The Cordova daily times., 1921-02-04
REVISION OF TARIFF WILL
 TAKE MONTHS
BY COL. WINFIELD JONES

WASHINGTON, Feb. 4.-(Special Correspondencel. - Tariff revision, which is now being considered by the house ways and means committee, cannot possibly be finished before this session of congress will have to adjourn next March A. This is the opinion of many members of the com mittee and other members of house and senate.
 An emergency tariff bill has al ready been put through the house but 1t seems likely will be killed in the senate, or at least not passed by that body before adjournment of this session. Senate leaders consider that the emergency tariff bill, as passed by the house was so hastily consid- cred and Is so full of erors that it would be sheer folly for the senate to enact 1t In it's present form.
 For the first time in the history of tariff legislation the house ways and means committee has all possible facts before 1t concerning the various schedules that must be considered unbiased by personal or political con alterations. This information Is in the shape of more than 1000 reports of the U. s. tariff commission. The reports include all available informa tion concerning a thousand or more commodities.
 In these reports alone the U, s. tar if commission has more than justi fled its creation, and the sums that have been appropriated for it's main tenance, in the opinion of most mem bers of congress. It is the first time any real, scientific, non-partisan and full information concerning cost and production of most of the -commodi ties produced in this country lave been gathered together and are now available for congress.
 Under such circumstances the re vision of the tariff now under way ought to satisfy everybody. With such information on hand the American manufacturer and business man will be amply protected in the new tar if, and at the same time there will be no "sky high" schedules which caused the growth of swollen fortunes" in tariff bills of the past, which did more than anything else to cause dissatis faction with the Republican party among the people. Leaders of the dominant party are determined, in the new tariff bill to avoid too high sched ules which cause high prices to the consumer, bar out legitimate foreigr competition, and do not allow labor tt get it's fair share of production prof it's. It is safe to say the new tariff bill will fully product American man ufacturers, farmers, and labor, bu they will not be protected to the poin where the people have to pay in iii creased costs of commoditits too large l profit to the producer.
 A sample report of the tariff com mission Is one of the most interest ing public documents seen in lone time in any committee room at the capital. Take the report on glassware as an example. This report which iE similar to the others in all othel | schedules, describes what glassware is and what it is used for It describes the production in the United States the materials used, whether these ma terials are produced in the United States or imported the manufacturing equipment necessary for successful production, the output of an average factory, labor employed and how much paid, and many other interest ing details about the glassware in dustry-in short complete survey ot the whole glassware business in this country. Imports of foreign produced glassware are next considered in the report, and all the facts concerning glassware made in other countries