Arizona republican., 1910-12-07

as might give reasonable profit t the home producer. The basis fo
 the criticism of this tariff is that il
 respect to the number of the sched
 ules, a higher difference was retained
 or inserted by way of undue discrimi
 nation in favor of certain industrie.
 and manufactures. Little, if any, O
 the criticism of the tariff has beer
 directed against the protective princi-
 pie above stated, but the main body
 of the criticism has been based or the charge that the attempt to con- form to the measure of protection was not honestly and sincerely ad- hered to.
 TARIFF SoShO.
 The time in which the tariff was ] prepared undoubtedly was so short
 as to make it impossible for congress [ and its experts to acquire the infor- nation necessary strictly to conform 1 to the declared measure In order to ' avoid criticism of this kind in the fu- | ture and for the purpose, of more nearly conforming to the party prom
 ise, congress at its last session made a provision at my request for the continuance of a board created under the authority of the maximum and minimum clause of the tariff bill and
 authorized this board to expend the
 money appropriated under my direc-
 ton for the entertainment of the cost Of production at home and abroad of
 the various articles included in the
 schedules of the tariff The tariff
 board thus appointed and authorized
 has been diligent in preparing itself
 for the necessary investigations The
 hope that those who have advocated the use of this board for tarill pur-
 poses is that the question of the rate of a duty imposed shall become more of a business question and less of a political question, to be ascertained by experts of long training and accu- rate knowledge The halt in business and the shock to business due to the announcement that a new tariff bill is to be prepared and put in opera tion, will be avoided by creating the schedules one by one as occasion shall arise for a change in the rates of each, and only after a report upon the schedule by the tariff board compe- tent to make such report It is not likely that the board will be able to make a report during the present session of congress on any of the schedules. because a proper examina- ton involves an enormous amount of detail and a great deal of care; but hope to be able at the opening of the new congress, or, at least, dur Ing the session of that congress to bring tO its attention the facts in re- gard to those schedules in the pres ent tariff that may prove to need The carrying out of this | plan, of course, involves the full CO., operation of congress in limiting the | of tariff matters to one 1 schedule at a timeN because if a pro- posed amendment to the tariff is to | involve a complete consideration of | all the schedules and other revision. | then We shall only repeat the evil | from which the business of this coun ] try has in times past suffered most | grievously by stagnation and uncer- tainty, pending settlement of a law all business directly or in- directly, and the effect of which no wise business man would ignore in new projects and new investments. | ,annot too much emphasize the i'm Dortance and benefit of the plan above proposed for the treatment of -he tariff. It facilitates the removal If noteworthy defects in an impor- ant law without a disturbance of business prosperity, which is even nore important to the happiness and he comfort of the people that the of instances of injustice n the tariff
 The inquiries which the members of he tariff board made during the ast summer in the methods pursued 'y other governments with reference O the fixing of tariffs and the de- ermination of their effect upon trade md show that each government main aims an office or bureau, the officers md employees of which have made heir life wOrK the study of tariff matters, of foreign and home prices nd cost of articles imported. and the fleet of the tariff upon trade, so hat whenever a change is thought to 1 e necessary in the tariff law, this ffice is the source of the most re- able information as to the propriety f the change and it's effect I am trongly convinced that we need in ms government JuSl SUCH dIl O1Ilce, ! nd that it can be secured by making he tariff board already appointed ermanent tariff commission, with ! uch duties, powers and emoluments s 1t may seem wise to congress to i've. It has been proposed to en- irge the board from three to five The present number is convenient. ut I do not know that an increase of { wo members would be objectionable .
 Whether or not the protective pol " is to be continued. and the de- | rec of protection to be accorded to | UT home industries. are questions | yhich the people must decide through ' heir chosen representatives; but ' 'hatever policy is adopted. it is clear nat the necessary legislation should I C based on an impartial, thorough c