Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-04-10


creasing complex business of govern
ment without perpetual turmoil and
commotion. but none the less eff
ciently ana adequately Is far less at
/ tractive to spectacular imagination
and can only be done by men who arc
content to endure misrepresentation
ANA misinterpretation of their acts
ana to look to the future rather than
to the present for a vindication of
their motives and justification Of
their deeds.
"The administration Of President
| Taft has been in office little more
than year That il has accomplished
much in that time is abundantly at
tested by the volume of criticism ana
by the increasing vehcmencc of at
tacks upon it,"
Mr. Wickersham then went ON 10
review the presidents acts his rec
| concentrations TO congress ana his er-
forts to secure legislation promised tn
the republican platform. The corpo-
ration tax, he said was practical ap-
plieaton of the provisions of the
party pledge which declared for
strengthening the law against trusts
that it's real objects might be better
attained. It WAS a perfectly legitimate
and effective system OF taxation he
said. by which federal supervision
over the business of corporations could
be established, and the knowledge OBJ
tanned would be a long step toward
that supervisory control of corpora
tions which might prevent further
abuses Of power
People who had for years been
clamoring for greater publicity in the
affairs of corporations and for gov
crnment supervision became highly in
dignant when they found that their
own particular corporations were re-
quired to make returns MS Wen rs
their neighbors What they wanted
vas publicity for others ana not for
themselves. he exclaimed
The attorney general declared that
tie work of the commission is meet
ing the appreciation it deserves and
said it provided the best and most
careful Investigation of fact for fu-
ture revision OF the tariff He read
Il rcsolut IN endorsing the commission
recently passed by the board of di
rcctors of the National Tariff Com
mission association.
The presidents special messages.
Nj Wickersham added. had recon-
mended amendments to the interstate
commerce law. federal incorporation,
postal savings banks. uniform safety
appliances on railroad trains, changes
to make the employers liability act
more easy to enforce, Intelligent con-
seryation laws. readiustment OF mail
rates and reyisi1not the customs laws.
The president had placed before con-
gress fer enactment into law. he
declared al those measures which
tne fepuDiiottn party had Pledged it.
SELF 30 adopt. ana il congress should
adjourn without enaeting them, then
upon congress and not upon the presi-
dent rested the responsibility for the
breach of faith
But Mr. Wickersham expressed the
conviction that the presidents pro-
gram would go through
II am firmly persuaded That these
viii not fam he said, and
hat despite the efforts 81 individuals
10 magnify their own particular I'M
3ortance at the expense Of party low
atty and party honor the republican
in congress will make good
hc party pledges and give to the
country the benefit OF that lcgisla
ion the party had promised and which
he president has SO clearly ana SO
'orcefully outlined.
Economics of the expense OF con
lucting The government the speaker
discussed exhaustively. For the first
inc in the history of the country, he