The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-09-25

to sometimes as a board of experts
on the tariff, This is hardly correct
description 1t would be impossible
to secure board all the members of
which had expert knowledge upon
all the subjects of the tariff for the
l A or 10 schedules are very broad in
their scope and include much of
what is manufactured or produced
in the world Indeed, il is by no
means clear that it would be of ad-
vantage to have in the board itself
men who are experts upon the max
ing and sale of particular articles
mentioned in the tariff 1t is far
better to have in the board men who
are in the habit of making investiga-
lions, who are in the habit of calcu-
lating costs, who are in the habit of
digesting and analyzing great col
lections of evidence and reducing
them to intelligent conclusions which
may be stated for the benefit of
those who intend to use them That
is the profession of trained econo-
mists, and therefore | put at the
head of this board Prof. Henry C.,
Emery, upon the recommendation of
the presidents of number of univer-
stiles who were consulted Mr. Alvin
Sanders was the editor of the Breed
ers Gazette, man of the highest
standing, who has devoted his life
to the study of the agricultural In
terests of this country while Mr.,
Reynolds had been four years an as
sistant secretary of the treasury I'M
der Mr. Roosevelt, in charge of GUS
.oms. and had become very familiar
with the operation of the existing
tariff and its construction. To these
three | added Prof. Page of the Uni
yersity of California, and then OF the
of Virginia, we'll known
economist, with the same general
standing as that of Prof. Emery; ana
Mr.. w. NJ. Howard, former demo-
cratic congressman from Georgia
and admittedly one of the .ablest and
fairest members, of the half dozen
in which he served. The
makeup of the board insures non
partisan action. The truth is, that
with the exception of Mr.. Howard
and of Mr. Reynolds, the board may
be said to have no political affilia-
tons at all.
The board is board of the highest
Intelligence and ability, and well
qualified by their previous expert
ence to act as Investigators, analyz-
ers of evidence, and judges of issues
of fact. They are under Instructions
to draw their conclusions without re-
spect to their effect, and ! venture to
say that there is no board in the
country less likely to be influenced
by political or other improper con-
sideratoins than the tariff board as
it Is now constituted. Even the at
tacks made upon it, prompted by the
heat of political controversy and I'M
it from a judicial attitude toward all
questions that it is now considering.
1t is said with respect to the tariff
board that its Investigations are not
to be relied upon, because it must
secure its information from inter
ested parties. and that no informa-
ton is available to it that is not
available directly to the ways and
means committee, and that the com
mittee can secure testimony of such
people. more effectively than the tar
if board Such a statement fails en-
tirely to recognize the real character
of the Investigations of the tariff
board Material secured by that
board is not in the nature of testi-
mony of different parties examined
as to what they think on any OF
these facts. 1t is in The result of an
examination of the books and records
OF producers and manufacturers and
tabulation from these by the OK
pert agents of the board, resulting in
perfectly definite and precise infor-
nation as to the actual results given
by the best Industrial or commercial