The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-03-20
TAFT OUTLINES
HIS MESSAGE
Recommendations Will Be Con-
fined to Canadian ReciprOc-
ity and Tariff Board.
ANXIOUS FOR REVISION
OF W00LEN SCHEDULE
Is Convinced. However. That
Congress Should Have. Scien-
tiic Information.

COLUMBIA. s. c.. March 49,, on Board
Tafts Train-President Taft, according
TO present plans. will confine his mess
age to the extra session OF congress TO
Canadian reciprocity and the establish
ment of permanent tariff board.
He is convinced the country desires,
and ought TO desire, further revision Of
several schedules of the Payne -Aldrich
act. He feels the wooden schedule in
defensibe. IL is said. and is anxious II
The president is equally convinced that
the country desires that revisions of the
tariff be made in the light OF scientific
information which il is the duty of the
tariff board to collect. 1t is said he
rather incllnes to the idea that no sched
ule should be revised upon which the
tariff board is not ready with its infor-
He has directed the temporary tariff
board to make a report on the WOODEN
schedule by December l. Personally. he
would like for congress 10 wait until
that time and not attempt TO revise any
schedules at the extra session. He will
give the matter further consideration,
however, after he reaches Washington
Plan for Congress.
II Mr. Tafts wishes were met the extra
first the government tariff board second,
postponing the revision of the textile
schedules until the tariff board completes
its work December !.
In addition TO the presidents instruc
tions that the wooden schedule shall be
ready, the appropriation bill. carrying
fund for the tariff board. contains pro-
vision to that effect. This does away
with the possibility OF delay, he believes.
President Taft frankly expects the
Democratic house and the nearly Demo-
cratic senate of the sixty congress
TO help him carry out a programme of
scientific revision of the tariff.
He hopes another year will mark great
progress in that direction, He is par
lg h( Sin hall
be in accordance with his policy OF mt
ing the tariff as far as possible out of
the realm OF politics and placing IL upon
scientific basis.
Probable Action of Democrats.
Just how the Democratic leaders viii
on tariff revision until next December
remains To be seen. Several leaders have
already indicated that at least two or
three schedules of the Payne e-Al ldrich law
Will be acted upon during the extra ses-
sion.
President Taft has said he believed #
would DC Illogical, unwise and injurious
to the business interests II a general
tariff revision should be undertaken.
How important the president regards
a permanent tariff board made evil
placed on the present board the very men.
MIR. Howard and Professor Page. whom
he intended 10 place on the permanent
tariff commission with Messrs, Emery.
Sanders and REYNOLDS. All that is now
required is 10 secure for the board a per
manent status.
Under the direction OF Mr.. Emery.
the board already is engaged in care
ful ANALYSIS of the textile schedule.
The president is said to he greatly en-
couragcd by the steady progress and de-
velopment of his tariff programme. which
he laid down four wears ago in his speech
at Bath, Me. The Payne AldriCh law,
the tariff board. the Canadian reciprocity
agreement he regards as milestones OF
progress.
President and Mrs. Taft left Augusta
al 3.O5 p. IN. over the Southern railway
and passed through here at 620 o'clock.
The train is due in Washington at S.53
tomorrow morning.
Accomps MED by Mrs. Taft the presl-
dent attended morning services at the
First Baptist church in Augusta. and
later called at the postofficc To see Post
master Thomas u. Murphy and TO shake
hands with all the employees.