The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1909-11-26
MORE WORK
FOR CONGRESS.
President Taft has In Mind
Reforms.
New Tariff Board Will Get Busy
Within Next Few
Weeks.
washington, D. G.. Nov. %, 1909.

Washington, ID. c.. Nov. %, 1909.
Those members Of Congress who are
lobortng under the hallucination that
when they completed their consider
sfion OF the tariff question they had
finished all the hard work that would
be required OF them FOR some years
will be surprised 20 find that a diff
fscult Legislative programme has been
MAPPED out and one that will call for
their most profound thought and best
efforts. President Taft has many rec
commentators in mind. some OF which
he will put before Congrnss in his
annual message. He has outlined them
in his recent speeches find 1t is not
necessary TO ennmcrate them here.
Secretary Of State Knox has deter
mined that in his administration of
the State Department the commercial
80 well as the diplomatic aspect shall
he given careful attention. He has an
nounced that his chief work, aside
from using the vast influence OF the
United States to preserve peace and
harmony amoung the nations, will
be the extension OF American trade
NOT only in the Far East but in
South and Central America and in
the Ottoman Empire. He has already
Insisted that this government
be recognized in China and
that American bankers be allowed to
participate in the loan OF $4,000, 900
which the celestial empire is about TO
floats. Mr.. DKox is of the opinion that
il American capital Is invested in
China and IL public improvements AFRO
made with the assistance of Americans
China will soon become an open fled
for American products and America
will soon find that in China thore
Is an unprecedented demand for her
commodities. At first the European
bankers who had determined to float
the loan refused TO allow the United
States TO participate but Mr.. Knox
insisted and it now scoms certain
that he will be successful in gaining
this new field for American capital.
He has also made preparations for the
invasion of Central and South America
by American business men while an
encouragement is being drawn up be-
tween this country and Turkey by
which the United States will be given
fair opportunity to invest money in the
new institutions of the Ottoman EN-
pire. In order that no detail in this
campaign for commercial development
may be overlooked a new bureau of
the State Department has been es-
tahlished. n is called the Division of
Far Eastern Affairs and its sole duty
will be to aid the commercial advance
nent of the United States in the coun
tries named.
Much is done by the War Depart
ment to make. things agreeablefor the
enlisted men. Places and forms of en-
tsrtainment are provided In order that
soldier may be satisfied with his
surroundings and care is taken that
a soldier who is useful shall desire
to re-enlist. In this connection Major
C. C. Morton of the Inspector General
Department. has made some recommen
atoms which are certain to be given
serious consideration by Army Officers
and to be hailed with delight by the
enlisted men. This officer makes pro
test against the Impotence which many
officers manifest In their treatment
q the men. He says that the use of
profanity is more common than is
generally supposed and that thds fault
10 more common among the non-cm-
nissioned and junior Officers than
among those Of maturer years He
emphasizes the fact that wherever
this fault is found Il should be check
cd by superiors as something as i'm
porARnt To the regulars as is the super
vision of their mess and their clcth-
ing 1t is almost foregone conclusion
that the War Department will act on
Major Morton's suggestion.
The patience with which the United
States has borne with the conduct
It President zclaya of Nicaragua has
for some months past been a source
Of much favorable comment In the
foreign press. His utter disregard