The Washington herald., 1911-01-13
TARIFF MEN HEAR PRESIDENTS VIEWS

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McCullum, Hon. Samuel w. Mccall. ]
=; AcLaushlin: John F. Mcintosh. w. J
McQuinn, s. c; Mead. l. =. Aergott
Ma MerraiI. Rob Robert ei.r Meyer. a. F1sss s Meysr a.
Gen. Nelson A. Miles, H. 2. Niles. d. c.
Mills. William Miller. II. J. Mischo.
Hugh Mullen. Richard R: Muser.
ator Newlands. A. p. Neyin. A. L. New
D F. o'Brien. s. o. lochs. Francis p.
O'Connor. J. O'Connor. E.. H. Outer.
ED j.; :; Page; s. Edward ! Per- Perry; Ramsey Ramsey
Rev; U; 6. B: Pierce. Wslworth Pierce.
Forecast. =. Z. Foinde.ter. aeorSs 4.
Theodore ouisiey.
j. S: Rambo: G: 7; Raymond Charles
Reilly, James N. Reilly. H. g. Rhue. E.
v. Robinson. Edwin p. Root, Charles
Robe. Bernard J. Rothweil. H. J.. Run
Gs RobeSt s'R v. Sanford, s. 6. <. < sage. n Henry
p. Sargent, F: A. sehaeffer, Charles A.
sshieren; Frank scheble; Dr; Jacob Gould
ley. John shirrsns. F:.W simmons.
% si%mens. S Thomas ". simpers. George
F. s. Singleton. A. D. Shaw. John c. F.
siayton. Howard 6. Smith; Luigi sclare.
Sns.rs smHSt %Sn W josn M sPaGs,Pf s5a vs sseiR R.
Ashton stsrke: Charles N: stewart. F.
H. Stillman. Ferdinand Strauss. c. A.
| Streuli, W. H. Stuart.
B. F. Taylor, Samuel Tate, J. s TAFT,
E. c. Thayer. H. 1. Thayer, Max Thorn.
T. F. Thume. P. F. Ti.nson. w. M. Titus,
Thomas Tonks Carleton H. Toner.
Eta%soFt Hsnry r ToFns S,I;, B TraT,s; visor Emil
Isaac NJ. Gilman. Samuel Uilman.
Paul E. Vernon. s. E. Vincent. Gustav
vintschser. John A. voodry, A. n vogel
sfss x Vain TleR yohn watson "IseSsrc tssis
| Wead. Harvey r. Wellman. A. wilcox,
Henry T. Wills. E. H. Wise, L. H. Wise.
J. D; Winnemore r; r. Whitman. Henry
walter Wood. Max Wolf. J. H. Worth
man.
Richard Young
c. H. Zehnder. Anton yucca.
Demand Of Congress-.
With the passage of the resolutions en-
| bodying the definite demand Of the pres
ent Congress for the enactment Of bill
| creating a permanent nonpartisan tar
III commission, the association closed
the second and last session of its con-
vention at noon yesterday. The action Of
Congress in authorizing the President
to create the present tariff board was
approved and Mr.. Taft complimented on
the constitution Of the board and its ac-
complishments.
As to the sense Of the convention on
the tariff commission question. the reso-
luton adopted left little in doubt. 1t
was framed on a specific demand for a
commission that should enjoy powers
similar to those Of the Interstate Com
merce Commission, including the power
to require the giving Of testimony under
proper conditions and safeguards. and
for proper purposes. 1t demands that
the functions of the commission shall
be the ascertainment OF all technical, in
dustrial and statistical facts, necessary
or useful to Congress in the framing Of
tariff legislation, and to the Executive
in the administration Of tariff laws. The
commission, according to the resolution.
should report to Congress- or the Prssi-
dent upon CALL
The proposal OF President Taft that the
work Of tariff revision should ~ accom-
plished schedule by schedule or one sub
ject at a time, each subject to be 80 de-
fined that items which are interrelated
shall be grouped together. rather than
by any sweeping revision Of the entire
tariff, to the end that the revision may
to business otherwise inevitable. was
made the subject Of a special resolution
by the convention.
Visit White House.
After luncheon. the delegates. headed
by President John Gambler Cobb and
former Gov. Curtis Guild. jr., Of Massa-
chusetts, called At the White House. They
were received by President Taft in the
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ton. ex-Gov. Guild made the Introductory
address. expressing the pleasure of the
association in meeting the Chief Execu- |
tive. The President responded as fol- |
lows:
Gov Guild. Gentlemen and Ladies: 1
am very glad to welcome you here to
express my satisfaction that you have
come here with the purpose you have. I
believe that ! am to have the privilege
of meeting some of you gentlemen later |
on in the day. during q time when they |
will be-after dinner-a little more chari- |
table. Therefore. I will not detain you
now with any other than the heartiest |
and sincerest expression of pleasure at |
seeing you here, congratulations on your
work, and an earnest hope that your COM |
ing here may be productive of the re-
suits indicated in your resolution adopt |
ed to-day
Received By Barrett.
Following the reception at the White |
House, the delegates proceeded to the
building of the Pan-Afnerican Union, |
where they were received by the direc-
tor. John Barrett BY direction Of Mr..
Barrett the entire building was thrown
open for inspection, and the Pan-Ameri-
can Union orchestra rendered several Sc
lect;ons. To Mr.. Barrett the president
o. the association. Mr.. Cobb. expressed
the pleasure of the delegates at being |
able to visit the building, and Mr.. Bar
rett responded briefly.
At the last session Of the convention.
which was held in the New Willard ban
quet hall. President Cobb delivered his
annual address. reviewing the work of
the association during the year and the |
work now under way.
DR.. Jacob Gould Sfhurman. president
Df Cornell University: was introduced,
and delivered q scholarly address on the
tariff commission question, confining |
himself to the purely academic side Of I
the problem.
The farmers. side was ably presented
BY John M. Stahl. representing the
Farmers National Congress. Mr.. Stahl
put especial stress on the ability Of the
farmer to influence his Congressman
through the mails. and the alertness Of
the Representative to. respond to those
Indications Of the wishes Of the con-
Rtituent Mr. Rtohl Sai6 I'm mart.