New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-12-21

Washington. Dec. 2O.-The exhaustive
report on the wool industry, prepared by
the Tariff Board and submitted to Con-
gress to-day. constitutes the most thor
ough analysis Of the conditions attending
a single industry every prepared for this
government. The most important find
ing Of the board is that the system of
imposing a specific duty on raw or un-
secured wool and then providing arbi-
trary increases for secured wool, fur
nlshes the greatest opportunity for in
qualities and injustice. and even
amounts to imposing a prohibiuve duty
on certain fine woods which are essential
10 the manufacture Of high grade cloth
The report Of the board shows conclu-
sively the advisability Of imposing a spe-
cifc duty on the secured contents Of
the wool offered for Importation, as was
forecasted in these dispatches 10 The
Tribune Of last sunday.
OF hardly less importance is the proof
that the tariff bill Of last session failed
utterly 20 correct this serious defect,
having adopted the same inadequate
methods Of imposing a tariff on wool as
had hitherto been employed Unpreju-
diced students Of the report Of the Tariff
Board cannot fail to appreciate the
soundness Of the reasoning which
prompted the President 10 veto the bill
passed az the last session. AS was in
eyitable after an investigation, both ex-
haustiye and conclusive, the report is
voluminous
MESSAGE Has Strong Effect in Senate.
The Presidents message transmitting
the report Of the board. judged by its
effect on the Senate. is one Of the most
important communications he has thus
far sent 90 Congress. Regular Republi-
cans. Insurgents and the various groups
Of Democrats al gave IL closer attention
than is usually bestowed on Executive
communications. All Of them. instead
Of declaring themselves at once as, ia
voring or opposing its conclusions, in
dicated a desire 10 consider it carefully
before expressing definite views.
The striking feature Of the reception
O. the message was that Senators Of all
shades Of tariff conviction. Republicans
as Well as Democrats, professed 10 find
IN it something 10 justify the views they
had hitherto entertained with respect 70
tariff revision.
The Regular Republican Senators were,
TO some degree at least. inclined 10 sup
port the views expressed in the message
but with indefinite reservations. The In
surgcut Republicans, who appeared TO
Interpret il as an assault upon their
tariff tinkering OF the last session, while
reluctantly agreeing with lis general
conclusions. professed 10 find In it moth
Ing especially new, but asserted that il
confirmed the views OF Senator Dolliver
expressed while the Payne-Aldrich bill
Was under consideration. 1t is evident" d"
said one, chat the President is becoming
more progressive"
Even ihe Democrats opposed 20 "A pro-
iective tariff pointed TO it i'm justilica-
ton of their tariff revision of the first
Session Whatever the various cCnclu-
Sons that have been reached, it is ap-
parent that both the report Of the board
and the rccommendations Of the Presi-
Gent based on IL will receive the most
careful consideration as a highly impor-
'ont contribution 10 the record Of tariff
legislation.
Not 10 Wait for House.
senator Penrose. chairman Of the Com