Show R A D BIl J JIS t I IS ABEYANCE IN 4 Matter Will Probably Not Be BeTaken Taken Up by This Congress CongressI SOME TAlK IP THE CABINET CABINETS I I S PRESIDENT PRESIDENT OAS CASSATT ATT CALLS ON ROOSEVELT 4 84 4 4 4 Washington Dec IGAt tue 4 cabInet meeting today Secretary Taft gave an interesting account 4 4 of hu trip to t Panama There also 4 4 was a brief dl discussion on railroad 4 4 legislation Regarding this legis legislation 4 lation it can be stated that there t 4 Is no Int intention of attempting to 4 4 force tills this matter until congress Is prepared to take it up and deal 4 with It adequately 4 t t t t t t 4 t tW A I ASHINGTON Dec W vv bill interstate commerce commission to fix railroad rates was the subject of ofa a hearIng toda today o by bythe the senate commit committee tee t interstate ee on comm commerce at which Edward B Bacon of Milwaukee chair man of on the InterstatE I law convention held last summer r at St Louis was the pal speaker In I response to an Inter rogation from Senator Tillman TilIman Mr Bacon saId ald he was confident that the bill represents th the wishes ot of the busi business ness Interests In provIding for suspend Ing the finding ot of the commission in iii cases of appeal Then said Laid Mr Tiliman you ou dont agree with the president who recommends recommends mends that a rate fixed b by the corn com mission shall go Immediate effect effectS S Time Limit on Appe Appeals ls Replying to questions by br Senator Cul nl loin Mr Ba Baton on said that the shIppers would prefer the suspensIon of rates for sixty days pending an appeal with witha a time limit on Oil appeals to giving un limited time and allowIng the rates to togo togo go into immediate effect He said in response to Senator Elkins that in case It should be ultimately decided that tho rate fixed by the commission was too low the railroads would have hae no re recourse course on account or of the loss sustaIned but h he agreed with Senator Tulman that such a condition would be no worse on the railroads than under tinder a arate arate rate that is too high would be on the shippers H R Fuller representing the rail railroad railroad road labor label organizations made an at against the bill relative to r row gauge railroads from some of the requirements of the safety law Washington Dee Dec J Cassatt president of the Pennsylvania Railroad company called at the White Hoyse to toda today da day prior to the cabinet meeting and had a With President Reese Roose Roosevelt velt His talk wIth the president ex extended tended until after atter the hour for the meeting Of the cabInet Their conver coner nation related largely to the proposed propose changes In the Interstate commerce law lawas lawas as in the presidents annual It Is said that they found them practically In agreement upon the subject of proposed legisla legislation Uon tion |