The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-27
UNDERWOOD AND CLARK HANDLED
 ROUGHLY BY TAFT
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cember 1. It is true this statutory direc- l ton was specifically made to tariff | board created under a bill which ulti-
 mately failed of passage, although sup | ported by all the gentlemen who were prominent in the passage of this wool I bill. Still that same Congress gave me money enough to create board to do l the same work.
 Tt is a board of exactly the same per sonne as that which the tariff commits l sion would have had. for on 1t l have put l three republicans and two democrats | and made it non-partisan in the sense | that the tariff commission bill required. l It is a board that in every respect is the l same as the statutory tariff commis- sion, except that 1t is not permanent and has not the power to summon witnesses, and this it finds unnecessary because | 1t can secure all the information 1t needs without doing so. It Is the same board which Messrs. Clark and Underwood and Senator LoFollette and hiss associates are demanding,
 'I submit that the congressional his- tory of this legislation, taken with the previous inconsistent position of MT. Un- derwood and MT. Clark, Mr. LaFollette and his associates, Is enough to show why the wool bill ought not to have been signed, and is enough to convince the
 
 party in power in the lower house and the combination which was temporarily in power in the upper house, ought not to receive from them vote of confidence. "The other two revenue measures were really impromptu and were so loosely drawn that to have put them on the statute books would have been a serious reflection upon the Congress responsible for them. They would have produced the utmost confusion in the collection of the revenues and would have made very different changes in the rates from those which the authors of the bill intended. They were plain ly measures made to appeal to sup posed popular desire and with the hope that by the vote which they had every
 reason to expect, they might invite pop uar hostility toward the executive and the party of which he was the leader. These are the simple facts in respect to the tariff Legislation attempted in
 the House and in the Senate.
 "I am here to speak the truth as nearly as I can. I recognize the gen eral demand throughout the country for a reduction of duties so far as that re- duction can be made consistent with the maintenance of a measure of pro tection that shall enable the indus tries of the country to live.
 "The time of the Chinese wall of dutloS eACeeullS tHc uIucic cHCcS De- tween the cost of production here and the cost of production abroad, has passed and we of the republican party are under an obligation as soon as opportunity comes, to advocate and carry through revision of the tariff winch shall meet the present popular demand and to which we are really pledged
 therefore, when the tariff board snail make its report-fn December on wool and cotton, I expect to submit to congress- recommendations, based on the report of a revision of both schedules. have already expressed my opinlon that the wooden schedule is too hisp' that It has prevailed for so many years that it ought to be revised and IS the subject of complaint, not only to consumers but also by those who are engaged in the industries affected. So far1as I can help it. however no such revision will take place unIess if Is made with a Hull knowledre of inc facts as found by an impartial investi- gation. sssa " V - ''ss
 Calls for Support
 Do not the vetoes which ,vero r.,.s sary to prevent such Legislation from becoming law call for the approval of state whose industries might be Af fected injuriously by Legislation hastily and i'll considered? Does not this SOS sion and It's results demonstrate that our prekeIt: national system of busi- ness, which Is based on the principle of protection. needs for it's reasonable con