The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1910-02-25
QUICK WORK DONE
CONGRESS HAS MADE UNUSUAL
PROGRESS WITH APPRo-
PRIATIoN BILLS.
TAFT'S MEASURES UP SOON
Immense Increase In the country's
Wealth In Year-success Of Tariff
Law Presases Republican Victory
In Fall.

In Fall.
Washington.-Not in years has con-
gress made the progress which has
been made at the present session. Al
ready nearly half the appropriation
bills have been passed or are on the
way to passage, while the rest are
nearly ready to report. The bills so
far passed have shown that the Re-
publicans will keep the pledge of the
president and leaders, that the strict
est economy possible will be followed
out. With the appropriation bills so
well advanced, early consideration
will be given the recommendation OF
the president and several, if not all of
them, will be enacted into law. The
house has already passed bills to ad-
NIT New Mexico and Arizona as
states and to establish a bureau OF
mines and mining. The postal saw
ings bill is now before the senate, and
several other bills are ready to be
reported.
Besides the legislation so far com
pleted an unusual amount of investi-
cation already has begun and much
more is to follow. The so-called Ball
niger investigation is well under way
and committees of both senate and
house will soon begin thorough ex'
animation of the cost of living. The
prosecution of certain trusts is going
on continually, and both the admins
tration and congress are unusually
busy with the work that Is thrust
upon them.
Taft Growing in Strength.
President Taft goes about his duties
smilingly, good naturally, calmly and
judiciously, and has already become a
most popular executive. He has the
esteem and confidence of both parties
and all factions, and is daily growing
in strength as a president who knows
how TO get things done. His first
year as president is nearly gone, and
looking back one can see an immense
amount of work has already been ac-
complished during his administration.
IL is conservatvely estimated that
the 4th of March, 1910, will see the
country fully $10.000,000.000 richer
than on the 4th of March, 1909. Farm
values have advanced most substanti-
ally, as have city values, and the
worth of all securities. Every one
in the country is or can be at work
and the volume and value of prOduc-
ton and consumption is at the high
est level in our history.
Besides the immense increase in
clearings, in building operations and
the output of farms and factories is
the satisfactory increase in revenue,
amounting to some S40,000,000 since
the enactment of the new tariff law
as compared with the same months
year ago. In fact, our revenue has
been since the first of December
about equal to our expenditures. and
II is safe to predict that the deficit
FOR the year will be very small if not
wiped out altogether.
No Foreign Tariff War.
There will be no tariff war with any
foreign nation. The maximum and
minimum provisions of our new law
will soon he in effect with all coun-
tries, and we shall get the minimum
rates for our exports in every case, so
maximum rates will be imposed in a
single instance. This proves again
the wisdom OF the trainers of the new
Jaw and shows, as the president and
others have declared, that il is the
best tariff law we have ever had.
u would seem then that with this
good showing the Republican MAORI
ties in the next house OF representa-.
lives would be increased in spite of
Democratic predictions that they will
win next November. But no one takes
this Democratic prediction seriously
IT is the business OF that party to fore
see disaster and calamity and to gain
their victories In the spring while the
Republicans gain theirs in the fall.
The Democrats gloated over the
fact that the Sixth district of Mis-.
souri,, which is always Democratic
MAS carried by a Democrat in the re-
cent special election. but they do not
add that their candidate got some
1000 less votes than the usual Demo
cratic vote of the district.
While there have been fractional diff
ferences in the Republican party they
have been laid aside for the present
and there will he a concerted effort to
carry out the presidents policies and
redeem all party pledges as well as
secure harmony In the states for a
general Republican victory next No
vember. The Republicans are getting
together in New York, Ohio. Indiana
and other states. and by midsummer
when the actual campaign begins
there will be harmony and united eff
fort in every state and congressional
district.
Boutell on Tariff and Prices.
Representative Boutell of Illinois In
a recent speech discussed the tariff
and prices. saying:
The Payne tariff act must justify
itself or the Republican party must
20 out of power (Applause.) Tho
satisfaction in the applauding of tina,
sentiment by those who hope to sue
coed us is as near as they will come