New Britain herald., 1930-06-26
WHAT FOREIGN GOODS COST AND TARIFF COMMISSION

method under winch the costs ol production of foreign goods are 10 2e computed.
 Manitestly under any system Of . estimating the cost Of making tol- 4ien goods and selling them in the American market something more besides the bare cost Of production in the foreign plant must be con- 
 Under the Fordney-McCumbar act. ] however. the Tariff Commission was directed merely to investigate "dif- ferences in costs of production here and abroad" and base it's racommen- dadons accordingly.
 The Hawley-smoot act goes fur ther and better. Under the rsw tariff act the Tariff Commission is express Iy directed to consider. so far as practicable. transportation costs, other costs :aHaeor 10 dellsery. and other relevant factors, including uha,eyer advantages might he grant cd hy foreisa governments to their rroGucc~s for export
 Tho rev tariff act provides that the rrestdea, shall appoia, the six ] members Of inc Tariff Commission
 within ga days after the act goes into
 effect. and no more than three may . he members Of inc same political
 party. The annual salaries Of the
 commissioners is Increased from 3D.
 .a# 10 2t1.noo & year.
 Perhaps the Trasiaaa. is giving
 dap thought 10 whom re will ap-
 point He may well remember that
 +r,ra have been aissensons in the
 Tariff Commission. especially with
 regard 70 the HaMbtH'y provisions Of
 ,aa 1922 act and three or four years
 a-o .ha Senate went so far as 10 con
 sfs4r the difficulties Of ,ha Commts
 sion in investigating and io'srpratine
 tae fsMbjuty procedure. The Com
 mission has baen charged with har-
 ing ben "disappointng." and lis , activities have been slow Three con- {. m.saooarz. arpo.ntees Of Alr, Hard taz. told .ta Senate their d.@culuef . had arisen from the contenuousnes ! 0. tre other commissioners, hu- tn , others replied that inc arsr three la' Q resor-ed 10 "duatory tactles' an that Improper influences" had bee a trough. 70 bear upon m@mbers D v President Coolidge. Senator smoor S and others interested in the saga s ,a~.fe. When Commissioner Costsa 9 resigned in 1928 h. charged ,ha
 pressure from within and wi.ho- . mad destroyed rhe Commission a reputation for 5nrarrla!.ty professc 2 maass.g. oE Harvard. first cha.rm1 & os t14 Commission, charged in 1a- . -ha. appointments seemed to tas .a ..en made to render tha commH .- -.oa. no. body for "uaH2sea 1T =. ..rv on inc facts. but one for 1r' '. g.rrr such recommendations as al ;. known i- advance 10 te acceptable. ,r -a4 party and The administration y- rouar"
 D. These are merely some Of the co
 tan-ons ,t.. have ols"erod m Ii 7x record Of The Tariff Commsssi' -s since there has aesn such 2 bod ae Thart the Comm.-aoa has been ge I'd. erauv dlsarroaanz 10 those " u4 greeted the creation Of such bo ps Us taking inc tarts. oar Of polite s~ is known 10 e,sryoaa # has baea .-- commission that wa.a ]. was T w- torn with dissenston, made rcro .a- narlaJoas which failed 70 oo".o .s with rAa opinions oc capable lad aw la economic thought aa1 .o now .s- aava the recommendations of .I- coum.-sloo been taken too ssr.o IF .y ny tas administrations "h~r TO- was though. politically szped.o0r ap- "0ez a0" the rates.
 Ore President Hoover las an opT as aoi,y at this moment to provide ,ra- country win a real Tariff Comr
 mission. one composed Of men hat can investigate impartialIy, m the recommendations based upon fl tn- Inss Of fact. and gain the confde ora Of the country and the admins the ton.
 ,ae The President on the other h' ear will then have an opportunit! s14 snow the courage in conside ,me tariff schedules that he is repute the possess. r. will be the Preside orag duty. under such a Commission, was if the rate on an important pro ohe IS found 70 f.a 100 high, 10 redu
 under the flexible provision of aruf law. But until President Hoover .oth: tra. he will he no different and any other President in his attl ition toward the tariff and the T that Commission,
 de
 . 600
 1I -