The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1912-10-12

ditions among Germanys wage work.
ers. have improved by leaps and bounds
free-trade England durins the SANE
time.
Ignorance Wilson's Excuse.
mo small part OF the German sue
cess has been due TO the fact that she
has adopted the commission system
the very system which Mr.. Wilson igno-
rantiy denounces. In the matter Of the
tariff Germany has q thoroughgoing,
scientific. weli-eduipped commission OF
the, very kind that We Progressives
propose to establish here In the United
States. This commission has guided
0ermany's legislative action on the
tariff. and has done II with signal sue
cess. No, competent German statesman
would dream Of abandoning this com
mlssjoh system and so,Ts, bs Sss. ,s the
| been responsible for the. Payne-Aldrich
taIiff bill. and, which. Mr.. Wilson up
Emf. Wilson knows nothing Of the
actual living conditions OF our wage
ciined 70 blame him Tor his isnorancs
| Az to their needs. But surely the
book knowledge het has obtained dur.
ing the many years Of his work tro r,
has zone on in Gerinany, and ma Il
diff,ouit to understand his Ignorance
OF what Germany has accompiishe,
methods BY which II has been &C
1 complished.
| Free Trade and Panic.
..Remember. ! am asking you to &C
cent not merely theory. but .lesson'
taught in the hard school Of expert
lence. Our experience has always bee'
in this country that the effort prac
ideally to apply the theories now ad
yocated by Mr.. Wilson. has. mean
swapping Industrial disaster. The ex
perience OF Germany In the last Tor
ltN wears has shown conclusively tina
the best results in tariff MAXIM
,oome from the use of a high grade
non.partisan expert commission
the very kind of commission "
Progressives propose to use IN tar
making, here. and the use OF whic
!. MI Wilson denounces and opposes.
Il The. proposed tsnn .comm,sslo
would not DO like fhe. Tarif Boar
wh,rh has INST beer, abolished OWN
10 Its, utterly Inadequate equipment fe
Getting information, the rarin Boar
often worked for needless delay. Nevel
, theiess, even this Tarin Board repr'
SCENTS an improvement on ,he o 10 ~ !,
stance. II was the Tariff Board whic
frat ave definite and real infofmatio
rot only TO the country but to the ave
age member Of Congress mol on u
WAYS and Means Committee.
4 '. Wilson q Tory.
.Under the present system. the o
system, the system which has alwa!
produced Ut satisfactory results In Il
pasr and which MI. Wilson wishes
, continue for Mr.. Wilson 10 not Pr
!, eressivs at all; Ire IL. doubtless unwi
3 tingiy, as nearly a reactionary'
, nearly a pure Tory as we have
: Gently seen In. public life). the tar
schedules were fixed on by private CO
ferences between the parties In int
e est and various members OF the Wa
i ard Means Committee. Our proposal
q TO substitute for these secret come
G private individuals who arc members
I Congress the public action n the ni pS
= commission. MT. wilson. opposes I'm
: Il simply because we support It al
4 he thinks that. therefore, he ought
n take the opposite side. He has chang
y ground great many times on gre
r few years. Sometimes. for instance.
!. appears a. favoring free trade. som
A times as favoring tariff for reven
q only, sometimes as favoring KIND
=, basta rdized protection: for eNamp
- lie Endorses the Democratic platfor
which declares that the protective u
e m IL Unconstitutional. SIC also a
81 nounces In his recent speeches IN
" the protective tariff ID. nIaligna
~ growth which. as surgeon, he
,. tends to cut out. -.
!. His Ideas wabble.+
It ,"In the North American Review
~ one time he announced that the pow
:, OF the Government must never /.