The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-02-14
WORK FOR SOLONS
LAID OUT by TAFT |.
He Outlin es What Is
Necessary to K eep
Party Pledges.
MEASURES NOW
FAR ADVANCED
Ship Subsidy Ignored in New
York Speech, While Federal
Incorporation Bill Is Not
Stressed-Senate Ready
to Take Up Cost of
Living Problem.

Washington, D. c., February 10
The fact that President Taft in his
New York speech picked out for en-
phasls such subjects as postal savings
banks. interstate comperce legislation,
anti injunction, statehood and conscr-
vation of natural resources, seems to
mark these as subjects for early con-
sideration by Congress.
Especially is this true for the rea-
son that measures to carry out these
party pledges have reached advanced
stages before the appropriate commit
tees.
1t Is remarked also that the charac-
ter OF Mr.. Taft's illusions to the Fed
eral incorporation bill would hardly
justify the placing OF that measure in
the first rank of administration meas
urse, while the fact that ship subsidy
was ignored altogether makes 1t ques-
tionable whether the executive will
bring pressure to bear TO promote It's
chances.
Fight on Ship Subsidy.
Ship subsidy seems almost certain
to pass the Senate, but the Democrats
In the House are preparing to line up
against the bill, and they believe tina,
with some Republican assistance they
will be able to defeat It. It is not i'm
probable that the Senate would then
resort to placing the measure upon the
| post Office appropriation bill as rid
er. In which event second contest
would be precipitated in the House.
| It Is expected that the select COM
mittee of the Senate designed to con-
duct the proposed inquiry regarding
the price of food products and other
| nece5saries or l!fe viii be announced
to morrow. or, Ii not then, at an early
| day of the present week There is
il!ttle doubt that the Republican mem
1 bership OF the committee will consist
las heretofore anaouncei. Of Senator
/ Log, chairman and Ssrators EIkIh;
McCumDer, Smoct and Crawford. The
Democratic membership has not been
determined definitely. but the indica-
lions are that Senator'S Simmons, OF
North Carolina. and Senator Clarke,
OF Arkansas. will be asked to offlciate
on behalf OF the minority membership.
| The question of whether the House
Committee on Ways and Means will
undertake the investigation of the high
cost of living. in view OF the action
Of the Senate, is still undecided.
There is no general demand for a
/ rival inquiry. and the indications arc
that the House will be willing to leave
the whole subject to the Senate.
Consider Savings Bank Bill.
Postal savings bank and appropria-
tion bills will take up practically the
entire week in the Senate. In the
House the rivers and llarbors bill vii
probably occupy considerable time
and there are other appropriation bills
ready for consideration. Among these
is the post-ott1ce bill, carrying about
$240.oo0.o00, and the Indian bill.
The Ballinger-P investigatio,
! is scheduled for resumption tomorrow
I There Will be important hearings alst
! at both ends of the Capitol on the ad
! ministration railroad bill. The hear
ings on the anti-option bill, involvtns
/ the prohibition of transactions in fu
lures of productions OF the soil o,
stock exchanges, will be resumed to-