Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-24
TAFT WILL PRESS
TARIFF REVISION
President Indicates Desire That
Individual Schedules Be Con-
sidered Separately
INQUIRIES BY COMMISSION
Political Observers Comment on
ShreWdneSS Displayed in
Administration Move
INQUIRIES BY COMMISSION
ASSOCIATED Press)

BEVERLY, Mass, Aug. 23.-Presi-
dent Tafts keynote for the congress
slonal campaign became known here
today. The president will favor fur
ther revision of the tariff.
While he is still convinced that the
Payne-Aldrich law is the best tariff
law the country has had up to this
time, he has at last reached the con-
clusion that there is decided room for
Improvement.
Mr.. Taft does not propose that bus
mess shall be upset by another whole
sale revision, but will recommend TO
congress that individual schedules in
the tariff system be taken up separ-
ately and be disposed of on a sclen-
tific basis. The new revision is to be
based upon the finding of the tariff
commission as to the cost of produce
tion at home and abroad. only a
fair profit IS to be allowed the Ameri-
can producer.
"Extortionate and unreasonable"
profits, the president declares, are to
be tolerated no longer
PRESIDENT OUTLINES POSITION
The president has outlined his posi-
ton in the letter he has sent to Rep
resentative Mckinley of Illinois for
publication in the Republican congress
sional campaign text book. The let
ter was mailed from Beverly yester-
day. The time of making 1t public
has been left entirely to the COM
mittee.
Political observers regard this move
as about the shrewdest made during
the nresent administration. 1t offers
an excellent opportunity for the insurg-
ents and regulars to get together in the
campaign, and President Taft has been
exceedingly anxious to find ground on
which the factions could meet without
embarrassment. The principal fight of
the insurgents was on some schedules
of the tariff bill.
President Taft is meeting them more
than half way in admitting that indi-
yidual schedules need further revision.
At the same time he Is backing up the
regulars, in that he believes they did
the best they could with the unreliable
information in their hands.
With the creation of the tariff board
under the Payne-Aldrich act, the pres
ldent believes a way has been opened
10 nut the tariff on n scientific basis
for the first time in the history Of the
country.
PLANS TO AVOID DELAY
The objection has been urged upon
the president that the opening of an
Individual tariff schedule would mean
the possible throwing open of the en-
tire tariff act. Mr. Taft proposes TO
meet this with the recommendation
that before any schedule is taken up
for consideration a rule shall be passed
bv both house and senate. providing
that amendments to a certain schedule
Of the tariff shall be I'm order, and
that any amendments not germane to
that particular schedule shall be out
of order.
The president takes the ground that
il was impossible to revise the tarln
Immediately after the Republican plat
form was adopted and to revise at the
same time on basis of the difference
in the cost of production at home and
abroad. He believes substantial
progress was made in the Payne
Aldrich act, and now that the tariff
commission has got ATS inquiries well
under way 1t soon will be possible to
take UP the individual schedules and
revise them on the basis declared Tor
in the party platform.
The president has already had two
conferences with H. c. Emery of the
tariff commission. The first of these
was on board the yacht Maytower at
Bar Harbor, late in July, and the sec
ond was at Burgess Point two weeks
ago. The president proposes to have
the entire tariff board meet him here
in Beverly some time in September.