system of foreign countrieEi
has been completed,
A comparison Of the business meth
DDS aud institutions Of our powertul
ana successful rivals with our own,
is sure tO be Of immense value
rrgn upon congress the Importance ot
a nom partisan ana distintereated
study ana consideration Of our BANK
nc and currency system
II b. idia to dream of commercial
oxpens,on md of the DEVELOPMENT Of
our uatienal trade on scale that
measures up 10 our matchlegs oppor-
tunities unless we can lay solid fouh-
dnti4u I'm Sound ana enduring
banking and CURRENCY system. The
prohlem Is partisan, rs not Sec
ticunl 1t is national
WAR DEPARTMENT.
The war department has within its
Jurisdiction the management OF the
army. and in connection herewith,
tho coast defcnscs. the government of
the dercndencies OF the Philippines
nnd of Potto Rico, the recommenda-
tion of pinns for the Improvement OF
harbors ana waterways, and their eN-
c'utiou when adopted and, by virtue
of ru pNrcu'iVc order. the supervi-
sion Of the construction of the Pan
anna canal.
The arm OF the United states is a
small body compared with the total
number of people for the preservation
OF whose peace and good order IL is q
last recourse The army now NUM-
hcrs about $4,000 men, Of whom about
$4,000 are engaged In the coast artii-
icry and detailed so the management
and use of the guns IN The forts ane
batteries that protect our coasts. The
rest of the army, or about 10000, Is
the mobile part of our national forces
and is divided into 81 regiments of
infantry including the Porto itican
regiment p regiments nf cavalry. g
regiments of field artillery. a corps Of
ordnance of engineers. and of signal,
"a Quariermaster'a department. q cnm-
mf@,rA department and mcdlo1i
corpY
THE p, nufm plan for am army OF tAe
United states at peace should he that
of % skCictou urgHuigation with am
excess ot trained officers. and thus
Gpliir e. unid enlargement bN en-
li,tmsuts tp he supplemented ln
emergency hy thc national militia aud
n volunteer force In some measure
this plan hns been adopted in the very
large proportion of cavalry aud field
artillery as compared With infantry
in the present army and on % peace
hasis. An infantry force can bc trained
in six months. & caNalr, or light ar
tilery force not under one and one
haif or two years, hence the import
bnce of having ready a larger mum.
bcr of the more skilled soldiers
The militia system. Tor which cons
grcss hV the constitution is authorized
Gro uroNlde. was developed hN the su-
called DIOR law under which the dis-
,ipllnr. the tactics. the drill. tho rank,
thc uniform. and the various branches
I.H ff.. T..fffE.l ara neaffnIfufaI ae far .a