Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-11-29
TAFT'S message
ON TRUSTS ONLY
PRESIDENTS MESSAGE WILD BE
DEVOTED TO QUESTION OF
THE "TRUSTS."
IT Will Be VERY short
BELIEVED TO HAVE NOT REFER
RED TO AMENDING STAND
ING SHERMAN MEASURE.
N ORE MESSAGES LATER.
Chief Executive VIII Send Other
Opinions 10 Congress Dealing
With Usual Legislation.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 2S.-Presl-
dent Tafts third annual message
which will go to congress Tuesday Will
be devoted to questions of the trust"
The message contains from 5000 to
5000 words, and with tho exception
of "A few references In a general way
to other related subjects will deal
with tho Industrial questions alone.
The details Of the message were
not made public. but 1t was under
stood tonight the federal ncorpora-
tion as outlined by Mr.. Taft two
years ago, will be suggested again
as method for solution of the prob
lem. The president has indicated his
aversion to amendment of the Sher-
man antitrust act and from his state
ments with callers tonight the infer
ance was drawn that there is no sug-
gestion of such amendment In tho
message. "Tve put all my eggs in
one basket" the president said to
callers tonight
Nearly Il Precedent.
In sending an annual message to
congress devoted to one subject alone,
the president has done something
which has not boon done since Presi-
dent 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 from the history of the
past year so far as the government
is concerned. This will be done away
with In the present message and lat
Ell on Mr. Taft will send special mes
sages to congress, dealing with i'm
portant subjects. The president ex-
poets to discuss the tariff In a sepa-
rate message TO be delivered in De-
cember. The tariff board, It was
said tonight, will not be able to make
their reports public on the wool ques-
tions until then, and until that re-
port Is ready the president will hold
his message for them.
Many More Follow.
The development of Alaska will
he dealt with either In separate
message or one that takes in many
subjects exclusive Of the trusts and
the tariff. In addition to these sug-
gestions to congress, Mr.. Taft hopes
to send In reports of the postal COM
mission and possibly others before
the usual holiday adjournment.
The trust message was finally re-
'ised by tho cabinet at five-hour
session today. The meeting was
broken into twice. once that the
president might go to the executive
mansion to receive the Russian am
bassador, George Backmetieff, and
later to eat bit of luncheon pre-.
pared in the White house kitchen.
Cabinet is Unit.
Neither interruption was long and
during the absence the cabinet dis
cussed the message which most re-
gard as the most important Mr.. Taft
has ever written for the benefit OF
congress.
Owning to the length OF the ses-
sion there were many rumors that
there had been a serious disagree
tnent In Mr. Tafts Official family.
| These were denied by majority OF
the cabinet end the president himself
In conversation with visitors. Most
Of the points in the message had been
gont over before. and todays session
had to do more with phraseology, Il
was said. than with definite policy.
II 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
ever the last proofs as they came
from the government printing office.