The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1911-08-30
Give the Country a Rest

which has been in session since
April passing its time chiefly in try
ing to score little political capital.a at
the expense of the business of the
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ence. The business of the country
will manage to get along and ad-
just itself to conditions if afforded
an opportunity to do so, but with
Congress backing and filling inter
minably for political purposes. bus
mess hesitates and the country is
the sufferer. In fact our Congress
is becoming distinct menace to
the prosperity and business activity
of the country. 1t dallied months
over the reciprocity agreement
matter that any active business
board would have decided one way
or the other within a week. and
then it has spent months accentuat-
ing general depression. in trying
to pass tariff revision Legislation
that 1t had been well understood
could not become effective by rea-
son of executive interpretation on
the ground that the revision in
question was being Investigated by
an expert board which Congress had
created and agreed upon. But some |
congressman having less regard for
the business of the country than
personal political advantages kept |
the pot boiling and passed haphaz-
ard revision bills not n single mem
Der of which could intelligently pre-
dict their operation and whether
they would be injurious or benefit
cial.
The result was the executive We
to. The measure of particular mo-
ment to farmers was the wool bill.
The President has prevented
any such hodgepOdge from becom-
ing the law.
The President met the issue fair
ly and squarely. He called espec-
ial attention to the clause in the
act of the previous Congress au-
thorizing him to create a tariff |
board of three members to secure
information as to the comparative |
cost OF dutiable articles at home |
and abroad Then he said. very
truly, THE business of the country |
rests on protective-tariff basis
The people keenly realized that |
q disturbance OF business by
change in the tariff. and a threat
of injury to the Industries of the
country ought to be avoided. and
that nothing could help SO much to
minimize the fear of destructive
changes as the known existence OF
a reliable source of Information for |
legislative action
Hence. until the Information of
that board Is forthcoming in Decem
Der next. revision OF Schedule X.
the most complicated schedule of th'
tariff. Is clearly premature and un-
wise. When the time comes the |
President will recommend proper |
reductions. In the meantime. his |
conclusion. expressed as follows. is
eminently sound There is no pub
lie exigency requiring the revision
of Schedule X in August without |
adequate Information. rather than
In December next with such inform
alton. December was the time fix |
ed by both parties in the last Con
gress for the submission of ade-
quate information upon Schedule
X with a view to its amendment.
Certainly the public veal is better
preserved by delaying 80 days in
order to do justice. and make such |
reduction as shall be proper. than |
now blindly enact a law which
may seriously injure the Industries
involved and the business of the
country in general"
The prosperity and well being of
the country is of far greater mo-
ment to all the people than to any |
personal political clique or person:
II politics could be relegated to OBJ