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Finally came the Smith tariff "prescription," in nine parts, of which the following were significant...
...believe that the tariff should be taken out of politics...
...state definitely that the Democratic party if intrusted with power will be opposed to any general tariff bill. . . . I definitely pledge that the only change I will consider in the tariff will be specific revisions in specific schedules, each considered on its own merits by an impartial commission...
...belief that provision for a bi-partisan tariff commission promotes rather than eliminates politics. I would ask Congress to give me authority to appoint a tariff commission of five members from among the best qualified in the country to deal with the problem irrespective of party affiliations, with a salary sufficiently large to induce them to devote themselves exclusively to this important work...
...relieve the Republican party and its managers of the necessity of spreading false propaganda about the Democratic attitude on the tariff by stating that neither the Underwood nor any other tariff bill will be the pattern for carrying into effect the principles herein set forth...