The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-12-07
Will Lave to Democratic Sue
cessor Work OF Lower
ing Duties.
SENDS BIC MESSAGE
Gomez OFT Strongly Against In
dependence fcI the Phil
ippine Islands.
Associated Press Dispatch.

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Washington, Dee G., Pro5iden,
Taft VIII make no further effort to
have Congress reduce the tariff. In
a general message t. Congress
submitted today, the President clear
" indicated his Intention Of leaving
further tariff revision to Mr. Wilson
and the Congress just elected
Now that . new Congress has
been elected on a platform Of tariff
for reyenue only rather than Q pro-
tectiye tariff and is to revise the
tariff on that baaia." said the Presi-
dent, ut is needless for me to &C.
cupy the time Of Congress with argu-
ments or Recommendations in favor
of protective tariff"
This message, the second submit
ted by tho President since the present
session began, will be his last Of a
general character II dealt with
every department Of the government
except the State Department, recon-
mended much of the legislation
which Mr., Taft previously had urged
upon the attention Of Congress, and
took UP and discussed at length sew
eral subjects comparatively new.
Opposes Democratic Policies
Mr.. Taft came out strongly against
independence for the Philippines pro-
posed, he said, in a hill now before
Congress. He deprecated the new
policy of one battleship a year in
stead of two; and Endorsed again the
scheme of currency reform proposed
by the National Monetary Commits
sion
Conservation was lightly touched
the President recommending the
amendment of bills now before Con
gress SO that water power companies
which dam navigable rivers will con-
tribute to the Improvement of these
streams.
He declared that no radical change
in the Sherman antitrust law was
needed, and praised the Supreme
Court for its recently announced
changes in rules of equity procedure.
Tn this connection the President
asked Congress to pass legislation
which would allow the Supreme
Court TO formulate rules of proceed
ure under the common law in Fed
eral Courts and predicted that such
action would facilitate justice in
those courts and reduce the cost Of
litigation to the public
The Panama Canal was dismissed
in few words, the President
prophesyins its opening in the latter
half of 1913. He took occasion,
however, to declare that Congress
should reward the work of colonel
Goethals by an appointment as
Major-Gencral with the provision
that he becomes Chief Of Engineers
when the term Of the present in
cumbent expires He made only a
brief reference to the dispute with
Great Britain over the Panama Canal
Act and said that when a formal pro-
test was lodged against that act it
would be taken up by the United
States.
Discusses Army.
The Army the President discussed
at some length. He praised the
army legislation of the last Congress,
but said that provision should be
made by law so that the nations for
oign regiments may be- always main
tained upon a war footing; and he
urged the passage Of the pending
mlitia-pay bill, designed to make
service in the militia more enticing.
and showed that the home army will
be nothing more than a Skeleton"
until Congress provides that 1t be
concentrated in fewer posts than are
now maintained. He urged also the
passage of another bill now before
Congress designed to raise quickly a
volunteer army in case Of war.
One of the arguments of the mes
sage was that proposing autonomy
for the Philippines at once, and in
dependence in eight years.
In the Philippine Islands we have
embarked upon an experiment unpre-,l
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