Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-11-17
TENTH DISTRICT CONGRESSMAN
PREDICTS BUSY SESSION,
LASTING UNTIL JUNE.
WILL BE IMPORTANT
AND NEED PRoGREsSlvEsl
Congressman Says TAFT is Willing and
Determined to Accomplish Many Re-
forms, But Will Require Strong Fol-
owins-Human Interests More Es.
sential Than Dollars.
Special to Times-Republican.

Observation-Disclosures,
Boone, Nov. 17.-Congressman Frank
p. Woods, of Baskerville, former chair
man of the republican state central
committee, was in Boone yesterday,
calling on friends and constituents
here. Congressman Woods will leave
the latter part of the week or the first
part of next week for Washington,
where he anticipates a busy session of
congress, which will probably last un-
til next June. While in the city he
visited the federal building to gain
some points for the construction of the
new postoffice building, which is soon
to be erected in his home CITY,
Says Session Will Be Important.
Asked about the work of the coming
session of congress, he expressed the
opinion that it would be one of the
most important of the recent meetings
of congress. New laws would be passed,
he said, most important of which
would be measures governing the pub
lie corporations. AS an abstract prop
osition. Mr.. Woods is of the opinion
that the country is more in need of the
strict enforcement of present laws
than the enactment of new legislation,
erning corporations which still need
fixing.
Will Need Progressives.
Congressman Woods declared that in
carrying out the weighty program laid
out for congress President Taft would
need the aid of the progressive repub-
1icans, together with most strenuous
efforts On his own part. There is no
doubt, he said, of the determination
and willingness of the president to ac-
complish many reforms, but his chief
support will come from the wing of the
party known as progressive.
Mr.. Woods believes that in framing
laws more attention should be paid to
the human side of the question than
the dollar side. Too much emphasis
has been put on the property feature
and not enough on humanity. The re-
cent disaster at Cherry, Ill.,, proves it
is imperative that the states should
take some stringent measures to pro-
tect miners. He is in favor of federal
compulsion, If it can be done without
violence to the constitution, in cases
where states do not act for the pro-
lection of their laboring population.
First Aid to the Injured.
In this connection Congressman
| Woods expects to introduce a measure
IN congress providing that all railroads
shall carry first aid equipments on all
trains, freight as we'll as passenger, fol
the purpose Of saving lives. Many lives
are lost thru the lack of such equip
ment and the delay in attending to
wounds. A number of the eastern rail-
roads have adopted this plan already
and would not be without them, and il
is Mr.. Woods idea to make this prac.
tice universal A good many lives can
be saved at very little expense.
Financial Problems.
Asked as to the work of the none
tary commission, Mr.. Woods said that
they had a very important mission, but
that he did not believe there would be
any legislation as the results of the
work of the commission this winter
He believes there can ultimately be a
central bank, but that it must be one
over which a banker in New York will
have no more influence than a banker
in Iowa.
Tariff Commission.
Mr.. Woods does not expect the tar.
iff question to come up directly. He be-
lieves in the Beveridge bill for a tariff
commission which can intelligently
pass on all tariff problems. While dis.
satisfied with some of the features O.
the Payne-Aldrich law, he does no
believe in a general revision, but in {
revision on business basis, as ar
rived at thru an unpolitical tariff
commission.
Mr. Woods believes. the interstat,
commerce law should and will be re
vised to give the commission create
authority over the common carriers
He believes thoroughly in conservation
of natural resources, and sides hearth.
with Pinchot in the recent Ballinger
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