New-York tribune., 1912-03-23
rrrom The Tribune Bureau


MN. yoot. ARIFF.-Snce they have
had occasion TO use the report OF the ann
poord as q guide in drafting a wool sched-
uIe. the Republican members OF the hou'e
or. denloring the fact that they were COM
pelled 10 frame the Payne Dill Without sucn
valuable assistance. In their opinion, had
thev had the advantage Of the inforina-
ton contained in this report when they
drafted Schedule X OF the Payne bill. there
would have been no general fault with that
measure and the Democrats would never
have gained control OF the House. Among
those who take this view are many VINO
did not receive President Tafts recoIh-
mendation OF a Tsrih Board with any
marked degree OF enthusiasm. Dut theE
are now glad to give fu!l credit 10 his
leadership tor having effected the crealloh
of the board. and deplore the fact that leS
did not enjoy equally enlightened ana leai
less leadership on the subject or the lsriIl
before the beginning of his term. II H. ol
course an occasion OF the utmost sats-
faction as we'll as of surprise 10 the tariH
experts In the House that the bipartisan
board appointed by the President shouiu
have brought in a unanimous report, thuS
unpreiudiced person, that the CONCLUSIONS
there presented are demonstrable facts. anc
not theoretical surmises. Many of those
who for a time opposed any tarin conh'hls-
sion or board believed II would be inpos-
sible 10 find a bipartisan board wmch "ouio
reach unanimous conclusions. ana theS
dreaded the results OF majority and minor
ity reports In the investigation OF the
most important features OF the tarin, now
ever, the board has been not only har-
rnonious I'm the conduct OF its work, but
unanimous in its findings OF fact and IL
is the conviction OF all who have TO 90
with the tariff that, once these iacls oe-
come known, the people will never willhG-
Iv return to the old, haphaZard method OF
log-rolling tariff making.
DEMOCRATS IN BAD.-Although ma
iority Of the Democrats in the House are
afraid TO DEFY Chairman Underwood, there
are many Of them who believe that Mr.. uh-
derwood has placed his party in most
illogical and unenviable position. For
purely political reasons Mr.. Underwood
has feared TO open the question OF the uu-
ties on wool and has sought refuge In re-
introducing without dotting an ! or cross
ing a I, his wool bill Of year ago hep-
resentative Longworth Immediately calico
his attention to the fact that the Demo
Gratis had no excuse for imposing a duty
on raw wool now that they have abolished
the duty on sugar which is practically
revenue duty. and have devised another
method Of raising revenue in the form OF
an income tax. He also called attention 10
the fact that a year ago Mr.. Underwood
explained that his only reason Tor reJec'lhs
the demands OF those Democrats WIN
wanted free raw wool was the need OF the
revenue which would result from the duty
imposed i'm the Democratic bill. Some OF the
BRYAN Democrats will make speecheS
against the pending measure. urging 'he
same reasons as those advanced by MI
Iongworth. and they believe Mr. Under
wood will be at loss for q reply and that
he will lay himself open to every charge OF
insincerity and lack of logic. Just at pres
ent Mr. Underwood has the whip mana anu
has bulldozed his Democratic colleagues
into Welding under protest to his plan,
but there are many OF them who are CON
yinced he has gravely erred and VINO eN-
nact that the party will suffer when their
measure Is compared with the logical and
scientific bill prepared and introduced by
the Republican members OF the ways ana
Means Committee
SEAL TROCBLEs.-Sena Lodge by
instruction of a majority Of the Commit
tee on Foreign Relations. reported TO 'he
Senate to-day bill making compulsory an