New Britain herald., 1929-04-20
TRUMbULL STUDIES
 EVILS 0F TARIFF
PlainVille Manufacturer Would Broaden Work Of Commission

Broaden Work Of Commission
 Suggestion that the tariff commis- slou, still under the complete con- trol of congress. should determine the destiny ct our international com meros and should be made q body fully commensurate with the vast work to bo done, was voiced today hy Henry TrumhulL treasurer of the Truut9u Electrlc Mig, Co., in an Interview,
 'Streugth,uing Of our tariff com mission or r~-Shuping some of our present t4rf policies can be made y,ry cr,li.ll!e anI worthy work # congress can be convinced that tl,. country has real Use for d .M1H romm tssIon, but d commission Operating ou u more practical and or5airr basis llan al present. said 3lr Tr.u-5NlL
 What k tho matter with the com llsS,ou ,ye are asked and asking continually. The principal thing the matter with r is that no one seems ,n .4he r seriously, T. had a had start. At its birth the republicans and deuocras We're on opposite sides Of the protective tariff fence and so the nev commission had 10 be made nl-par+ Isan 10 keep the peace. This naturally caused deadlock almost at the beginning and. of course the commission could not get far. Gen orally speaking, Us record to date is about a score Of tariff increases and I.ss than half q dozen decreases.
 "Wool.n manufacturers. for in stance. have complained that m 1921 and 1gZ2 the tariff commission was asked to supply the framework ot wool sch-dUl" to the house com mljt,e. For some reaSon this work was turned over 10 the president or the Woolen Manufacturers associa- ton and the secretary of the Wool Grove CTS association.
 "Nhan tho rope manufacturers of this country aWoke 10 the fact that makers 0: manila rope in the Phil ppines. where the maximum dally wage was under &&.uo, were able 10 underselI manufacturers in the Unit ed States. with minimum dallN wage ot <5.uo, they asked the tariff commission for facts upon which they could go to the president for relief. The commission had no facts because they hal not looked up this .ubtect. Anyone who asks for more facts about the commission can ind them in 1,4>4 pages of testimony taken during the recent investigation by the senate.
 That the right kind of tariff commission IS valuable is shown by the fact that such bodies are eff"c rive in -he Argentine, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Germany, India, Norway. Portugal south Africa, spain. Chile. Peru. Brazil and Italy
 "We nzei ;aritf commission that will function so that We can lle"p abreast of our continually changing economic conditions. Our tariff must be consistent, Harmonious and fieN- ibIe. To get such a tariff we must have q commission Of able judges ItlA tlil ttF-'f-I4I ID l4iA4r N4lt Si'A44- L44 istratIon and, when necessary, to recommend legislation 10 congress.
 How can Ne get such a body? Let the presiden. choose it's members, the senate approving. and then let congress clothe them with serni-ju- dcia power to establish and admin lster tarlrf schedules consistent with the protective tariff principle and ap- piled with equitable force 10 every traneh Of industry. The present law should he taken as working basis so as 10 do away with general re visions. But particularly the com mission should De q continuous fact hnling body.
 "TLe Interstate commerce commis- sion costs more than SG.3g0,000 d year. The federal trade commission costs more than Sl,opD,0uo. These loli-s deal only with domestic prob ems, numerous though they may be. The tariff commission gets only $G5o. Geo a year and it deals with thoUs- auds of questions that reach back into almost every country on tL" lace Of the earth. The other bodies --Interstate commerce and trade commission-le with single key jn- dustries. Tn" tariff commission naturally, deals with an interna- tional situation and t should be so constituted as 10 be able 70 deter mine the destiny Of our international commerce - a vastly bigger thing than either of the other two bodies.
 'The present pay of the comnls- Soners is >-.5oo year and no on@ i, allowed 10 engage in any oth"l business. We should have experts, appoint them for long tenure of lie and pay th@m sufficiently 10 insure their non partisanship in any sched Ulcs. The tariff commission shodli be the mos important business reg uIatinE institution We possess.
 "It Is t.me for US to decide whether v,a want continuous con- gTessionaI royisions or to st up q highly competrn. body 10 apply the tariff policy established hy congress to meet changing economic condl- tons. I firmly relieve that our tariff salvation lies in ,ae right kind Of tar-tI commission"
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