The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1911-08-24
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fAeefs ms aasdsacoa M ala eeAt.e
toaa b. No,eins ,ss h,ll revising aaa
reducing me duties on weol and
woolen products. Iais same ilspa-
siticn was manlte=iel when ne came
west t o defend tar PayueAldeleh hAi
sitter he ha accepted it as the bes,
he Thought he could secure from
congress. Again tAis resolute indie
%pendenee OF thought ANA action was
shown when he pushed reciproe-
lity and reelection AT the same time.
His loyalty to his convictions was re-
vealed once more when he kent Bal
tinger in the cabinet long after pub
lie sentiment had found against him.
This. the most marked characteris-
tic OF Tatts personality. is no doubt
due in part to his judicial training.
II is his apparent practice TO consid-
er the various phases of any question
that may arise, reach his decision and
then cling to thai decision Just as
firmly ana Just as oblivious of popu-
lar protest, as he would dispose of
Il cas- brought before him as a
judge. Plainly he believes that
once a man becomes president, he is
acting in a representative capacity.
However, in this particular case,
The Republican is inclined to believe
that the president was right in hold
ing to his own course. The indict-
ment that was brought against the
Payne-Aldrich act by its critics, was
that it was not scientific; that it was
not based upon information and
therefore could not be known to APP
nroXinate the differences between the
cost of production at home and
abroad. Immediately after the
Payne-Allrich bill went through,
President Taft, with great determi-
nation demanded a tariff commission
and presently secured it. This tar
iff commission, non-partisan in char
aracter. is supposed to be Investigate
ing the various industries to ascer-
tain the costs OF. production in this
and foreign countries. One of those
upon which this tariff board is en-
pected to make a report next Deem
be-, at the opening of the regular
session Of congress, is the wool in
dustry. President Taft, we have
becm lead to believe, expects to base
upon this report an urgent recon-
mendation for a new revision of the
tariffs upon all products on which
the report suggests such a revision.
Those critics of the Payne bill as
an u~nscientiic measure, certainly
are not very consistent in urging the
approval of tariff bills that have re-
lceived n great deal less of consider
Iation than did the Payne act. Pres
ident Taft surely would be subject
to a charge of unjustiiable inconsis-
,tency were he to approve the very
kind of legislation he has condemn
ed. The following paragraphs from
his veto message on the wool bill
are, we think, sufficient reasons for
his action:
eff there ever was a schedule that
needed consideration and investiga-
!tion and elaborate explanation by
experts before it's amendment it is
Schedule X. There is a widespread
USiiSA nat lhudS 4alSS III II pACo@
ent schedule are too high and are in
excess of any needed protection for
the wool grower or manufacturer. !
share this belief, but ] have no suf-
Gcient data upon which I can judge
how Schedule X ought to be reduced
in order that the new bill shall fur
'nish the proper measure OF protec-
;. ton and no more. Nor have I SQUIRE
es of information which satisfy me
that the bill presented to me for sig
mature will accomplish this result
December was the time fixed by
both parties in the last Congress for
!. the submission of adequate informa-
ton upon Schedule X with a view tc
its amendment. Certainly the pub
lie veal is better preserved by delay.
ing ninety days in order to do jus.
tice, and make such a reduction as