New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-04-10
W|CKERSHAM UPHO[DS
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provided for the best and most careful
investigation Of facts for future revision
of the tariff He read a resolution in
dorsing the commission recently paSseo
by the board Of directors OF the Natiohal
Tariff Commission Association.
The Presidents special messages, Mr.
wickersham added. had recommended
amendments to the Interstate commerce
law, federal incorporation, postal saw
ings banks, uniform safety appliances
on railroad trains, changes TO make the
employers liability act more easy 10 en-
force, intelligent conservation laws, re-
adjustment OF mail rates and revision or
the customs laws. The President had
placed before Congress for enactment
into law all the measures the Repuoh-
can party had pledged itself TO adopt
and IL Congress should adjourn without
enacting them. then on Congress and not
on the President would rest responsible
ity for breach of faith.
Mr.. wickersham expressed the convic-
ton that the Presidents programme
would go through. He said;
am firmly persuaded that these meas
ures will not fail. and that. despite the 81,
forts of individuals to magnify theH o"it
particular importance at the expense 90
party loyalty and party honor, the Rep ll1l5
can ma jority in Congress viii make good
the party pledges and give To- the country
the benefit OF that legislation the pa, ~
has promised and which the PRESIDENT h"s
so clearly and so fOrCefully outlined.
Great Economies Effected.
Economies in conducting the affairs OF
government he discussed exhaustively.
For the first time in the history or the
country, he said. comprehensive budget
had been prepared, dealing with esu-
mated expenditures and the means OF
raising money to defray them. The
fiscal year ending June so. 1911. would
see a saving of more than S94,OoO,VOO,
compared with 1910. and the appropria-
lions would he So, 100000 less than for
the latter year.
There has never been such reduc-
ton in the history of the government,
he said. nor Is there any record of any
effort by any other administration to re-
duce estimates similar To that made by
department heads this year"
He reviewed the work of the depart
ment, saying the navy had suffered
from frequent change Of Secretaries He
indorsed proposed changes in legislation
in the interest OF conservation Of na-
tional resources. saying:
The Department Of the Interior has pre-
pared and laid before the Congress VIII
the recommendation Of the President, cdit
fully formulated measures Tor dealing VIII
the national domain and for conserving th'
national resources. The very doubtful au
thOritv Of the Secretary to Withdraw IRON
entry under the land laws portions of tht
national domain, the disposition Of which
under such statutes would be detrimental
to the public interests. must he made clea'
ana certain by the enactment by Congfes'
Of the bill prepared bF the Secretary Of the
Interior and recommended by the President
If the interests Of the government are q
be legally and effectively administered. The
theory that an executive officer can sci
aside CT suspend the operation Of the laws
of Congress because IN lis opinion thel
appicp ton would work iniuriously to publ,
interests Is one which finds no foundation
I'm constitutional government. II such powel
is To exist it MUST bc conferred i'm explicit
terms by Congress. That IL should eNiS
in certain cases would seem clear and IL I.
tho duty OF Congress TO confer the powel
aud define the limitations upon its exercise
The authority To issue 100000 0e O
bonds for the purpose of raising funds q
complete projects FOR the reclamation o.
arid lands. and their proper extension, a
recommended by the President. viii enable
the work of perfecting many projected de-
velopmcntS 10 he completed without resort
( ing to measures Of question: bic legality Z,
! exc out the inadequate limits of the recla
nation fund.
Ar. Wickershsm sketched the censu,
work in the Department of COmmerc.
and Labor briefly. and then turned I,
the work of the Department OF Justice
Referring 10 the prosecution Of suga1
( frauds in New York, he pointed to forty
eight convictions and only one acquitta
By jury. as we'll as the collection Of
more than 100000 in back duties by
the government.
The Standard Oil and tobacco cases
in the Supreme Court he referred TO par
ticularly, and declared they constituted
the most comprehensive attempt evei
made by the government to deal with
the question Of monopoly.
I'm effect" declared the Attorney Gen
eral, with great emphasis on the word
effect they involve the question
whether or not the entire industries OF
this country may he legally controlled
by one group Of men," adding:
Since the advent Of the present ad
r1inistrstior there have been araued AM
submitted IN the highest court OF tht
nation two great cases involving th,
most comprehensive attempt ever mad
by the government to deal with IN,
question OF monopoly. These cases di
reetly involve the legality of the orqani,
taticr OF the American Tobacco Com
pany and OF the Standard Oil Company