Review of reviews and world's work . unctions. ? ^ .. £ • • £ pomtment or a commission ortariff experts by the President was alteredby cutting out the words intended to givethis group of experts authority to make gen-eral tariff inquiries at the Presidents direc-tion for the benefit of future legislation. Inits final form the clause authorizes the Presi-dent to appoint these experts for the sake ofaiding him in the exercise of the discretionconferred upon him to apply the new maxi-mum and minimum rates to foreign coun-tries. This is something very different fromthe purposes of the tariff commi
Review of reviews and world's work . unctions. ? ^ .. £ • • £ pomtment or a commission ortariff experts by the President was alteredby cutting out the words intended to givethis group of experts authority to make gen-eral tariff inquiries at the Presidents direc-tion for the benefit of future legislation. Inits final form the clause authorizes the Presi-dent to appoint these experts for the sake ofaiding him in the exercise of the discretionconferred upon him to apply the new maxi-mum and minimum rates to foreign coun-tries. This is something very different fromthe purposes of the tariff commission as gen-erally advocated by thoughtful men through-out the country. Senator Beveridge had pre-pared the original clause which was finallyaltered. In the last days of the debate onthe conference report he inquired if thechange was meant to prevent the tariff com-mission from making inquiries in the field ofcost of production and of tariff rates in gen-eral. Senator Hale, of Maine, who ranks THE PROGRESS OF THE WORLD. 2H1. •IlIK ItOADS AIIE TKRRIBUE, BTT TIIK CAI: IIAS OF PuWKU. Herbert Johnson in the Ihiladelphia yoith American. next to Senator Aid rich in the Finance Com-mittee, replied with great frankness andcharacteristic zest that the change in the tar-iff-commission clause was intended to restrictthe work of the experts absolutely to advis-ing the President about applying maximumand minimum rates. President Taft, on theother hand, says that he can manage to usethe tariff experts in such a way as to get thepractical results that the advocates of a tar-iff commission had demanded. In view ofthe specific and pointed refusal of Congressto confer any such power upon a commission,it is somewhat difficult to see how PresidentTaft can make his experts do the thingswhich they were to have done in the bill asit passed the Senate, but which the Confer-ence Committee struck out from the finalmeasure at the behest of the House leaders,who have never favored any kind
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