The Sentinel=record., 1911-09-22

lection needed to enahe shem to live against foreign competition. but they did intend in the next revision not to give them more than this.
 ''Of course the democrats recog nized no such measure of protection as just, but many of them contended that such commission was neces- sary to secure the facts upon which a proper tariff for revenue only could be framed. The result was that by republican and democratic votes, and among the republicans the so-ealled progressive or insurgent republicans were the most earnest in its support. Eill creating permanent tariff board of five, to be appointed by the president, with power to summon witnesses and secure their evidence under oath, was passed by the house. No more than three members of the same political party could be app pointed as members of the board The investigations to be undertaken and the reports to be made were set out in the act and included as prop CT subject matter the comparative costs of home and foreign production The board was to report to the pres ident and to congress as either d. rected. The bill went to the senate and as there amended in few un- important particulars. one requiring confirmation of the appointment of l the members of the senate and an other modifying in some respect the fnquisitorial powers of the board. These changes necessitated return of the bill to the house for its con- lcurrence in the amendments. A large majority favored concurrence, but a small minority was able to beat the bin by filibustering in the last hours of the session. In the uncer- tainty as to the passage of the bil, both houses had provided S225, O0O for me to continue the tariff board then existing if the bill for the other board failed of passage. In this ap- lpropriation bill the statutory tariff board, if established, was directed to investigate and report upon Sched- 1 ule K on wool and woolens by De- cember l, 1911. This direction was the result of an amendment oifereq by democratic senator.
 Upon the failure of the bill for a statutory board, and in an earnest effort to enable congress to act with accurate knowledge on Schedule K, and, indeed, on Schedule Ion COL ton manufactures Issued an oruer to the tariff board already appointed | to continue the necessary investlga- | tions of these schedules and to re- bort upon the same on December next. In order to make as good Q substitute for the statutory tariff board as I could, l added two com lpetent democrats to the board. The board consists of two professors or economics of the highest standing one at Yale and one at the Uniyer- lsity of Virginia, a former assistant secretary of the treasury in charge of customs, the proprietor and editor of an agricultural and stock raising newspaper-an authority on these lsubjects-and a former democratic icongressman of great ability and ex- lperience from Georgia. Except the former assistant secretary, who is a republican, and the former congress- man, 1t is hard 70 say that the mem- bers have any politics at all, cer- tainly none which will prevent i'm partial investigation and judgment. lThey are to report on the glossary and the facts as to the comparative cost of foreign and domestic pro- duction after investigations made py ( GAUGTlS lu LueiI tltPiOg lnNs C 80 persons under them working hard to complete the work marked out for them.
 'I have gone over with care rhIs history of the movement for tariff board in order to show how fully committed I am to the proposition that we ought not to have any re- vision of schedule of the tariff without accurate information as to Ithe operation and effect of the pro- posed changes, and further to show
 that in this view I have had in the past the hearty support not only oi
 the regular republicans. but also
 lana even with more emphasis. those
 who call themselves progressive re- lpuhicans.
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