Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1921-01-02
- BY WILL

u yHEN the ways and means
| NM, committee starts- hearings
this week ION revision. Of
the tariff. 1t will for the
| first time in history have before it all
the essential facts regarding each in
dustry included in each schedule. IN.
biased by personalor political adxau-
tage or policy. This authoritative. ar
Fay Of facts will be found in more
than 1000 reports prepared by. the
United States Tariff Commission, each
| covering from one to a dozen COM
modities.
Take schedule A-chemicals. oils
and paints-where more than 200 in
dustries are represented. There are
about IT'S of these survey reports
ready for the committee, each con-
corning a particular commodity. The
hearings on this schedule will be held
January g.. and. 8: three, days in
which the committee is to-. hear the
representatives Of all industries COW
| cred by it. each with a biased or
selfish viewpoint. Tho members of
the committee cannot have personal
knowledge with regard to all these
Industries and commodities, and they
WILL never get accurate Informs
ton from interested parties crowded
into three days.
Story Of Each Industry.
Here is where the tariff commission
survey is Of value. for each repre-
sents a study of particular indus
try. as related. to and affected by the
tarifr-the reports give the facts. I'M
colored by political policy or. selfish
interest. They can be used by mern-
bers of the committee in holding the
witnesses down to facts when they
may be disposed to make wiids state
ments or submit rash claims The
committee has already found similar
surveys furnished by the tariff COM
mission of great value when doing
rush work on the emergency tariff
bill. those surveys including beans.
raw cotton. onions and garlic. pea
nuts, peanut oil, soya bean oil. cotton
seed oil and cocoanut products.
These surveys are being sent *tor the
ways and means committee by the
tariff commission in manuscript form
and are then printed in quantity by
the committee. The manuscripts. make
q stack yards High and the surveys
when assembled give a moving pic
ttxe of Americas business. Alt Of
these surveys wilIsbe sent to the COM
mittee- within two weeks, While
tta6es Exxt her a6ssrssd 81 e fssisy o.
per4sin three{or FOUR months. stfers
represent ariGous lSborss Tor nearly
four years. or the entire time that the
tarifr commission. has existed fYs{
For present use they give the ways
and means committee. for, the 1rst
time, judicial siftipg sof facts shout
q particular industry by An impartial
body They are stos be- brought up to
date, from time to. time, and. it. is the
intention of the tariff cemmfssfop that
they shall automatically as business
conditions change. show when any
particular industry. or Commodity
needs tariff attention, SO that ,the
needed amendments may be made in
that particular pTduSu Va BUSINESS
without having to undertake a gen.
| eral overhauling of all business and a
wholesale tariff revision s-.s 80
Other Hearings and Schedules.
The other schedules. with dates Of
hearings, on which surveys are Being
furnished, are: Schedule B. earthen-
ware and glassware. Januafy: 10 sand
ii; schedule c. metals and .mannfac-
lures thereof. January ,1e.s 10 ands14:
schedule ID. wood and manufactures
thereof, January Is ands III; schedule
e, sugar, molasses andvmanufacfdres
thereof, January IS and ~; schedule
F, tobacco and manufactures thereof.
January 20; schedule G, agricultural
products and provisions. January 81.
% and "a; schedule H. spirits. wines
and other beverages. January Is:
schedule I. cotton manufactures. Janu-
airy rs and q; schedule J. fax. hemp
and jute and manufactures thereof
January 49, and 90 schedule X. wool
and manufactures thereof. January 81
and February / and q: schedule L,