Omaha daily bee., 1910-05-17
ariff Law Needs
More Time, Says
Federal Auditor
Payne Aldrich Act Cannot Be Judged
for Another Twelvemonth, States
w. E. Andrews.
CFrom a staff Correspondent

LINCOLN, May 16.-tSpecial)-"It will
be another year before one will be able
to Judge accurately what the new tariff
law will do" said w. L. Andrews, auditor
of the United states treasury, who was
in Lincoln today.
The tariff law became operative after
the beginning of the present fiscal year and
until it has had a full years trial to COM
pare with year under the old law 1t will
not be possible to show definitely what
effect the changes will have. At this time
am working on tabulation which, when
completed, will show the workings of the
new law compared with the old. l am tab
ulating the revenue derived from the inn
portation of dutiable articles. The tabula-
ton will show the same articles under the
old law. When this tabulation is COM
pleted We will have absolute facts TO take
the place of the present estimates. Until
that time / shall withhold any statement
regarding the law whether it is a success
or not. If we keep on at the present rate,
collected the first year under the law will
amount to $345, 900, which will be the
largest collection in the history Of the
country the largest amount up to this
time being in 1907, when the collections
amounted to 1885,, 100000.
! In my tabulation l am taking the act
ual amount of duty paid on an article,
and experts trained in the work of the
tariff take that same article and figure
just what would have been the revenue
produced under the Dingley law. In that
way we are going to be able to show eX-
actly the changes the law has made. The
tabulation VIII show also the volume of
the importations well as the revenue
derived by the government.
THE tabulation will show just the facts
and every person who sees 1t will be able
to draw his own conclusions. / shall base
my conclusions of the law on that tabula-
| ton and when l make my statement l shall
! give my reasons. Whether the law is a
good one will have to be decided by the in
! dividual when In possession, of the facts.
1T is an impossbility to enact a tariff
| law against which there can be no criticism
! offered and that is not strange when one
considers the immense volume of business
which it affects. A change of fraction of
a cent may mean difference In revenue of
millions and a change of a fraction of a
mill may mean a difference of thousands.
| II was in New York Tuesday looking into
the importatons of sugar Under the Dutch
standard, which, believe, has been dis
| to continue that in our next"
| Mr.. Andrews is in Nebraska taking his
! annual spring vacation He will speak to-
morrow night to the old soldiers at their
/ annual encampment at Fairbury, He will
visit his brother, DIR. Andrews, at Hold
rege speak at the commencement exercises
at Hastings and other places, and return
to Washington on the night of June s, after
| speaking at Parsons college, Fairfield, Ia.
| Il have put that matter away for deep
meditation" replied W. L. Andrews to a
question as to whether he intended to be a
candidate for the republican nomination
| for governor
II believe the republican party will set
| tie that question when the time comes and
| SO / have given it very little thought
! have been busy in my work at Washington
| and now that l am here on my vacation l
do not intend to worry about the guberna-
! torial nomination. There are certainly
enough statesmen on the grounds to settle
the question and settle 1t right"