Los Angeles herald., 1909-11-11
TAFT MAKES LAST
OF MANY SPEECHES
AT RICHMOND, VA.

HlCHM0NDt V d. 4NON. ~ ACNAAAS
my sixty days there has been mo-
ment or two of deliberation and dur
ing that time / have been studying
what is the duty of an executive TO
recommend to an incoming congress
in respect to future legislation, ana
when | think of the number of things
congress ought to do | am staggered
lest it may not find time to do them.
In the final speech of his 13,000-mile
trip before an immense audience this
afternoon President Taft thus prefaced
a preliminary statement of some rec
concentrations his first annual mes
sage to congress would contain.
I'm the first place there is the con-
servation of our resources and recla-
nation of arid lands said the presl-
dent. 1--WE have reached a time now
when a great many people in the west
are counting on an immediate supply
of water for the land upon which they
have settled, which is not forthcoming
because the money applied to the
reclamation fund does not come in as
quickly as expected. or at least quick
~ enough to meet the eXigency OF the
occasion, and l am strongly in favor OF
anticipating that fund, which is a FUND
raised solely by the sale of puonc
lands, by the Issuing of bonds, the
payment of which shall be charged
to the same source of revenue
Demand in Excess
He added that the demand for the
products of the soil is greater than
the supply because of the growing
population, and we must enlarge our
acreage, and the plain way seemed by
the reclamation of arid and swamp
lands.
"Then we have a great deal of val
liable coal land owned by the govern
ment," he continued. I'VE nave
great many water power sites, the
water of which will furnish an I'M
mense amount of power for use py
electrical appliances. Then there are
millions of acres of phosphate TO De
used in the fertilization of the SOIL.
"Under existing laws those lands
are likely to be parted with merely
under a homestead settlement. Ihey
are of such peculiar value that II
seems wise that the government
should reserve some control over wa
ter power sites, coal lands ana the
phosphates. so that they may moi
come into the hands of one controlling
corDoration, but may be retained by
the government with the power to re-
strict the prices at which the coal, or
at least at which the power is soIu,
TO prevent the absorption into one
company of all the power on the con-
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on our hands for enforcement ana tht
arrangement of departments or gov
ernment in such a way as TO MAKE
it more effective, if possible.
Interstate Commerce
aThen there is the interstate COM
n1erce law, which certainly NEEDS
amendment in order to give the IN
terstate commerce tribunal more power
to prevent delays now incident TO ap-
meals to the courts. In my Judshnehl
the best way is to create specld
court and have a court that Is chargeo
with the practice in regard 10 rail'
roads so that the matter can "
promptly disposed of.
"Then l am strongly in favor OF
postal savings bank. l know tnat II
/ that proposition 1 come up against
great many conservative bankers ant
also of a great many who DOUBT TN
wisdom of extending paternallsm II
the government. Where II happehs
that the government is so situated thal
II canEdo a thing better and more eco
nomically than individuals can DO Il
and can supply a want for a means
of thrift. I am in favor of its doing II
"The monetary reform is under con-
sideration by a committee. l am nope
full that the commission may Preseh'
the conditions that exist here ana lhS
conditions as they exist in Europe ans
| in this way point out TO us some steps
that may be taken to reform what Il
certainly today nothing but patch
"Then there is another subject thai
is very near to my heart.
Legal Procedure
I'VE must improve our legal pro
| cedure so as to make it both in Grim
| inal and civil cases more simple, NOR
rapid and less expensive, and l meal
! to recommend to congress the appoint
| ment of a committee to take that SUP
| iect up with respect TO the Iedefa
| procedure and then if by the tedera
| procedure we achieve a result ina
/ commends itself it will form mode
! for the states"
Mr.. Taft said he believed the tim'
! had come for the organization of FED
eral health bureau.
THAT is a pretty long list of thing
| to do but if we set our shoulders TO
| pether we can do a lot in one or tW'
/ sessions of congress- continued TN
| president. a..
showing his consideration for the souti
Inv appointing to federal office in tn
| south men "Whose appointment Woul'
commend them in the communities Il
which they live" Mr.. Taft said he ha
been carrying out that policy so Iar d
he had been able and would cohtlnu
to do so. s1aaas
I'VE have reached a point, / am Bla
to say, when the north can admire I
the full heroes of the south, and IN
south admire to the full heroes or IN
north" said the president.
There is a monument in Quebe
that always commends itself to me
monument to commemorate the BATH
of the Plains of Abraham, and on on
face of that beautiful structure is tn
name of Montcalm and on the other tn
name of Wolfe.
THAT always seemed to me to b.
the acme Of what we ought to reach il
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