New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-24
JNSTRGENT HYPOCRISY.

The Republican insurgents in the Sen
ate who hope to cooperate with the
/ Democratic minority in grating free
| LIST bill and revised wool, cotton and steel
| schedules on the Canadian reciprocity
measure must think that their constlt-
uents have short memories. Otherwise
they would scarcely. even in a spasm OF
petulancc. have repudiated so openly
the very professions out of which they
were making political capital in their
own states only a year ago. The insur-
gent movement developed its greatest
strength last year in Iowa. Kansas and
Wisconsin. The NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
| forces took control Of the party organiza-
tons i'm those states and wrote The party
platforms. putting on record their dis
approval of The Payne tariff law and
their ideas rs To how Il further revision
should be undertaken. The Iowa plat
form said:
IN order to bring the tariff law into
complete compliance with the rule of the
platform it is necessary that the differ
enco between the cost Of producing dutl-
able commodities at home and abroad
should be correctly known. Therefore
they the Republicans of Iowa1 favor the
creation of an independent. non-partisan
tariff commission, which shall be the in
StruInentaIity of Congress to ascertain
the difference between the cost Of produc-
ton here and in other countries and pub
fish the facts. so that not only Congress
but the people shall be advised OF the re-
suits Of its Investigations Until such a
|
the effort Of the President TO secure the
desired information through a board of
experts employed for that purpose. They
profoundly believe that when the tariff
is again revised its schedules should be
considered separately, so that each SUD-
ject can be dealt with upon Its own
merits and thus secure fair and impair
tial action upon the part OF Congress.
The Kansas platform said:
We do not recognize the revision OF the
tariff of 1863 as Il satisfactory fulfill
ment Of the tariff pledge Of the Repubn-
can platform. We therefore pledge the
people OF Kansas and our Republican
Senators and Congressman 10 work ana
vote for legislation that will create an
INDEPENDENT. non-partisan tariff commis-
sion. 70 ascertain accurately the differ
ence between the cost Of production at
homo and abroad, ana lmlneuldtelN 10
fix the duties on the basis Of this infor-
nation. We pledge our Senators ana
Representatives to vote for joint reso-
luton that will promote the revision OF
the tariff. one schedule at a time.
Senator La Follettc's platform in Wis
consin read;
We favor tho creation of non-parti-
san tariff commission empowered to as
certain the cost OF production in this
and other countries and required TO make
frequent reports Of the information
gained TO Congress Upon the informa-
| ton so obtained Congress should proceed
! to revise the different schedules indie
pendentIy OF each other according to pro-
! tective principles.
But Senators Tn Toilette, Cummins
and Bristow are now not only planning
/ 10 revise certain tariff schedules with
out waiting for information which the
Tariff Board promises to submit In the
near future, hut are trying to prevent
| the consideration of each schedule inde-
pendentlv and on its merits and 10 at
taeh several piecemeal revision bills TO
the Canadian reciprocity bill for the
sole purpose Of killing Off that measure.
/ Inconsistency and hypocrisy in politics
have rarely taken form so fragrant and
so transparent.