Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-09-21

\ GRAND HAFlDS, M1cu., sept. Il
President Taft made his first speech
on his western trip on the tariff and
his vetoes of the wool, cotton and
farmers free list bills, here today.
The president attacked the demo
Gratis and insurgent republicans In the
senate and house who put these bills
through congress at the special ses.
sion. He defneddd his own course in
~vetoeing 41em and declared that he
was unalterably opposed to revision
of the tariff, except upon information
secured by the tariff board. He de-
fined clearly his own position with re-
gard to tariff revision and made plain
that even If political defeat stared
'" him in the face he would not alter his
policy. The president predicted that
revising the tariff with "blacksmith
tools" such as he said coalition Of
the democrats and insurgents used,
will lead inevitably to revision Of
feeling and a recurrence Of the higher
rates of the old system Of high tariff.
Presidents Complete Address
The presidents address in full fol-
lows:
My Fellow Citizens: am going
to tell you in as simple way as I
can, why l vetoed the three tariff
5ills which Congress submitted to me
for signature at the close Of this extra
session. called the session to Sc
cure the enactment in law OF the Can
adian reciprocity treaty. This was
done on July %. Thereafter, the wool
bill, the free-list bill, and the cotton
bill were presented to me for sigma
ture, and returned them without my
approval and explained my reasons for
BILL
Review Of Message
What I say here will be in large
part resume of these messages,
with some additional suggestions that
the less formal character of this ad'
dress permits. am not going to dis
cuss the Payne bill, except to say that
the controversy over its merits and
demerits developed ? very strong sen.
timent among republicans, and, in.
deed, among many democrats, that
bureau or commission or board OF
competent persons should be consti.
tuted to make investigation into the
facts concerning the dutiable articles
in the tariff, and to report them in
such a way that congress and the pub
lie might be reliably advised of the
probable effects of any proposed
revision of the tariff in the future.
1t was properly felt that even when
full opportunity for hearings we're
given as they had been by the CON-
mittees of the House and Senate, in
the case of the Payne bill the advo-
Gates of the protected interests would
have the advantage over the consum-
ing public, who would not organize to
secure and present the evidence in
their behalf for lower duties needed
to secure a just judgment. The Payne
bill offered an opportunity to me to
appoint board of competent per-
sons to assist me in the administra-
ton of the revenue laws and espec.
tally of the maximum and minimum
clause of that act; and the revenue
laws were of sufficient latitude to en-
able me to direct this board to make
a GLOSSARY of the tariff terms and .
kind of encyclopedia which would
furnish a guide to the understanding
of the tariff, and also to proceed to
determine the comparative difference
between the cost of production of
dutiable articles under the various
tariff schedules in this country and
abroad.
Tariff Commission Advocated
by Twenty.eiQht States
At the extra session of 1909, Cong
ress had given me $4,000 which I
could spend for this purpose; at the
regular session of the same Congress
the Sixty-frst, the appropriation was
enlarged to $3.50, 1000, to cover expens-
es down to July 1, 1911. Meantime,
the movement for permanent tarih
commission or board to effect these
general purposes acquired great mo-
mentum. Business associations the
country over united to form a special
society for the promotion of such leg
islation, and the campaign for 1t was
carried on with both houses Of con-
gress. I gave the project as strong
support as possible, and made . num- !
Der of public addresses in support
of it, and sent specific recommenda-
tion Of the plan in a congressional
message. The republican conventions
NJ % state adopted resolutions strong.