Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1912-07-27
TARIFF BOARD GETS
ENOUGH MONEY
FOR ANOTHER YEAR
Senate Votes to Extend It's Life
VIII Report Annually.
THE PRESIDENTS vETOES
ARE RAPED HARD

ARE RAPED HARD
President Said to Have Written
Message Full of Error and Mis-
statement"--Wor of Board Bitterly
Arraiened In Senate During the De-
bate--Will Make Annual Reports.
Washington, ID. c.. July 24.-Presi-
dent Taft's tariff board won the prom
! Use of one more year of life from the
/ Senate late yesterday. After a short
/ fight that body. by vote of "a to 20,
authorized in the Sundry Civil APP
| preparation bill an expenditure of
| $225.000 for another years work of
/ investigation by the tariff experts.
Whether the appropriation be final
! ly made will depend upon the strength
with which the House resists the Sem
ate's demands. The House refused to
provide for the Tariff Board when it
framed the Sundry Civil bill, and it's
conferees are expected to fight the
provision when the big supply meas
ure is sent into conference between
| the two houses.
| Democrats opposed the Tariff Board
! provision yesterday with but three ex-
ceptions Senators Chamberlain, New
| lands and Thornton, while the regular
and progressive Republicans were I'M
tied in it's support. The first move by
the Democrats was an amendment by
| Senators Stone and Bacon for Con-
/ gressional tariff commission, to con-
sist of five Senators and five mem
bers of the House. This plan was de-
feated by straight party vote 81 to
81.
Must Report to Congress.
The Tariff Board was made more
subservient to Congress, however, by
an amendment of Senator Bristow's
accepted by the Senate without vote,
which requires the board to report to
Congress once each year. An attempt
by Senator Stone to reduce the APP
preparation from $225,000 to 100000
was defeated.
President Taft's tariff veto mes
sages and the work of some of the ex-
perts in the Tariff Board were bitter.
ly arraigned during the debate in the
Senate.
Senator Overman declared the Pres
ident's veto message on the cotton
chemical bill was zone of the most re-
markable documents ever penned, or
ever sent to Congress" He declared
the President had been misled by an
expert of the Tariff Board, who had
made calculations on false basis of
price" and using the short ton instead
of the long ton in his work of estima-
ton. On this authority, said Senator
Overman, President Taft had sen a
veto message as to the chemical sched-
ule that was full of error and mis-
statement of facts"
The Democrats fought the Tariff
Board, declaring it was an agency not
as well qualified to find out facts as
Congressional commission would be.
Senator Bristow declared a Congress-
ional commission would be more like
ly to suffer from political bias than a
non-partisan body picked by the Pres
ident
Bill Ready For Passage.
The Senate practically completed
the Sundry Civil bill last night, but
the passage of the measure were de-
layed until this morning. The
most important changes effected by
amendment, in addition TO the adop-
ton of the Tariff Board appropriation,
were
An amendment restricting the en-
ployment of former employees of the
Federal Department of Justice as pri-
vate counsel for the Government at
increased compensation.
An amendment of 100000 addi-
tional appropriation to the Pension
Office, to aid the commissioner In
handling the 100000 claims arising I'M
der the new pension law.
The Senate expects to conclude the
bill and send it back to the House
early today. 1t carries approximately
$115.500000 for the support of inn
portant Government bureaus and
works. The Senate added about &c.
100000 to the amount authorized by