The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-08-09
President Taft Sent It to Con-
gress Today
URGES CONGRESS TO STAY
Until Satisfactory Substitute Measure
Can Be Enacted-He Has Changed
His Reason Since vetoing the
Former Measure.

Washington, ID. u, Aug. g.--for the
second time within year, President
Taft to-day vetoed bill to revise the
wool tariff schedule X of the Payne
Aldrieh law.
With message OF disapproval, the
president returned to Congress the bill
evolved as compromise between the
House and Senate, holding that its low
rates would bring disaster to home in.
dustries. He appealed to Congress, how
ever, not to ad journ until it had enacted
6 measure to substantially reduce un-
necessary existing duties without de-
stroying protection for the wool industry
in the United States.
The presidents disapproval Of the wool
bill is to be followed with similar vetoes
Of the steel bill and the cotton bill The
sugar bill is likely to be vetoed, as Is
the excise tax bill, the latter probably
en- the ground that the president be-
lieves it unconstitutional.
81 shall stand by my pledge to main
tain degree OF protection necessary to
offset the differences in cost OF produe-
tion here and abroad, and will heartily
approve of any bill reducing duties to
this level wrote Mr.. Taft.
While the bill vetoed to-day and the
one disapproved last year were identical
interms. the presidents reasons differed.
He vetoed the former bill because it
had been framed before the tariff boards
rcport-the latter because, he said, it
had been framed with disregard for the
boards findings.
Most of the rates in the submitted
bill" wrote the president, "are so low
in themselves that if enacted into law
the inevitable result would be irretriev
able injury to the wool growing indus
try, the enforced idleness of much OF our
wool eombing and spinning machinery
and of thousands of looms and the con-
sequent throwing out of employment OF
thousands of workmen."
The bill sent to the White House i'm
posed an ad valorem duty of 90 per cent.
on raw wool and on cloths of 40 per
cent Both rates Mr. Taft held were in
sufficient to protect the wool grower and
the manufacturer.
1t was predicted to-day that the wool
bin might be passed by the House over
MIR. Taft's veto, but there was some
doubt as to its fate in the Senate. Re-
publican leaders we're inclined to believe
that it would fail of passage there, as
it did II months ago.
The president declared in his message
that he was anxious to see schedule Il
revised downward and that he would be
glad to see Congress remain in Wash
ington until bill he considered proper
was sent to the White House. He found
it impossible. he said, in view of the
platform on which he was elected, to
approve the submitted measure. but de-
clared one agreeable to his views had
been drafted by minority members OF
the House ways and means committee.
Il strongly desire to reduce duties,
read the message, provided only the
protective system be maintained and
that industries now established be not
destroyed. 1t now appears from the tar
if boards report and from bills intro
duced into the House and Senate that a
bill may be drawn so as TO be within
the requirements of protection and still
offer reduction of 20 per cent. on most
woods and of from 20 per cent. to 80 per
cent. on cloths.
II cannot act on the assumption that
a majority of either House will refuse |
to pass bill of this kind ! therefore |
urge upon Congress that il do not ad /
iourn without taking advantage of the
plain opportunity, thus substantially to
reduce unnecessary existing duties, ap- |
peal to Congress to reconsider the meas
ure, which / now return without my ap-
proval, and to adopt a substitute there.
for making substantial reductions below |
the rates of the present act, which the |
tariff board shows possible without de-
stroying any established industry or
any wage earners out of en-
and which ! will promptly
approve.
Despite the efforts that have been
made to discredit the work of the tariff /
board, their report on this schedule has
been accepted with scarcely dissenting
voice, by all those familiar with the
problems discussed, including active rep.
of organizations formed in
the interest of the public and the con-
The message sent TO the House to-
day was drawn after conferences be-
tween the president and Chairman En-
cry of the tariff board. Ii was submit
ted to the cabinet yesterday at a special
meeting.