The Sentinel=record., 1911-09-24
TAFT IN THE
 TARIFF BOARD
PRESIDENT DEFENDS THE WORK OF BODY, ITS CREATION
 AND ITS PURPOSE
Speaks Informally of Reform In Ju- dicial Procedure Judges Should Be Made More
 Responsible.

st. Louis, Mo-, Sept 2S During busy day in St. Louis today President Taft made six speeches, took 10 mile automobile ride, opened local football season by toss ing the pigskin onto the gridiron at St Louis university, laid the corner stone of the new Y. w. c. A. build ing. sat through nine innings of ex- citing baseball between the St. Louis and Philadelphia league teams. visited the Masonic club 10 be made life member of that organization and address vast hrong ia the Coliseum tonight Tomorrow he will be in the insurgent state of Kan sas.
 On the eve of entering this hos tile territory. President Taft put fosth the suggestion of a wider power of impeachment as a substi, tute for the more radical proposal of judiciary recall.
 The president said Ihe laws delay unquestionably was one of the great causes of unrest in this country and declared the recall idea had grown out of the fact that courts in many instances are not performing their functions.
 Judges should be made more re- sponsible, the president said and tae peans of impeachment made moro simple. There should he judicial procedure. a proper hearing rather than public clamor. MT. raft de cared the delay in administering justice in the courts should bring the blush of shame to all good Americans and that the courts of this country made a very poor show ing in comparison with those of England. where the judges keep up with their dockets and where erim inals find swift punishment awaiting them.
 The president spoke with grea- earne1ness on the subject of re- form in judicial procedure. He said if was something with which he was most familiar and that both as lawyer and judge he felt free to discuss tho matters from the frank est standpoint
 The speech on this subject Was impromtu and followed the conclu- sion of luncheon at the City club The presidents set speech for the day was on the creation, the work and the purpose of the tariff board
 The president said: The Issue which has arisen ih respect to ne wisdom and propriety of the veto of the three tariff bills which passed Congress at the last session, and were presented to the Executive for signature has brought into greater prominence than ever before the question of the necessity for a Tarih Board to advise the Executive and Congress as to the facts in refer ence to the present operation of an existing tariff and the future oper- atious of proposed tariff.
 The heated discussion that follow ed Nhe passage sof the Payne bill de- veloped among the people of this country a deep feeling that never again ought tariR legislation to be attempted without fairer and more Impartial investigation than had been possible under the system which pre- vailed iii the making of the Mekin- siey bill, the Wilson bill. the Dingey bil. and the Payne bill These bills were prepared by men of great abil- ity and large experience but they were members of Congress. me in- sestigation devoted co the work did hot exceed more than fe+w months #he witnesses who were called were eenerally interested in the matter and proue to give a colored view of the facts in reference to the protection needed the tariff itself was con- spiicated matter, the terms used we're hot easily understood, and while me nuestion was of the utmost import .ance to the people at large the peo- ple at large had little opportunity to Know what the changes were which Rere being actually effected and wnss their operation would be either upon she industries protected or upon the zkost of living to the consuming puh-