New Britain herald., 1915-10-01
BONDS F0R NATIONAL
 DEFENSE PROGRAM
Wilson Will Ask Issue to Enlarge
 l Army and Navy

tq meet the requirements of his na-
 tional defense program, instead of
 raising tiiis money by revising the tariff schedules.
 This disclosure leaves no uncer-
 tainty as to whether or not there will
 he substantial revision of the tariff
 this winter. The president will take
 the position that opportunity has
 nbtyet been given for an adequate trial Of the Underwood-Sim act as an fundamentally for producing revonuea He will oppose any impor- tant 1hSnges in the present demo- cratid tariff law until this measure has heen airly tested and Nthe various govertlment bureaus have had ample time to determine the extent of the war upon business conditions.
 Fl is possible that~she free trade provision of the sugar schedule will
 be suspended withe the presidents
 consent. Administration leaders as-
 sert that a strong sentiment has de- velcped for the retention of the pres ent sugar duties, solely for the sake of the revenue they produc. Would Lose $6O, 100000. Members of the ways and means committee and some of the presi-
 dents own advisers are understood to be of the opinion that it would be folly to give up $60, 100000 of revenue from a tax so evenly distributed as
 that on sugar at a time when the ad-
 ministration itself is to take the re- sponsibility for recommending an issue of bonds as means of financing
 a larger national defense program. It may be said on authority that the ways and means committee and
 the house itself will favor the suspen-
 sion of the free list provision of the sugar schedule. The most that has
 come from the president thus far has
 been intimations that his mind is open on this one phase of tariff re- vision. These intimations have created feeling of hopefulness among some of the presidents friends
 that he will assent to the suspension,
 even if he does not openly recommend it
 Wilson's Own Creation.
 The sugar schedule Is largely MT. | Wilson's own creation. It was recog- |nized at the time Of the framing of ! fiie1t Underw6od- Simmons law that cor kress would have been contented ! to detain a moderate duty on sugar had 1t not been for the determined in ! ssgtence of the president to the con- l trary.
 I N As far as can be learned there is little possibility that any other changes in the tariff act will be sane \ tioned by the president unless 1t de- N velops that he deems 1t inadvisable M to postpone the enactment of legisla- M tion to prevent dumping" foreign \ goods on American markets following II the war.
 Secretary of Commerce Redfield an- N bounced this week that he would recommend to congress in his forth N coming annual report "that unfair H competition from abroad shall not be II permitted to injure a legitimate Il American industry any more than it I is permitted to do so in our domestic | field"
 1 Must Act Quickly.
 I President Wilson intends to set shout very shortly the formulation of l the national defense program. The president realizes the necessity of 1 reaching at an early date definite con- clusions as to the amount of money | that will be needed for army and | navy expenditures. 1 He has had several conferences with l Secretary Daniels with reference to l the views of the general board of the l navy. and Secretary Garrison's plan ! for the reorganization of the army has been before him for some time. The president expects soon to confer with Chairman Padgett of the house com
 n.ittee on naval affairs. -. Expenditure of $325 ,OOO, ,OO0. l The belief prevails among the ad- visers of the president as a result of 1 the tentative conclusions which have ] been reached that the administrators national defense program will call for an expenditure of from $500, ,000, ,000 I to $325, 100000. This sum represents
 the direct appropriations which are to be made. e.-.....
 The building plan of the navy, T covering the definite scheme of de- velopment which the president ex- poets to sanction, of course, will in II yolve the expenditure of a much I larger sum ultimately, but this phase l of the program will be provided for Il by authorization to be covered by ap- propriations at subsequent congresses The administration program for l expenditures by the next congress thus would provide for an increase of
 from $60,000,000 to S85,000.000 above the annual expenditure of S250, ,000, 900 ] appropriated by the last congress.
 The president began a series of con- ferences yesterday with members of the cabinet on departmental estimates Ho discussed the department of jus- tice's estimates with Attorney Gen. l cral Gregory and expects in the next two weeks to have similar conferences
 with other cabinet officers. Instruc-
 lions have been sent to all depart | xno,te +o ci1f fhe estimates fo fhe