The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1910-02-24

spread all through the land. ana con
gress has felt the effect.
Preparing Financial Measure.
Now that President Taft has sent
to congress all of his important recon.
| mendations that he has hope will
be enacted into law this winter he is
turning his attention to the question
Of financial legislation which must oc.
cupy the time aud minds Of the ma.
| tional legislators. Senator Aldrich.
who is the chairman Of the national
| monetary commission, is In constant
| conference with the president over
| the form which the great financial
measure is to take The president be.
| llCvcs that Senator kldrich. in this
! matter of reform of the currency, Is
| absolutely sincere and that the Rhode
| Islander hopes to make constructive
/ financial Legislation something like
| monument to his legislative memory
II can be said that the chances are
| 20 in 100 that it is the intention OF
he administration on the advice Of
the majority OF the monetary com.
mission, TO recommend to congress
next year some plan for u central
bank of issue. In all the speeches
which Senator Aldrich made in the
west and In all the interviews to
which he has submitted since congress
assembled. he has made no direct
statement that he is in favor of n
central bank. but It is known that his
mind and attention rest urOn such an
institution as one OF the best means.
as he yicws II. to make stable the
country's financial system.
Details Not Worked Out
The president has had presented to
him n number OF different plans for
q central bank. but to none of them
has he given a final preference. and It
can be said without fear of contradlc.
ton that Mr.. AldrIch himself has not
stated definitely Just which plan he
thinks should be selected for ultimate
approval Mr. Taft wants central
bank, ii the country IS to have one
which in measure will be mean
between two extremes.
President TAFT has let It be known
that it Is his earnest desire that icgis
latiOn intended TO give stability to
the cOuntrys currency shall have at
tachod 10 It no faint Of suspicion Of
what is generally called Wall street
influence. Thc president Is telling his
friends that he is confident from what
Senator Aldrich tells him. that the
Rhode Islander is no less anxious than
he to see to It that Wall street shall
in no way b" given an entering wedge
OF influence by means Of the lcElsla.
ton when It s. finally enacted
Gift for the Kaiser.
Tho house of representatives has
Just passed bill appropriatng
$1,000 for a replica Of the statue of
the Baron Won S'eubcu which Is to
BE- erected soon in Lafayette square.
Washington The replica Of the
statue. II the senate sanctions the
house action and the president signs
the bin, will be sent to Kaiser
Wilhelm and the German people in the
name Of the people Of America as q
grateful recognition of the services NJ
Won Stcuben to the American colonies
when they were trying 10 throw Of
the yoke Of Great Britain
Tn" movement TO present the Won
Stcuhcn memorial 10 Germany was In
itiatcd by Representative Richard Bar.
thold' of st Louis. Mr. Rartholdt was
born In Germany, but he has lived
In this country great many years
1t is perhaps possible that the St .
Louis representative had the German
people in mind more than the Ger.
man emperor when he first thought
of plnn to present the Won StcubCn
memorial 10 the fathcrland Once on
a time, II the records are not wrong
Mr. Barthodt was in Berlin and de
string to pay his respects to the en-
pcror, he requested an audience and
described himself as 4 Gcrman.Amer.
lean. 1t is said that Emperor VII.
liam remarked. Germans | know and
Americans | know. but Gormdn.Amcri.
cans do not know" This was the
emperor's way Of intimating that
man must be one thing or the other.
and that he did not like hyphenated
nationalites
Meant as Return Compliment.
The gift to Germany will be a sort
of return compliment for the Gift
which Wilhelm made TO the United
States eight years ago Of the statue
of Frederick the Great. II was with