The Washington herald., 1911-02-02
BRIBERY OF PRESS,
HARDING'S CHARGE
Continued from Paee One.

Chairman Emery, Of the tariff board.
made a plea for q reasonable ana con-
ciliatory discussion Of imposts. and heart
lily welcomed the promises made by otner
speakers to the effect that the wooden
manufacturers would be delighted 20 fur-
nish the board or any other legitimate
investigators with full statistics and otneF
information on the WOODEN trade.
William M, Wood was extremely well
pleased with the tariff. He said that
''schedule X was the greatest document
produced by the human mind since the
Constitution OF the United States was
formulated" This was some statement,
and it was accepted by the WOODEN man
ufacturers present with great enthusiasm.
Senator Lodge. Of MASSACHUSETTS, VINO
makes no effort to be classed as a low
tariff advocate, also made a few remarks
advocating the vast benefits OF protec-
ton.
The other speakers were John w.
Wood, retiring president OF the associa-
ton; William Whitman. of Boston. ana
Senator Francis E. Warren. OF wyoming,
a practical sheep raiser of many years
| experience.
Wool Second to Sugar.
Senator Warren pointed out that the
duties Of So. 100000 on woods and woolens
last year were second as a source OF rev.
enue. sugar leading with $S6.ONooo He
was quite severe upon those who advo-
Gated any revision downward In the WOOL
schedules, denouncing arguments to that
effect as "the vindictive, senseless. and
continuous onslaught upon Schedule h
| by those who are ignorant OF the facts,
but are able, nevertheless. to poison the
minds of their hearers and readers.
II was also perfectly obvious that the
sneakers were not pleased with magazine
l and newspaper writer's who comment an-
| versely upon the tariff. Mr.. warren pa1d
his regards to the literary filters at pro-
lection in the following burning words:
| "Schedule X stands to-day not hlgher
in duties on a single item than Tor the
| last twelve or more years, and with
| some items slightly lower: and yet the
public is made to believe quite the con-
trary, thanks to the professional muck
rakers and their assistant train or
| .would-be' and almost muckrakers-
Flay. the s@FAnow-it-alls.~
| "And then there are those find-it-all-
| out-in-a-minute, know-it-all. ne'er-do-
we'll people who can. in their own esd-
nation, conduct a newspaper. run a
hotel. or elucidate sheep growing ana
wool manufacturing from their own
claimed innate knowledge plus few
| magazine articles (the writer's OF which
were interested only in the price per
| line payable for such articles).
They are always much in evidence.
and have been particularly 80 during the
last eighteen months. They essay to tell
| us all about it, how to hx It, what VIII
be the results. &C.. Notwithstanding
the fact that Schedule X Is known 10
all who have undertaken to really study
! it as the most intricate of all the sched-
ules In our tariff law"
Senator Warren also announced that
he thought Congress itself was better
| able to make tariff changes where neces-
| sary than any special board appointed
| for that purpose.
The board of directors and almost all OF
the old officers of the association were re-
elected yesterday afternoon. The new
officers are: President John P. Wood, Of
Boston: first vice president William NJ
Wood, Of Boston; second vice president
Charles H Harding: third vice president
Frederick Clark. and secretary. Win
| throp L. Marvin