Evening journal., 1913-01-09
TarT xarnErxn
IHrI WUULD
ENFORCE The
FOOD LAWS
Suggests to Congress- a Special
Court to Hear the
Appeals
WANTS THE CABINET
MEMBERS In CONGRESS
By The United Press.

09 Inc Iulltu fICncs
WASHINGTON, Jan. 9.-President
Taft yesterday submitted to Congress
in a concise form the idea he advanc-
ed at the recent banquet of the Lotus
Club In New York-that cabinet Of
ficers be given places in Congress.
The specific recommendation to this
end was included in the Presidents
third message TO the National Legis-
lature so far this session, dealing with
affairs in the interior agriculture,
postofiice and commerce and labor de-
partments. In il he also strongly
outlined his stand on the trust ques-
ton.
"A trade commission, which looks
to the fixing of prices is altogether
impractical and ought not for a mo-
ment to be considered as a possible
solution of the trust question: he as
serted.
"The trust question in the enforce
ment of the sherman antitrust law
is gradually solving itself; is main
tanning the principle and restoring
the practice OF competition, and If the
law is quietly but firmly enforced,
business viii adjust itself to the statu-
tory requirements and the unrest in
commercial circles provoked by the
trust discussion, Will disappear"
Other recommendations to Congress
urged by the President were for a
special court to hear appeals in the
enforcement of the pure food Jay;
that land laws be completely revised
to secure proper conservation and yet
permit development; that pay TO rail-
roads for carrying the mail be read
justed; for a public utilities commits
sion in the District of Columbia and
for generous appropriations for erec-
tion OF buildings and installation Of
government exhibits at the Panama
Pacific exposition in 1915.
The Presidents plan for seating
cabinet members in Congress is ap-
parently modelled after the system
now in vogue in the British Parlia-
ment The executive plans for them
TO take part in the debate and ito
answer questions of which they have
had due notice
In this connection, the President
said:
The rigid holding apart of the
executive and legislative branches of
this government has not worked for
the great advantage Of either.
IL WdS MtNtl |lnlIMAtu that Anif
should be separated in the sense Of
not being in constant effective touch
and relationship to each other. The
legislative and the executive each per-
'orms its own appropriate functions,
but these functions must be co-ordin-
atcd. Time and time again. debates
have arisen in each house upon
issues which the information of a
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have enabled him in present, 10 end
at once by a simple explanation or
statement.
u do not think I am mistaken in
saying that the presence of the mem
bers of the cabinet on the floor OF
each house would greatly contribute
to the enactment of beneficial legisla-
ton"
The President also pointed out that
the fact that cabinet officers, if they
knew they would daily have to face
quizzing as to their departments,
would probably pay closer attention
to their work and give greater atten-
tion to avoid criticism. Comparing
his own suggestion with the British
governmental plan, the president
suggested that he would favor giving
II tdUlDtl ulthlDtAS n NbAff II inns W'A =
possible under the American govern
mental plan. Department heads, he
declared, would certainly exert great
influence, even under the plan he pro
posed That the reform was not new
was pointed out in the message by
citation of a fovarble report in the
thirty-eighth congress-. on plan al.
most identical, and also in the senate
in 1881
On department matters, the Presi
dent predicts the postal savings
banks. now running at a deficit o.
i 100000 a year. will be self sustaining
when the deposits reach $50,000,00O
About s2S.000 600 is now deposited.
Taft also vigorously defends his re
cent proclamation placing $4,000 thir'
and fourth class postmasters undef
81 civil service declaring the reform
4 was not undertaken "for politica
motives but lin the interest of eff
cient public service"