The San Francisco call., 1909-11-11
TAFT TALKS ABOUT
WORK KFORCONGRESS
President Reaches White House
After Completing I3,O00 Mile
Tour of Country
Last Speech of Trip Promises
Message on Conservation and
Curb for MonOpoIies

WASHINGTON, Nov. I0.-Complet-
ssng his 1900 mile journey through
the west and south. President Taft
arrived in Washington at S:S5 O'Clock
this evening from Richmond. Va.
He was greeted at the union station
by members Of the cabinet and a large
crowd of persons. He was driven i'm
snediateIy to the White House in his
automobile.
President Taft said tonight that he
would not make any important diplo-
matte appointments until after Janu-
airy J. He viii not fiji the vacancy
on the supreme bench until after con-
gress meets.
Questions for Congress
RICHMOND. Va. Nov. 1O.-In his
speech here today President Taft re-
ferred to some of the recommendations
he would make in his message to con-
gress.
Referring to the reclamation of arid
lands, he said he favored increasing
the reclamation fund by the issuance
OF bonds, the payment of which should
be charged TO the revenue derived
from the sale of public lands.
In referring to valuable coal lands,
water power sites and millions Of
acres of phosphates that are owned by
the government, he said:
They are Of such peculiar value that
it seems wise that Thea government
SHOULD reserve some control over water
power sites, coal lands and the phos-
pilates so that they may not come into
.the hands of one controlling corpora /
ation. but may be retained by the gov
sernment with the power TO restrict the
prices at which the coal, or at least at
which the power is sold. to- prevent the
absorption into one command Of all
the power on the continent
Then we have the antitrust law on
9ur ends for enforcement and the
asrau cement Of departments of gov
sernrnent n such a way as to make it
.snoee elective, If possible
Then here is the interstate COM
merce law, which certainly needs
amen dra ent in order to give the inter
ss5are 70 nmerce tribunal more power to
f.ireyent delays now incident to appeals
~ THE courts In my judgment, the
best say is to create special court
and have court that is charged with
the knowledge and practice in regard
TO railroads, so that the matter can be
promptly disposed Of
Then 1 am strongly in favor of
postal savings bank. 1 know that in
that proposition 1 come up against a
great many conservative bankers and
also a great many who doubt the wis
dom Of extending paternalism in the
government. Where it happens that
the government is so situated that it
can do a thing better and more eco
nomicalIy than individuals can do it
and can supply want for means of
thrift. I am in favor of doing il.
The monetary reform is under con-
sideration by committee. I am hope
ful that some steps that may
be taken to reform what is certainly
today nothing but a patchwork.
We must improve our legal proceed
ure so as to make ii both in criminal
and civil cases more simple, more rapid
and less expensive. and mean to rec
ommend TO congress the appointment
Of a committee to take that subject up
with respect to the federal procedure,
and then IL by the federal procedure
we achieve a result that commends
itself il will form a model for the
states.