The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1911-12-02
7 arif, Reciprocity and
Economy Are Princi-
pal Questions to Be
) Considered = Many
Committees Will Re-
port.

Sixty-second congress meets on
Dec. A. The chief question
l6V with which It will deal will be
tariff revision. as was the case with
the extra session of the same congress
last summer There will be two great
differences, however. For one thing
Canadian reciprocity, which was the
reason for the special session. has
been eliminated by the action Of Can
ada. The second point Of difference
, Is that the tariff board will have re-
ported on the wool and cotton SEIZED
ules before the regular session gets I'M
der way.
II was because of the absence Of
report from this board that President
Taft vetoed the three tariff revision
bills presented to him during the spe-
cial session. What effect the board s
report will have on the Democratic ma
jority Of the house, which will orlgi-
nate all tariff legislation, remains to
be seen. II Is probable. however, that
the report will be carefully considered
by the ways and means committee aud
will be made, to some extent at least.
the basis Of new tariff legislation. Ii
IL morally certain that no other kind
of q bill except one based on the ind
ings of the board would have any
chance to become law, and this fact
will undoubtedly have great weight.
Even IL the house should ignore the
boards Recommendations the senate,
In which the progressive Republicans
have the balance Of power, would pre-
sumably amend the tariff measures In
conformity to the boards suggestions.
President Taft has repeatedly stated
that he will sign no tariff bill that Is
not based on such findings. 1t being
the expressed desire Of both the Dem
ocrats and the progressives to bring re-
lief to the people regardless of party
advantage, II would follow as mat
ter Of course that every endeayor Will
be made to pass measures that the
president can approve. This Will ap-
ply ut least to the wool and cotton
schedules, on which the board Is TO re-
port. As to the remainder Of the tariff
It Is probable that the Democratic
house majority will frame general
tariff measure on which to go before
the country without any expectation
that II will become q law at this SEES
sion.
PROTECTION OR REVENUE
The chief difficulty in the way of i'm
mediate tariff legislation Is the DIFF
ference In principle between the two
elements that must be depended on to
enact such legislation. The progress
sive Republicans and the president
will demand a bill based on the pro-
tective principle, while the Democrats
will favor one embodying a tariff for
revenue only. Whether the two can
find a ground of compromise remains
to be seen. The Democrats and pro-
gressives found such common ground
during the special session, but with
this the president did not agree. Can
these two elements in congress agree
On bills that will now be acceptable to
Mr.. Taft? That is the grent question
confronting the session.
To be specific. the presidents atti-
tude. and 1t Is In substantial agree
ment with that of the progressive Re-
publicans so far as this particular tar
iff fight Is concerned. Is that the duties
should equal the difference in cost OF
production At home and abroad. To
determine such difference has been the
task of the tariff board. The Demo
crafts have never accepted this princi-
pie, although a portion Of them have
favored n tarin commission. For the
attainment Of immediate revision win
the house majority be willing to waive
their tnrifY for revenue views for the
time being. or at least to modify them
to such an extent that working basis
can be found for wool and cotton bills
that WIN be Acceptable to tarfff re-
~isionists IN both parties7 On this
point one mans guess II as good as an
other. ! At any rate. II 10 morally GER
tain that bills on these two schedules
viii be passed and that the house
will enact one or more measures COW
prine the other schedules ~ Z matter