Garland Globe | 1908-03-28 | Page 2 | Proposed Tariff Commission

I PROPOSED TARIFF COMMISSION. Bill Introduced In the Senate by La .Follette.. O Washington. If n bill for tho creation crea-tion of n tariff commission, which was Introduced on Thursday by Senator La Follotto, should becomo a law, It would bo competent for tho commission commis-sion and tho prosldom, acting to-Eother, to-Eother, to suspend any tariff schedulo and put on tho freo list any nrtlclo upon which thero was Biich a combination combi-nation as would control production or prices of wages clthor In tiro Unltod States or In any foreign market. Tho bill provides for tho appointment appoint-ment of a commission of nlno mom-bcrs, mom-bcrs, ono from each Judicial circuit of tho Union, and no ono of which shall bo a raombor of congress. Not 3 moro than flvo aro to bo members of any ono political party. Ono is to bo skilled in manufacturing, another In ngrlculturo, another In Imports, another an-other a roprcsontatlvo of labor, tho noxt a lawyer, skilled In tho tariff laws, tho noxt an oxpert In tariff and reciprocity, ono In tho knowlcdgo of production and accounting, anothor who has mado a study of forolgn markets, mar-kets, and tho last "an cmlnet economist." econ-omist." Tho mombcrs aro to recolvo, n salary of $10,000 each, and after tho first olovcn years of tho existence ofi tho commission each of tho members' nro to bo appointed for ten yoars. Tho! first appointments are arranged to terminate so that a now momber should bo appointed ovory year.