Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1910-12-08
IMPORTANT LEGISLATION DUR
ING PRESENT SESSION is
URGED
Praises Payne Tariff Law, Tells of
Work of Tariff Commission, But
Advises No Legislation on This
Line at Present.

applauds the advance in arbitration
and the tendency towards universal
peace.
FINANCES-Predicts a surplus Of
$5O,OOO,OOO next year, unless Pana-
ma canal is fortified; then a deficit
of $7,0OO,OOO.
TARIFF Believes the work of the
tariff board will make possible sat
isfactory changes in the Payne tar
iff act.
CURRENCY Urges up
on congress a non-partisan study of
banking and currency.
FORTIFICATIONS- Advises for
tification of Panama canal, Pearl
Harbor, Corrigidor Island, and Man
lila bay.
LIT G ATT o N-Advocates the
cheapening and simplifying of judi
cial procedure in the interests of poor
litigants. Renews his opposition to
injunctions without notice.
CIVIL SERVICE Recommends
extension of classified service. Fav-
ors civil retirement act.
Recommends a parcels
post with an 11-pound limit. Urges
increase in second-class rate, espe-
cially on magazines. to more nearly
meet the cost of that service and
make a one-cent letter postage pos
sible.
CONSERVATION TT Recommends
laws ito prevent tying up of the re-
sources of the country which
means stagnation and retrogression." "
alaska s-Favors commission
form of government.
EIGHT HOUR Recommends
an amendment so the government
may in emergencies pay overtime. -
ECONOMY Strongly urges re-
trenchment in expenses and details
the workings of his plan to that end.
Recommends as a peace
basis a skeleton organization with
an excess of trained officers, making
rapid and efficient enlargement pos
sible.
LAND APPEALS Recommends
that provision be made for appeals
from the interior department to the
court of appeals of the District Of
Columbia.
President Taft declares it is time
to stop legislating with reference to
regulation of corporations and to
witness the effect of a vigorous ex-
ecution of the laws already upon the
statute books. The exact limitation
upon business methods imposed by
law will doubtless be made clearer
by pending decisions Of the supreme
court
Just at this time the president
says, he believes the activities of the
government, in addition to enforce
of the laws. should be directed
toward economy of administration,
the enlargement of opportunities for
foreign trade. the building up of
home industry and the strengthen
ing Of the confidence of capital in
domestic investment.
Mr.. Taft recommends strongly
some form of ship subsidy to increase
American shipping, especially to
South America.
The tariff board is ont ready to
submit a report on any of the sched-
ules of the Payne law, and Mr. TAFT
says he viii not recommend any tar
in legislation until the new congress
convenes in December, 1911.
He urges that the tariff board be
made permanent and that all future
revisions be made schedule by sched-
ule. He vigorously opposed any gem
eral revisions.
The Panama canal should be for
tilted. An appropriation of $4,000
600 is recommended for this pur-
pose.
There must be no more pork bar
rel" methods in river and harbor and
public buildings. The latter should
be based upon the report of a COM
mission Of experts. In the past con-
gress has appropriated too much for
buildings not needed and not enough
for buildings badly needed.
recommendation for anti-injunc-
tion and federal Incorporation laws
are renewed.
II is proposed that second class