The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-05-19
BELIEVES PROGRAM
WILL Be ADOPTED
Taft Says His Whole Effort
Is TO Broaden Federal
Powers.

81 have but one aim in the Presidency
to make a broad and permanent sd-
vance in the powers Of the Federal
Government. and in their enforcement
I have been pledged 10 this. and I pro-
pose TO carry out my pledges
And ] believe Congress VIII put
through 3 very considerable part OF ou-
program Of progressive laws before this
session is adjourned. What I hope for
my Administration Is the accomplish
ment OF definite results, which VIII be
seif-explaHatory-
In these words, President Taft con
eTades an interview On the work anG
aims OF his Administration az its first
year published in the latest issue Of
MCClure's Magazine. and written BY
George Kib5e Turner. In the interview,
which was given 81 April, the President
treats of the tariff measure, Of the rail-
road bill, Of his relations with Spea ker
Cannon and Senator AIdrich, and nam
erous other matters.
Duty OF RoOsevelt's Successor.
The President SAYS il was the business
o. the Administration following that Of
Roosevelt to make permanent IN law thu
advances in the operations and powers
veIL
Of the promises OF Cannon and ALL
rich to help IN tariff revision, Jht
Not Isng after ] was elected, M
Cannon. Speaker Of-CE@ House, vas re-
uo-Ced by the newspapers a. denying
that the Republican party had peeh
pledged by its platform 10 revision
downward. Immediately after That the
% pers announced that I vas opposing
The reelection Of Nj Cannon as
.Believing that Nj. Cannon had been
correctly quoted, ] was not un~illin=s
that this should appear eili-oy'Fit =
was perfectly aware that ne could ho-
be defeated
Later had a meeting with Ar.
Cannon 1T which he SnCWeC me z Auh
CODy OF his speech. and COW lueeG tile
that he had been wrongly quoted I1t
said thai ne was entirely IN SSTnpathS
with my efforts TO cary nut the pledges
81 { @ Chicago platform a5l1 Nould d.
sist ne Is Loyalty as possible
PAYNE n Full Sympathy
i afterward explained my position to
the Ways and Means Committee of the
House and its chairman. Nh Payne, AMI
was assured by them that ny ideas Ead
their entire sympathy
Mr. AldricE- the leader Of the senate
IN The tariff debate publicly stated that
had been promised But ne pledged
himself and the other leaders II the
Senate 10 the general program OF pro
CreSsiEe le-iSIa ton outlined in my IN
auglr5ll address And. in ire actual pas
SAGE Of the tariff bill. not only was his
ability 10 bring about LEGISLATION OF
great pT;-cllSal EalGy. DIT mere were
not @ few reductions N schedules which
were introduced al MS instance or v Ith
Commenting on the bill, Mr. Taft
I did not secure all the reductions
that believed should be made The
wooden schedule should have been
lowered II was not because com
binauiOn OF Representative from the
manufacturing and WOODEN growing
sections OF the East and West had .
overwhelming
Failure TO Veto Explained.
The President says he signed the
bill not because II was perfect, hut
because 1T was the hest I could secure
under the circumstances
he auds that II was perfectly clear
70 him, at the time. that ne could
achieve a temporary personal pOpu-
larity by Yetoing this tariff BILL
but says it would have so split the
party as to interfere with his whole pro-
gram Of progressive legislation
Relating the work OF the tariff board
ard the investigation he wants that
board TO make, the President says:
A thorough investigation Of this kind
viii take between two and three years
accurate statistics, We may find that
certain schedules IN our tariff are too
high II We Do. I shall at that time not
hesitate Immediately 70 recommend their
revision"
TaTif Boards Functions.
The President says this Is his idea OF
The proper function Of q tariff board
and that he does not believe in the plans
Of Senator Beverage and Senator La
Toilette
President Taft tells how the corpora.
ton tax law was enacted He COM
msnds II as the first step in Govern
ment supervision
Admitting that there IS q tendency 70
believe that the Government vrfIl have
20 govern The great Industrial com
panies as IL does the railroads, he saws
he thinks whatever drift toward monop-
oily there is now may be checked IN
ether ways He advocates q Federal
Incorporation law.
One OF the remarkable features Of the
interview is the Presidents declaration
that nothing would stop this building
up Of mOnopOlies more quickly than the
conviction OF some Of the individuals
who created them by their illegal acts
This IS another way Of saying the
President would send z few trust max
eTs 70 jail
The land laws. the BaIIinzer-Pinchot
controversy, postal savings, economy
and many other things are considered.
The President emphasizes that the Gov
ernmentS need IS a modern business
system He advises an investigation OF
the general bureau system Of the Gov
eminent, and says il is estimated SIg0-
talolo q year can be saved