The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-12-29
THE PRESIDENT
WILL NOT WAIT
Will Send Congress a Special
Message on Conservation
Regardless of Inquiry

Washington, Dec 2e-r,r,...
PRESIDENT Taft abandons his pretfv
armiy liked intention, he will not Vsif'
ior tne conclusion, or even for th6
beginning of the congressional I'M.
curry into the matters connected with
the so-called Ballinger-Pinchot con-
troVersy before sending to the con-
gress his special message on the con-
serVatlon of the natural resources.
Inc president is expected to begin
tne preparations of this message as
soon as he has finished the one deal
ing with the proposed amendments
10 the interstate commerce and an.
tl-trust acts, upon which he is now
engaged.
senator knute Nelson of Minne-
sofa, chairman of the senate commit.
Tee on public lands, is co-operatina
with the president in the matter nj
the conservation laws, and has assur.
ed him that there will be no diffic,,Itv
in putting those laws through the
senate. In the house there ia likely
to be some opposition, but the presi.
dent feels sure that it can he over.
come and that the laws will stand
approved before the summer comes
The president discussed with mem.
bers of his cabinet TODAY the final da-
tails of the special message he will
send TO congress next week dealing
win proposed amendments to the in
terstate commerce and Sherman anti
trust laws. Mr.. Taft began work ON
tne important document yesterday.
AT one time 1t was thought that the
president might, in this the first of
MS series OF special messages to con-
gress, deal only with the interstate
commerce act, leaving his proposed
discussion OF the antitrust law to
some future date. He has decided,
however, that as the two subjects are
SO closely related, he will adhere to
his original intention of making in
one communication to the senate and
mouse his recommendations for
changes in the two acts.
In this message he will also SUBJ
nit his recommendations for the is
sue of federal licenses to corpora
tions. The proposed license will ba
voluntary one, to be taken advant-
age Of by such corporations as de-
sire to place themselves under fed
eral jurisdiction. or left alone as tha
directors of the corporations see 1T
Announcement made yesterday that
the president had determined to 20
ahead with his legislative program
and send in a message dealing with
the Sherman antitrust act, brought
an unusually large number of con-
gressional callers to the white house
today. Among these was Representa-
tive Martin of South Dakota, himself
the author of several bills designed to
bring the corporations under federal
control. President Taft has announced
himself as being in favor of a volun-
tary license to be issued to such coe.
porations as desire to place then.
selves under the federal Jurisdiction
and supervision. Attorney General
Wickersham has prepared an admiuis-
tration measure enbodying this idea.
Representative Martin urged the
president to make the recommenda-
tions stronger as to federal license
so as to provide that any corporation
not taking advantage of license with
in year, shall be prohibited from
doing an interstate business. He said
he feared that under the voluntary
idea the good trusts would take ont
licenses while the bad trusts voaId.,
continue to do business under -
state authorizations.