Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1912-08-21
PASS STEEL. B |. |.
SIXTEEN REPUBLlcANs2A AID DEM.
ocRATs$ IN OVERRIDING WILL
" ;ss 4 Il OF PREsiDENT.
he FEARS FOR INDUSTRIES
Chief Executive In Message to Con-
eress, Says the Measure Would oN''
Provide No Professionals
!. ciares Many Men Affected. i&&

asfington, Aug. Il 6.---For the sec
ond time in "a hours the mouse
Wednesday, by vote OF #17s to go =
y, olyyr,esrrod the veto of President Taft on
a tariff measure, when Democrats - anu an
Republicans passd the steel bill 8 NJ
ss3 Sixteen Republicans aided II IN n the
population Of President Taft's policy,
& three less than aided in the passage
OF the wool schedule. They are: !.
representatives Akin, Davis lEs OF
Minnesota; Jackson. Haugen, Kent Ken T.
SsKinkaid Of Nebraska; Lafferty, La La
Toilette, Lindbergh, Morse, Morris 4 1,l' !.
Rees, Sloan, STEVENSON Woods 81 OF OF
Iowa, and Young Of. Kansas
The passage OF the metal schedule illl
Immediately followed the reading OF
I the presidents message yetoing the
4 measure In his message the p resl--
dent said he ;disapproyed the meas "a
ure because it provided for revenue {. n1l'e
/ only and took no account Of protec:-
\ ton for American ndustries. He e con-
v demned the ways and means commit
tee for refusing public hearings on me
4 bill. 4.
Nj. Taft gave as another reason
4 for his veto that the bill affected not
only. the iron and steel industry. but
fifty.nine allied industries, which he
said, were worthy Of separate classit !
cation. 5S 4. + ri
s1sss Mr. Taft wrote he was not pre-
/ pared to say there were no items ~ ~; IN
the steel schedule which might not
wen be reduced, but he pointed out
4 that its ad valorem rate Of duty Il was "a
an apparent reduction of Is per cent.
4 from the duties Of the Wilson law.
bill for complete revision Of
this schedule was presented to me me
,asyear ago IN the extra session OF this lls
congress-" wrote the president. Many
Increases and decreases of rates e now oN
are made from those named fintj the
/ former measure: The changes are not not
III explained land i indicate the ;hasty
method pursued In the pre- aration 5of
( both: Is 1t not fair to ask either 1.-THE
On the basis Of protectio or revenue,
l which was right?
On the XIV hole, Therefore am not
willing to- approve Slegisl ton of this
4 kind which vitality affects mot only
! millions Of working men and the fam Y !.
lilies Deepen dent on them, but hundreds
81 millions of dollars worth Of stocks
Of goods in the hands Of storekeep--
ers and distributors general with wi b.
& out first providing for a careful and no
sdisinterested inquiry into the con ID:
lions ofathes whole ind ustry. The PRO Pr
posed bill has not been framed on the
basis OF any such stud Of the indus US
try \. s3
The Democratic cotton tariff oil
/. passed the senate by SO 10 votes
4 Ii & carried an amendment repeating
all / Of the Cana ian recipro city act
except the free paper provisi ion. Pro
gressive Republican senators; voting rtillg
4 for the bill were Borah. BristoW
4 Clapp. Crawford, e Cummins Kenyon
1 La Toilette. Poindexter and Works: ~ FL
z5 The senate also passed the pension
appropriation bill with al. provision s l'
abolishing all pension agencies Jan ~
AIRY 81. 191 3, !