The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-03-06
President Appoints Rublee
of New Hamp-
shire
GREAT INTEREST
IN COMMISSION
Not Likely to Seriously can
noy" Large Cor
porations

! Washington, March 6--President vii.
son yesterday filed with the state de-
partment the appointment of George
Rublee of New Hampshire to be mem
Der of the federal trade commission for
three years. Mr. Rublee was appointed
to the commission Feb. %, when the -four
other members were named, but the SEN
ate failed to confirm him. Large inter
est centres in this new commission. Cor
porations throughout the country are
anxious to ascertain whether the COM
mission intends to "stir things up or
remain relatively inactive for the next
year or more.
Inquiries on this point coming in from
corporations remain unanswered SO far
! because the commissioners have no def
mite idea what course they will decide to
pursue. The commission will meet with
in the next week or ten days to organize
and consider the work it will under
take Immediately. 1t is generally I'M
derstood that Joseph Z. Davies of Wis
cousin, chief OF the bureau of corpora
tions since the Wilson administration
took hold, will be chairman of the com
mission An outsider viii be chosen as
secretary, and there are already many
applicants for the place. Until July
the commission Wal be somewhat handi-
capped by its inability to use its own
funds
1t is understood that the five mem
bers of the commission viii confer with
President Wilson before making definite
plans for the coming year. There are
excellent reasons for believing that the
presidents advice will be that the com
mission proceed cautiously. That this
is the general attitude of the admins
tration is indicated partly by the fact
that the president took five months TO
appoint the commission after il had been
authorized BY Congress. 1t is pointed
out that ii he had believed there were
pressing need for the creation Of
such commission, he woul have hur-
ried along the appointments.
Undoubtedly the administration view
is that the trade commission viii in time
become one of the important government
tribunals body of equal Importance
with the interstate commerce commits
sion and the federal reserve board-but
the president and his advisers are not
unaware that the corporations have had
a hard time during the last eighteen
months aud are still struggling to bring
business back to It's normal condition.
Under these circumstances, it is pointed
out by persons in position to know, the
new trade commission if it shall take
the advice OF the administration. viii
not be in a hurry to annoy" any of the
corporations.
ii IS expected that the tariff viii be
the first subject taken up by the com
mission, The president holds that I'M
der the law he may use this commission
as tariff board, and he proposes to do
this. II is believed that one Of the first
acts of the commission will be TO ere
ate tariff division. ID will be the im-
mediate business of this division 10 in
yestigate complaints lodged against ex-
isting tariff rates It is the intention
OF the administration to investigate the
effect OF large number Of the tariff
rates during the next two years Where
ever complaints are made. the trade
commission. through its tariff division,
viii undertake an investigation.