Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-02-18
CHICAGO MAN ADDRESSES GRAIN
DEALERS AND ADVOCATES PER
MANENT COMMISSION.
SAYS TARIFF LAWS SHOULD
BE BASED ON KNOWN FACTS
Tariff Tinkering Results in Upsettine
Business, Satisfaction to Nobody
and Millions Of Dollars Lost Thru
Uncertainty, According to Views of
Howard H.. Gross.
Special to Times-Republican.

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Des Moines, Feb. IS. = Howard III.
Gross of Chicago, president of the
tariff commission league pres ented the
proposition of a tariff commission be-
fore the Farmers Grain Dealers AS
ISOLATION Of Iowa at its annual con-
vention here this week The league is
working to ave congress pass an act
creating a non-partisan permanent
tariff commission Of seven members to
work out, IL possible, a scientific Amer
lean tariff system suited to the needs
of the entire country.
The league declares that the tariff
& enactments should be based upon as
certained facts and be for the interests
of the people rather then far political
expediency. It is pointed out by the
league thot in thirty years of "tarlff
tinkering" there has been five revisions
of the tariff and two attempts at re-
vision. The results are summed up
by that organization as follows: Mo-
body satisfied: business periodically
upset; hundreds of millions OF money
lost; millions Of workers distressed and
millions of idle hours. 1t is declared
that the need Is for non-partisan
permanent tariff commission. sane
tariff policy and scientific adjustment.
Tariff For 'Expediency.
For three generations we have wor-
ried along under tariffs made for po-
litical expediency," declares the league.
Every tariff act during this time has
been honeycombed with favoritism,
transformation, twisted facts and
juggled classification. None have
worked out as promised, and, one after
another, they have been repudiated by
the people. 1t is time to call a halt;
i: is time to substitute scientific ac-
curacy for reckless conjecture, to sub
stitute facts for fancy. and to make
tariffs for the benefit Of all and not for
TIE advantage of the law. We never
will reach sound economic basis and
make for real. permanent prosperity
until politics Is taken out of the tariff
and the tariff is taken out of politics."
The idea of the league Is to give the
commission full powers Of investiga-
ton to gather date and report to con-
gresS from time to time, to hear COM
plants and investigate them, to rec
ommend such tariff changes from time
to time as are made necessary to put
and keep the tariff on a fair and equit-
able basis and to work out, if possible,
q tariff system which will be scienti-
hc and suited to the needs of all. Upon
this commission agriculture, labor,
manufactures and trade, and commerce
are each to have a member, higher
education is to be represented by a
trained expert, and there IS 10 be q tar
If expert from the treasury depart
ment.
New Corporations.
Articles Of incorporation were filed
with the secretary OF state yesterday
by the Marshalltown Savings and Loan
Association with capitalization Of
81, 900, 900. Fred Hopkins is the presi-
dent Of the association and G. w. Gill
bert secretary.
The Gates Dry Goods Company, Of
Fort Dodge, filed articles yesterday.
The company is capitalized at $4,000.
Frank Gates is president of the cor.
poration.
The Maquoketa River Power De-
yelopment Company, Of. Maquoketa,
has Incorporated with a capitalize
ton of $4,000. The company will con-
struct a power dam across the Ma
quoketa river. Robert NJ. Rogers, OF
Cedar Rapids, is president of the COM
pany. ~
The Emmetsburg Creamery Com
pany has filed articles of incorpora-
.;or nvt+h he Of or 70