The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-29
But ONE SUBJECT
President Taft's Message to Deal
With Trusts Alone.
Says He Has Put All His Eggs
in One Basket.

Washington. Nov 29.-President
Taft's third annual message which
goes to congress on Tuesday, viii be
devoted to the trust question: The
message contains from 5000 to 5000
WORDS, and With the exception of a few
IeieIeiices IN a general way to other
reiateo subjects, will deal with the
question of Industrial combinations
alone. ---' ~ Us
Although details of the message are
NOT maze public, it is understood that
federal incDrpora tons as outlined nv
MI Taft two years ago will he sl1g-
sested again as a method for solution
OF the problem. The president has in
dlcated his aversion to amendment of
the sherman antitrust act and from
his talks with callers the Inference was
Drawn that there is no suggestion of
such amendment in the message.
We put all my eggs in one bas-
ket' the president said to callers
IN sending an annual message to con-
STeSs devoted to one subject alone the
president has done something that has
not been done since 1887, when President
Cleveland devoted his message entirely
TO the tariff 1t is usual for the chief
executive to point out the need of all
sorts OF legislation, and to give in brief
form the history of the last year so far
as the government is concerned. This
VIII be done away with in the pres
ent message, and later on Mr. Taft
will send special messages to congress
dealing with important subject.
Ihe president expects to discuss the
tariff IN a separate message to be writ
ten after December u. The tariff board
1t was said, will not be able to make
its report on the wool and cotton
schedules until then. and the message
Will not be written until that report is
ready.
Other Matters Later.
Conservation, including the develop
ment of Alaska, will be dealt with
either in separate message or in one
that takes in many subjects, exclusive
OF the trusts and the tariff In addi-
ton to these suggestions to congress,
Mr.. TART hopes to send in reports of the
postal commission. the railway securi-
ties commission, the economy and eff
cheney commission and possibly 9TH
ers, before the usual holiday adjourn
ment.
The trust message was finally re-
viewed by the cabinet at a five-hour
session. The meeting was broken into
twice, once that the president might go
to the executive mansion to receive the
new Russian ambassador, George Rakh-
metlieff and later to eat a bit of
luncheon prepared in the White House
kitchen. Neither interruption was long.
and all through a gloomy, rainy after
noon the cabinet members discussed
the document that most of them re-
gard as the most important Mr. Taft
has ever written for the benefit of con-
gress.
Owing to the length of the session,
there were many rumors that there had
been a serious disagreement in Mr..
Taft's official family. These were de-
MED by a majority Of the cabinet and
by the president himself in converse
ton with visitors. Most of the points
in the message had been gone over be-
fore and the session had to do more
with phraseology it was said, than with
definite policy.
It was long after dark when the
cabinet session was over and Mr.. Taft
stayed behind. in danger of missing
dinner at the White House, to look over
the last proofs as they came from the
government printing office.