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LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER,
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1910. .
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TAFT URGES TARIFF BOARD
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A nice box of Selders Fresh
Candies are Just the Thing
ARTISTIC BOXES
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The Neatest Line of X-mas
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My store is full of real
bargains in Cut Glass,
Silverware, Cliaf in M
Dishes, Hand Painted
China, Chafing Dishes, Cassa
rolls, Coffee and Tea Perculat
ors, Electric Lamp and Irons,
Carving Sets, Silver baking
Dishes, Knives and Razors:
Our 10-25-50 and 75c counters exceed
anything we have had heretofore.
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nanent confession is not established.
The countries of Europe have tariff
bureaus where all records of sched
ules are kept and where data is con-
ttanty gathered and kept up to date.
At a moments notice complete In'or
matfon reearding the coat cf nro-
duction of any given artkle in any
Riven country can be obtained.
"Wiiat difference floes it make
whei'rer democrats or republicans are
engiged in tariff leg'slatlon? The
work cannot be properly accomplish
ed without the facts upon which it is
based. Without a tariff commission,
(be making of a tariff must be based
upon such knowledge as the various
members are able to obtain, vand In
evitably in such event, the interests
of iiie section of the country as
airolnst the interests of another arise
ns arguments that, often overshadow
the n. eagre facts that may have been
irortuced.
"Senator Aldrlch probably hasT a
greater knowledge of. the intricacies
of ihe tariff than any other man in
America, yet he canont know all the
details of more than a few important
bchedules. The vast amount of data
and information that must go into the
peaking of a tariff can be obtained by
no . individual or committee tempor
arily engaged in such research. It
must be the work of a permanent com
mission. "The failure of congress to support
th6 'permanent tariff commission In
deed would be a step backward and
make scientific provision Impossible
for years to come. The matter has
now progressed, to , the point where
the country is ready for it." If the
commission is now made permanent
its value will soon be appreciated on
all Bides and it will neve rbe discon
tinued. If for party reasons chief
of which apparently would be that the
idea did not originate with the demo
cratsthe democrats are able to pre
vent it, many years may pass before
a scientific consideration of the sub
ject reaches a point where It would
be opportune again. ' v
While the plan to permit a revision
of the tariff schedule by schedule is
necessary, the establishment of a per
manent commission must come first.
"There are , some difficulties, too.
confronting the schedule by schedule
plan. It would be easy to determine
what might be covered by the woolen
schedule, for Instance, but when it
comes to such matters as the miscel
laneous schedule it would be difficult
to hold the revision within bounds.
"Then, in addition, comes the-Jeal-ousy
between men In congress re
garding the authorship, of, bills.. Sev
eral men may have measures, design
ed to accomplish the same purpose,
but different In some minor details.
Each urges his own bill and fights for,
it because he wants the law to bear
his name. These bickerings and Jeal
ousies often actually stand In the
way of speedy and successful leglsla-
1 t!on." . ; f
The Tananin Canal. 1
The president was enthusiastic re
garding the Fanama canal, which is
Just beginning to appear on the hori
zon of the average American as one
of the greatest causes for national
pride. He displayed hla vital Interest
in its future meaning to the Ameri
can ipeople by his amazing knowledge
of the most minute details of the tre
mendous work knowledge fostered
by his Intimate connection with its
construction almost since Uncle Sam
undertook the word task.
"The greatest effect of the opening
of the canal, in the president's opin
ion as felt by the average American,
will be the reduction of the trans
continental transportation rates. This
will draw the country closer together.
The orange growers in southern Cal
ifornia who likes to wear a New Eng
land brand ot shoes will quickly feel
Its effect. The men employed in a New
England shoe' factory who likes Cali
fornia, oranges will soon realize the
value of the canal to him. The milk
man in Seattle who buys his bottles
in Pittsburg will suddenly become
aware that the Panama canal has
transported the glass factory In re
spect to freight rates half across the
continent.
"So It will go through all thi
branches of business and slclety. It
will mean increased, activity all
around with closer relations between
the Pacific and Atlantic coasts. The
central states will quickly reflect its
benefits.
"One point absolutely essential Is
that the government take adequate
lines using the canal by transconti
nental railroads. The coast wlbe ship
ping business of this country is con
fined by law to American ships, and
so traffic between Atlantic and Paci
fic ; coasts, being between American
ports, will be confined to American
ships, and there will be no foreign
competition. This ensures an enor
mous development "of the American
shipping industry..
"But thn erPfltpct finnivo nf nri.to
though perhaps ssnt'mental, lies in
the fact that where four great na
tions failed through four centuries
of endeavor, the United States has
succeeded. Columbus first dreamed
of a western passage to the Orient in
1517; Savedra,. the Spanish 'engineer
and member of the Balboa expedition
formed the first definite plan for the
canal; King Philip of Portneal n?rt
contemplated the taUt; hon p-re
England, which gave way to Franc a,
and France in turn', facing failure. In
1904, surrundered the vast undertak
ing to the United States.
"Every American who has gone to
the isthmus and wltnessod the tri
umph of American skill, enterprise
auu siii ui Hwenea witn pride in
the thought that the oceans will be
reunited under the auspices of the
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