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Show COMMENDS WORK OF BOARD WASHINGTON-, Jan. 11, Representative Represen-tative Samuel W. McCall, of Massachusetts, Massa-chusetts, a momber of tho ways and moans commltteo of tho house, beforo the tariff commission convention today, to-day, commended tho works of the present tariff board: "The primo purpose of such "a commission com-mission is tho scientific determination determina-tion of the economic facts necessary for the Information of the people," ho said. "If there- aro a hundred different concerns engaged in producing different differ-ent articles, aro wo to take the cost of production of tho most efficient one of these concerns, or of tho most expensive? ex-pensive? If we take tho cost which is the highest In fixing tho tariff and othor ninety-nlno aro likely to fatten upon an unnecessary amount of protection. pro-tection. "With tho vast complexity of Interests," Inter-ests," ho declared, "sectionalism difficulties dif-ficulties can ,bo minimized by dealing with a single sclledulo and articlos cognate with it in tho singlo bill, and," he said, "It is important to limit amendments to subjects included in the bill. "It is o great importance," ho said, that tho constitutional prerogative of tho house over tariff laws should bo recognized In a broad spirit by tho senato. Special interests havo quite enough to do In framing tariffs In the house, but the course of loplslatlou will show that they have vastly moro influenco in tho senato." 00 . |