Omaha daily bee., 1912-03-01
ISSUE PUT UP TO THE PEOPLE
Urges Party to Give Firm Basis to
Protective Policy.
WOULD FIX RATES ACCURATELY
Difference in Costs Of Production
Should Be Measure.
PRESENT WAY HAS MANY EVILS


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oos. vi proaue''oh mere anu 'ne e''' VI
p,vuue'oh aoroao' ascer'sah'o os means
wnon pree'uae al oouo, 0. u'e suo-
snusi sooursey OF 'he eAicaist.'h
seeohu, oy es.aonsnins on perms-
nent Ioundaton the machanery Tor COL
ieeuns tne oata Oh cost SO that u can
De IN cohunuous operation ana It's WORK
ever more and more easily done. TINS
maehinery' need not tell you, should
oe IN cnarse OF fariff commission or
BOARD. corresponding IN general way
with the nonpartisan taun board we
now have.
Nothing could do more to prevent a
ferment than the very plan We are now
considering. Hitherto we have seen the
whole tariff structure torn to pieces and
rebuilt whenever there has been . change
/ -t~N
even. sometimes when tha-same party
has remained responsible, but the per-
sonnel OF the group In command has
changed. Such overhaulings are always
accompanied by a more or less violent
CONFUSION OF business, followed by a
state OF siasnation protracted through the
whole period while the outcome continues
"A
about for long time before II is framed /;
there are extended hearings in committee.
and afterward a series Of secret sessions
behind barred doors and debates at some
length on the floors OF congress; and
after all these there is a possible in
teryal Of ten days during which. IL the
bill Is supected OF being distasteful to the
president. its fate at his hands remains
uncertain. AT the committee hearings ex
parte statements are presented by men
pecuniarily interested in the several
trades and industries which are liable to
be affected by the proposed legislation.
Everybody with an axe 10 grind either
brings 1t to congress himself or tries to
influence that body through an agent on
Of time which has elapsed since the last
revision. and the changes OF conditions
In various lines OF production and COM
merce In the interval, rouse a general
dread lest there be heavy increases Of
duty In one quarter or deep cuts in an
other; and. unhappily. a feeling has
Wideiy prevailed that the decision where
70 make such increases and cuts would
oe reached not by calm consideration
oi the merits OF eacn case out Dy log
roinns or oacA-scratcnlng process.
VI r.eseht system.
uiss s'e'na'ic ways Oh palching
-. So. ~ ",ae 'ne avenues lot
-. aa1 o.,e' .a,u' ~ specisi pieso-
rs ,,as ~ appea's " .he mos. soroio po-
s"-~a.. n.o'es, ~. 'he exercise OF sross
- u 'no "reaAlis Oh petty
as a.. ue sven nse even 70
anu anse'usaeiohs
80. 'ne SOU iepu'e Oh men hgn
ne soun.ns oi .he hation. Is II
p.se,s ,e..e0'o" 'hat sucn an atmos-
-. eon.inue surrounding
~, - All, 'esislA'ion inaerniteiys
"e "e " oiier a. SUBSTITUTE
p s.a "l'0n Aeeps Always al the dis-
posAa u sons'ess' ana open 70 the people
e"o- " 'ne "oria prooucans ACTIVITIES
oo o.lee'ee ai'nos' irom Gay 70 DAY Ine
1855 no'su IN tne ioreisn cost OF
posoh =. Various commodities are
uouD'iees ihuis'auahy shght' In one case
may s"Ms' psnauium1ke, q little