The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-12-04

Underwood OF Alabama, the demo-
cratic floor leader. also Is talked of
throughout the country as presidential
timber
In the senate Mr.. LaFoliette already
has been proclaimed BY progressive re-
pubiicans as their choice to wrest the
nomination from Mr.. Taft.
In the house the political interest
win be further complicated by the att
tftude Of Mr.. Bryan. whip has quarreled
with Mr.. Underwood and branded him
as q reactionary and now criticizes
Speaker Clark in what many demo-
Gratis declare is an effort to cause a
breach between the speaker and the
majority leader OF the house.
The tariff legislative programme viii
follow the long awaited report OF the
tariff board which is expected to sub
matt the results Of its Investigations on
wool and cotton before the holidays.
The ways and means committee of the
house. however, win begin at once the
PREPARATION OF new tariff bills,
Throughout the recess o force of
clerks and experts have been at work
preparing for the committee.
President Taft has given his pledge
that, when the tariff board submits its
reports on the wooden and cotton sched :
ules II will be his pleasure to make
tariff recommendations to congress.
The subject will be treated in a spec
ial message.
Meantime, the ways and means com.
mittee will begin preparation of re-
vised schedules to include wool, cotton.
iron and steel products, sugar and 9TH
er foodstuffs. An important schedule
to come up is the sugar schedule and
in dealing with this the house and the
ways and means COMMITTEES will be
guided somewhat by the report of the
special committee Of inquiry into the
American Sugar Refining Co. which 10
expected to report early In the session.
Trust Debates.
Conspicuous in the records of the
congress will be the coming vigorous
trust debates. The fight to amend the
Sherman antitrust law already is on.
In the house the question will be first
considered by the committee Of judic-
larry. This committee has determined
also to report bills amending the in
junction statutes and the contempt
statutes, the latter to include provis-
ion for trial by jury in cases of indi-
rect contempt. These will be pressed
for passage before adjournment.
The committee has in hand a half
dozen bills providing amendment to
the Sherman antitrust law. The
most recent bill was drafted by Repre-
sentative Henry Of Texas providing for
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trust laws and designed to eliminate
from the Sherman law the rule Of
reason" as interpreted by the supreme
court. Some sort Of bill Is certain to
come from the committee bearing on
this problem. In the senate the trust
question IL under consideration in the
hearings before the committee on in
terstate commerce which will continue
for some time.
In line with the trust question will
be the determination of the fate Of the
house special committee OF inquiry in
to the United States Steel corporation !.
The steel corporation has protested
against continuation of the hearing in
view Of the filing Of the government
suits. The question is certain 10
be brought up in the house for settle
ment within few days and Il will
provoke lively controversy.
AS part Of the trust legislative
plan President Taft has suggested a
federal incorporation act. He has
stated his belief that a statute might
be drawn--not as an amendment to the
ti-trust Iaw--to furnish protection
which would induce companies engag-
ed chiefly in interstate trade to agree