New-York tribune., 1910-11-27
Mr.. TAFT NOT PLAYING
POLITICS WITH TARIFF
Present Congress Will Make No
Changes in the Payne
AidriCh Law.
WAITING FOR TARIFF BOARD
President Still Desires Further
Reductions, but Will Not Rec
ommend Them Without
Fuller Information.
From The Tribune Bureau-l

Z
,x.shine-on- Nov. 26.-The various re
-o--s that. backed by President Tart the
-,sn,;hlican leaders viii make an EFFORT
. -e,-,se one or more schedules OF the
,.,-,e tariff law at the approaching
~ao-t session OF Congress are wide OF the
ark Il can be set down as fact that
% changes whatever viii be made In the
-.,-,e law by the present congress
r,-sesaent Taft is anxious that AT the
-,,.s. practicable date certain sched-
=. and paragraphs which he believes
10 mt Of harmony with the law as
--..o,a shall be revised by Congress He
- -ot intend, however. TO urge acton
- rsvs and Means Committee until
- &c able. through his experts. to point
=. clearly and irrefutably the changes
needed
the last few weeks rurnor has been
,,,-,e,t that Schedule X, relating 10
wooIs and woollens. Of the Payne ia"
,ro71d probably be revised at the ap-
r-osching session, and il was said thaI
sF- Taft would insist on action by me
,-eseut Congress. This Tumor had It's
origin IN a recollection of the speech
-asA nv the President at Winona on
ser-eu1ber II. 1909. Mr.. Taft then said
-+a- the rates in the wool schedule Of the
psv,e law were too high and ought to
have been reduced, as they probably rep
-ssan,ed considerably more than the diff
ference in the cost Of production here
and abroad
There is no reason 10 believe that Mr..
Tat has changed his opinion about
Schedule X, but he has no purpose to
recommend that Congress shall begin
consideration Of this involved schedule
s-i-h no more information than was
available in the spring anc summer of
renA The Tariff Board is making an ex-
hgustive study Of the wool question The
sxoerrs have conducted Investigations
bot1 in this country and abroad and
have accumulated a mass Of Information
bearing on the subject. The ramifica-
tons OF this subject are so great, how
ever. that II VIII proba bly, be five or six
months possibly longer - before the
members Of the board viii be able TO say
- NJ. Taft: Here are the exact facts
covering the cost Of producing wool and
wooIlens here and in foreign countries
Until then the President VIII not ask
Congress TO take UP the work Of tariff
revision
In addition 10 the wool schedule the
Tariff Board is deroting special study 10
the pulp and paper schedule, and 1t Is
rrobable that q report on these two
schedules will be ready about the same
- 1a. Ia
for the board TO lay before the President
complete data before the expiration OF
this Congress
Ny. Taft has not the least idea Of play
ing politics with the tariff question. II
he were inclined that way ne might seek
- hasten the work OF the Tariff Board
50 that an excuse could be made TO ask
for revision Of q limited number Of para
graphs al the approaching session This
is not Mr. Taft's idea He wants the
board 10 investigate so thoroughly that
its findings VIII be accepted by the bust
ness world and approved alike by pro-
tectionists free traders and tar1f-for-
revenue men With the facts before him
NJ Taft viii recommend that the sched-
uIes OF the Payne act be revised under
The protective SYSTEM according 10 the
industries Of the United States that
measure Of protection pledged in the Re
publican national platform
There is no doubt that on the first day
q the session various tariff bills viii be
introduced Some OF these viii provide
fs- z horizontal reduction OF all rates,
while others viii seek reductions in par
ticulaT paragraphs or schedules In most
instances these bills VIII be dictated by
political considerations. and none Of
them viii receive the serious considera-
tior OF Nj. Payne. chairman OF the Ways