The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-08-31

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did any other Conxrez@zaa
know waA. anything else meant
Il va& 1ot serious 4egaa9at&on.
bat political buncombe. 81 ESe
spivit O. political bancom tse.
wh!ch as being put through
Nos Iei Is assume that Dem
ocratic Congressmsn. having
reached the conclusion that
twenty-five per cent reduction 10
chemicals waz desirable from the
standpoint Of principle and OF
practical effect. had consulted a
responsible body Of experts co.,
corning what a twenty-five Per
cent reduction would be, They
would have known what they
were doing. and the country
would have known. There could
be no serious difficulty In making
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around, so that no industry
might profit at another's ex-
pense. Clearly the ideal plan
pursued in Germany and France
would be for Congress 10 con-
slider expert recommendations
when deciding upon the extent OF
revision, as well as when ar
ranging the details. But even
the latter course alone would
prevent downright absurdity. II
goes without saying, too, that
these experts should constitute a
judicial, non-partisan, independ-
ent body, responsible equally to
Congress, the President and the
people. We have no such body,
no real tariff commission, as yet.
But even IL Congress chose to
ignore President Taft's tariff
board 1t could at least frame
legislation vitality affecting great
industries with some delibera-
ton and care.
The cause OF a tariff COM
mission is bound to take in
creased impetus from recent
events. And if any one supposes
that President Taft will suffer
because he vetoed legislation ten
times cruder than it need have
been despite the lack of a tariff
commission--legisl not even
proposed in good faith-their
estimate of the public intelli-
gence is considerably lower than
our own"
The Observer frankly admits tina
he proposed reductions in tariff wer
introduced simply for political bur
;ombe and that in reality the tart
On some commodities was increase
nearly one hundred per cent instea
Of being reduced and that some Of tn
reductions were nearly one hundre
per cent, while they thought the
were reducing them only twenty-fiv
per cent.
1t is very evident that if the Demo
Gratis had been in full control thu
the spindles in every mill would hay
ceased their busy hum, mill employe
would have returned to the farms I
raise four and five cents cotton, an
the pastures now used by the shel
herds would have been used as CAM
ing grounds for Coxie's armies, and
would have been necessary for Leat
ers Underwood and Champ Clark I
don their checked aprons and sery
soup to the unemployed.
While the Observer does not thin
the present tariff commission hs
reached perfection, still it thinks
the final solution of the tariff que
ton and that President Taft did rigl
in vetoing a bill that was prepare
by Congressman who did not kno
themselves what they were doing, b,
who had an idea that they were ma
ing some political capital at the e
pense Of the President. The tart
commission will make their repo
this fall and the President will NAL
recommendations to Congress in a
cordance with their report. The
men have made a study of the tar
question and how it has worked as r
CARDS each schedule. Their repo
will at least be worthy of consider
ton, which is more than can be sa
Of the grand stand play made by Il
Democrats during the closing DAYS
the special session just ended.
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copies of Buffers Raleigh speec