The evening world., 1911-12-20
Presenting Report Of
Experts on Duties Calls for
a. Downward Revision.
7 ARE EXCESSIVE.
Prohibitive Taxes Keep Out
Cool Foreign WOODS and
Americans Suffer.

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iMAsHINGToN. Dec % President
TAT sent 10 Congress Today the long
awaited report ot the TatiN Board on
scoeduie Il OF the PaA p. Tauff act, and
M ~ a message ro %uT'njing that
the rates on wool aI- w1oilons be ma
isiAily reduced
The report shows thst the existing
iutfc- on many classes ~ ZOO ana wool
'aanufsc,ure are pro Ihitbiy and grea'.
. IN excess Of IN. difference IN the cost
= production here and abroad The IN.
&c are 81 arranged az 90 keep out ot
ne United States entirely woods of finer
,uauiies. which II imported might be
80 To dlsplsce the cneap substitutes
ow employed. President Taft calls at
.ntlon to these points, aud mges That
revision of the schedule be proceeded
,,ftA n, once.
Ho act-rlxcs the i.pur ~ the
-ari6 Board as the mot complete ana
exhaustive statement; of u !fcul' aud
complicated subJe { ever presented 4" u
->~gtelstivc body. lie declares d: u mon.
'msut TO the ,horonghncss industrr, im-
d Fttality and accuracy 81 the men en-
DIV III w ~ hAH'
Nth emphasis upon the fact that The
eport IL n unanimous one. and asserts
ne heilod tina u VIII convince all ~ the
;isdom OF making the Farm Board per
asnsnt.
BsltAss the President nor Me Board
sveDeees dsanits rates duty, Ar. TAFT
-eon1ag sAas the function Of b Board
vsely . - present nsdings Of fact On
49, rates Of duty nay 30 fairly &C.
.unlasA In the itGht Of adequate
.uOu1slgs asa II sOeord with h COO
.V0ls psuey 70 ~ followed. President
'casN seeenmsuds that the proposed re-
,tseea sAhsrs 70 . rate Of protection
aeeo upsn the aiRsrsncs In cost Of pro.
Ssoo3en ~ home asa sbroad.
Continuing ~. President saysi
CALLS FOR DOWNWARD REvis.
ION OF WOOL TARIFF.
rpsnArsa-asny oiaeDss Of ~
.s1DdsN6sNsV ere DrohiStsosy aua GSsat-
= = sassss Of the difference In cost
~ Dse1ustion here n abroad.
-sAithough these dates do not incrca e.
ttcss " domestic goods by anything
~ their fun amount. II II none tn.
.~so trie mat such rrohlbitiyc duties
eliminate the possibility ~ foreign
,osepetition. even IN ii1r ~ scarcity
rue they form n temptation to anon.
sDo1y and conspira ci.s to control do
meotic prices. that the, are much In
xcess OF the difference IN cost ~ pro.
ivction here anl abroad. and that they
shauh be reduced Ia a point which ac'
Nsets with this principle. 8
,exAs Andings Of the board shew
sAas n this Industry the actual manu-
tNoeur1a0 cost. aside from the eusstioS
Il Ne price Of materials. 10 much higher
u this country haa Il 10 abroad tha'
= the Aaktag Of yarn and cloth III
doDe0elo wocllsn or worstsd manu-
fo6oarsS hes In general no advantage Il
~ fern Of supsrio" machinsry or mor'
sloelsnt labor 10 OFFSET the highsI
sNgss paia In this country.
NJ asaings show that h cost o
turning WOOL irto yarn In shis oountr.
/ Nhout double that IN the leading oom
oU(ong country. and that the cost y
Outnlng yarn into cloth 10 somswha
u0gO than double. Under b protec
NJ peltey = GreAt Industry. %involvts,
~ welfare OF hundreds OF thousand
SfpSopis, has been established. DESPITE
sAsss hAsAioaps.
In recomfucnding rcNts0n ana -
auction. ! Therefore urs. that actlo
10 tsken with these facts In min
tosthe end that an Important ana .stal
usted industry may not he ~ieopardlSr'
"Thc hndlugH ~ fact nv the boa
sltow anpie reason for the rvls,o
downward o. scieduie * "a accord nit
TIE protective principle, and present ~
data a. h. relative costs n price
fnm which may be det"rminrd VII.
rSles viii fairly edualir. the dln.ren'
In production costs / commend thi
Suah revision b. proo,rled Mt,
6Nee."
The report Of the Tariff Board. viii,
n . lengthy and exhaustive do umc'
Hss presented In sep,ratr form WI
,lke President message II sugs--
ruyisiors ana many general r"ductio
fn~the duties on wool ana wopllens
majority 2: iHr talts ~ duty are fpll
Ny The Tain i'lard-tnr finding has
IN the stUdl's ~ vNp,rt.-tn hc prnhiN
tory aad the system ~ lrNJlng tIcn
eonhenutN