Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1911-08-24
TAT VET0ES THE.
WOOL. TARIFF BILL.
Favors Delay in n5vnion Urt!i
Further Information Can
be Obtained.

'|sD Vi bIlb NOcl l'tntI l'itt ~ II Wa READ
IN The Erusc sse to-aay Hau followed
hr an erteurst If d~uot-yey>o cheera
when Mr. Underwood the ina 'cr1ty leader.
announced tfas he would cal W tqlo iii
uo-<norrcw anyl move ito :,aaxaSe Over
he vwo
The prarderts veto mosaase reach
Cd the HOUSE, yr1.iie tho roll vas being
eA1sd OIL AFR. Undsr,yood'e motion t.
c"nour IN the senate amendments 10
>he free list I'm When tho confer
eDee raSort On thet 5.1l IN rts anal
lortalatlse stage WIS announced the
reading o' tho pTosident's message
was begun Each menher followed
DE Pveeiderts words from printed
copies OF The veto which had been drs-
t-'huted. When tho reading Was IN
i.hed Mr.. Underwood arose.
NJ. Speaker" no said. ~ 10 not
5eairn to ask that this message from
the President ne referred to the COM
lnit.oo Oh 5Fnvs and means. I ask
tina: ii Ire or the speakers table AMI
g.ve notes that I will call IN tho bill
to- rlorruyv 'Iur1ed ately after the read
ing OF she Journal and move to pass It
owe. .he Presidents veto"
Cheers md shouts h. tho democratic
members RTo1.ei the announcement.
When Qutet waa restored Representative
Garrett Of TennesRee asked unanimous
consent ~ Incorporate IN the record a
portion OF President Taft's speech at
Winona, MINI. IN which he described the
wool schedule Of tho Payne-Aldrich tariff
bill as '1rdefenslbiA." Mr.. Mann, the
minority leader. asked unanimous con-
sent to Incorporate the entire Wlnona
e. ,-gs I
The House ard senate disposed Of tho
free list as agreed upon in conference
and It was signed tonight by Vice
President sherman and Speaker Clark.
1t will he sent TO the President to-mor-
row.
In his message President Tart said:
Il return without my approval HOUSE,
bin 10. HOB with n statement Of my
reasons for 50 doing.
'"rhe bll l. an amendment If the ex-
iz'ng thrift law and r,adjuSts the Gus
toms duties in what is known rs schedule
X, embracing wool and the manufac-
lures OF wool
II was elected t. the presidency az
the candidate Of party which in its
platform declared its atm and purpose
to be to maintain a protective tariff
by tho imposition Of such duties as
VIII equal the difference between the
cost Of production at homo and abroad
together with reasonable profit t.
American industries. have always
regarded this language as fixing the
popular measure Of protection at the
ascortaned difference between the cost
Of production at home and that abroad,
ana have construed the reference to
the profit Of American industries as
intended not to add new element to
| the measure stated or to exclude from
! the cost Of production abroad the eIe-
ment of q manufacturers or producers
profit, hut only 10 emphasize the i'm
portancc Of including in the American
| cost manufacturer or producers
profit reasonable according to the
| American standard.
| In accordance with n promise made IN
the same platform l called an extra ses-
ion Of the slxty-first congress at which
IA general revision of the tariff was made
and adopted in the Payne bill II was
commended by those who opposed the
| PAYNE bill that the existing rates OF
the Dinglev hill were excessive and that
the rates adopted in the revising statute
We're not sufficiently reduced to conform
to the promised measure.
/ The great difficulty, however, In dis
GUESSING the new rates adopted was that
there were no means available by which
impartial persons could determine what.
in fact was the difference in cost Of pro-
ductlon between the products OF this coun-
try and the same products abroad,
''TNo help these reforms Cor the future, I
! took advantage OF clause in the Pavne
tariff bill enabling me- to create a tariff
board OF three members and directed
them 10 make a glossary and encyclopedia
of the terms used In tho tariff and 10 So
cure information as to the comparative
cost OF production OF duttable articles IN
der the tariff AT home and abroad.
After the failure Of the tariif-commission
! bill In the short session of the 6lst Con-
Fress, the President stated that h took
| such steps as he could 10 make the tariff
board he had already appointed as .
| satisfactory substitute for the proposed
| tariff commission.
IAN appropriation Of S2c5 90 70 continue
the work until June 80 1872 the message
continues "hed been granted By Con-
gress in the alternative. 70 be applied
to the board ! had appointed, unless
tariff commission bill was passed In u;ts
appropriation BIN the nou-partissn taTiH
commission II created and appointed, was
directed TO make n report on Rchcdu'o
| K by December l, ie!l
when I have the accurate tneorns-
ton which tustt,cs such action, shall
recouinen 10 Congress ns src-t Il rodue-
don IN sche,iulo j MS me r:-asIue Of
: protection ALREADY stated wfll pSrngt,
'rne failure Of the present mn ahuud not
be rrsart-l therefore as taking away the
ont, chance for reduction by :h!3 Con
STess.
More than a million OF our coun-
try,pAn are engaged IN the reduction
OF wool ana the ,nanufaotl~e az woai-
ans; morn than billion ~ ,E2 Cs>un-
try capital Is Invested In tho iaSue-
Try Largo comm ur'tipS ave almost
who'll" dc0sndert uryu tae ir,soer -
OF the wool grover end IL ~on}e..
rnsnnfacfurer. Moderately sstiIn tsd
6vs rlf,lians of tho AmeriaAn ,ecpss
w, ba inJu-tpusly affected ~ any ~
sHvsssd impairment 90 the WOOL sod
wecten Industries
Thew 10 no pur'so oa,gvs9cS s~sqrrrns
She rsvhaon a sdhsduis X La hsgua
without sdsouato Information rethR
than IN DeceInb@ next with sunh h,
rasmsftnn Deosruha' WIRE tbs time Cred
b. both pare,es h tho lust Consresr to-
tho suhrAsslon of adequAss information
upon schedule X With . view to its
sInupdInsut Csrtstn,y the posf.s vsas /.
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