Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-12-21
|EARLOSSOF POTASH
Southern Planters Wish Ar
rangement With Germany.
WANT PRICE KEPT DOWN
President Taft Assures Senators Of
His Personal Interest.
PENDING MEASURES URGED
Desire for Legislation at Present ses-
sion Of Congress Impressed
Upon Members.

The German potash question again oc-
cupied much of the time of President
| Taft today. Southern senators and rep
| resentatives are notably urgent that the
| President and State Department shell make
| some arrangement with Germany, which
controls the potash supply Of the world,
by which the increased cost of this fertt-
lizer ingredient may be lessened. The
| use OF potash in the commercial ferti-
| lizers of the south Is Imperative, 1t Is
| claimed, and the south is affected to an
unusual degree.
| Senators Fletcher Of Florida, Overman
| Of North Carolina, Terrell of Georgia,
| Percy of Mississippi and Representative
Lever of South Carolina were at the
White House outlining to the President
| the alarm in the south over any action
by Germany that will practically double
the cost of fertilizers to that section.
| The President was reassurlng to his
callers and said he hoped to bring about
favorable solution within q short time
| He did not go into details as to how this
will be done. but indicated that Secretary
Knox is doing good work and may sue
| coed.
President Wants Legislation.
Speaker Cannon. who was at the White
House today, is heartily in sympathy with
President Taft's desires for legislation at
this short session of Congress. and will
personally lend every aid to the chief
executive.
Notwithstanding predictions that Con-
gress will do practically nothing TINS
winter but pass appropriation bills, Presl-
dent Taft is hopeful that important gen
eral legislation will be enacted. Work
toward that end, he is comforting right
along with leaders and heads Of commit
tees. No definite program has been ar
ranged as to the order in which the Presi-
dents propositions shall be brought up,
but it is practically certain that during
the holiday recess something in the nature
of an understanding will be reached. ana
that this will be put into effect immediate
~ upon the reassembling OF Congress
Foremost, however. is the making per-
manent the tariff commission, so that II
will go forward with its work OF thorough
ton to regulate the issuance OF injunc-
lions by the United States courts and
authorization for the fortification OF the
Panama canal are also regarded as of
Importance, together with legislation Tor
fixing the toll of the canal.
Faith in the Republicans.
The President believes that republicans
in Congress. recognizing the situation
that will exist when the democrats con-
troll the House, will bend every energy
after Christmas toward the making Of
laws desired by the people of the coun-
try.
The Pre- sident does not propose to work
as hard during the Christmas holidays
as he has been working, but he will get
down to the hardest sort Of effort after
the holidays to accomplish something in
the way of valuable legislation. II he
only partially repeats his successes OF
the last session he will break all records
for short session of Congress, which
has rarely been known to do anything
beyond pass appropriation bills
Invited to Tennessee.
The Tennessee delegation in Congress
extended President Taft an invitation to.
visit Nashville when he goes to Atlanta
in March. The President has not acted
upon the invitation, but will decide later.
p. P. ClaXton of Knoxville, executive
secretary of the southern conference for
education, invited the President to attend
the annual conference, to be held in
Jacksonville April 10. 20 and 81. Mr..
Claxton was presented by Representative
Austin
Senator Culberson OF Texas talked to
the President about the boundary ques-
ton between Texas and New Mexico.
Senator Bradley discussed some Ken
lucky matters with the President