Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-08-19

First, because it should not be con
sidered until the Tariff Board shai
make report upon the schedules il af
!, fects, second, because the bill is s.
| loosely drawn as to involve the gov
lernment in endless litigation and t.
leave the commercial community il
disastrous doubt; third, because i
places the finished product on tht
! free list but retains on the dutiahlt
Hist the raw material and the ma
chinery with which such finished pro-
duct is made, and thus puts AT =
needless disadvantage our American
manufacturers: and, fourth, that
while purporting. by putting agrieul-
Itural implements, meat and flour on
| the free list, 10 reduce their price TO
the consumers, ii does not do 50 but
! only gives to Canada valuable con-
cessions which might be used by the
Executive to expand reciprocity with
That country in accordance with the
| direction Of Congress.
Having expressed at length in his
| message votoing the wool bin his con-
viction that tariff legislation should
wait the report nf the Tariff Board,
the President in todays message
passes at once TO a consideration of
the manner in which the free list bill
is drawn and finds that ii would ineV-
itably lead to the greatest uncertain
~ imposing q grove problem on the
administration and cumbersome
amount of litigation"
These considerations led him to the
conclusion that the bill while appar-
-, aralE fayg
articles. is in reality so loose in its
phraseology that it would affect hun
dreds of items in the existing tariff
act. Conceding the wisdom Of its gen
eral policy, the paragraphs of the bill
ought to be rewritten in definite and
specific terms.
Having reviewed the various clauses
to the construction of which he OBJ
iects, the President says:
"The truth is that the language is so
ambiguous that it is impracticahle for
the treasury department to give an
exact estimate as TO the diminution in
revenue which will follow it's passage"
The President finds that another effect
Of the bin would be to "break down al
together the classification upon which the
arrangement in many of the present tar
iff schedules is based
While the danger is not so much that
the class of users in whose favor the
classification purports to be will receive
more benefits than the trainers Of the law
may have intended. it is that many who
do not belong to the class intended to be
favored will import articles suitable for
the prescribed use under the general
e h.,t mill
for general purposes" which leads Mr..
Taft to observe "if there were no other
reason for Withholding my approval from
the bill this one would be all-sufficient.
After the message had been read, I'm
derwood moved that it be passed notwith-
standing the veto, and after some discus
sion the roll was called, the vote being
226 yeas to 127 nays. much less than the
necessary two-thirds majority.
on the free list bill the Republicans
who voted to overrule the veto who
did net so vote on the wool bill were:
French, Idaho: Kinkaid, Neb.; Laf-
ferty, Wash: and Morgan. Okla.
The Republicans who voted TO over
rule the wool bill veto but not the free
list veto were: Miller Mimi: and
Young. Kan.
Republican Leader Mann presented
a privileged resolution. 1t proposed TO
send the cotton bill amended by the
Senate back to the Senate respectful
ly submitting that it was in contraVen-
tor Of the constitution, which pro
vidos hat all such legislation originate
with the House of Representatives
Democratic Leader Underwood's mo-
ton 70 table this resolution was sus-
tanned, 1856 to 141.
The House then adjourned until j
o'clock tomorrow morning.
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