Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-10-07
TAFT PRAISES
SEC'Y. FISHER
Calls Him Pusher From Chi.
cage, In Idaho Speech.

Boise, Ida, Oct. r. President Taft
made his three scheduled stops, besides
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ID this, the thirteenth, state on the
Itinerary OF his present trip. His
scheduled stops were at Pocatello,
Caldwell and Boise.
The president in his speeches In
Idaho devoted most of his attention 30
which Is the arm of the government
most intimately connected with the
people or this section of the country,
where the administration and DISPOSE
ton of the public domain is so fmpor-
tant a question. He has used every op-
portunity to sing the praises of his new
secretary OF the interior, Walter I.
Fisher Of Chicago.
"a pusher from Chicago" is the ap-
-nIlation that the president gave
Fisher here.
His audiences In this state and else
where in the west where he has spoken
on these subjects have emphatically
registered their thankfulness for this
promise OF a betterment of affairs In
the interior department. Mr.. Fisher
will have a big job before him In the
next year, and few members OF Mr..
Taft's cabinet WIFI have q better chance
to help the administration than will be
his.
There Is to be a conference of west
Ag
ern governors of thirteen states La
Washington next winter, at which the
president win be asked to indorse q
plan to expedite the passing of title Of
government irrigation lands to settlers,
Secretary Fisher when in Idaho re-
Gently Endorsed the suggestion of the
westerners. Fisher Is expected to carry
out bis promises next winter in his ex-
ecutive orders with regard TO the open
ing of agricultural lands In Idaho with
drawn from settlement now as coal
lands and indorse a bin expediting the
passage of titles In irrigated public
lands.
The president showed his defiance of
the criticisms that have been directed
against him In the east from certain
business interests because of his decla-
ration In former speeches on this trip
that he Sherman law as interpreted
In the ecent decisions Of the supreme
court was a valuable government asset
and that the attorney general was unr
der orders to prosecute without discre-
lion all combinations existing In viola
tioa of that law.
The president made his answer TO
these criticisms and again declared
that the prosecutions must go on and
that 1t was not In the discretion of the
chief executive to withhold prosecu-
lions Of unlawful combinations simply
because 1t would help business. He
said that he expected and believed that
the harm to business which the prose
cutions are causing would cease when
the business interests came to an I'M
Outstanding that this law was TO BE-
enforced ana that they must return 10
a basis which would restore compel
ton.
He said that he realized the harm to
business which the prosecutions are
bringing, but that Business must pay
that price and reform Itself. All re
forms Of evils. he asserted, were bound
to produce situations that would halt
business. but the-reforrns would have
10 be made. eyen 80. Then MFR. Taft
voiced again his happy optimism. say-
ING that he saw no reason why, when
the business interests should have re-
formed Themselves IN conformity with
tie sherman lazy. fhera should not ba
9 flse 10 greater and greater pros
perlty.