Show to take the tariff aul of politics an effort is being made by commercial labor and agricultural organizations of alio country to hold a convention at detroit midi next june and 2nd at which the following subjects will be treated first the discussion of ways and means for taking alio tariff question out of partisan politics and making it a business question instead of a political football second the discussion of ways and means for the improvement of the consular service of the united states and the employment of such service for the of our foreign trade especially with the central and south american republics third the advisability of recommending to congress the creation of a department of commerce manufacturers and labor and of making the chief of such department a member of the presidents cabinet fourth the advisability of forming a permanent organization for the purpose of holding banual conven eions for the consideration of national questions and of recommending to congress each year such changes in our laws or in their administration as may be beamed for the best interest of our country the convention will be non cal and non sectional and all questions must be discussed from a purely commercial standpoint on the tariff question it ia proposed by the circular issued that a law be passed by congress defining how the tariff shall be levied and the following principle is proposed on which to babe the amount of duty to be collected the tariff levied on all goods imported from any loreign country into the united catob ahall in all caama be an fully equal to the difference io the coat of sa d gooda in any foreign country and the cost of pro ducine such booda in the united baates that would be a very correct principal on which to operate and if a commission were then appointed to ascertain the facts in relation to each article protected and see that monopolists be given no additional advantages great good would result to our ci antry the movement ought to receive generous support the way the tariff question has been handled in politics has resulted in great evil to our commercial and manufacturing life no sooner would business commence to revive under one system than another party would be ushered into power entirely upsetting the tariff policy in force doubt would seize on every industry and manu would wait until the new tariff bill always lin garing long in congress wag settled merchants would bo afraid to buy pending that legislation and general stagnation in bao ineys would be the result all these evils could be remedied by removing the tariff from politics |