The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-03-11
WILL BIZ NO TARIFF TINKERINe
srEc,4, SESSION 70 az HELD
CLOsE 20 hErlPROClTY,

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flOsE 20 fErlPROCgTY.
in,,ma,-a rnrt ti.o i'resiseut Weal6 veto
Ary I!',l Anenains Payne. Aldr,ch
srhrduies-i i,cnaecratio l.eaccrs oa,0
to i'-,c Agreed 10 wait TIL Wiuter.
Ar,.SrA. March io.-President TAFT
does not expect the Sixty second Congress-
A. the .poclal session which he has called
for April TO take up important legisla-
ton except the Canadian reciprocity
agreement
Tho President made tha. clear in his
spsech before the Southern Commercial
Cougress here tonight.
He believes that . majority OF the now
Coogressmen will favor reciprocity and
hs thinks that II win be adopted regardless
Of party lines.
n the special session undertakes q
s,neral revision Of tho tariff or II II tries
TO revise schedules Of the Payne-Aldrioh
lsw without suficient scientific data tho
President most likely will exercise his
power Of veto. ..
This much came from friends Of Mr..
Taft who were hero to-day.
II an attempt Ii made to saddle q revi-
sion OF the tariff or Q revision OF few
important schedules. like the cotton and
woollen schedules. upon the Canadian
agreement bill the President would have
tho same inclination to register Executive
disspproval.
He expects the Tariff Board TO have
sufficient information from all parts OF
the world upon which to base Q scientific
revision in the wooilen schedule at least
by December 1. Until that information 10
ready he will look with disfavor upon
attempts to change it.
There is reason to believe that the
President has been assured that he will
not be compelled to make use Of the veto.
1t was asserted here tonight by friends
Of the Administration that the President
mas been assured by Democratic leaders
that no effort to tinker with the tariff
will be made at the special session. but
that the Canadian agreement will be
taken up promptly and disposed Of, and
that then possibly other less important
matters will be put through
The Presiden. expects to confine his
first message to the Sixty-second Con-
gress entirely TO reciprocity. He called
[ ongress in extraordinary session only
because he believed that the preliminary
with Canada required him
to the subject which brought
about this extra session. II later on
subjects like that OF economy and eff
Diency in the Government departments
pr other matters of Importance come up
Mr.. Taft will send in special messages.
Tho President spoke tonight to more
than s 900 people. With him on the plat
form were the Governors OF more than 4
ioxen Southern States.
Secretary Of War Dickinson Gov.
Woodrow Wilson Of New jersey and
George Westinghouse also made ad-
dresses
4 part OF the Presidents speech dealt
with the South. what her prosperity was
IL,
hut much Of it was devoted to a review
II what the Sixty-hrst Congress. and
particularly the last session OF that Con-
gress. had accomplished
The Sixty-first Congress. just closed"
said the President. has enacted more
useful and progressive legislation in its
three sessions than any Congress since
the war;
The most important work of the session,
the President thought. was the ratification
Of the commerce and navigation treaty
with Japan. The most dismal failure re-
corded against it was the defeat of the
Canadian reciprocity bill in the Senate.
The Presidents honor list OF the last
.esslons achievements included the act
changing judicial procedure and abolish
ing the Circuit courts, the safety appli.
ances act for the protection OF railway
employees. the law increasing the num-
her Of officers OF the army. the two battle
ships provision in the naval law and the
iortification Of the Panama Canal.
The great disappointment Of tho ses-
sion. the President said. was tho failure
OF the bill to create . permanent tariff
commission. He told. however, Of his
having increased the membership OF the
present board. for which he did get an
Appropriation.
BY demonstrating it's usefulness" he
Ald, we may be able to induce the in
coming Congress to make IL permanent
by enacting the bill which was defeated
Regarding the treaty with Japan the
President said; -The old treaty expires
in less than a year. 1t contains a clause
with reference TO limit upon immigra-
lion which offended the sensibilities OF
the Japanese. The new treaty omits this
clause. but goes into effect under condi-
lions that make certain a continuance Of
The present status under which Japan
'sherself limiting the immigration Of her
people into this country. and all this
without the enforcing Of any restrictions
on our part.
Thus, without offending the patriotic
PRIDE Of our neighbors upon the Pacific
We are able to maintain an important
NATIONAL policy. 1t insures the continued
friendship of most progressive and
powerful nation with whose development
We have been intimately connected since
Commodore Perry opened her ports. ~
J greatly rejoice that the cloud OF un-
certainty which hung over the settlement
o 'hi1 question upon terIns completely
satisfactory to both countries has now
been removed"