Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1911-10-02

inesses that are dependent upon protec-
| ton for their existence shall lose it
must injure present conditions in all
business, whether dependent on the
tariff or not The change. therefore,
J from protective tariff to a tariff for
| existing business. and must lead to
! business depression and ut least tenn
! porary business disaster But there
are many. and / am among those. who
believe that protection in the rast has
| been too high and that il is possible
/ to lower the tariff so as not to inter
| fere with business. give n living rate
! of protection To existing enterprise and
| yet prevent excessive prices growing
tout OF excessive rates. In carrying out
( such a policy ana maintaining such an
attitude. il is essential that the inter
eSts of business should be guarded By
close investigation into their reeds as
! 70 n protective tariff, and :his en-
phasizes the importance and vital ne
cessity Of the maintenance Of a tariff
commission and Of its asCertainment
Of the facts with respect to business
anu the hll l-Itilf't between inc cost OF
production here and the cost of pro-
l.luction abroad before tariff changes
are made
one Of the prominent and useful
! features Of the administration of the
government in Germany. in Austria.
and in France is the existence Of I'M
|, der officials constituting a tariff bureau
or commission who follow closely the
changes in trade in our own country
and i'm their countries through consular
bureaus and otherwise. and who keep in
constant readiness for use a digested
mass of information which enables
them to advise the government with
the utmost accuracy what changes in
the tariff law would help the trade of
their own country. and what the eff
feet Of the changes will be. They ex-
ercise the closest guardianship over
the business of the country. With the
hope of promoting its prosperity and
expanding its volume. They would no
more think Of changing a policy like
that of the protective tariff to a free
trade policy by one stroke. breaking
down the business of the country in
many directions, than they would of
blowing up their ba-tleships or Destroy
ing their Notifications.
We have had i'm the past two years.
since the agitation and the excitement
growing out of the passage of the
Payne bill. a strong movement toward
the establishment of n tariff board or
commission which, by furnishing ac-
curate information as 20 tariff mat
tiers and the comparative costs of for
eign and home production in respect
to manufactures and products. should
enable congress to act with care to-
ward the existing Industries of the
country and to save them as far as
possible in any changes that might be
made. Under circumstances which il
Is not now necessary for me to re-
count and by appropriations furnished
by congress. l have been able to- estab-
lish tariff board. and have declined
to promote the passage of tariff meas
ures framed without the knowledge
that within a few months this tariff
board can furnish; and I have done so
because l thought the business Of the
country was entitled to better treat
ment than the slipshod framing and
hasty enactment of measures the iniu-
rious effect of which upon the indus