Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-08-10
President Sends Measure
Back to Congress With
His Disapproval Saying it
Would Wreck Industry.
WANTS CONGRESS TO
ENACT SUBSTITUTE
Il Strongly Desire to Re-
duce Duties Provided the
Protective System Re-
mains," Says President.

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Washington, ID. c., Aug 9.--For the
second time within a year President
Taft today vetoed bill to revise the
wool tariff-schedule X of the Payne
Aldrich law.
With message of disapproval the
president returned to congress the bill
evolved as a compromise between the
house and senate holding that Its low
rates would bring disaster to home In
dustries. He appealed to congress,
however, not to adjourn yntil it had
enacted measure to substantially re-
duce unnecessary existing duties.
without destroying protection for the
wool industry in the United States.
The presidents disapproval Of the
wool bill Is to be followed with SINH
lar vetoes of the steel bill and the cot.
ton bill. The sugar bill was likely to
be vetoed, as is the excise tax bill.
the latter probably on the ground that
the president believes 1t unconstit,l-
tional.
7 shall stand by my pledges to
maintain a degree OF protection neces.
sary to offset the differences in cost
OF production here and abroad and
Will heartily approve OF any bill reduc-
Ing duties to this level, wrote Mr.
While the bill vetoed today and the
one disapproyed last year were tdenti.
cal in parts, the presidents reasons
differed. He vetoed the former bin
because 1t had been framed before the
different tariff boards reported--the
latter because he said 1t had been
framed with disregarded for the
boards findings.
Bill Would Wreck Wool Industry.
Most Of the rates in the submitted
bill, wrote the president, "are SO low
in themselves that If enacted into law.
the inevitable result would be ire
trievable injury to the wool growing
Industry, the enforced idleness or
much Of our wool combing and spin
ming machinery, and of thousands OF
looms and the consequent throwing
out OF employment of thousands Of
workmen"
The bill sent to the white house i'm
posed an ad valorem duty Of 20 per
cent on raw wool and on cloths Of 49
per cent. Both rates Mr.. Taft held
were insufficient to protect the wool
grower and the manufacturer. II was
predicted today that the wool \ bill
might be passed in the house over MI.
rats veto, but there was some doubt
as to Its fate in the senate. Republi.
can leaders were inclined to believe
that 1t would fail Of passage there az
| 1t did twelve months ago.
The president declared in his mes
sage that he was anxious to see
schedule X revised downward and that
he would be glad to see congress re.
main in Washington until bill he
considered proper was sent to the
white house. He found it impossible
he said in view OF the platform on
which he was elected to approve the
submitted measure but declared one
agreeable to his views had been draft
ed by minority members Of the house
ways and means committee.
II strongly desire to reduce duties"
read the message, provided only the
protective system remained and that,
Industries now established be not de.
stroyed. It appears from the tariff
boards report and from bills intro,
duced into the house and senate. that
bill may be drawn so as to be within
the reQuirem ents of protection and
still offer reduction Of 20 per cent
on most wools and from 20 to 80 per
cent on cloths.
Wants Congress to Reconsider.
II cannot act on the ASSUMPTION
that majority Of either house
will refuse to pass bill OF this
kind. therefore urge upon ron.
gress that 1t do not adjourn with.
out taking advantage Of the plain op.
portunity thus substantially to reduces
unnecessary existing duties. appeal
to congress to reconsider the measure.
which now return without my ap.
proval and TO adopt substitute there's
fore, making substantial reductions
below the rates of the present act,
which the tariff board shows possible
without destroying any established In
dustry or throwing any wage earners
out Of employment, and which will
promptly approve.
Despite the efforts that have been
made to discredit the work OF the tar
liff board, their report on this sched,
ule has been accepted with Scarcely
a dissenting voice, by all those lam
liliar with the problems. including 40.
tive reports Of organizations formed
lin the interest OF the public and the
consumer