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Show 1 , President Taffs . Message The last session of the C3rd congress convened on Monday, and the following day both houses listened to President Taft's message. The President recommends: Xo further legislation to regulate regu-late corporations and to witness wit-ness a vigorous execution of present laws on statute hooks-. Recommends economy of ad-' ministration. Ship subsidy necessary to increase in-crease American shipping. Does not want any further tariff legislation until December, Decem-ber, 1911. Wants Panama canal fortified. forti-fied. Recommends second - class mail rate raised. Recommends new banking and currency system. Two new battleships and several sev-eral auxiliary vessels. ' That coal, phosphate, oil lands ami water power sites' he leased in the future. More officers for the army. . More island fortifications. Work will be completed before be-fore January 15, 101."), on Panama Pana-ma canal. . Believes judicial procedure should be simplilied and cost of litigation cheapened. Postal savings banks will be established in a number of cities Jan. 1. Parcels post delivery de-livery recommended. Extension Exten-sion of the .civil service to include in-clude all classes of postmasters, thus taking these officials entirely en-tirely out of politics. Recognition for Peary. |