Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-08-18
WOOL BILL VETOED.

Washington. Aug 17.-Repubtiean
applause which greeted President
Taft's veto eff the wool tariff bill as
it was read in the House late today
vas followed by an outburst of Dem
ocratic cheers when Majority Leader
Underwood announced that he would
call up the bill tomorrow and move
it's passage oyer the veto.
The Presidents veto message reach
ed the House while the roll was be-
ing called on Mr.. Underwood's mo-
tion to concur in the Senate amend
ment TO the free list bill. When the
conference report on that bill in its
final legislative stage was announced
the reading of the Presidents mes
sage was begun, and upon its con-
clusion Mr. Underwood arose
Mr.. Speaker" he said, I do not
desire TO ask that this message from
the President be referred to the COM
mittee on ways and means. l asked
that it lie on the Speakers table and
give notice that 1 will call up the bill
tomorrow. Immediately after the read
ing of the Journal, and move to pass
it over the Presidents veto.
Cheers and shouts from the DEM
oeratic members greeted the an
nouncement, Representative Garrett
Of Tennessee asked unanimous con-
sent to incorporate in the record a
portion of President Tafts speech at
Winona, Mimi, in the last campaign
in which he described the wool sched
uIe of the Payne-Aldrieh tariff bill
as "indefcnsible." Republican Lead
er Mann asked unanimous consent to
f,,,t 20 ,,
in the record, which carried
The Democratic majority tomorrow
will make a determined effort to pass
the bill over the veto. They have
hopes that they will be able 10 do
this. Representative Mann and other
Republican leaders expressed conf
denee tonight that this will be I'M
possible.
The House and Senate disposed of
the free list bill as agreed upon in
conference, and il was signed to-
night by Vice President sherman and
Speaker Clark. 1t will be sent to the
President tomorrow.
The wool veto message follows:
Il return without my approval
House Bill No. II ,019 with a statement
of my reasons for so doing.
THE bill is an amendment of the
existing tariff law and re-adjusts the
customs duties in what is known as
Schedule X. embracing wool and the
manufactures of wool.
I was elected to the Presidency as
the candidate of a party which in its
platform declared its aim and purpose
to be to maintain a protective tariff
by the imposition of such duties as
viii equal the difference between the
cost of production at home and a.
broad together with a reasona Bile
profit to American industries | have
always regarded this language as fix
ing the proper measure of protection
at the ascertained difference between
the cost of production at home and
that abroad and have construed the
reference to the profit of American in
dusuies as intended, not to aid a new
element to the measure stated or 10
exclude from the cost of production
abroad the element of a manufactur-
ers or producers profit. but only 10
emphasize the Importance of includ-
ing in the American cost a manufac-
tlrers or producers profit reasonable
according to the American standard.
III sttfNpl tlfiiltt WIFI Il DIOilllSc liltdF
in the same platform. I called an eX-
ira session of the 61st Congress, at
which a general revision of the tar
iii was made and adopted in the
Payne bill. It was contended by these
who opposed the Payne bill that the
existing rates of the Dingley bill We're
excessive and that the rates adopted
in the revising statute We're not suffi-
GENTLY reduced TO conform to the
promised measure.
'''The great difficulty, however, in
discussing the new rates adopted was
that there were no means available
by which impartial persons could de-
termine what in fact was the differ
ence in cost of production between
the products of this country and the
same products abroad. The American
public became deeply impressed with
the conviction that, in order to Sc
cure a proper revision of the tariff
in the future exact information as to
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