Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1911-11-11
WORK ON MESSAGE
M. Taft to Advocate In
corporation Law.
rs RESTING AT hot SPRINGS
lie Will Renew recommendation
For Federal Action on mcar
4 poration in Trust Part
Il ~ of Message.

Hot Springs, Va, Nov. 4.-President
TAFT will prepare a draft of his an
xanal message to congress during his
four-day visit to this resort. He will
s7iso enjoy gol6ng, motoring and
general relaxation of routine work.
Mr.. Taft arrived Friday morning.
AIRS Taft met him at the station and
7zheY we're driven Immediately to the
saetel. Almost as soon as breakfast
s'was over Mr.. Taft hurried out TO the
So2f links to play. his second game
STAGE he left Beverly on Sept. Is.
The only opportunity the president
had for golfing on his western trip
was at Sedalia, Mo, where he had
Governor Hadley as an opponent. G.
IA Hilles, the presidents secretary,
Aass not come to Hot Springs. He VIII
sr0llect information from various gov
erzment departments in Washington
for the use Of the president in writing
ais message
Actual writing OF the message will
1not begin in Hot Springs, but prob
sably before his return to the capital
SIn Nov. IL the president will have
made a rough draft of the message.
Mr. Taft will devote much attention
IN she coming message to discussion
esE Eariff reform with reference to the
Forthcoming report of the tariff board
x1n the wool and cotton schedule. He
viii discuss the trust question and
recommend that the federal incorpora-
Zion bill drawn up and presented to
congress two years ago be enacted
.-anto law.
The reports OF both the Hughes
s~commssion, which is investigating
second class postage rates, and the
railroad securities commission, which
Is looking into the question of stock
watering, will be in Mr. Taft's hands
an few days They will enable him
70 treat these matters in his message
Conservation, with some discussion
fsof. Alaska. naval reorganization rs
suggested in the presidents staemtent
ISSUED on the yacht Mayflower at or
Nhe naval review at New York, and
ss&surrency reform are among the sub
poets which will be brought to the at
Fsention of congress
According to the official figures Of
he swing around the circle Kept
'alnder the direction OF the presid MT.
Secretary c. d. Hilles, the trip has
sxeen the longest ever taken by pres
rdent. In going from Beverly, Mass,
fszofIot Springs by way OF Seattle, San
ssraneisco Los Angeles, Washington
land a few hundred other cities, Mr.
Taft has travelled ,436 miles, beating
4 saIs own previous record by just abou,
800 miles
Before he returns to Washington for
rhe winter the president will visit
AGhio. Kentucky and Tennessee, and
wssill add 1894 miles to the record Nj
Nszflss swing" figures show that Mr.,
Sh8t went through twenty-six states
-SIa1 7nade speeches in twenty OF them.
sriFs governor of each state he en-
fasRred gave him a welcome, and Gov
szErnUr rColqutt, OF Texas a state which
FTsx4s' not visited, met him in Kansas
SEEIted states senators to the number
sSf trwenty-seven met the president at
various times. Six of these senators
~ssssre Democrats and seven were ac-
SE0wlrdged insurgents" About a
t4zisgen senators pledged their support
p&St.he arbitration treaties on the TIN.
= -aaty-seyen members of the house
-ssr' ssn reception committees or wei
co. Mr.. Taft on his car
president has been ION the
Evts forty-eight days since he left
S-GrAs y and started west. In that time
cs~i i'm stopped at 2095 cities. towns
~ images, not including water tanks
ga railroad division points where To-
ntlves changed.
? made 300 speeches OF all sorts
~ lengths, and, according to Mr..
y Is record. he spoke to more than
5000 persons, while almost 5000,
u caught a glimpse OF the chief ex-
a9eoz tive. The greater number of stops
II Zsuy state was made in Kansas,
where Mr. Taft delivered thirty-three
addresses. four more than he made in
Washington, the nearest competitor