The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-10
TARIFF COMMISSION
ENDORSED BY GORE
Blind Senator's Remarks Arc
Checred by 1000 Business
Men at Luncheon.
MANY NOTABLES THERE

Nearly 1000 business men. gathered
at the lunche on arranged by the Mem
bers Council Of the Merchants Associa-
ton at the Hotel Astor yesterday. heard
with evident relish Thomas =. Gore.
Oklahoma's blind Senator. fing jibee at
past methods of tariff making and gave
vigorous applause when he said the only
question now was whether the Demo-
Gratis would establish a non-partisan
tariff commission or cave 1t for the
Republicans to do hereafter.
The luncheon was n Of the most
successful the association has held and
was effective in making plain where the
business men stood with respect to the
creation Of such a commission. When
Senator Gore described the tariff hear
ings held In the past by the senate
| Finance and the House Ways and Means
| committees as the most elaborate ana
most colossal works of fiction ever pro-
duced In the United States napkins
were waved and 1t was some time oeiore
he could proceed. 49,
Senator Gore, before touching on the
tariff commission idea. uttered what
many took to be a word OF caution re-
specting the preparedness propaganda
In this connection he said:
"Between the clangor OF arms abroad
and the clamor for arms at home we
are apt to forget that peace hath her
victories no less brilliant and no less
benef,cent than the reeking triumpn'
OF war. We may differ as to the neces-
sity for naval and military prepared,
ness; We may differ az TO the extent Of
preparedness that Is essential Tor oui
defence and our security we VIII no.
dlrer in the belief that America ough
not to arm for conquest: that sh'
ought not to pursue military amoitioh
that she ought not to seek marua
strength and martial glory for their o~I
sake These tempting baubles ought Il
be waved aside. more often. II need NC
than Cesar put aside the crown.
Senator Gore said he had always he
Neved thoroughly In a tarim commission
and had even voted for the Repubica'
measure. "When they were praying 10
light" he added. 81 could not md u i
my heart to refuse to touch the but
ton" +,
continued. that taxable articles ca
hes, be determined 10y intuition. ana u
!. rates Of duties best determined by II
, sparation. And yet there are two III
: portant classes. two opposing classe
who hold fast TO that theory. The OF
. constitutes the ultra protectionists. WI
: would Ak duties arbitrarily. who wou'
insist upon the maximum of protectie
and who do not care 10 nave the
consciences aroused with the remind'
that the duties might be out of pr
portion to the cost OF production
T home and abroad. The other class
composed Of the ultra free traders. wi
would insist upon the abolition OF q
! duties and the immediate transition
. free trade without calculating the co
a sequences either upon private busine
or the public revenues
= The Democratic theory of the tart
a senator Gore assayed TO define. was tn
q mo article should be at a high
rate than the low est rate that Will vie
q the largest revenue" a definition tn
= was greeted with laughter and applaus
Below such a point. he explained. tn
tolerated variations in accordance wi