The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-06-25
Determined to Carry
Out Mandate Given
at Polls.
D g FL is ISSUED
BY CHAMP CLARK
Meets Rumor That Taft Will
Veto Tariff Legislation With
Statement That Party Will
Appeal to Country and Be
Sustained in It's
Program.
Especial to The Times-Dispatch.

toPeeiai 70 Inc times Dispatch.1
Washington. D. c.. June 24.--Speaker
Champ Clark issued def to the ad :
ministration to-day on learning of re.
ports that President Taft purposed to
veto any general tariff legislation at
the extra session OF Congress.
The Speaker, In a formal statement.
declared that the whole tariff ought to
be revised. and that the Democratic
party would rest its case with the
country
The tariff ought to be revised from
top to bottom" said Mr.. Clark. The
people of the land so decided last No.
vember. That is their lateet mandate.
The House decided that II is best to
revise II schedule b. schedule We
nave made good start on that plan.
We will continue as We have begun.
The country Endorses what the House
is doing. If the Republican Sena lie
beats our bills, or the President We
toes them. we Will appeal TO the coun-
try, and 1t will sustain US. We be-
lieve we are right We are not afraid
OF a contest"
"A program on reciprocity Legislation
Is to be arranged by the Senate Demo-
cratic leaders in q few days II Is
pass the reciprocity agreement with
out change. Informal conferences to-
day developed the fact that the great
majority of them will risk all tariff
legislation On later action In the SEN
ate
The information that President Taft
mad determined TO veto any tariff meas
ure passed at this session by Congress
has not perturbed Senate Democratic
D ~
plans to press the Underwood wool
tariff revision bill. It Will be acted on
as separate measu
Il think II is generally understood
now that the reciprocity bill Will be
passed without any amendments" sal
senator Gore who led the fight which
forced the Finance Committee to re-
port the wool and farmers free list
bills
But the question whether the Pres
ldent will veto q bill should have no
bearing whatever on the action OF the
Senate. we do not need any report
from the tariff board or any one else
to show that the wool tariff needs re-
visions downward. The President him
self has said that Schedule X is in
defenslble.
II have in my possession now wooden
goods which l bought in Canada for
just one-half the price charged in this
country for the Identical goods. The
President, in reference to his reci-
procity agreement. has repeatedly said
the price of labor and the cost of pro-
duction in Canada are the same as in
the United States. We know that to
be a fact Then. the high tariff is
the only explanation of this difference
In prices.
IF we pass the wool bill this sum
mer it will reduce the cost of cloth
Ing to all the people of the United
States next fall and winter
IF we walt for report from the
tariff board another winter will have
passed with the same extortionate and
inexcusabie prices being assessed
against the people.
THE facts In the case of WOOL are
simple to any one who wishes to see
them"
Senator Stone said to-day that the
reciprocity bill must be passed with
out the crossing of IT. or the dotting
of an s. Most OF our side feel that
way about ii. After that is done We
can turn our attention to other tariff
matters"
He added that what was done In
way OF revision depended on whether
the Insurgent Republicans would CO.
operate.
Senator Cummins. who, with Senator
LaFollette, will lead In the effort to
get the reciprocity agreement amend :
ed with general tariff revision, adj
mitted that, as 1t stands now, most OF
the Democrats will oppose amendment
of the reciprocity agreement
Senator Penrose. chairman of the
Finance Committee has advised Re-
publican Senator to walt until the
regular session before attempting to
do ANYTHING with the tariff further
than to pass reciprocity. He has
vouohsafed the interesting informa tion
that President Taft intends to send in
message proba bly, special. at the
opening OF the next Congress, urging
revision of the wool schedule along
the lines wi.ch will at that time be
recommended by the tariff board
Senator Penrose has indicated that
he will be willing to undertake re-
vision of the wool schedule then. and,
perhaps, general revision.
Insurgents and Democrats. however,
Go not trust to a Penrose revision of
the wool schedule, and would like 10
take that job off his hands.
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