The Tariff Commission appointments offer illuminating evidence of the spirit that might be expected to govern President Wilson's administrative appointments if he were free to ignore or defy considerations of partisan expediency. .... The chairman, Professor Taussig is one of the most distinguished tariff authorities in the world, and is far and away the most eminent tariff authority in the United States. Seekers after exorbitant tariff favors will revile Professor Taussig as a theorist. He is a theorist who will very clearly see through the greedy devices by which greedy interests have hitherto sought to delude Congress. He is also a practical man who knows the details of tariff making here and abroad, and is excellently qualified to fit our tariff into the system of world commercial relations. New Republic.