The Calumet news., 1911-11-08

board will have submitted to the pres
ident its report on the wool and cotton
schedules. That on wool is to be sub
mitted on December l by direction OF
the Senate. which passed a resolution
last winter fixing that date That on
cotton will be submitted i'm accordance
with directions from the president. 1t
IS expected that both these reports
will be exhaustive, and will contain a
great mass OF information covering the
two industries as fully and authorita-
lively as the tariff board could man
age. More time has been spent on the
wool schedule than on cotton, and the
investigation Of the boards experts has
covered as much Of the world as was
practicable. on the strength of these
reports the president will recommend
10 Congress the revision of the wool
and cotton schedules. and thus the
tariff question will be thrust upon Con-
gress at the very opening of the ses-
sion.
The Democrats. who control i'm the
House, are ready 10 make substantial
reductions in the rates of both sched-
ulos. They have not supported the
tariff board heretofore, and there is no
assurance that they will be ready to
accept its figures on wool and cotton.
as authoritative. But il is certain that
they will bring in bills dealing with
those industries. and the result i'm the
Senate at the special session demon
strated that a combination is possible
there which will put through some
kind Of a bill It remains TO be seen.
however, what the president will do
if the bills as passed differ materially
from the figures submitted by the tar
in board.
Besides these wool and cotton bills
the House Democrats are under pledge
TO deal with the tariff generally. They
win do this in a series of bills rather
than i'm one general measure covering
all the schedules. But their bills will
be made with reference to one another
so as TO prevent any unnecessary dis
turbance of the revenues.
There are several projects for gem
eral legislation which will occupy the
time and attention of Congress as well
as the tariff and appropriations The
president is expected to submit
number of recommendations. some of
which will deal with the problem of
Federal control of corporations. He
has announced his intention of renew
ing his recommendation for a law
creating system of Federal incorpor-
alton for concerns doing an inter-s state
business. A vigorous effort will be
made To secure the creation of par
cells post, and the president will renew
of the government Of Alaska.
The Progressives as a body are
inclined to the belief that fur
ther legislation is needed for the full
and proper control of Interstate COM
merce by the Federal government.
Their leaders have frankly said that
thus far there has been no crystallza-
tion Of opinion among them as to the
exact form Of legislation needed or de-
sired. But they are agreed that the
inter state commerce law should be
i'm some particulars. And
il is certain that bills will be intro
duced early i'm the winter dealing with
various phases of the matter.
Meantime there are several investi-
cations under way and projected
which are likely TO furnish legislative
projects. Among them the one prob
ably most potent for good or evil will
be opened i'm Washington on Nov. Is.
II is to be conducted by the Senate
Committee on Interstate and Foreign
and the announcements is