The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1914-02-05

ateo under the Taft administration IL
reaAy to report II remains to be seen
uAseher its findings will check the
activities of the four hundred and
tAlfty-hve representatives and the
Dinety-hve senators there is one va
cant seat who daily are dropping
bills into the hopper. hoping that they
VIII De ground out in the form of pub
be buildings for the towns, little and
big. In the home states.
sherman Allen. former assistant
secretary OF the treasury. was named
BY the commission appointed under
the Taft administration to make an
investigation Of the public building
necessities" of the country. Mr.. Al
len has completed his work and the
commission is about to report.
ZONE of the things which this com
mission has ascertained ought to NJ
the attention and perhaps ought to get
tss support OF the country. but will
tney! Every town in the land which
mas none wants public buildings. and
the plea always is that another town
no digger and no more important has
one. so why the discrimination"
Great Waste Of Money.
II has been learned by the investi.
gators that it will be six years before
the public buildings already author.
ized by congress will be completed.
Congress will be told. with facts and
ngures 10 support the telling. that
there has been an enormous waste OF
money because of the haphazard sys.
TEN OF appropriating for post Offices.
custom houses and the like
One OF the discoveries OF the com.
mission Is that the cheapest OF the
buildings costs at least 81 500 a year
for maintenance and that buildings OF
the Kind usually erected in the county
seat towns cost 81 300 year for main
tenance As against these figures the
post Office department shows that 1t
ID able to rent quarters for from $500
to $1,000 year. and the owners shoul-
der maintenance charges.
Congress will be told in a few days
that there should be a permanent
tribunal authorized to see whether a
governmentowned post office building
10 necessary in the town or city which
through its congressman asks for 1t.
The commission will recommend that
such tribunal be established.
| Says Business 10 Safe.
| Democratic senators and representa-.
tives hold that President Wilson'a Q
conviction. as expressed In his recent
address, that no harm 10 to come to
the business Of the country from the
legislative work which Is to be done, 10
the most striking feature of his mes
sage to congress and to the people.
The presidents recent address has
been productive of more comment In
this city than anything else which has
come from his pen or his tongue since
he became president of the United
States
The business world has read Mr..
Wilson'S address and probably has
studied It as every member Of congress
has done. Mr.. Wilson took occasion
to make 1t plain that he takes 1t for
granted no possible harm can come
to the commercial interests from the
legislation which the Democrats have
before them.
In his address the president. speak.
ing for the best informed men Of the
business world" as II he had certain
knowledge OF his right SO to speak,
said: I'VE shall now he their spokes.
man, That is the strength of our po-
stion and a sure prophesy Of what
will ensue when our reasonable work
is DONE"
Jnquestionably President Wilson ex
poets the antitrust legislation for
which. with congress, he will be re-
sponsible, to be greeted with cordial
ity like that which he seems to be
convinced has been accorded currency
legislation.
Where Difficulty May Come.
1t Is some distance. however. from
presidents message to federal
law, Congress yet has to act in these
matters concerning the trusts Of the
country. The leaders must take hold
| Ol HlollClb IdIC tuC lCSibIotloh
which ultimately shall be passed
From present indications the Demo.
cratic chieftains intend to follow
closely the lines of the president's
recommendation. but that attempts
will be made to divert them from
these lines Is certain.
The chief difficulty perhaps which
the Democratic majority will have to
meet is that of framing the measure
which will make guilt personal The
president in his address said. Every
act Of business ia done at the COM
mand or upon the initiative OF some
ascertainable person or persons.
These should be held Individually re-
sponsible and the punishment should
fall upon them. not upon the business
organization of which they make H.
legal use"
Mr.. Wilson thinks that one Of the
main objects of the legislation should
| ho to dfvoat aurh Daraopa of thoir cor.