Arizona republican., 1915-10-04
Tariff Tinkerinq Must Stop

The alterative motto O Tariff Commission League Tariff tnkering must stop" at once tends rob past tariff reform, so-called of it's dignity and to please the many feel that the prin- ciples governing the imposition of duties have neither been thoroughly understood properly applied by the many congresses that have tempted handle this important problem since the reconstruction period In thirty years of tinker ing had five revisions of the tariff and attempts revision. This constant malad ius,ment of the schedules which stimulate quiet of the nations exports and imports has eiven lasting satisfaction Business has been periodically upset fortunes lost and millions workers distressed, sometimes directly hy tariff enactments, sometimes because of fear If the action If the congress-
 |, should he plain this commercial problem really possessing no political aspects should he re- moved political control influence. No party has proven it's ability cope with this question m manner to meet the needs of a majority of the people a half satisfactory and tariff bill passed has even begun to give desired results.
 United States $ a great creditor nation, vith her imports and exports at unprecedented figures, it becomes of vital import to the continued prosperity of the country be found the efficient handling of the tariff problem The Tariff Commission League, orsanized in Chicago. an association not for profit has prepared bill a permanent partisan tariff commission upon advanced lines The object of this league is to carry forward nation-vide campaign of educaton crystalline public sentiment that will demand Of congress the establishment of an efficient. high grade comms- Son etc. tc the end that tariff enactments shall bc the interests of all the people from the stand point Q sound economies rather than political pediency.
 The work Of the league is receiving wide sup port those who understand it's purposes, and --r,, foloI. T decidedly in favor of permanent tariff com mission is time things that will make democracy efficient" James J. Hill Al ternatons high low duties for political ends have injured everybody and will do while they continue. Industry at the highest speed, then sIackens stops. then again, and capital and labor both suffer Industrial peace and prosperity will be firmly established tariff taken politics placed in charge of properly constituted body whose conclusions substantially final"
 of the fact that the emergency law force expires December 31 of this year. many have felt that this oppor- time. especially when considering the unusual conditions imposed by the European for the democratic party effect change it's tariff policies The statement made recently by Secretary McAdoO is. however of a particularly optimistic tone. and emphatic declaring that there will be bond issues possible deficits. much less suggesting any tariff adjust ment. His statement calculated to discourage the belief that the administration might make a slight change tariff matters. Some very plaus- ihle arguments are being made, in connection with special industries. such dyestuffs. immediate protection; but it would appear that neither the president his cabinet is inclined yield. From a strictly partisan standpoint, they undoubtedly choosing the only course, and incidentally fur nishing another proof of the contention Tariff Commission League, should taken politics