Weekly journal-miner., 1910-12-14

general public by advertisement or oth. crwisc. The returns Of those corpora-
 tons whose stock is not 90 listed or cnervd for sale are dltccted to pc open
 to the inspection and examination of creditors and stockholders Of the cor. rorat'an whose rccord ls sought
 THE PAYNE TARIFF ACT
 'rhc schedules of tho rates of duty in the Payne ,srin ar, have been sub-
 Jccted tc great deal. of criticism
 some Of u Just more of unfoundcd
 and too much misrcrresen'ation. The act vas adopted tn pursuance of . deciarn;.nn by the party which Is rc. sronEih'e Tor tha, custams hsii should be tnrin for the protection of homc ton to i~ tho difference between the cost of producing the imported sr,icie ahfGad and the cost of rrcducins n sonshle proni Co the home producer
 rbc basis for thr criticism of this tsrtn is that In rspeet Co . number was not followed but . higher dlffer- ence retained or inserted by way cf uncue disctiminaticn in favor cf csr- tain ind"strs.s ard nsnatsetnrcrs
 The time in which the tsrin was pre- pared undoubtedly was so short as tc nsaks h impossible for the congress and ssn .'ss ,1 ssa"i ,ns ,n,cr%"sn ,s declared uleasurc, In order to avoid rriticlsm of this kind in the future and fof th" purpose of more nearly con ai m iaw session made ~ provision % a, ms request for the consinuancc of a board created under the authority ~ Iha tarir hlli aud authorissd ,his e,ars to eNpcnd the money appropriated un. der us dircrtion for the asrertainurnt ~ the cost of production st home and &hroad of fhr various articles ine,usiad in tl,e schedul.s of tbe tsrtn Th. taru board thus appointed and author. ikcd has bcen diliErni in pf~rarins n- s.h fef the investigations. Tisr h.l-. of those wbo sdtccated tho use of this board for tsrin purposes ls that the question of the rate or a duty im- f'caed shall bccomr morc of a buslnrss ton. io be aseer,ained ss % esrr,s s .f long training and accurate knowledge. Ihs halt iu business and tho shock to business d,. to the announcement that put Into operation, wiil b~ avoided hy crretins the rchsduicr one by one as occssion shall srise for a chsnr- in the upon tho schedule by the tsrifr beard competent W make such rcport u ir not likely the board wiIl he able to make 2 rcport during the present res- uirs. becsuse a proper examination in. soivcr m enormous amount of detail and a great deal of car hut [ hope w w abff w tfH UHfnInk uf the censrcss. or st iesst. during the session of that congress. Co hving tc its attcnt- | lon the facts in regard to those sched- ! oles n the present tsrin thas may Ing out of this plan. of course. invoi- l ves the fnil ro-operation of congress in limiting tho consideration in tarify mat gre ,o on schcdul. a a time. srcsn.. l 'r to involve complete conridsrstioU l pi si the schedules and another rrvi- | sion. then we shah only repeat the evil | hss in times past suffered most sriev. | nusly From stnenation and uncertainty. | pending settlement of law eRe~tsns | .., n1slns" dirscsis or indirectly and man would ,sncre in new projects and | new investments. | cannot too much | 'nphasise the importance and benefit | irsa,msni pot of ;ns % tariff r'''ii' i, sas,,u..ns aa s Tho removal "f note~orthy desects fn | sn important law without . disturbance | .f ens,nsss pr:srsr.y. vhlch Is even lhe comfort of the people than the | siiminsiion of instances of injustice in
 The inquiries which the memucvs of the tarin board made durinr the. isst rumfnsr Into ths methods pursusd by other Eoyernucnts with reference to the fisinE of isrins. and Inc. determinaiion 1 each sovcrnmsnt maintains an of,ce or bureau. the cfhserp and employees oS which made their fife work tho siady ss,nu ss .'s ,,,ns sssin' % matter, Of f..eisn snd povtsd. and the cost of the fsrin upon trade. so that whenever a change Is thoasii to te necssssry in the tariff reliable information as to the proprlesy of the change and its effect am strongly convinced that we need In thi. rcsernment Just such an ofscc, and tArin board already appointed a p~r- snent farin commission, with such fuf. | los powers and emoiumentr as C may cssm cssr c,ss r,n. to ecgsress ,oS si.s 4, hs: from three to five. The present nuD,s bsr is convenient but [ do not know shsi u m inervsse of f~c members would
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 Tss msthed Of impors'al and sr.snsiflc isS;s,. @ ,'or ss essssrs esrS . pr.limlnsry sc po.!cy,. wtth rsspsct to shs isas' risss. s.n s.:I<,ns n.sSs,s s. ..ssss.s,s ssS ys!.sc SS%ss''S sS"s:s An sSsss cs,s" s." ss. ,., S ..,,::..': ..:s..: q fsrsisn countries ns. ssss
 compsvsspn er shs bus,r~.s meth. ois and insslsusions of our ro~srs"i snd succeeefni comusr~ssl rfvsls with our own. ts sure to be of immensr value. ! ures upon congress the i'm
 porfance of non-ps srtisau and dlsln. srrrstrd study and consideration of oar hanhlns and currency system
 WAH DEpAnTnEHT
 The War Department has within it- luftrdsction the msbsreusbt of the army and. in conDertion herewith the cosst d~fsnees; the eovernm.nt sf th. 1rpendenciss ef the Philippines and of fosto firot tlr recommendation of plans for tho Improvement of hartDrs I ard vefsreaya, and Inc execution when adopted and. by Yiftae nf sn etacDtfvr l order. the supervision 0f tho eonstrue. lion of The Panama canal
 The ernefal plan for any army of l tbs United Etafes at peace should bs i that 0f ekrleton 0fKsniys sl0r uifh en excess of tralbed ofiesrs nnd thus cap able of rapid enlargement hY snllsf. fnents, to b~ supplsrncBtnd in smsr- . Frnry by the na tionai militia and a | totunteer forcs. In some n,essure fhis plan has been adofisd bY sary large no 4I.aa. ..Y