The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1912-05-02
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Here comes u man from the great
northwest and he says that Just
across the international boundary line
they are digging coal and saving lum-
Der with oriental labor and that his
country can not compete without high
duties.
Here comes representative from
the great plains country, a little
farther east. He says his people
need cheap lumber and cheap coal and
demands low duties or no duties.
A member appears from little
farther east and demands protection
for coal and iron.
Here is another from the southwest
He says his people grow cattle with
hides on, and he wants duty on
hides But a member from New Eng.
land wants free hides and promises
cheaper shoes and cheaper harnesses.
Mr.. Payne. Do not forget peanuts.
The bill is framed and you report
it. 1t is a compromise in the COM
mittee and a further compromise on
the floor. 1t goes to senate com
mittee, where the balancing and COM
promising goes on. 1t is reported 10
the senate and further overhauled. 1t
goes to conference, where the disa-
greeting votes of the two houses" are
further compromised, and finally it
goes to the president
Evolution Of Tariff Board.
For these reasons, and because the
maximum and minimum provisions OF
the Payne law made 1t necessary to
have persons skilled in tariff matters
to aid the president in securing in
formation to enable him to conclude
negotiations with other nations, the
Payne law, in 1909, carried a provi-
sion authorizing the president Ito en-
ploy such persons as may be re-
CURED
BY process of evolution, admirably
stated by the gentleman from Connec-
ticut, that provision was broadened
into the present law in the first regu-
lar session of the Sixty.nrst congress.
But the people were not satisfied
with that provision, and in 1910 the
Republican platforms of 2S states de-
manded a permanent independent,
nonpartisan commission; and in Janu-
airy, 1911, the National Tariff Com
mission association met in Washing.
ton and adopted a resolution demand.
ing from the sixty.first congress, then
convened in final session, the enact.
ment of a bill creating a permanent
nonpartisan tariff commission"
Pursuant to that demand bill was
reported unanimously by the then
committee on ways and means.
In support of that bill the gentleman
from Missouri, Mr. Clark, now the
honored speaker of the house of rep
resentatives, said:
I'VE are not afraid of information
from any source. We welcome it,
think l am at liberty to say that II
takes a vast amount of information
to get up tariff bill which anybody
of good sense is willing to stand to II
days to come"
But the Importance of framing {
bill upon information that would ap
Leal to people of good sense seemed
more pressing upon the gentleman
from Missouri in January than IL d..
IN June.
In support Of that bill, the gentle
man from Alabama, Mr.. Underwood
aG,ong o.her things, said (ani l reaC
this in Connection with the speech
the gentleman from Alabama delivere.
Yesterday:
You know, and every Democra
here knows that one of the creates
difficulties we have had to face Il
thar when the ways and mea IS com
r,ittee goes into session to ascertii!
the facts upon which to write tariff
iii, the only men who are sutti Icntl.
interested to come before us and Civ
the facts are the protected IN iustrIe
OF the United States, and yet toca
you would vote to continue that con
dition."
And therefore the gentlemal fror
bama argued for a tariff board ;
year ago. Mr.. Underwood and Mr.
Clark have changer since Lhen- 90
GCrerated into mere candidates To-
he rresidency-bdt the principle TO
which they sto1 has not changed.
Present Methods Of Framing Tariff
Bills.
The testimony of the distinguish,
gentleman from Pennsylvania, speak
ing ON the steel BILL January 20 last
corroborates the gentleman from Ala
bama, that is, it corroborates Mr.. I'm
derwood year ago. He says: