The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1910-12-29
Authorizes the Commission to
Delve Into the Real Condi-
-
tions Abroad
CHAIRMAN PAYNE EXPECTS
LEGISLATION BEFORE MARCH a
Proposes Body of Five Members at .
Salary Of $500 Each, Not More
Than Three of Whom Shall BE of
the Same Political Party.

| Washington, Dec. 29.-Impetus the
movement for a tariff commission
was given today by conferences at the
i white house and at the capitol, the
return of Representative Longworth
of Ohio to Washington with full
draft of a bill creating commission
and an announcement by Chairman
Payne of the house committee on
ways and means, that he expected
such legislation before March 4, next.
Following discussion with the
president over various features of the
legislative program for this season,
Mr. Payne, who is Republican floor
leader of the house, announced that
he was quite such bill for per-
manent tariff commission acceptabloI |
to both congress and the president, /
would be put through the senate and
house before this session ends, when
Democratic control of the house be-
gins.
with Chairman Henry G.. Emery, of
Mr. Emery's ideas as to the personnel
and salaries of the proposed commits
sion. Mr.. Emery contended that the
nature of the work and the character
of the men the commission would
need made it impossible to operata
advantageously if positions and SAL
aries of the commissions staff were
rigidly fixed by congress. He sug-
gested that industrial experts might
have to be engaged for varying terms
at various compensations.
Mr.. Payne believes in legislative
Tn {hn
but is said to agree to the necessity
of freedom of action by the commits
sion as to individual items.
Mr.. Longworth's bill, which he ex-
ipects to introduce next week creates
a commission of five members, not
more than three of the same political
party, salaried at $500 each, with Of
fees at Washington, but empowered
to meet any where. The bill en-
bodies features of the tariff commits.
) sion bills of Senators Beveridge OF
Indiana and LaFollette of Wisconsin,
introduced at the last session OF
congress, and of Congressman Goode
of Iowa and Lenrott Of Wisconsin, at
this session.
Mr.. Longworth is member of the
ways and means committee of the
house. He will have further confer
ences with his colleagues before In
PRODUCING the bill.
According to his draft the bill gives
wide powers Of collection of facts
but without authority to make rec
concentrations, and instead Of making
fixed reports, it can only report on
special call of congress or of the
president.
Its members, however, are to ap-
pear on request before the senate
committee on finance or the house
committee on ways and means, the
two committees which have to do
: with tariff legislation. The com1ais-
. sion is authorized to require conf
l dental data from corporations on any
subject but must never disclose the
y source of such data and must especi-
ally safeguard such data from COM
!; petitive interests.
i An important provision Of the
: Longworth bill is a section defining
its scope of investigation. It au-
r thorizes the commission to invests
r gate the cost of production of all ar
r ticles covered by the tariff with spe-
cial reference to the prices of food
q products, prices paid for labor and
+ the condition of the domestic and for.
eign markets affecting American
products.
a One section reenacts the maximum
n and minimum clause Of the Aldrich-
Payne tariff law. Under the Long
worth bill, the five commissioners
are to be appointed by the president
at first for two, three, four. five and
six year terms respectively. but the
tenures are finally to become regular
. six year terms for all. g &
The ways and means committee
will take up the commission ques-
} ton soon afteer congress convenes.
Some members oppose the commits.
sion idea, holding that it puts into
! being another body with high salaries
and big general expense accounts on
work that should be done by the de.
partment Of commerce cand labor d,
some other regular department.
DIED IN HIS CAB.
Philadelphia, Dec. 29-With the
g train running at speed of nearly
o fifty miles an hour, H. c. Beck. the
y engineer on the Pittsburg express
e which left here at $40 this morning
e was found dead in the cab by the
IT fireman while the express was near.