The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-03-20
WILL PUSH FIGHT
FOR TARIFF B0ABD.
President Taft Will Also Deal With
Reciprocity in Message To J
Extra Session. s9

WASHINGTON. March 20.-The
message that President Taft will send
TO the extra session OF congress, which
convenes April 4. will be confined to
Canadian reciprocity and the estab-
lishment OF a permanent tariff board.
The president Is convinced that the
country desires, and ought TO desire.
a further revision OF several schedules
on the Payne-Aldrich act. He feels
that the wooden misunderstanding
ks particularly indefensible IL
Is said that he is anxious that 1t shall
be revised at an early date.
The president Is equally convinced.
however, that the country desires that
the revisions of the future shall be
made in the light of the scientific in
formation which IL 10 the duty OF the
tariff board to collect. So at this
time. II is said. he rather inclines to
the idea that no schedule should be
revised on which the tariff board is
not ready with its information. The
president has directed the temporary
board TO make report on the WOODEN
schedule by Dec. / next. Personally
he would like very much for congress
TO walt until that time and not at
tempt to revise any OF the schedules
at the extra session. He will give the
matter further consideration. how
ever, after he reaches Washington.
IL Mr.. Taft's present wishes were
met, the extra session would devote
itself to reciprocity first, the perma-
nent tariff board second. and then a
speedy adjournment and a postpone
ment OF the revision of the textile
schedules until the tariff board COM
pletes its work on Dec. l.
In addition TO the presidents in
structions that the wooden schedule
shall be ready at that time, the APP
preparation bill carrying a fund for
the tariff board contains a proviso to
that effect. This does away with tho
possibility of delay. Mr.. Taft frankly
expects the Democratic house and the
nearly Democratic senate OF the sixty
second congress TO help him 10 carry
out a program OF scientific revisioni
OF the tariff. He hopes that another
year will mark great progress In that
direction. He Ia particularly anxious.
however. that the revision shall be
made In accordance with his estab-
lished policy OF lifting the tariff as
far as possible out OF the realm OF pol.
itics and placing IL. as is done In Ger
many. upon n scientific. non-partisan
and disinterested basis.
Just how the Democratic leaders,
will receive a proposition to postpopel
action on the tariff revision until next,
December remains to be seen. "a num>
Der OF the leaders have already i1di-
Gated that at least two or three schedl
ules OF the Payne-Aldrich law will be
acted on prior to the adjournment OF
the extra session.
The president Is said TO be greatly
encouraged by the steady progresst
and development OF his tariff program.
The PayneAldrich law, the tariff
board, the Canadian reciprocity agree
ment he regards a. milestones Of pro-
gress, and while the president orig
inally intended 10 devote his mes
sage TO the special session OF congress
TO the reciprocity agreement. on ac-4
count OF It's urgent international I'm
portance, he has come TO the conclu-
sion that he ought TO seize the occa-
sion 10 secure the permanent tariff
board for which there was q major
ity In both the senate and house OF
the last congress, and for which he
hopes a majority will exist in the
sixty-second congress. u