The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-09-13
TAFT'S BOARD
Eho Cenpese It and How Some Of
! Them Stand in the Tariff Qaesisn

HAYE CAST LARGE sum
The Board is Composed Largely OF
s Political Nondescripts, Friends OF
the President, Who Know Little or
Nothing About the Tariff, Except
That They Are Protectionists.
The Tariff Board was appointed by
president Taft in September, 1909,
under authroity Of paragraph in the
S"maximum and minimum" section OF
1.-THE Payne-Aldrich tariff act, which
gave him authority to employ experts
Ito detect any discrimination made
against the United States by foreign
governments and to assist the Off
GERS of the Government in the admin
istration Of the customs law.
Nothing in the Tariff act autho-
rized the President to appoint a per-
manent board or to use its members
for the purpose of securing lnforma-
ton as to the relative cost of COM
mcdities here and abroad, either Tor
his own use Of the use OF Congress.
The President, however, amplified
his authority and Congress has ac-
quiesced by appropriating s550,o00
! for the work of the tariff board. :
Besides the work for which it was
! lntended-cf advising the President
whether foreign countries were en-
Z titled to the minimum tariff Of the
4 Payne-Aldrich law-the board has
made a study of the law itself, has
/ compiled tariff glossary, begun a
field investigation or various sched-
ules, including cotton, wool, chemi-
cal and iron schedules 1t assisted
!: In the framing of the Canadian reel
l procity pact and expects to be ready
{ to report on the cotton and wool
schedules by the end of the year.
The tariff board originally consist
ed Of only three members, Henry
Crosby Emery, Alvin Howard San
ders and James Burton Reynolds, all
Republicans, but it was enlarged n
1910 to enable the appointment OF
two Democrats, William Marceilus
& Howard and Thomas Walker Page.
. Henry Crosby Emery was profes-
sor OF political economy AZ iale "hen
President TAFT appointed nm Cnair-
n man man or the ooaro. ne IS son "
former CnleI Justtce Sineis % .me1ne
and mas always oeen a hepuotiesAn
and a proeectlonlsI. All LIS ii1e ne
has spent ID class-room "ofh' 5" nien
has necessarily Kept MIN out ol toucn
with the people. He mas never nelo
any public othce, but mas written
& treatise on speculation Oh the
Std& and Produce Exchanges OF
the United States ana IS the auenot
fColumDaa university stuoies: a.
= though ne VIII Only De Snll y -nine ~
Decemper ne mas tausne ecouolnios
J Tor $elghteen years natins oeen ap-
pointed professor, OF politicai ecoho-
2 my at BoWdoln IN ls94 anu az DE
IN 1905. he IS a persooai iIleno lel oi
President TAFT oue mas never TAKEN
any active part IN polties.
Alvin howard SANDERS eoltof aac
proprietor OF the breeder .6azette,
was president OF the 1nternatona!
Stock Exporters Assoc1aelon ano
Chairman Of the American Reclproc-
ity and Tariff League when appoint
ed member OF the ooaro. ne mas
been prominent IN hepuollcan poAi-
tics in the Middle west and IS 3 pro-
eectionist. He was secretary OF the
National Cattle Growers, Association
h from 1882 to 1885 and United states
Commissioners to the Parls EAnlol-
elon on lS0o. Ihe autnor OF a
standard Hlstory OF ohorl-aoEneo
Cattle, he mas always aoVocateo
duty on hides II his paper. He start
ed life as a newspaper reporter anu
has made a fortune in the publishing
business. He is fifty-one years old.
James Burton Reynolds is the for
mer Assistant Secretary of the Treas
ury who was accused by Special
Agent Parr: OF having tried to stop
the Investigation OF the sugar-Welgh-
ing frauds. Just before these charges
were made public, Mr.. Reynolds
ceased to be Assistant Secretary and
was amde a member of the tariff
board. He is a great friend and ad-
mirer OF eX-PreSident Roosevelt, a
staupch Republican and a high pro-
tectionist. He was Secretary of the
Republican State Committee of Mas