The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-02-14
OF TAFT'S
NEW YORK SPEECH
Address Taken as Call to Con-
greSS to Get Busy With
Legislative Work.
CERTAIN SUBJECTS TO
BE PUSHED AHEAD
Not Likely That Ship Subsidy
Measure Will Be Pressed
to Issue.

WASHINGTON. Feb. l3.-The fac;
that President Taft. in his New York
speech, picked out for emphasis such
subjects as postal savings banks. in
terstatc commerce legislation, anti-in,
junction, statehood and conservation Of
natural resources seems TO mark these
rs subjects for early consideration by
congress. Especially is this true for
the reason that measures 10 carry ont
these party pledges have reached ad
vanced stages before appropriate com-
mittees
IT is remarked also that the charac-
ter of Mr. Taft 5 illusions TO the fed.
eral incorporation bill would hardly
Justify the placing of that measure in
the first rank Of administration meas.
nres, while the fact that the ship subsidy
was ignored altogether makes it cues.
rionablc whether the executive will
bring pressure to further its chances.
Fight on Ship Subsidy.
Ship subsidy legislation seems almost
certain to pass the senate, but the
Democrats i'll the house are preparing
10 line mp against the bill and believe
mat with some Republican assistance
they Will be able 10 defeat IT, II is not
Improbable that the senate would then
place the measure upon the postOffce
appropriation bill, as a rider. in which
event second contest would be pre-
clpltatcd in the house,
1t is expected that the select com
mittee of the senate TO conduct an IN
curry INTO the cost of living viii be
announced early this week There is
little doubt that Republican members
Of the committee will be Senator Lodge,
chairman, and Senators Elkius, Me.
Cumber, Smoot aud Crawford. The
Democratic membership has not been
,determinGed, but INDICATIONS are that
Senator Simmons of North Carolina and
Senator Clark. of Arkansas VIII be
asked TO serve
Republican members generally c2
press tho opinion that the inquiry can
be conducted so speedily as TO in
sure n report before the conclusion OF
the present session They Will under
take especially 10 demonstrate that the
tariff rs not responsible for the rise
in prices.
The question whether the house com.
mittee on WAYS aud means viii under
take an investigation of the cost OF
living is still undetermined.
Leave It to the Senate.
There is no general demand for
rival inquiry, and indications arc that
the house will be willing TO leave the
whole subject 10 the senate, as the
latter's investigation is intended to be
defensive Of Republican principles and
is designed for use in the congressional
elections,
Postal savings banks and approprla.
tiou bills viii take up practically the
entire week in The senate. In the
house. the rivers and harbors bill prob
ably Will occupy much time, and there
arc other appropriation bills ready for
consideration. Among these is the
postof6cc bill. carving about $240,
100000. and the Indian bill, II is un.
likely that any administration bills will
be considered in the house tins week.
The RallingerP Pincbot investigation
is scheduled for resumption tomorrow.
There will he important hearings also
al both ends of the capitol on the ad
ministration railroad bill.
Tho hearings on the anti-optior bill
are attracting general interest Hear
inps will be resumed tomorrow.