The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-20
To Urge Reciprocity and Establishment of Perma-
 nent Tariff Board
WILL ASK DELAY IN
 TARIFF REVISION
While on His Way to Washington the President Outlines Plans and Admits Country Wants
 Tariff Revision


 Columbia, S. C.. March 1s.-President Taft according to present plans, will conflne his message to the extra session of Congress to be convened on April to Canadian reciprocity and to the estab- lishment of a permanent tariff board.
 The President is convinced that the country desires and that 1t ought to de- sire further revision of several sched- ules of the Payne-Aldrich act. He feels that the woolen schedule, schedule K, is particularly so, and he is anxious that it shall be revised at an early date.
 The President is equally convinced. however, that the country desires that revisions of the tariff shall be made in the light of the scientific information which it is the duty of the tariff board to collect. So at this time il is said he rather inclines to the idea that no sched- ule should be revised upon which the tai- if board Is not ready with it's nforma- ton. The President has directed the tem- porary tariff board to make a report on the woolen schedule by December 1 next. Personally he would like very much for Congress to wait until that time and not attempt to revise any of the schedules at the extra session. He will give the mat ter further consideration, however, after he reaches Washington.
 1T MT TaftS present wishes were mefs the extra session would devote itself to reciprocity first, the permanent tariff board second, and then a speedy adjourn- ment and postponement of the revision of the textile schedules until the tariH board completes its work on December l.
 In addition to the Presidents instrue- tions that the wooden schedule shall be ready at that time, the appropriation bill. carrying fund for the tariff board. contains a proviso to that effect. This does away with the possibility of delay.
 Expects Democratic Help
 President Taft frankly expects the den- ocratic House and the nearly democratic Senate of the Sixty-second Congress to help him carry out programme Of scien- tific revision of the tariff. He hopes that another year will mark great progress in that direction. He is particularly anx- ious, however, that the revision shall be made in accordance with his established policy of Hitting the tariff far as pos- sihle out of the realm of politics and plac- ing it. as is doue in Germany, upon scientific, non-partisan and disinterested basis
 Just how the democratic leaders will res ceive proposition to postpone action on tariff revision until next December remains to be seen. A number of the leaders have already indicated that at least two or three schedules of the Payne Aldrich law will be acted upon prior to the adjournment of the extra session.
 President Taft has stated that he be- lieved it would be illogical, unwise and injurious to the business interests If general tariff revision should be under taken immediately.
 1t was a bitter disappointment to the President that the permanent tariff board should have been defeated at the very close of the last session of Congress. Aftr passing the Senate on the day of ad- journment the bill was killed in the House by a filibuster.
 How important the President regards permanent tariff board made evident after Congress adjourned when he placed upor the present board the very men, MT. Howard and Professor Page, whom he intended to place on the permanent tariff commission with Messrs. Emery, Sanders and Reynolds.
 Therefore there now exists in temporary form precisely that tariff board which would have existed if the law had passed. All that is now required is to secure for the board a permanent status.
 Take Up Wool Schedule
 Under the personal direction of MT. Ems cry the board already is engaged In a careful analysis of the textile schedule which will be ready to be submitted to Congress at the regular session.
 The President is said to be greatly en- couraged by the steady progress and de- velopment of his tariff programme which he had laid down four years ago in his speech at Bath. Me. The Payne-Aldrich law, the tariff board. the Canadian reci- prooity agreement he regards as mle- stones of progress, and while the Presi- dent originally intended to devote his message to the special session of Con- gress to the reciprocity agreement on &C., count of its urgent. international import ance he has come to the conclusion that he ought to seize the occasion to secure the permanent tariff board for which there was d majority in both the Senate and House of the last Congress. and for which he hopes a majority will exist in the SiXty-second Congress.
 The President and Mrs. Taft left Au- gusta at 3:05 D. m. over the Southern railway. and passed through here at 6 20 o'clock. The train is due in Wash ngton at S:53 tomorrow morning.
 Accompanied by Mrs. Taft, the Pres ident attended morning service at the First Baptist chur,h in Augusta and later called by the city postoffce to see Postmaster Thomas D. Murphy and to shake hands with all of the employees. Colonel Murphy formerly was news paper man and personal friend of the President