| Show THE presidents PLANS washington post A review of the j nature and scope of the presidents policies and afta intimation of the leading features of mr Roosevel ts next message to congress are contributed tri buted to the noich american re view by mr george girls wold hill of washington the distinctly cooee policies accordine accord lne to mr hill are kwoi briefly stated theodore Roosevel ts policies consist of the exercise of the right of federal control over inter state commerce to remedy ar eradicate those economic evils with which he believes the states are unable to cope and the exercise of the taxing power of the national government to prune what he has described as swollen fortunes and in a measure to equalize those inequalities in tho distribution of wealth which he believes have resulted from In trusting to the several states a taek which they aro unable to perform in undertaking to carry these policies into effect it Is that the president secured the enactment of the railway rate law the meat alon law the puro tood law all of them long strides in the direction tit federal control of interstate corpora lions taken together says asir hau these laws have put into effect national supervision and control of vast number of industrial operations including all common carriers the meat drug grocery canning liquor and numerous nume rouB liln dred industries it Is suggested that this radical legislation hae sot brought about the dire results predicted by the interests at fectea fec ted looking forward to tho work yet to ba accomplished if the national got eminent Is to assume absolute control of interstate corporations the statement Is made that the president will deal at great length in his next message with the question of federal supervision of railroad stock and bond issues it Is also stated that he will favor authorizing traffic agreements among railroads and will earnestly recommend legislation providing foran income tax then mr makes this interesting and puzzling statement no feature of the presidents policies Is more widely misunderstood chaa hla attitude on the tariff ho has long believed that the alnus has ar rived when revision of the dingley tariff Is advisable does this mean that the time tor tariff arrived long ago in mr Roosevel ts opinion probably so tor mr explains that the president has tried several times to secure tariff adjustment only to learn that tho determined opposition of speaker cannon and his associates in tho house constituted an insuperable obstacle mr hua now promises that the president will exert his influence to commit irrevocably the republican party in ita next national tm to the program of summoning congress in special session to revise the tariff immediately after march 4 1909 finally we are assured that mr roosevelt does not seek to name his successor while he believes that win T talt is peculiarly fitted for the duties of president he will exert hla influence not to his successor but to present the nomination of a can ft ho Is not in sympathy with the roosevelt policies mr hills article on the whole Is a very interesting doubtless alve statement of the presidents at tl tude |
