The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-04-04
TARIFF LETTER
READ TO CABINET
Wilson Tells Advisers Contents
of Message to Congress.
MONEY QUESTION IMPORTANT
Believed Chief Executive VIII Confine
His Suggestions to Duties-Docu-
ment to Contain 200
Words.
MONEY QUESTION IMPORTANT

Washington, March 31.-The fina!
draft Of his first message to congress.
which be will send at the opening o.
the special session April Z. was read
Friday by President Wilson to his
cabinet
The message. it can be said author
itativeiy, will confne itself to the
tariff. In 1900 words, 1t will give the
presidents views on this subject, and
will state it is the presidents position
that nothing shall be done by either
house to take from the tariff its place
in the center of the legislative stage.
This does not mean that there is
to be no other legislation during the
session. 1t merely means that the
president intends to use all his infiu-
ence to see that nothing is allowed to
interfere with first place for tariff re-
vision downward.
The message is expected to put this
in SO many words. but it also will
declare that a number of other sub
jects of vital Importance to the Amer
lean people are awaiting legislation
principally the currency question.
The president will specifically re-
Sr;.in from commenting upon these in
this message. although reserving the
right to touch upon them in later spe-
cial messages should congress make
sufficient Roadway with the tariff
problem to leave room and time for
otter work at the special session.
In this connection it became known
that Representative Carter Glass,
chatrman-to-be of the banking and
currency committee of the new house,
has completed the draft Of monetary
revision bill and that 1t is ready for
Introduction whenever the president
desires it. Representative Glass how
ever, will not put 1t In until President
Wilson feels that its introduction will
not interfere with tariff legislation
representative Glass and the presi-
dent are said to fear that to start the
money reform task and then to leave
it open until the winter session will
only add to the difficulties of the stu
alton.
AS far as President Wilson's views
on <he tariff are concerned, it can be
stated that he will take the same
ground he took in his speech of &C
ceptance last summer. that the tariff
must be taken out of politics, and that
it's revision downward should begin
by taking out OF every schedule every
rate that can be construed as "fa-
vor'' to any industry.
There should be immediate re-
vision" he said at that time, land it
should be downward unhesitatingly
and steadily downward. 1t should be-
gin with the schedules which have
been used most obviously to kill COM
petition and to raise prices in the
United States arbitrarily and without
regard to the prices pertaining else
where in the markets of the world,
and 1T should, before it is finished or
intermitted, be extended to every item
in every schedule which affords any
opportunity for monopoly, for special
advantages to limited groups of bene-
ticiartes or for subsidized control Of
any kind in the markets or the enter
prises of the country. until special
favors of every sort shall have been
absolutely withdrawn and every part
of our laws of taxation shall have
been transformed from a system Of
governmental patronage into a system
Of just and reasonable charges which
shall fall where they will create the
least burden.
When we shall have done that we
can fix questions of revenues and of
business adjustment in a new spirit
We shall be partners with the bust
ness men Of the country and a day
of freer, more stable prosperity shall
have dawned"