The Cairo bulletin., 1912-03-01
Ti..T EXPLAINS
RS AETH0pS OF
TARIFF MAKING
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sf5zs r% NH ~
f1gort!ar@ IA ta4 prseains 81 pet-
II .eese.:sas.
ahit ma. we 10 offer az 8 edb-
sest-n, 4 system wnich keeps al
Ssts Ut the. dlsp5sal 81 Congress,
atas osg1 10 che people, . chart ri
40 worlds producing activities
esftsctsd. almost from day 10 day
T}4 changes aoted in the foreign
III IL production 81 various cons
sssi1tties ire doubtless individually
sfstrt. II aao caas they MAY swing
lit. c4tr ~ Ike. d Htte this way and
Istrfe thai. ending theft agitation
Vi stoit'the sarue point ~hera"it be-
gan. IN snoghcrt thers may be a
$50 tr&ad t. oue aids for . while.
IN 4 40 a0.nses npt aifaelit 10 dis
user Though the machiner, On the
Th'si3 Hoard; bat hy sha time the
ssfe~.ea.4 las hscala 50 marked
ard .5utinued VI isns as to make a
hasses II this schedule Desirable.
evarsbo5s wihl be prepared Tor 4
a csn estimate iust about los.
.,1ch ~ a change II ought to be-
This elt.uihstes the now customary
shock of.surprise
For = very recent illustration.
y y
tshe tAe Payne Tsris Act sappose
the people az largs had had. within
Easy reaeh. non-pastl6an bureau
u inforna,ioa tfeu whoee Giles thsy
fjM7d ASCERTAIN Just What thu condi-
tior Of Tue iron ana steal trades, this
sfo@l &nc woolsn trades, and all the
-est. HAD Beeu At tia time OF the
passage of the Dinsloy Tariff Act IN
1924 and whst changea had o.
ct5rrdd IN them, FL any part u Tie
world, since then
'isn'L Il plsin that irsteAd Of ape
tag iar turnsd out BIZ Congress I'd
the way thst the Payne Law ~ae
turned out. and tsYing the air relf
1ftervagd ly accusations ara
recr'niinatioas FOR thirty moutAs
eontlnuodsly we should have Wit
neessd i cool kAaded. dsrect ana Or
darby Eroosdara Leading up 10 The
fiasssse and proraaigatl3n of TIE act.
and then either general popular
sesui4&ancs Ii ths gas4lt. or nh
opposltor bastd on l6cta which
could bs proved from original
sources II tchall6nget,
AS II wee, neither Congress nor
the American pdblte hsd th3 frst-
hand knowledge needed Tor the
proper performances ofits part
''fisni not uhmIutful og the argu
nient made b. soms tlbsoroug critics
that the effect Of reducing sur tarit
60 what they call TIA compel tiys'
hdsls VIM be that II pin really drou
seiow that. and cause our markets. %
De hooded with ehsaply made Tor
'ttsn aoota SO that our, producers
VIII be driven out oi business by Ia
sufilciaht protection Well there
Sre two answers to that Tue arst
~ ihsl Tho platform wliosa prom. sas
va ara trying to lulall does not coz
template such a Cit in rales as
woald cripple any American indus
Try II tsEes account og the right of
tde American producer to 0 reason.
able profit.
11he second answer IL that Cor.
sreas y nevsr 50 Indifferent to tho
NIL Ior hsl Telfera Of our people as
10 ept 70 the quick ID such matters
VIC are We far from to bald ideal
= trea' trade 10 from that al tfe
hipfae wall Eaeh has mad ia de- =
A Aa sols lFs way. 1t is everywhere
fepslisad now that the foreigner is
not soIag e, be turned loose On our
marietta His only function Ii that
Of ., fsFtEGining influence.
Explains vetoes.
se. ron remember. Of course, the
grounds On which vetoed that WOOL
apd swoolep tariff bill. knocked to.
gether " 4 wee With q few blows
q tae AK and nallet, instead Of be-
lug laid OF win measuring instr,,-
usnts and adjusted With fine tools 4,
it.t9psht 70 hove beeu trankrs
.sid thst I, was unwilling to slgr
auth a Bill on Insufficient know.
edse. vhen BY waiting few month,
VII h'lonla haze before US all the me-
rssl gathered b the Tariff Board
.rd noiild prqeesd With our eyes
2psn THEY declared that IT was al
t!lnsf \ crime II wait for the report
u WIZ Trim spoafa 'for mere We,
wintaf ecmiss On, and the people
Woiild aeon BE shiverfng WITH cold