The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-01-17
HOPE FOR
TARIFF BOARD
Plan is Generally Favored by
Republicans
L0NGWORTH AND DALZELL
Substantially in Agreement---A Filibus-
ter Possible in the senate-Measure
Considered Most Important
Party Policy.
.L0NGW0RTH AND DALZELL

| Washington, Jan l7.--No fundamental
differences exist between the Dalzell and
Longworth element in the House Of
Representatives over the proposed tariff
commission BILL according to authority
as reputable as that which, in the morn-
ing papers, assumes that the tariff COM
mission idea will be abandoned in the
House and no attempt made further in
that direction, except to grant an appro-
priation of 100000 to continue the
work of the present tariff board Pres
ident Taft entertained the Republicans
of the committee on ways and means
at dinner Sunday evening and, although
all the diners are reticent as to the
conference, enough is known to indicate
that Republicans of all shades of tariff
belief think it will be bad politics for
the party to dodge on the tariff commits
sion plan
The whole situation has been given an
uncomfortable turn by the notice served
in the Senate by Bailey Of Texas on
Friday, that no tariff commission bill
would be permitted to pass at this ses-
sion. Senator Hepburn of Idaho, a Re-
publican also is expected to join the OBJ
structionists. For his tariff views, none
for the most hidebound of high protec
tionists have any respect, but Hepburn
Is an able man and n master of parlia-
mentary law, and if he should decide to
Join with Bailey in a filibuster the tariff
commission bill would almost surely fall
in the Senate. Neither Bailey, as a
Democrat, nor Hepburn, as an unyield-
ing high protectionist, cares what po-
litical results might come from the de-
feat of the presidents plan. Bailey
who has no sympathy with the Cleve-
land idea of untaxed raw materials,
wants the Democratic party to have a
free hand in the revision of the tariff
according to Democratic principles"
whatever they may be. Nor as the
traditional enemy of protection, theo-
reticallv at least, could the Democratic
party be expected to encourage a plan
based upon respect for protection. Hey
burn said on the floor during the tariff
debate that no duty could be too high
for him, He represents that remnant
Of the old guard still remaining, as does
Dalzell in the House, whose chief use
for a place in Congress has been to keep
the protective duties at the highest pos
sible point
1t is understood however, that the
committee on ways and means viii
eventually produce bill which win give
either the present tariff board, or a
slightly larger one, an independent legal
existence and materially increase its
power, The matter Of making reports,
whether to Congress or to the president.
is regarded by many as relatively I'm
material, as it is taken for granted
that the pressure of popular demand
would compel the publication of the
reports wherever they were sent. ri the
on ways and means should
act promptly and get its bill before the
House the chances of its passage in the
Senate would be improved With John
Dalzell subscribing to a report to which
Nicholas Longworth also would agree,
the chances are that stand pat fill.
buster in the House would be minimized.
The Democrats, under the new rules.
probably could obstruct the legislation
more easily than In the old days. As
a political proposition, the tariff commits
sion bill porbably is of more vital i'm.
portance to the Republican party than
any other measure before Congress-
hence when the bill is finally reported all
over whom the leaders have
any control win be expected to vote for
it. This class, unfortunately for the
bill, does not include ineorrigible patri-
OTIS like Senator Hepburn Of Idaho