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Show The Tariff Board. The president refers to the appointment appoint-ment of a board of experta to Invest! gate the cost of production of various articles Included in the schedule of the tariff, and says: "The tariff board thus appointed and authorized has toen diligent In preparing Itself for the necessary Investigations. In-vestigations. The hope of those who hse advocated the use of this board for tail" purposes Is that the question of the rate of a duty Imposed ahall become more of a business question and les of a political question, to be ascertained by experts or long training train-ing and accurate knowledge. The bait In business and the shock to business, busi-ness, due to the announcement that a new tariff bill Is to be prepared and put In operation will be avoided by treating the schedules one by one as occasion shall arise for a change in the rates of each, and only after a report re-port upon the schedule by the tariff board competent to make such report. It is not likely that the board will be able to make a report during the pres ent session or congress on any of the schedules, because a proper elimination elimina-tion Involves an enormous amount of detail and a great deal of care; but I hope to be able at the opening of the new congress, or at least during the session of that congress, to bring to Its attention the facta in regard to thoee schedules In the present tariff that may prove to need amendment" |