The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-11-09
FORECAST OF PRESIDENTS
 NEXT MESSAGE
Will Advocate Postal Saw ings Bank, Ship Subsidy, New Railway Rate and Simplified Form of Cur rency.
rency.
Special from United Press0


 Wilmington. N. C.. Nov. s.-At s:3S
 tomorrow night President Taft will
 have completed his first long tour of
 the United States as President and will
 be "at home' in the White House for
 about IS hours. leaving at 5:35 Thurs
 afternoon for Middletown, Conn. to
 assist in the introduction into office of
 President Shanklin of Wesleyan So
 far as MT. Taft ' is concerned he is
 satisfied with the results of his trip.
 He has come into contact with people
 of the Middle and Far West and while some of his receptions have been of a
 rather unfriendly- character he has been able to present his views to the people As a result his annual mes
 age to Congress can now be forecast ed. -l
 Nfr Taft is satisfied with the tarifr question The present bill will remain
 as it is during his term of office at
 least no matter what the western
 members of his own party or the
 Democrats may think or say. The
 Presidential approval has been put on
 the Aldrich-Payne measure and 1t will
 be made a problem to further the bill
 In Congress The Taft message to a regular session of Congress will ad- vocate a postal saving bank. a ship subsidy whereby an American mer- chant marine shall be created; new powers to the Interstate Commerce Commission whereby railway rate and other problems can be settled and the decrees enforced, a simplified form Of currency and all of the other matters that he has touched upon on his pres ent trip. N
 There win be no startling passages in the Taft message. It will not be a Rooseveltian document. but will incor- porate the views which the President has already given utterance to on the stump. NIT
 The President Is not believed to have been SO much impressed by his trip down the Mississippi river that he will champion the waterways from the lakes to the gulf with the vigor that the advocates of the scheme hope for. He still favors a bond issue to- meet any expenditures of this kind that may become necessary but the, spectacle of many steamers going aground on con- stantly shifting sand banks Is expect ed to cause him to. insist on limited expenditures until inventive genius shall devise a way whereby a deep waterway channel once dug, can be protected His admonftion to the ad- T vocates of the project. that he did not believe fin pouring water down a rat hole" is declared today to be his version of the problem The Taft tour which will end tomorrow, has car ried the President over A.7 725 miles. It has cost the United States s20. 900 WnlCn VIII come out OI the TunQ 6p- by Congress for his travel ling expenses The Chief Executive has made upwards of 300 speeches from pulrits. rear platforms of trains, in every conceivable form of auditorium and open-air stadium The cost to the. various localities that have center tained'' him. is very large A conser- vative estimate is S3.0oo, 900 and for the ittle entertainment at -Jaurez. where he was the guest of President Diaz t- N~xr t.~M ner' is said to have been a half ml- ion
 Ten. nfteen and twenty dollars a plate were charged those who sat through the various formal dinners that were given In honor of the visit of the President while out at Los Angeles hey struck the record figure of twen- Iy-five dollars an individual President Taft himself believes that his trip | through the south has gained himself l md his policies many friends among I he conservative Democrats there. He | considers that he Is now in touch, with | the several clements in his own party | and will be better prepared to deal | before him this winter during the ses- 'ion of Congress.
 The President returns with all man Ter of souvenirs of the trip. ranging l rom a gold trophy to a great seal1 If city'in solid gold If Mrs Taft | wants to know what happened on the | rip and what was most notable at | my of the banquet she has only to unnmage through the trophies and she an get line on it.,
 President Taft will go from Wesleyan | n Friday to Hartford to dedicate an rmory- He will then return to Wash ngton and stay there until November s when he will go to Hampton Insti- ute to talk to the negro students here This trip will last two days ut i'm the meanwhile the President nd his cabinet officers will have pre- ared all of the statistics necessary for he preparation of the message to. Con- ress and it win take but a short me after he gets back to whip the into shape and send 1t to the rinter. The Presidents guess today the number of. persons he