The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1910-05-12
TARIFF INQUIRY
SEEMS ASSURED
CONGRESS Likely to Vote the Ap-
preparation Fer the Com
mission.
FORMER OPPOSITION DYING
President Does Not Want to Postpone
Action on His Measures-Future
Leadership of Senate Is Topic
of Lively Speculation
Root a Puzzle.

When the members of
what very properly may be called the
presidents tariff board" are certain
that money enough will be provided
IN enable them to broaden the scope
NJ their work they will at once begin
an investigation which Is likely, it is
said. to bring to the surface some real
facts concerning the relation or lack
of relation of high prices to the tariff
Mr.. Taft asked for $250.000 to en-
able the tariff inquiry work to go on,
and IL is possible that in addition to
granting the money congress, possibly
for political reasons, will also enact
legislation which will give specific au
thority to the experts to collect mate.
rial which may be of advantage for
use in future tariff legislation.
Money Likely to Be Grarted.
In the earlier days of the present
session several of the standpat Repub.
licans said openly that they would Cd.
pose any measure which would give
the tariff experts any greater author.
ity than was conferred on them un.
der the Payne-Aldrich law. Since
these words of intended antagonism
to additional powers for the experts,
the Republicans who spoke them have
had a change of heart which Demo.
Gratis say is due almost entirely to the
recent congressional elections in which
the party met defeat. The chances
are therefore that s250,00O will be
\ granted for further investigation into
business conditions with a view to the
i relation that they bear to the tariff
Il The Democrats declare that the Re-
pubicans are insincere and they say
their change of position is due wholly
81 to the fact that they are frightened
n The work which the tariff board will
y do when the money Is forthcoming
to enable them to do 1t, will be to col
lect information after a manner di.
rectly suggested by the president of
the United States when he said that
IA II should be collected without regard
III ito the effect which The facts may
have in calling for a REIMBURSEMENT of
# the rates of duty"
Position Of High Tariff Men.
E The high tariff men in congress be.
M lieve that Ravens Dem.) was elected
F in the Rochester district over Aid.
# ridge tRep.) because of the tariff is.
M sue. They do not say this openly, but
they believe it, nevertheless. and now
XII they realize that with a tariff board
working along lines mapped out by
the president in his annual message
the country may come to the conclu.
sion that the Republican administra.
ton and the Republican congress
hnally may get into mood to revise
the tariff downward.
These politicians of the dominant
party say that II the people knew
they were actually to get 1t they would
prefer to have downward revision Civ.
en- 10 them by the Republicans rather
lhan by the Democrats, who, as these
hgh tariff men say, when once start.
ca on the downward scale of the SEIZED
ules would not know where to stop"
President Against Delay.
suggestion has been made to Presi-
pehl Ialt by some of the leading Re-
puohcans that it might be just as we'll
70 postpone full consideration of ono
1 PF TWO OF his chief measures until the
b eA' session. These Republicans, the
W president apparently thinks, do not
ealze that If the legislation is post
uneo now great an effect the putting
may nave on the elections.
nj M w 10 understood that at some of the
u'e house conferences the presi.
MI u' LAS said plainly to those who
Hee postponement that the party will
ave hard enough fight at the best
AIRY the next house and that If
administrations recommendation
lo' acted on the effect will be to
'he handicap. 1t is shrewdly
pee'eu by observers in Washington
we Republicans who are suggest
pos'ponement are afraid that the
oh one or two measures will
W ong continued that they will not
ral NC 10 get back in their districts
a'on TO make full preparation for
coming fight.
rkM the men who are credited
oelng wise politicians are telling
epuolicans who have the post.
no ,'s uen' fever that II they stay in
Il sou'nston and enact the presidents
"a IN lamentations into law they will
en- more than they would by having
oa, put over and putting the add,
M VINE gained into the campaign.
c. h f. democrats a" See Advantage.
Ats perfectly clear that the Demo
~ vs,n from political standpoint will
,s my no., willing to have the Republic
H e, SSOs,pone action ON some of the
gT sry h NUS measures. for the minority
b sd IoIeves- that If only a part of
"a, soun@, mi program is car.
iii u uas The Republicans will lose lust
a nns rn ammunition for use in the
bssSSps@G during the months pre.
sevs, ~e election The Democrats,
d. 'r p. are not giving this advice
eou asys that ,phu""cans, for they are will.
, %U aEs W.T., WI" enemy should make the