The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-05-05
Monday Morning Session With News
paper Men Brings Out VII.
sons Plan for New
Department.
JAPANESE SITUATION
scurreney Legislation, Appointments,
the Tariff Bill and Other Things
Come up for Dis
cusslon.

United Press Leased Wire Service. ]
[By John Edward Nevin, Staff Cor.
respondent of the United Press.]
WASHINGTON, May 5.--The feder
al department of commerce is to be
the Wilson substitute for dollar
diplomacy" in developing Americas
trade In the foreign fields. 1t is to
have its scope broadened. It is to be
made all that its name implies and
It's every effort Is to be devoted to
promoting trade both at home and
abroad. The plans OF Secretary Red
feid to remove all suspicion that the
department Is political adjunct and
TO have 1t at the right hand CT every
American business man in extending
his trade, have the full sympathy OF
President Wilson.
The president made this fact plain
today in his regular Monday morning
conference with the Washington cor
respondents He expressed sympathy
with the plans of the American cham
bers OF commerce and said that its
purposes were of a laudible nature.
He and Secretary Redfield conferred
nearly an hour later In the day and
comprehensive plans for the develop
ment of American trade at home and
abroad We're explained by the secre-
tary.
SO far az the Japanese situation is
cUncerned the at1TninistTA ton VIII Ne
compelled to mark time until the
arrival OF Secretary of State Bryan.
The president received by telegraph,
the full text OF the anti-alien land
owning bill. He retained . copy and
sent tho other to Acting Secretary OF
State John Bassett Moore to be d.
gested from the standpoint of inter
national legai rrecedents, He has
been informed that Governor Johnson
will retain the bill under May IL in
order that the president can wire
him the administrators position.
This will be done Immediately after
BRYAN arrives On Thursday. No for
NAL protest has been received from
the japanese government through
Ambassador Chinda.
One is expected at any moment but
no reply will be made to 1t until af-
ter Bryan returns and the admins
tration has sent it's last word TO Cali
fornia through Governor Johnson
So far as the currency legislation
is concerned the president Is still
comforting with Representative Glass
and Senator Owen. chairmen Of the
house and senate finance commit.
tees. on the measure which is now be
ing framed. He Is hopeful that there
Will be legislation at the present ses
sion, but will make no effort to force
the bill The house .ill probably
have some Eve weeks to consider cur,
rency while the senate debates the
tariff and IL 1t Is finally decided tha,
the country should have until the
regular session in December to digest
the changes, the president will not
protes.
The president is in no way disturb
ed over rumors that the democratic
protectionist senator's have succeeded
In getting enough votes to amend the
tariff bill so that duty will be
placed on wool and the free sugar
clause eliminated. He does not be
lieve there is the slightest chance o
the bill being changed in the upper
house and the visit OF the inter-moun
tain bull moose readers, would bt
fully convinced that the wool and
sugar schedules are Just to the people
at-large.
The fact that candidate@ for office
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