The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-11-19
PRESIDENT TAFT's PROGRAMME.

President Tart has marked out Tor
himself busy winter He appears. in
fact, TO be about as strenuous. active.
aud energetic n President rs we have
ever had. without making half rs much
noise about it as his predecessors did.
During his recent thirjccu-thousand
mile trip the President specified the
following points that he expects to wurl,
% aud 10 include in his message. lie
viii urge, according TO those speeches,
the following;
ship subsidy. probably through the on
| pertinent "t subsidized mai-cNrr!ins \rS-
Sc!S.
Unity of the East and West, us well ms
| The North and South. in business ANA pol
| icics.
Separate statehood for Arizona and New
| McNlco.
Revision of the Hepburn rate law, hut
| a square deal IOr the railways. WIN
nothing drastic in legislation so long as
they obey thc law. lis railroad loGisln-
| lion includes control of issues of stocks
ard bonds prevention oil the holding %
stock in competing lines, Il 6p-d"\ hnn'
| Oh the suspension of an order OF 10" IN .
| tcrstatc commerce commission by court
! Injunction, power 20 institute complaints,
control over freight classification ana laws
| Safeguarding railway employees M thciI
! work.
!
| Pursuance OF the Roosevelt cunsCrNh-
! ton policies but within the law, and an
act of Congress which VIII permit inc
| issuance by the department of the interior
| of bonds for the completion OF irrigation
| projects which were begun under inu-
! tUal arrangement between inc govern
mcnt and owner. now held unlawful
Control OF watyr-powcr Co1i. phosphate
and other mineral lands.
Revision OF the monetary system during
! the present administration.
Postal savings banks.
Statutes FOR the preservation in law oil.
the Roosevelt policies, but nothing roNolu-
tionary or likely TO unbalancc business.
Appropria tons FOR the continuance OF
the work now being done by the lorciSn
Assistance OF Congress in broad for
cisn policy which Will lay down q stable
foundation for trade in the Orient,
Reform of the civil and criminal law
following the investigation by a commits
sion OF IFS alleged abuses.
of Alaska and an Alaskan bureau I'm
one OF tic Washington departments. bur
no territorial government,
Investigation of the cost, Feasibility 2nd
proba bic resulting commerce O: the I'M
provemout OF the Mississippi river from
tho great lakes TO the Gulf
Modification OF the Sherman act 10 eN-
clude from Its drastic provisions corpora
tions not clearly in violation OF the broad
intent OF the law and control OF labor boy
colts by injunctions. properly safeguard
cd, rather than through the clause OF the
Sherman act recently invoked
To which may be added a declaration
in favor of the issue Of Sl0,000000 in
bonds for the completion Of reclamation
projects now in process of construction
under the national law.
a number Of the points specified
above are rather vague and uncertain.
There is no particular cali for the Pres
ident 10 urge the taxation Of lrheri-
tance by States. States usually are
keen enough TO take up any matters
of This kind for themselves. With re-
gard TO the revision OF the Hepburn
rate law. it would be exceedingly diff
ficult to give what he railroads would
consider q square deal TO them and Mt
the same time so frame the law as TO
meet the public expectation. Pursuance
of the Roosevelt conservation policies
within fhe law is sort of self-contra-
diction. because the special feature Of
the Roosevelt conservation and forestry
policies was TO carry out the ideas OF
faddists and specialists whether there
was law for it or not. And so the east
crn papers that appear 70 be well posted
eliminate a good deal of the above, and
substitute the following as the real
things that the President is likely TO
urge upon Congress;
/ Supervision og the issue Of stocks
ard bonds ny interstate corporations.
> Readjustment OF tho iatics and
powers of the Interstate Commerce Com
mission
3 Expansion cf the duties OF the Bu-
reau OF Corporations.
/. Creation of new hun" aU in the
Department OF Justice TO deal with viola
tions of law by interstate carriers.
d Establishment OF railroad court"
6. Amendment Of the Sherman anti
!, Establishment of postal savings
banks.
g Ship subsidies
O. Amendment of the procedure re-
savdng the granting Of injuucuons.
10. Conservation OF natura! resources.
Even This. however, is good deal
more than Congress is likely 10 act
upon With Speaker Cannon in. the
chair. the House viii be held down TO
iuactiou as far as possible. If there
is anything in the province of Congress
that Speaker Cannon favors, it is that
ON2ISsS VIII uD lpaflH- lL an lhdl u
can avoid doing.
But all the same. If President Taft
is disposed TO push these things upon
Congress. his pressure viii bear fruit
sooner or later. What lie SAYS will
receive the attention Of The country.
whether II receives the attention Of
Congress or not; and at the Congrcssion-
al election next year those members
who NAV show disposition TO kill off
lerslation and TO refuse 10 pass neccs-
sarv laws will have n hard time with
their constituents, and are liable TO be
superseded by men who will give more
attention TO the Immediate needs of the
country.
HIS GUSHING GRATITUDE.
II is a splendid thing to sec OF hear