The Cordova daily times., 1916-01-27
THE TARIFF AND BUSINESS,

By tariff this reform as national Dusl ness poicv-he Chamber of Commerce of the United states declares in pamphlet just ssued the proposal IS not pouca According this authority before the tariff revision o lO was determined upon commission was urged by advocates regardless party Every time there has been an attempt Ill either House Senate to make it party measure there nave been affirmative from members of the opposing party
 In 1911 the members of the house committee on Ways ana Means-the committee in which party lines most closely drawn the committee which bears the burden of the present method of formulating tariff, and the committee Whch coln understands most completely the nadequacy of the facts upon which tariff bills now msed-mammouS! ap proved a bill for a permanent commission Champ Clark at inc time the minority leader of the House and Snce speaker sad The demand for such board is nssten and mcIeas ing In fact is widespread, and in judgment should be heeded.' I Friction hooen government and business, the National Cham her document points Whatever the tariff policy deter mined through national elections it's application by Congress has been accompanied by controversies regarding the facts industry and As these facts have never been a thoritavey ascertaned except in few instances business men quite regardless of political beliefs find the prosperity their enterprises and that of their employees menaced by eS lation based upon which is inaccurate and incomplete finder such con tons consideration of tariff legislation inevitably apprehension and uncertainty throughou tue entire business world.
 Universal recognition is accorded to those circumstances Tn calling Congress into extraordinary session for the last revision of the tariff the President declared that among ms nurnoes was desire that the business interests ot the country may kept long in suspense as to what the fiscal changes be to which they will be required to ad just themselves"
 The National Chamber pamphlet says poinedly:
 "A periodic unsetement of the material progress o the corntrv without reason explanation in economic conditions ;mnOses burden which repugnant to every dictate o Ds ness efficiency and every principle of satesmans me reouencv with which these dsocaons of normal conditions occur is indicated by the dates of recent enacmens 1894 1897 l909 1913 All of these enacmens affected not one industry group of related articles but the entire range of American industrial and commercial enerprSe ana worse e these laws establish discembe rule O general appca htv while every one them has been criticised on the round that it contains gross discrmnatons aganst prc and for others.
 Tariff legislation as conducted gives rise to more irritation to more suspicion of legislative willingness to ds crmnae on behalf of local private interests and to more undemoc1c procedure than any other source m Aellcai hfe.'
 To prevent these disturbances which have no excuse m any orderly system of national government permanent tariff commission advocated by the Chamber of Commerce or e United States In this is of the earliest subjects Whch came before that body when it organized AL the st annual meeting 93 about $50 delegates, who came from constituent oroanizaons in some forty states adopted luons urgently advocating commlsslOn During the spring of 1913 in referendum taken among the 45 conneIcla or
 nzations then membership of the Chamber the votes east were 75 of commission and opposed fac oniza0n was entitled from to 10 votes, according to e nrber of its membership In 1915, the delegates in the thd nnua meeting unanimously reafmed the position o1 the National Chamber which had been determined m the reele1 dunn 193 At this meeting the delegates numbered almost 600 and formally represented 26O commercial organizations
 Whaever the policy which Congress means to pursue the
 ff bould be fixed by facts is conclusion of the National Chamber pamphlet the of which not printed here in full he legislative function IS to apply pocy o acts permanent tariff commission will for the first time in the history ascertain the facts authomtatVe make them as we'll known the legislative policy which IS p be applied to them enable Congress to give to tariff eg
 on the enteness which should be the first requisite of al legislation