The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1908-12-07

supervision Ut national banks. and the
present indifae'0ns are that some SIM
lie legislE.iQn for that purpose will
be enacted. There also is a consider
able element in both houses favorable
to such changes in the Sherman anti
trust law as will provide immunity
for some of the combinations like
labor unions which have been held to
be In restraint of trade and which it
Is contended are not Injurious. Many
also desire the amendment of. the in
terstate commerce law so as to per-
NIT tariff agreements among the rail-
roads and to eliminate the commodi-
ties clause Of the law. The labor in
terests will continue their efforts in
behalf of a modification of the injunc-
tion laws so as to make them inappli-
cable to labor disputes. There is op-
position, however, to all of these meas
ures. and it seems extremely doubtful
whether any of them will at this ses-
sion receive the final approval of con-
gress.
The advocates of separate statehood
for Arizona, and New Mexico will
press the claims of those territories
and they declare they will have the
support of the president in behalf of
the measures providing for their ad-
mission. They will, however, encoun-
ter opposition and there will be an
effort to pass these measures over to
the sixty-flrst congress.
The president will recommend legis-
lation looking to the supervision of
telegraph and telephone lines and
there will be bills offered bringing
t1,nv, xry{t1 ha i,Nr ioai ~ fhn
terstate commerce commission. Ship
subsidy also will receive attention. but
the probability of action is remote.
Tariff Talk.
There will be much discussion of
the tariff in the cloak room of the two
houses and&the ways and means COM
mittee of the house will continue its
efforts to frame bill, but no measure
will receive attention on the floor of
either house until after March 4, when
| the proposed special session will con-
Fcentrate Its efforts upon this one sub
ject. 1t is even probable that action
looking to change in the print paper
and wood pulp schedules will be post
poned until the special session.
The deficit in the revenue is giving
the leaders much concern and many of
them would be delighted if some
method for the relief of the treasury
could be devised, but this subject is SO
interviewer with tariff that it seems
probable that it's general considera-
tion will be deferred until the extra
ordinary session.
| In the house the question Of the
change of the rules will be much dis
cussed by Individual members, but no
public consideration of the question
may be expected during the present
congress. This matter is intimately
connected with the speakership and its
consideration will go over until after
the organization of the next house.
Among other subjects which proba-
bly, will receive attention are those
looking to the establishment of per-
manent waterways commission: pro-
viding for a national inheritance tax;
looking to the more thorough investi-
cation of Industrial disputes and pro-
viding means for the improvement of
farm conditions along the lines to be
suggested by the presidents country
life commission. 1t is understood that
early in January the president will
send in special message recommend
ing certain steps for the protection
and conservation of the country's ma
tural resources in lands, waters. min
erals and forests, and doubtless there
will be some effort made to respond
to his suggestions. There also will
be a renewal of the effort to create
forest reserves in the Appalachians
and the White Mountains.