New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-18

are am vaoed in tho production OF wool
and the manufacture of wooIlens; moro
than a Million Of the country's capital IS
invested in the industry. Large commu-
mites are almost wholly dependent upon
the pros perty Of the wool grower and
the wool zen manufactures. Moderately
estimated, five millions OF the American
people will be iniuriously affected by any
ill., advised impairment OF the wool and
wooIlon in austries. Certainly we should
proceed or pdentIy in dealing with them
upon the basis Of aseertained facts
rather thar, hastily and without know-
edue to ma te a reduction OF tho tariff TO
satisfy a % ppuIar desire, which tu''y
recognize, TOR reduction OF duties be-
lieved to be excessive.
have no doubt that IL j were to sign this
Hill | would receive the approval OF yer!
many personsl who favor reducuon OF
duties in order. to reduce the cost of living
whatever the effect on our nrotecteo III
dustries and who fail to realize the as
aster to bus mess generally and to people eople,
at large which may come from raoiSa'
disturbance of that part OF business de
y. ndent fer its life on the continuance oil
q protective tariff.
IL fail 30 guard as far as ! can the in .
dustries Of the country to the extent OF
oivino the., the benefit OF living
measure Of protection, and business dis
aster ensues, I shall not be disehareing
nv duty. If fail to recommend the re-
duotio, of excessive duties to this extent,
shall fail in my duty TO the consuming
public.
There is no public exigency requiring the
revision of Schedule X in August without
adequate information. rather than In De-
cember next with such information. pc
4 u A. a. ~ No.
in the last Congress for the submission OF
adequate information upon schedule Is
with view 20 its amendment. certainly
the public veal is better preserved by de-
LAYING ninety days in order TO do Justice,
and make such a reduction as shall be
proper. than now blindly TO enact a law
involved and the business Of the country In
general
Mc,saee Received in House.
Republican applause which greeted
President Taft's veto as II was read IN
the House late to-day was followed by
an outburst Of Democratic cheers when
the majority leader. Mr.. Underwood. an
nounced that he would call up the bill
tomorrow and move its passage over
the veto
The Presidents veto message reached
the House while the roll was being
| called on Mr. Underwood's motion to
concur in the Senate amendments to the
free list bill When the conference re-
port on that bill in its final legislative
stage was announced the reading Of the
Presidents message was begun. each
member following the Presidents words
! from printed copies of the veto which
had been distributed. When the reading
was concluded Mr.. Underwood arose.
MIR. Speaker" he said. II do not de-
sire 10 ask that this message from the
| President be referred to the Committee
on Ways and Means. I ask that it lie
on the Speakers table. and give notice
that / will call up the bill tomorrow,
Immediately after the reading Of the
| journal. and move TO pass it over the
Presidents veto
Cheers and shouts from the Demo
cratic members greeted the announce
ment Representative Garrett, of Ten
nessee. when quiet was restored, asked
unanimous consent TO incorporate in the
record portion of President Tafts
speech at Winona. Mimi, n the last
i canpaien. in which he described the
wool schedule Of the Payne-Aldrich tariff
! bill as 'indefensble Mr.. Mann. Re-
publican leader. asked unanimous con
sent to incorporate the entire Winona
speech in the record, which carried.
The Democratic majority Tomorrow
will make a determined effort 10 pass
the bill over the veto. They have hopes
that they will be able to do this. r
resentative Mann and other Republican
leaders expressed confidence tonight
that this will he impossible. Representa-
tive Dwight, the Republican whip, has
told the President that the majority will
not be able to muster enough to carry
the bill by a two thirds vote. on the
recent passage of the compromise bill in
the House the vote was 200 TO 90.
Absentees Ordered on Hand.
Many members of both parties reached
Washington to-day, and all absentees
are ordered to be on hand tomorrow.
The Democrats expect. with their full
quota Of members present. together with
| the thirty Republicans who voted for
| the bill. that they can develop a two
/ thirds majority. Republican leaders as
sert that many of the insurgents who
voted for the bill will not do so now over
the Presidents head.
The President summoned the Cabinet
| in special session at the White House as
soon as he had breakfasted to-day. The
veto message on the wool bill was gone
over again. This was the fourth meet
ing of the Cabinet, formal or informal.
held this week.
II became known after the meeting
| that the President would not only WELD
the axe on the wool bill. but that the
cotton bill, with the proposed amendment
! revising the iron and steel schedules and
| the Farmers Free List bill would suffer
/ the same fate. 1t was indicated that
any tariff revision bill at this session
would be vetoed
| The President. it was said. would go
/ before the country in his messages and
| in speeches on his Western trip this fall
and argue against what he would char
acterize as an unnecessary upsettng Of
business through revision of the tariff
not based on information from the Tariff
! Board
FIREMEN UNDER DEBRIS