The Cairo bulletin., 1911-12-05
STIRRING DAYS
ARE PREDICTED
FOR CONGRESS
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tariff board which is expected to
submit the result of it's invcstigt-
tons ON wool and cotton before tbs
,,cldays. Tho Ways ard Means
Committee CT the House, however
under the direction Of Chairman
Underwood. viii begin At onte the
preparation of new tariff bills,
/ Thrcnehort the recess a force OF
clerks md exIe,ts have leen at wo k
preparing for thc committe.
President raft he's given his
! ladaa that, when she tariff board
Is' limits It's oport 3n the wcolen and
| otton schedules 1t will be his pleas
lure to make tariff Recommendations
to CONGRESS The subject will be
treat1d in a special message.
Meantime, however, the Ways and
Means Committee will begin prep
ar%tioh OF revised schedules to i'm
clude wool. cotton, iron and steel
products, sugar and other food
stuhis. An important schedule to
come up is the sugar schedule and
in dealing with this the House and
the Ways and Means committee will
,,e guided somewhat by the report OF
the special committee Of Inquiry in
to the American Sugar Refining
Company. which is expected to re-,
port early in the session.
Fight to Amend Trust Law
CONSPICUOUS In the records of the
Congress will be the coming vigor-
Gus trust debates. The fight to O.
mend the Sherman Antitrust law all,
ready is on. In the House the ques-
ton viii be first considered by the.
committee on Judiciary. This COM
mittee has determined also to report,
bills amending the Injunction stat
utes and the contempt statutes, the
latter to include provision for trial
by jury in cases OF indirect con-
tempt. These will be pressed for
passage before adjournment.
The committe has In hand q half
dozen bills providing amendment toI
the Sherman antitrust law. The
most recent bill was drafted by Rep.
Henry, of Texas. providing for peni-
Tertiary terms for violators Of thel
trust laws and designed to eliminate
from the Sherman law the "rule of
reason" as interpreted by the Sui
preme Court. Some sort OF bill isl
certain to come from the committee
bearing on this problem. In tho
Senate the trust question Is under
consideration in the hearings before
the committee on Interstate Com
merce which will continue for some
time.
In line with the trust question
will be the determination of the fate
If the House special committee Of in
quiry into the United States Steel
Corporation. The steel corporation
has protested against continuation
of the hearing in view of the rul-
ing of the government against it.
The question is certain to be brought
UP in the House for settlement with
In few days and 1t will provoke a
lively controversy.
AS a 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 amend
ment to the antitrust law,--to fur
nish protection which would induce
companies engaged chiefly in inter
state trade to agree to government
supervision Of their transactions.
Monetary Report,
The National Monetary Commits
sion will submit the report of its
long and exhaustive inquiry by Jan
uary 8. The Central reserve bank
plan advocated by former Senator
Nelson w. Aldrich, has been practi.
cally unanimously endorsed by the
American BankerE Association
Currency reform, however. probably
will develop many differing opinions
before any Legislation is enacted.
OF unusual interest in the Senate
will be the continuance of the in
quiry into the right Of Senator Lori
mer, of Illinois to retain his seat
Hearings in the case which have
been going on in Chicago since Oc-
tober will be resumed here tomor-
row (Dec. 81.
Conservation policies are to be
urged on Congress. Included in
this are water power. coal. phos-
phate, oil and gas and other re-
sources. Early in the session the
National Waterways Commission
will report Recommendations A re-
port also Will be made by the Secu
rites commission relating to rail
ways and bonds and the special Post
al Commission which has held ses-
slons in Washington, New York and
st. Louis also will report. The En-
ployers Liability Commission has
formulated report to submit to
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