The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-08-23
Taft COnferS on Amending
the Anti Trust Laws
PRESIDENT ENTERTAINS
wickersham, Macveagh, Meyer, in Near
Cabinet Meeting at Beverly, Also
Discuss Tariff Board-Latter to
Clean information.

Beverly Mass Aug, 23--Fun was
passed mp BY the PRECEDENT Saturday at
Burgess Point and he settled down for
his hardest days work since he began
his vacation, For four hours and half
be counselled with Attorney General
wickersham. Secretary Of the Treasury
Macveagh and Secretary Of the Navy
Meyer. The near cabinet meeting began
in the Taft library at o'clock and
II was 1880 before the president dig.
missed his guests and went 70 dinner.
Golf was the only recreation the chief
executive had during the day and his
motor drive in the evening was aban-
doned. AT tho conclusion 81 the meeting
It was announced that nothing bad been
definitely decided upon but that several
important matters had been threshed
out,
Secretary Meyer participated in the
conference in an advisory capacity. He
helped the president sift through a score
Of names which Secretary Maeveagh pro
posed as his choice Of men to serve on
the so-called tariff commission.
The Payne tariff law authorized an
expenditure Of s75,00o for the assistance
Of the president in deciding upon the
operation Of the maximum and minimum
tariff principle The president CONSTITUTES
this law literally and intends to use the
tariff experts for the collection Of infor
nation which win be Illuminating to
him and to the entire country a. well.
Mr. Macveagh has gone through the
treasury and other departments Of
washington with i enc tooth comb To
discover men TO Ill the requirements Of
these berths. Not only men in the gov.
eminent service have been considered,
but other citizens as we'll The appoint
ments viii Be made BY the president
before he leaves Beverly, on sept. H.
He has not even decided on the personnel
Of the commission yet II may have
three men or more
Another conference with Secretary
bIaeveagh and the other cabinet officers
win be held to day and the president
win make his selection at his leisure be-
fore his departure.
Mr.. Wiekersham's cali to get the pres
ident's views to be laid before the "law
commission IN New York on Sept. 30,
took up most Of the time Of the day.
This commission, consisting Of Score
tary Nagle Of the department Of com
merce and labor. Secretary Ballinger,
department Of the interior, attorney gen
eral Wickersham, Interstate Commerce
Commissioners Prouty and Knapp, Sole
itor Bowers 81 the department Of justice
and Representative Charles f. Townsend
81 Michigan. win formulate the proposed
amendments to the Sherman antitrust
law. to the interstate commerce commits
sion act and to The laws regulating the
activities Of the bureau Of corporations |
At the department Of commerce and
labor.
The amendments, which viii eo-ordi-
nate the different law branches 81 the
government, are practically worked ont
and viii be drafted with comparative
ease. The provision to prevent the over
issue Of stocks and bonds Of corporations
IS also simple matter, the lawyers be-
lieve.
The amendments to the sherman anti.
trust law are matters more difficult. |
The president does not believe that com
binations Of capital are all necessarily
bad but holds that restrictive law.
should Be aimed ii Illegal combinations
in restraint Of trade The lawyers who
win meet IN New York have tia conf
dence Of the president. and as he has
talked with each Of them a number of |
times and as they are All conversant
with his views as enuneiated in his
speeches during the campaign the work (
Of recommending revision Of these
laws viii 20 steadily on during his ab-
senee on his BIG western speeehmakiug
tour
Attorney General Wickersham also in