The Coconino sun., 1912-10-04

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 resentatIve Kahn of California, z | In an address reviewing Presl. < ] dent Taft's Administration. < ,*kt+*+++++*+**++***tk%++k
 The record of President Taft's ad- ministration Is one of splendid achieve. ment.
 His administration has broken all records for prosecutions brought ant won under the Sherman antitrust law. Without fear or favor it has brought to the bar of justice corporations and persons engaging In illegal combina. tions in restraint of trade, the ulti- mate purpose of each combination be. ing to create monopoly and to raise the prices on it's products. In two years and eleven months of his ad. ministration President Taft caused t be instituted twenty-two civil suits and forty criminal suita against H. legal trusts Roosevelt, in the seven and half years of his presidency, only instituted forty four suits against illegal combinations.
 Under President Tsit's administra- tion the great Sugar trust frauds were unearthed resulting II, the forced res titution of millions of dC,iars into the national treasury These frauds, which were based upon the bribery of customs officials to d'shonestly value imports of sugar were in progress during the last admln,stration, but were not detected uu II Taft became | president.
 Corporation Tax.
 President Taft suggested and se- cured the enactment of a law impos. ing a tax upon corporations which adds s30,000,000 annually to the reve nues of the government
 He advocated and approved the law | establishing postal saving banks. These banks are now the Repositories of many millions of dollars and afford to people of small means In remote To- calities an easy and safe method of accumulating money.
 l Under his direction there has been ar investigation of the excessive and unfair charges of the express com | ani,s and a complete encouragement of rates ordered.
 | Railroads have been prevented from | to int ON yritb. 1 out the approval of the interstate com | merce commission. While this legis- iation was pending an effort was made | by certain trunk lines to increase rates. A temporary injunction was | immediately obtained by the attorney general, and by agreement with the | railroad presidents they did not put | the increases into effect but waited l for the enactment of the law. They then applied to the interstate com merce commission for permission, un' der the new law, to make the increase but their application was denied by the commission The railroads de nounced the president and his attor ney general for the stand they took in protecting the rights of the shippers
 Other Reforms Accomplished.
 The white slave traffic has been vigorously and effectively attacked and severe punishment has beer meted out to those engaged in the nefarious business.
 A bureau of mines has been estab lished, so as to safeguard the lives oi miners. President Taft personally at tended a demonstration of the meth ods employed to rescue miners ant has done everything in his power tC give efficiency to this new bureau.
 Another great social reform whicf President Taft advocated and whicf received his hearty approval when tho law was passed concerns the investi gation of child labor conditions by thu government President Taft selected a woman to manage the bureau whicl is conducting the inquiry in order tha there might be a sympathetic anC thorough administration of the law.
 Under President Taft's administra tjon the Panama canal will be com pleted ahead of time, without tain of graft President Taft has mad, several visits to the isthmus in orde to personally assure himself that tn, work was being prosecuted honestl! and vigorously.
 An income tax amendment to tn, federal constitution has been sub
 mitted to the states and now lack only the affirmative action of thu Legislatures of three or four additiona
 sa es to become a part of the fun
 damental law of the land.
 Tariff Revised Downward. The tariff has been revised down
 ward. Under the Payne tariff law, ar proved by President Taft, the list o articles admitted duty free was in creased, while the average rates o
 duty upon all dutiable articles was de