The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-12-20
Copyright. 1919. by United Press
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Copyright. 1919. by United Press 81
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WASHINGTON. D. g.. Dec. eO.--x
The purpose OF this article Is to give
newspaper readers an intimate per-
sonal view Of their President W1l- \
liam Howard TaIt, just AS IL 1t wera q
possible for each one to call upon 4
him to-day TT the White House and
talk over the affairs uppermost In his
mind. It is designed to bring the
reader face To face with the PreNi~
dent. SO that he may hear why Mr.. d
TAFT is fighting an effort to destroy
his non partisan permanent tariff
commission plan. II purposes to let 4
the reader hear. from him. the rea-
sons why every American should swell
with pride at the successful constructs
ton OF the great Panama canal.
| The writer found the President bua-s
/ lily engaged. confronted on AL sid s.vs
| by appeals OF Congressman. the htck
| erings OF politicians and the demandas
! Of otficeseekers. and yet, wfthaI se~@
rene, earnest and cheerfully optimfs-8
tic.
The trained judicial mind OF the
chief magistrate was quickly co1cen-Ss
trated upon the subjects which thu
| caller suggested FOR discussion. H0#
| was all attention and all interest. ana
whether talking personally or lieten-sS
/ ing, was alert, enthusiastic and force~S
I rul.
! The visitor Was seated and imme.
| diately put at his ease by the Prcat~gs
/ dents geniality; then followed a CON-
: versation bearing upon two subjects.
! chosen from dozens OF possible tOpfcx 4
/ The permanent tariff commission WaaS
taken up first The President Treelx@
gave his personal opinions and the
! beliefs which form the basis OF htSd
/ earnest hope OF making the commIa2
! sion an accomplished tact. A Wht&GS
/ House rule prohibits the direct quotoAs
/ tion ~ the President. but in the fo1e8
/ lowing an attempt is made faithfullya
to give his ideas as he expresscfe3
! them to the writer
The Tariff Commission. sA
fhe tariff commission viii prove Ss@
the necessary basis for intelli Il s5sMA
gent tariff legislation. no matter
by what party or To what end
II the Democrats are Champ
/ Clark and not "Chump' Clark 80
! they viii support IL No scientific
revision Of the tariff is possible M
! without the facts upon which - @ss
base it, and the facts are oh
tainable iii no other way. IL n s%
beyond the ability of any body oe M
men. working temporarily o. aa
Ine lAFlu, 10 cOiiecI anu 0tx&4ks4A#2
the vast amount Of detailed IN.
formation which must be con ssZ
sidered In the making of 3 tar s
iii. ss3Sa
The tariff commission will be y Il
permanent institution. where s
from year To year the data and M
Information required In suct
work Will he sorted, catalogua64
and digested In such way A. ~
be ready for instant use II will I'M
be 10 the tariff what the Con. a#
gressional Library Is to literatur6. A
You can send a note to the h.
hrary. saying you are working III
upon certain subject. and yoaSs
are improVided with all the best M
reference books and records on iii
that topic. S$4
Without such a library, hOW
long and how hopeless tASfts
would IL be To obtain full ana
accurate information by runntn&
through volume here. ana mk3
volume there. and skimlntn IA
through a file Of newbpapex0ss
without system and withpi&N*
knowledge. as to what mtGhfS
have been overlooked &sSssa
II is dn such holster sl< elt418
fashion. however. that tAr3o
must be made, il the permanen1
commission Is not established.
Europe Uses Same rlau. Sya3
The countries of Europe haV~
tariff bureaus. where all the ~
cords If the schedules are k4G
snd where data y eonstaa11
gathered and kept up TO da1
At moments notice the ca
plete information regarding
cost of production Of any u1x
article In any given country
be obtained. ssaR
What difference docn Il ~
whether the Democrats or
Republicans are engaged ~
irr legislation The w0rk
not be properly acc0npa
without the facts upon wt4
is based. without sho
: commission. the making ~ RI
; In must be based upnh
: knowledge ~ the various
: hers are able to obtain ~
evitabiy In such event tnA
: ests Of one motion Of t16s
try al against the intareGen
other Arise as arguments
ten overrhadow tfs inee1