The evening times., 1911-08-18
PRESIDENTIAL.
VETO FOR THE
WOODEN BILL
President Insists Upon Tar.
if Revision Only When
Tariff Board Reports.
CITES WILSON TARIFF As
PRECeD|AT Of DISASTER

Proposed Bill Makes More Radical
Reduction in the Woolen Schedule
Than Wilson Bill Did-Hasty Re.
vision Might Again Work Disaster.
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Washington, Aug. 1S.-The wool =
tariff revision bill, vetoed by =
President Taft, was called up in y
the house eafly today. Democra- =
tic Leader Underwood moved that y
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hours debate upon Mr.. Under y
woods notion. Representative =
James of Kentucky led off in ad- =
vocacy of congress carrying the y
bill over the veto. .
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Washington. Aug. 1S.-President
Taft yesterday carried out his threat
to veto the wool tariff bill. In spe-
cial message to the house of represen-
tatives filed at 4:30 o'clock he char
acterized the measure blend of
avowed tariff for revenue and an an
ti-protection measure with the pro-
IeSseu prOCectlOn Dill.
In explanation of his course the
president said the bill was not in har-
mony with the platform on which he
was elected. Furthermore, he de-
clared that the American people are
deeply impressed with the conviction
that the interest of the consuming
public can be properly guarded only
by revising the tariff one schedule at
time then upon accurate and scien-
tifcally acquired information"
That there is a widespread belief
that many Of the rates in the wool
schedule are too high and in excess of
any needed protection for the wool
4 grower and manufacturer is admitted
by the president and he says he
shares this belief, asserting that De-
cember was the time f1xel by both Re-
publican and Democratic parties In
the last congress for the submission
OF adequate information, upon sched-
ule K with vie VITO its amendment.
The president says there is no public
exigency requiring revision in August
without adequate information.
After promising that the tariff board
Will be ready to report in December,
the president argues that the failure
of the present bill should not be re-
garded therefore as taking away the
only chance for the reduction by this
congress.
He referred to the dissatisfaction
with which the Payne-Aldrich tariff
law had been received and told OF his
efforts which led to the creation of
the tariff board for the purpose of
obtaining data upon which the revis-
ion would be scientifically under
taken.
The executive made it clear that In
his opinion any revision prior to the
report of his board would be unscien-
tihc and unsatisfactory and open to
the same criticism as that which has
been directed against the Payne-Ald-
rich statute. -.
Thus the protection afforded to
manufacturers under the Wilson bill;
was very considerable higher than
under the present bill. The president
says on this point:
| During the years in which the Will
son bill was in force the wooden
manufacturers suffered. Many mills
were compelled to shut down. 1t is
the only experience we have had for
q generation Of radical revision Of
this schedule, and without .exaggerat-
Ing Its Importance, one pledged to a
moderate protection policy may we'll
hesitate before giving approval with
out full information to legislation
which makes more radical reduc-
tion in the protection actually afford
ed to manufacturers of wool than did
the Wilson act. Nor does this hesi-
tation arise only for fear of injury
to manufacturers. Unless manufac-
turers are able to continue their busi-
ness and buy wool from domestic wool
growers, the latter will have no bene-
fit from the tariff that is supposed to
protect them, because they will have
to sell in competition with foreign
wools or send their sheep to the
shambles. Hence the wool grower is
as much intereste din the protection
of the manufacturer as he is in his
own.
"It we'll may be that conditions of
manufacturer in this country have
changed to require much less protec-
ton now for the manufacturers than
at the time Of the Wilson bill; but in
view of the possible wide suffering in
volved by hasty action based on in
sufficient knowledge, the wise course,
In my judgment, is to postpone any
change for few months needed to
complete the pending inquiry"
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