The Washington times., 1912-08-14
CALENDAR IS SET
ASIDE IN EFFORT
TO DEFEAT VETO
House Trying to Override
Presidents Stand on
Steel.
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inquiry into the conditions of the whole

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inquiry into the conditions of the whole
Chides Legislators.
The President then proceeds to chide
the legislators for their action In leg
islating out Of office the Tariff Board,
which he created to aid in the revision
Of the tariff. In this connection he
says:
From the outset of my Administra-
tion / have urged a revision of the
tariff based on a non-partisan study
Of the facts. / have provided the
means for obtaining such information
In the appointment Of Tariff Board.
Their thorough work. already COM
pleted on several schedules, has justi-
fed my confidence in this method. The
principle is indorsed by chambers of
commerce and boards OF trade in al
most every city In the country.
The proposed bill has not been
framed on the basis of any such study
Of the industry. Avowedly Its rates
are fixed with no consideration Of any
thing but revenue. The principle Of
protection is disregarded entirely, and,
therefore! 1t is not too much to say
that the effect of these sweeping
changes on the welfare Of those en-
gagged in these varied industries has
been disregarded."
The Message. ",
The message follows:
Il return, with my objection, II. r.
1S42, a bill entitled An act to amend
an act entitled IAN act to provide rev.
enue. equalize duties, and encourage the
Industries Of the United States and for
other purposes,"' approved August 5,
1909. .... .
This bill provides for complete re-
vision Of Schedule c of the tarifr
law, relating to metals and manufac-
the consideration Of the majority who
passed the bill, the important part OF 1t
seems to have been the basic manufac-
tures Of iron and steel, and most of the
Information which was obtained and
manufacture. The truth Is that iron
and steel as primary products are less
than one-third In value of the subject
mat mater r. GoyersS ." Sy It, and that there
to this, / present, as an appendix, q
table prepared by the Census Bureau,
showing that included in Schedule c are
ihItyninS allied f.,S industries Of sufeient
ton, study, and report by the Census
Pureau. all Of which are directly at
fected by the bill under consideration.
n only the primary products Of iron
and steel were affected by this bill, or
Il they constituted the larger part of
the values involved in Schedule C. the
consideration of the bill for purposes
OF approval or disapproval would be
to separate those various industries
The bill Is presented to me as a whole.
and must be approved or disapproved
as a whole.
hn foh
foundry and machine shop products
which are secondary products OF the
iron and steel industry, are made by
more than 1900 competing establish
than a billion and a half dollars, with
more than half million wage earn
ers employed, and producing nearly
billion and quarter dollars in value
this capital and every workman en-
ployed In the industry is directly af-
fected by the bill. and cannot find
either In the report of the Committee
on Ways and Means Of the House or
schedule. that serious consideration has
been given to the effect of this revf-
sion on this particular branch Of the
industry. and the same thing is true Of
more than two-thirds OF the industries
covered by the schedule.
No Hearings.
1T appears in the discussion Of this
revision how presented to me for con-
sideration that no public hearings have
been given by the Ways and Means
Committee of the House, on the ground
that 1t would thereby cause delay. The
Ways and Means Committee avowed
that the principle of protection had not
been considered. but that in framing
the present revision OF the metal sched-
ule the committee had adopted tho
general principle OF reducing all duties
to a revenue basis so far as practicable,
except In those cases where more CO.
gent consideration than those relating
to the fiscal policy of the Government
dictated the transfer Of given items to
the free list
This makes q clear-cut issue be-
tween the protective policy and that OF
q tarin for revenue only, and without
fuller !.tormation. therefore. an
bill, and one in which the consideration
Of preserving the industry by main
tanning a tariff necessary Ia do so.
had little weight. There Ia nothing to
bill will elual the difference in the cost
OF production here and abroad In the
great line of industries, and that the
wages Of workmen will not be reduced
entirely the principle of fair protection.
II should be noted that the labor en-
ployed in the secondary industries,
which have had so little consideration
IN this bin, Is In large measure higi,-
grade, skilled labor, comma nding a high
level of wages.
This schedule was included in the
general tartff revision of 1909, at which
time public hearings were given, at
tended by importers. domestic producers,
employees, and consumers. and the rates
then on many of its items were heavily
cut. ranging from 10 to Is per cent. and
II would seem now that a thorough
study Of each one of these sepa rate
Industries should at least be made. that
the Executive and Congress as we'll
might act wisely and intelligently upon
them. In order to avoid further re-
vision at an early date when the facts
concerning them could be ascertained.
THE products of many of these in
dustries affected by this bill do not
enter directly into the daily consump-
ton Of the people. The consumers Of
these products are, to large extent.
manufacturers using these articles in
further processes of production. There
is NO evidence of any widespread de-
mand from such consumers for re-
vision Of the rates on these articles,
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