Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-09-13
SPECIAL WASHINGTON coRREs
PoNDENcE.
By Clyde H. Tayenne

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The spot light is being thrown OF
. the tariff board from all paris Of the
country, as a result of the actor
Of President Taft in citing the fail
ure Of that board to report as his
reason for Jetoing the Democratic re
vision downward tariff bills.
| What is this tariff board, in which
Mr.. Taft places more confidence thar
he does in the $50 members Of Con
gress? Here is the answer:
The tariff board was created UNI
der authority given the president In
the Payne-Aldr:ch act. Originally, II
was made up of three members, all
! epublicans, but last March it was
enlarged to five members by the ad-
dition OF two democrats. This board
was created for the purpose of ascer-
tanning the difference in cost Of pro
duction at home and abroad. Follow
ing is brie' biography OF each
member:
1t. c. Emery was a professor Of
s1olitical economy at Yale when Pres,
ident Taft made him chairman of
the board. His father was former
chief Justice of Maine, and all his
life he has been a republican and
high protectionist. ALI his mature
experience has been in the class
room, where he necessarily was kept
out Of touch with the practical prob
lens Of Life. He has written num-
Der OF books on political economy, z
A. H. Sanders is the owner and
publisher OF the Breeders Gazette
He has been prominent in middle
western politics during the last few
years, and in his journal he frequent
~ has argued for protection, espec-
tally on hides.
J. H. Reynolds was formerly as
sistant Secretary OF the Treasury
and he was accused by Special Agent
Burr with having tried to prevent.
the investigation OF the sugar weigh
ing scandals. He was made mem
Der OF the tariff board just before
these charges were made. He long
has been prominent in Massachusetts,
republican politics, and has made
many spec hes for high tariff
w. NJ. Howard, Democrat,
served seven terms in the Hose of i
from Georgia, but;
was defeated last year. He was ole
Of the twenty-three democrats who
lined up with Rep. Fitzgerald of
New York in in the rules fight, and
the charge was made by his opponent ,
during the campaign that except
for these twenty-three democrats the
House rules would have been revised
and the power taken away from
Speaker Cannon
T. w. Page was formerly a teach
er of history and political economy at
he university of California Most of
his life has been spent in the class
room, and he is lille known outs de
If university circles.
At he time Mr.. Taft was debat-
ing who to appoint to this board an
effort was made to get him to
name Mr.. r. X. MacLea, Secretary
of the Wholesale Dry Goods Commit
Tee of New York, and admittedly the
greatest tariff expert in the country
rom working, Practical standI ONT.
He had for years led the fight to
correct the abuses CT the Dineley
aw, and because of his wide know
edge and abil ty his appointment
vas strongly urged by all the friends
II tariff reform. His appointment ]
vas opposed by the cotton and wool .
n goods manufacturers, however,
nd these men prevailed on Mr..
Haft to keep him off the board. +"
How ar, the railway mail clerks to
make effective their nroteSt AGAINST