Members of the United States Tariff Commission are announced.
Publisher
Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library
Subject
Press Releases
United States Tariff Commission
Language
English
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FRANK WILLIAM TAUSSIG, of Cambridge, Massachusetts:
Professor Taussig is a well-known political economist and a profound student of tariff matters, being the author, among other works of economics, of a tariff history of the United States. He is 57 years old and received the degrees of A. B. at Harvard University, 1879; Ph. D. and A. M., 1883, LL. B., 1886, and Litt. D., Brown University, 1914. He was Instructor of Political Economy at Harvard University from 1882 to 1886; Assistant Professor from 1886 to 1892; Professor from 1892 to 1901, and has been Henry Lee Professor at Harvard since 1901. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and was President of the American Economic Association from 1904 to 1905. In addition to the Tariff History of the United States, he is also author of the Silver Situation in the United States; Wages and Capital; Principles of Economics; Some Phases of the Tariff Question; Inventors and Money Makers, and is Editor of the Quarterly Journal of Economics. Professor Taussig is an Independent in politics.
DANIEL CALHOUN ROPER: OF McCall, South Carolina:
Mr. Roper was formerly First Assistant Postmaster General, and is a student of and an expert in regard to American tariffs. From 1910 to 1913 he was clerk of the House Ways and Means Committee, to which is referred for consideration and report all tariff measures introduced in the House of Representatives. Mr. Roper compiled a tariff hand book, published as an appendix to the report on the Simmons-Underwood Tariff bill. He developed a plan of collecting cotton statistics by a count at frequent intervals during the harvesting season of bales turned out at the ginneries. He originated the publication of a series of reports on the cotton supply during the cotton season, and has made a systematic study, under Government direction, of textile industries of the United States and Europe. He is 50 years of age, and received the degrees of A. B. from Trinity College of North Carolina, and LL. B. from the National University of Washington. He was a member of the South Carolina House of Representatives from 1892 to 1894; Clerk of the United States Senate Committee on Interstate Commerce from 1894 to 1897, and Special Expert Agent of the United States Census Bureau from 1900 to 1910. Mr. Roper is a Democrat in politics.
DAVID J. LEWIS, of Cumberland, Maryland:
Mr. Lewis was formerly a, member of Congress and is a student of economics and social questions. He is 47 years old; was admitted to the bar in 1892. He was a member of the Maryland Senate from 1902 to 1904, and was a member of the 62d, 63d and 64th Congresses, 1911 to 1917. During his service in Congress he was closely identified with the bill which resulted in the law establishing the parcels post. Mr. Lewis is a Democrat in politics.
WILLIAM KENT, of Kentfield, California:
Mr. Kent is a progressive man in thought and action, and, both as a citizen and as a member of Congress, has been identified with many progressive movements. He has had large experience in business, banking, lands and live stock. He was a member of the Chicago City Council from 1895 to 1897; President of the Municipal Voters' League from 1899 to 1900, and was formerly a member of the Illinois Civil Service Association and the Civil Service Reform League. He served in the 62d, 63d and 64th Congresses. Mr. Kent is an Independent in politics.
WILLIAM S. CULBERTSON, of Emporia, Kansas:
Mr. Culbertson is Special Counsel for the Federal Trade Commission; is an expert on questions relating to the tariff, and has made an exhaustive and careful study of the varios tariff systems of the world. He was connected with the former Tariff Board, and wrote the first volume of its report, on the wool schedule. In 1913Mr. Culbertson acted as a tariff expert for the Senate Finance Committee during the consideration of the Simmons-Underwood Tariff Act. He has traveled extensively through Europe, studying the tariff conditions, and in connection with his work with the Federal Trade Commission he made an extensive study of the effect of the tariff systems in South America, with special reference to the development of our foreign trade. He is a graduate of Emporia College and of Harvard University. In politics Mr. Culbertson is a Republican.
EDWARD P. COSTIGAN, of Denver, Colorado:
Mr. Costigan is a prominent lawyer and has taken a leading part in the campaign for economic and social reforms in the West. He has divided his attention between the practice of law and mining, and is now a well-known mine owner. He was born July 1, 1874, and has been a resident of Colorado since 1877. He was graduated from the East Denver High School in 1892 and Harvard University in 1899, and was admitted to the bar in Utah in 1896, and Colorado in 1900. Mr. Costigan is a prominent member of the Denver and American Bar Association. He is a Progressive Republic in politics.
Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924, “Members of the US Tariff Commission,” 1917 March 99, WWP20616, Woodrow Wilson Press Statements, Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum, Staunton, Virginia.
