Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-03-15
EXTRA SESSION NEXT FALL
SAYS WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT
Breezy Letter of Public Interest From
the National Seat of Government.

Congress in extra session in ie fall,
with the intention of renewing the
fight for such legislation as will make
not only the railroads, but all other
corporations, subservient to public in
terests. He has the matter under con-
sideration now, and while it is true
that if the extra session is postponed
until fall the corporations W | have
united to uphold their represe =. atives
in the Senate, it is also true at the
President is strengthening himself
and the cause of the people by the
most spirited campaign ever inaugur-
ated against the evils arising from
great organizations of capital. Before
the summer closes the government
will have collected evidence of the
operations of the Standard Oil Com
pany. The Beef Trust managers
probably will have been convicted in
court of outrages against public well
fare and individual rights. The Coal
Trust will be forced to defend itself
against the charges of illegally re-
straining trade and exacting eXorbi-
tant prices from coal consumers, made
by the Inter Estate Commerce Commits
sion. Indications are that the Tobac-
co Trust will also be defendant in
court and that the Steel Trust will be
waiting its turn to answer charges of
willfully violating the law. The gen.
eral investigating of the trusts and
their illegal methods, and the deter
mination of the President to enforce
the law against them, should have a
public effect that will impress even
the Senate of the United States with
the knowledge that the public, when
led by such man as the President
will not submit longer to corporation
domination in legislation.
Senator Bates death leaves Morgan
and Pettus of Alabama as the only
two surviving general officers of the
Confederacy still in the Senate. OF
the other veterans of the Senate Cock
rell left the Senator on Saturday, while
Berry of Arkansas and Daniel of Vir-
ginia attained only junior rank in the
civil war. Senate Bate was to have
been the guest of honor at banquet
at the home of Senator Clark of Mon
tana, Wednesday night, attended by a
number of leading Democrats. The
host delayed the dinner a quarter of
an hour until. commenting to Senator
German on the reason for so doing,
the Maryland Senator informed him
of their Colleagues serious illness.
Senator Clark had invitations out for
another big dinner tonight, but i'm
mediately recalled them Oh hearing of
Mr.. Bates death.
With such social conquests to her
credit as no other American girl of 81
ever scored, Miss Alice Roosevelt,
daughter of the President, will in the
coming summer visit the Philippine
Islands and Japan. She will be one
of distinguished party which will
be headed by Secretary of War Taft,
and which will include a number OF
Congressman. Miss Roosevelt has
spent the last three summers between
Newport, Narragansett, and Bar Har'
Dor. At these resorts, where society
flocks, she has been the chief favor
ite. A few weeks ago, it was made
known, Whitelaw Reid. who is tc
succeed Joseph H. Choate as Ambas
sador at the Court of st. James, re-
auested of President Roosevelt per
mission for Miss Alice to accompany
his family to England for presenta
tion at King Edwards court. Thi,
the President declined to grant. The
trip to the Philippines is therefore
a consolation expedient, and Miss
Roosevelt will be the first American
woman of distinction to visit tht
islands. The party will sail from SaI
Francisco in July. A month will bt
spent at Manila and on the islands
and there will be a side trip to Japan
The party will return in October.
The people of the United States ar'
the greatest coffee drinkers in th'
world. The consumption of coffee PEE
capita in the United States last yea
was "a pounds. One billion pounds
of coffee, valued at $SS, 900, 600 cam,
into this country last year. Thi
was one-half the production of tin
world. In 1909 the per capita con
sumption of coffee was but ll.4
pounds. For this year the Unite,
States used S52, 272, 900 pounds; Ger
many, $50, $40, 900; France, lSS, 760,
600, with Russia, Italy, and Grea
Britain using less than 10000, 90
pounds each. A statement prepares
by the Bureau of Statistics show
that, with the exception of one year
the per capita consumption of coffe
has steadily increased in the Unite
States. In addition to the one bill
lion pounds brought into the country
the insular possessions of the Unite
States produced ll7,000, 900 pounds.