Ogden Evening Standard | 1910-12-14 | Page 7 | Insurgents Want More Tariff Data

Ixnroot. ef Wisconsin, both Ineurg-enta. Ineurg-enta. and John C. Cobb, of Boston, president of the National Tariff commission league, will endeavor to harmonize differences between measures meas-ures they favor, and to frame a substitute sub-stitute bill to be presented tomorrow. This was agreed upon after a general gen-eral dl60uaslon at twx sessions of the committee, when povernl authors of the measures of this character explained ex-plained their views. Representative Payne, of New York, chairman and Republican uoor lender, lend-er, opposed a new tariff commission. He believes that the present tariff hoard, consisting of Mcsara. Emery. Reynolds and Sanders had, or could get, all Information tbat a committee of five lnerobers, a.s proposed, could gather and assimilate. He flflid that if the tarifr legislation legisla-tion wero admitted, It should be Item by Item. Mr. Fordney, of Michigan, another Republican standpatter on the committee, and owner of large lumber lum-ber interests, objected to a tariff commission com-mission on the ground that It would simply keep up agitation and business unrest. Other members thought differently, and indicated their Intention to report a measure to bring the much-discussed commission plan Into being. 00 INSURGENTS WANT MORE TARIFF DATA WASHINGTON, ive. ."..-CreaiPn j of a tarllf commission to collect and assemble tariff data, but iit to make , recommendations, may result from a ' discussion at the hearing today b"- : fore the bouse committee on wajs and means. j Representatives Coode, of Joa, and ,