The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-08-23
Statement Is Authorized by
President That Army and
Navy Will Not Be Reduced
When Expenses Are Cut.
UNIVERSITIES SECURED
FOR EXPERTS ON TARIFF
Postmaster General Hitchcock
at Chicago to Look Over Sit
uatiOn With Regard to Gen.
SuS Supervisors in West,
AER0PLANES ARE WATCHED

Beverly, Mass, Aug. 22.-Stories
from Washington that the numerical
strength Of the regular army is to
be reduced as a part Of the Taft
economy plan were denied today on
the presidents authority. Likewise it
can be denied that the naval estab-
lishment viii suffer any loss of eff
cheney or strength in the pairing
down that is to be done.
Secretary Of the Navy Meyer denied
at the conclusion of the cabinet con-
ference at the Taft cottage this aft
ernoOn that his estimates for the en-
suing year are in; that he has cut
/ it 100000, but in so doing he
saved the two new battleships.
/ 1t may be stated once more on
/ authority that the president is insistens
| upon his plans for economy being car
ried out without any loss of efficiency
/ in any department of the government.
/ That there is sufficient leeway for saw
/ ing without i'm any way impairing the
/ administration is plain
| The matter of the tariff board will
! again be discussed by the president and
| cabinet az the resumption of confer
| ences Secretary MacVeagh declared
/ that it was a big job which REQUIRES
/ painstaking care, but he repeated :he
| assurances made at the conference YES
! terday that tine entire matter Will be
! disposed of before the president starts
/ on his western trip.
/ In seeking the proper men for che
I position Secretary MaCVeagh has been
! in communication with all of the big
! universities. Expert investigators are
/ rather difficult to secure. At the same
time, care must be taken to get men
who are absolutely unbiased on the
n tariff question.
n One Of the fears of congress. freely
II expressed while the tariff commission
/ was under discussion, was that men
/ would be appointed who, from their
/ economical teachings. were predispOsed
either to protection or free trade.
Will Visit President.
4 Secretary MacVeagh will visit the
/ president again on Thursday, and 1t
| is believed that shortly thereafter
there will be some announcement as to
/ the makeup of the new board.
/ The president also discussed with Sec
/ rotary MacNeagh the plans for col
/ Letting the new corporation tax, Mr.
/ MacVeagh declared that outside of the
! preparation of the blanks nothing will
! be done until Commissioner Campbell
] takes hold
/ 1t was learned during the day here
| that Postmaster General Hitchcock has
! gone to Chicago to look over the situa-
/ ton with regard to census supervisors
/ in the west. The policy OF the adminis-
! tratiOn, according to Secretary Mac
/ Veagh, Is to secure scientific men for
/ these positions. Both the president and
/ Secretary Nagel are disappointed over
/ the refusal of Professor Charles Z. AIer-
/ Tism Of Chicago to accept the position
! Of supervisor for Chicago
Problem Not Solved.
/ Secretary Meyers is looking carefully
| into the problem Of use Of aerOpIanes
| from the decks Of Warships His posf-
/ ton just at present is one Of interested
/ curiosity. He is not against the project.
/ but before he consents to try the
! scheme he demands that the air ma
| chine men make some demonstration
that will warrant their installation.
The secretary of the navy said today
/ that while the record Of the Sutton in
vestigation at Annapolis would be for
| warded to him I'm the course Of Tirne, he
/ had left the matter entirely in the
/ hands of the acting secretary, Beekman
/ Winthrop, whose disposition or the case
/ is fully approved. This means that the
Sutton case IS closed. so far as the
j navy department is concerned.