The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1911-10-12
TARIFF BOARD A JOKE
So Says Chairman of the Board Taft 3
Swing Around the Circle Barren
of Results


Washington, oct 10 - Special I-
IA" President has been i'm the West
The people have listened to his dr
tense. And they still belicv" he di,
wrong in v"tpiug the honest effort,
pl both hranr"s of Congress to r."
!@"" the awful cost Of living In tn,
uitod States
such /, the tenor Of the news that
mas come over the wires lrum spn,
'lal Spuudouts who either ac.
roupauird or :rnil"d Mr. TAFT en-
his 10000 mile swing.
Arthur llruuiug. Washington cor
respondent OF TIA" Chicago Tribune,
interviewed hundreds of wcstcrners
ana found that the peupl" generally
liked Mr. TAFT personally but abso-
lut"Ir disnpproved his record as
President.
Angus McSweru, the celebrated
Washington correspondent Of the
Philadelphia North American, DuIso
RcpuhllcauJ, wired from Topeka,
kanS. as follows: "PrrsIdcnt Taft
ild not make u dent in the surface
u strong progressive sentiment in
h" state of Kansas during his visit
mere. "
1t developed, too, that II great
many men, in all walks Of life. can
dIdly admitted that next year they
proposed To- vote for Democrat for
President, notwithstanding they al
ways hriur" had voted for Repub.
licai. y great many of t!.eSp re-.
TERED To the magnificent record the
Democrats made in Congress last
session, and frankly admitted that
since III" Democrats had shown real
hblllty 10 govern, and govern well,
IL was no more than their due than
they should be given greater respuu-
sihlIitE.
Tariff Board Il Joke.
Is II fair To Judge President Taft's ,
tarlti board by what the chairman of
th" board himself thinks of il? If
80, II Is "A sort Of a Joke.
Chairman Emery Of the tariff
BOARD, III speaking at II banquet of .
the American Association of Wooden
and W"rsted Manufacturers at New
YORK City, said:
There are certain things that are
very difficult to get, and one thing,
that according to the platform of
iht Republican party and incident
any ttft does not mean anything to
me, except that | have been given
the loh according to that platform
rs To try to get the cost of produc-
uon. i thank you all gentlemen,
that Won did not laugh. Laugh.
teri frankly say right here that
TINS idea of settling thing on cost
alone is all nonsense. You must
not think | am joking about this
thing, but there is a Joke about IL.
and the joke Is this: Ihave no pow
ers whatsoever. The tariff board
has no powers. There il really no :
such n thing as a tarifT board. The ,
law says that for certain purposes /,
the president may employ such per- ,
sons as he sees 1T. / am one of
such persons. That fs all " (Laugh-
Ter and applause.)
And II was because of this board. c
even the chairman of which treats Il
as joke, that President Taft vetoed :
he efforts of both branches of Con-
,ress to reduce the cost of living. a
All Legitimate Business Safe. n
Chairman A. o. Stanley, of the b
Steel Trust Investigating Committee -
ays the Republicans are endeavor-
ng to create the Impression that the
Democratic investigation of the steel
rust is in the nature of an attack
II the steel business He denied
hat this is true.
Republican newspapers, said
ir. Stanley, "are trying to make fl
he country believe we are persecut. al
~ the steel corporation. Nothing h
ould be further from the truth. The -
lvestigation has been conducted III
18th the utmost fairness, and not nj
ngle one of the steel men who testi- ra
I'd failed to thank the committee for
lie fair and generous way in which .
, had been treated. %
1.-THE Democrats realize the neces-
ty Tor constructive action. They
ant the country to feel that no
Ultimate business ia going to suf- ic
{ at their hands. and that no huai-