Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1911-03-20
REC|P PROCITY AND
TARIFF BOARD !
LEGISLATION
TWO SUBJECTS FOR
THE EXTRA SESSION
President Convinced Country
Desires Revision of Payne
AIdrich Law Especially the
WOoIe0 Schedule.
lBy Morning Journal Special Leased Wire,

tns ""fhihg s"urnai Special Leased Wirel
Columbia, S. c., March 19.-On
board Taft's train.--Presiden Taft.
according to present plans. will con
ilne his message to the extra session
OF congress 70 Canadian reciprocity
ano the establishment of a permanent
tariff board. 'ei'e"t
re rs convinced the country desires.
ana ought to desire further revision
oi several schedules of the payne-
Alurich act. He feels the woolen
schedule Is indefensibe II is said. and
IL anxious II should be revised soon
me president is equally convinced
tnat the country desires that revIsion
OF the tariff be made in the lght ~
sclentliie information which II il the
duty OF the tariff board to collect II
sald, he rather incllnes to the idea
'nat no schedule should be revised
upon which the tariff board is not
ready with its information.
tie has directed the temporary tar-
~ BOARD TO make report on woolen
suhenuie by December /. Personally
ne would Ike FOR congress 10 wait un-
" 'hat ume and not attempt to revise
any schedules at the extra session. lie
lWiil give the matter further consld-
Grafton. however. after he reaches
Washington.
II Mr.. Taft's wishes are met the
extra session win devote itself To reci-
prooity first, the government tariff
board second, postponing the revision
OF the textile schedules until the tar
III board completes its work Decem-
Der |.
In addition TO the presidents in
Istructions that the wooden schedule
shali be ready, the appropriation bill.
carrying fund for the tariff board.
contains provision to that effect.
This does away with the possibility OF
delay. he believes.
President Taft frankly expects the
democratic house and the nearly DEM
ocratic senate Of the sixty-second con-
gress TO help him carry out program
lof scientific revision OF the tariff.
lie hopes another year will mark
great progress In that direction. He
Is particularly anxious that the revis-
ion shall be in accordance With his
policy of lifting the tariff as far as
possible out OF the realm of politics
land placing II upon a scientific basis,
Just how the democratic leaders
viii receive II proposition to postpone
faction on tariff revision until next
December. remains TO be seen. Sew
eral leaders have already indicated
that Mt least two or three schedules
OF the Payne Aldrlch law will be act
ed upon durin~ the extra session.
President Taft has said he believed
1t would be Illogical unwlse and in
furious TO the business interests II n
general tariff revision should be un-
dertaken.
How important the president re-
CARDS a permanent tariff board was
made evident after congress adjourn
ed when he placed on the present
board the very men, Mr. Howard and
Professor Page. whom he intended 60
place on the permanent tariff com
mission with Messrs Emery, Sanders
and REYNOLDS. All that Is now requir-
cd is to secure for the board perma-
nent status.
Under the direction of Mr. Emery
: the board already Is engaged In n
careful analysis OF the textile sched-
ule
The president is said 10 be greatly
encouraged by the steady progress and
development of his tariff program
which he laid down four years ago
In his speech at Bath, Me. The Payne
Aldrich law, the tariff board. the
Canadian reciprocity agreement, hs
regards as miiestones of progress.
The president and Mrs. TAFT LEFT
Augusta at 3;05 p. m. over the South
ern Railway and passed through here
at s;2O o'clock, The train is due ~
, Washington at 1888 tomorrow morn
ing. -
, Accompanied ny Mrs. Taft the
president attended morning services
at the First Baptist church In Angus
IN and later called at the postoffice
to see Postmaster Thomas d. Murphy
and to shake hands with all the en-
, ployes.