The Forrest City times., 1910-05-06
TARIFF INQUIRY
 SEEMS ASSURED
Congress Likely to Vote the Ap- proprlation For the Con-
 mission.
FORMER OPPOSITION DYING
President Does Not Want 10 Postpone Action on His Measures-Future Leadership of Senate Is Topic of Lively Speculation
 Root a Puzzle.

Washington-When the members of what very properly may be called the presidents tariff board" are certain that money enough will be provided to enable them to broaden the scope Of their work they will at once begin an investigation which is likely, it is sad, to bring to the surface some real facts concerning the relation or lack of relation of high prices to the tariff
 MT. Taft asked for $250, ,000 to en- able the tariff inquiry work to go on, and It is possible that in addition to granting the money congress. possibly Tor political reasons. will also enact legislation which will give specific au- thorlty to the experts to collect mate rial which may be of advantage for use in future tariff legislation.
 Money Likely to Be Grarted.
 In the earlier days of the present session several of the standpat Repub- ileans said openly that they would op- pose any measure which would give the tariff experts a-y greater author. lty than was conferred on them un. der the Payne-Aldrich law. Since these words of intended antagonism to additional powers for the experts. the Republicans who spoke them have had change of heart which Demo cfats say Is due almost entirely to the recent congressional elections in which the party met defeat The chances are therefore that $250.000 will be granted for further investigation into business conditions with view to the relation that they bear to the tariff
 The Democrats declare that the Re publicans are insincere and they say their change of position Is due wholly to the fact that they are frightened The work which the tariff board will do when the money Is forthcoming to enable them to do it, will be to col. lect information after manner di. rectly suggested by the president of the United States when he said that It should be collected without regard Ito the effect which the facts may have in calling for readjustment of the rates of duty"
 Position of High Tariff Men.
 The high tariff men in congress be lieye that Ravens CDem) was elected in the Rochester district over Aid ridge tRep) because of the tariff is. sue. They do not say this openly, but they believe il, nevertheless, and now they realize that with a tariff board working along lines mapped out by the president in his annual message the country may come to the conclu- sion that the Republican administra. ton and the Republican congress finally may get into mood to revise the tariff downward.
 These politicians of the dominant party say that if the people knew they were actually to get 1t they would prefer to have downward revision giv- ell to them by the Republicans rather than by the Democrats, who. as these high tariff m=n say, when once start. cd on the downward scale of the sched- ules would not know where to stop. '
 riCSiuCHt hSdinSt Oetdy.
 Suggestion has been made to Presi dent Taft by some of the leading Re puhlicans that it might be just as wei to postpone full consideration of ono or two of his chief measures until the next session, These Republicans, tho president apparently thinks. do no realize that if the legislation is post poned how great an effect the puttine off may have on the elections.
 It is perfectly clear that the Demo erats. from political standpoint. will be very willing to have the Republic ans postpone action on some of the presidents measures. for the minority party believes that if only a part ot the administration program is car ried out the Republicans will lose just so much ammunition for use in the esDnaign during the months pre-. ceding the election The Democrats however. are not giving this advice 10 the Republicans. for they are will ing that the enemy should make the mistake which they seem 10 think would be vital. and 1t must be said that the president to a considerable eXtort seems to sha-e the Democratic view
 Senator Aldrich Is having almost daily conferences with Mir. Taft The Rhode islander has been accused oi pretty nearly all the legislative of lenses 10 be found in the realm of ac "lsations. but he apparently is de siroGs in this. the next session before his last, to help the president. whom