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Show TAFT PASSES UZl SUNDAY AT BEVERLY Is Taking a Good Rest, Now That Strenuous Tariff Fight Is Over. BEVERLY, Mass., Aug. 8. Beverly was almost as hot ns Washington today, but President Taft passed a lazy Sunday and did not seem to mind tho moro than 00 In tho shade. Ho attended morning services ser-vices at the Unitarian church and devoted several hours in the afternoon to reading. read-ing. Mr. Taft has several matterB of official offi-cial business beforo him during the coming com-ing week. He is going to dispose of the matter of census supervisors throughout tho entire United States. Secretary Nagol and Director of tho Census Dnrand are coming to Beverly with a long list of names, and by the time they leave the president hopes to announce hla position. The president is giving serious consideration consid-eration to the strained situation between Japan and China over tho Mukden-An-tung railroad. Tho" matter wob brought to nls attention by Secretary of State Knox before he left Washington. In the event of a complaint of violation bolng lodged against either party to tho treaty It Is believed the matter will become a question for consideration by all the powers. pow-ers. The United States will have a hand In whatever Is done. No Customs Court. The president has definitely decided that he will not make any appointments to the bench of the customs court provided or In tho new tariff bill. Whllo It authorized tho court, congress failed to make an appropriation for the Judges or any other officials. He hns no desire to nntngonlze congress, and he believes that in both the Benate nnd the house the mombers should have the right to express by a vote their preference in the matter of salaries, Mr. Taft has turned over to Secretary MacVcagh, secretary of the treasury, the task of selecting five experts to form a tariff commission under the new law. These experts are Intended primarily to nsslst tho president with Information nnd Inquiry as to the administration of the maximum and minimum provisions of the law. President Taft snld today that he did not expect to do any nctivo work on his message to congress until November. He has had the general outline of his message In mind for some time. Several of the cabinet members are. working on details of the various provisions and will roport their conclusions to the president. Attorney Goneral Wickersham, for instance, in-stance, is working on the proposition of reforming the laws as to interstate commerce com-merce and violations of tho anti-trust law. Hopeful of Philippines. President Taft is looking forward to, a period of great prosperity In the Philippines Philip-pines as a result of tho enactment of the Philippine tariff law. He believes many small Industries will be bulTl up In the Islands under the market afforded Filipino products In this country. The president believes the free entry of cigars nnd sugar will help the Islands greatly, although ho docs not antlclpato that the quantity of sugar and tobacco to be admitted froe of duty will bo reached Inside of ten years. There Is a healthy tobacco trust In tho Philippines, formed by Spaniards and operated op-erated by French capital. The opening of tho American market to Philippine cigars the president believes will make tobacco moro valuable In the Islands nnd enable tho planters to get a fair price for their products. |
