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Show I nisnyio II. GiVE UPJIIS POST HHl Secretary.- of Agriculture 1IBB " A Wail Resident's Selec- tion of -His Successor-. I CABINET-;: HAS MEETING II For the First Tiiiic in 'Three Months Executive's "Ad- ' ' visers Meet. WASHINGTON. Nov. J4. President B Taft mcl.. the cabinet, today for - the V first time in tlircc' months. Secretary Bj Stimson was tho only member absent. p Tho head of the war, department is in I Kansas City, where today ho' spoko on I the .Panama canal.' I Tho reassembling of -Hie president's jfi official family save recurrence to 'the I rumors that Secretary Wilson soon in to rosign. This is generally .beliovcd to I bo, true -arid 'in official circles it is said Mint Hie secret arv of agriculture is only I delaying the announcement of his rcsig- I nation until President Taft decides on another man for his place. It is said I f.he portfolio has been offered to at I lpa,st,.two men. leaders in scieptilic ag- I riciiltiiral worC"Vnd declined:-1 declined:-1 Aside from a consideration of the I many questions which have accumulated wtw durintr the summer, today's meeting UEj -was largely devoted to consideration oi M M the president's message to congress aud M m the official reports of the cabinet qtn- m I cers. The, president's. recommendations D 1 to congress forsitpplerticui.'iry antitrust m 1 legislation probably along the lines ot H a federal incorporation act. will be ft I formed after thorough conferences with 1 Attorney General Wichershnni. The at-; el torney general intimated that tho pres-l pres-l , ident had not fully framed his ideas on Hi the subject and declared nothing could H be predicted .at this time. , Mw It is understood that the president's irW advisers pointed out that tho work of K the coming congress would center on II two main issues the tariff and tho mm trusts. "With Democratic leaders do-ill do-ill I claring for some readjustment of the II Sherman law and tho. Kepubliean insur-M insur-M m cents declaring ior somo affirmative H W legislation to point tho paths for -the i MM legal conduct of big businesses, the II president's closest counselors scm to Kfflj favor some legislation which will per- W in i t. business to go ahead and know B S where it stands. H m Attorney General "Wickcrsbam. at M the president's direction, prepared tho B II federal incorporation act. which was 11 offered to congress two yeai'B .ago.1 B W "Whether the president had directed BR pi him to prepare, a like measure for the W Trl coming, .congress, Mr. Vjckcrshaiu m m would not;indii:at"c, , . B H It became .known that a -decision in B & the National .Uity bank case probably B will be ufade soon by the' president, mm, ovon .tlioudh some steps' have been B m taken-' to 'dissolve tho relations between II the bank and tho National 'City coni- H a pan v. Certain powerful western bank- 1 crs, particularly-a .('lp'ca-o group, arc 'I reported to be insisting that the legali-mim legali-mim tv. of such a corporation as the Natiou-H Natiou-H Nf ' al City company be fully determined B m before- the.y. -will givo their full sup-B sup-B B port to -the Aldrich plan of currency re. I I ft , is '.understood .that. Attorney .Gcn-Kl .Gcn-Kl oral Wickersham lias 'reported ro the ft B president that tho recent action of itho m. m National City company in disposing of Bill certain of its bank stock holdings does M B not eliminate all the conditions which II if he criticised in his investigation. |