Presidents urge bonds for national conservation work
In Washington, President Roosevelt and President-elect Taft urged issuing government bonds to fund permanent public improvements that conserve natural resources. Taft presided at a Belasco Theatre meeting with governors, senators, and business leaders as Roosevelt pledged full support for expert conservation plans and national waterways and forest protection.
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Dec
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Taft speech seen as turning point for South politics
Washington report notes Louisiana planter John M. Parker, after meeting President Roosevelt, praises Taft for addressing Southern progress. Parker says Taft’s stance on restricting ignorant black voting excites hope, while other White House visitors agree the Soli South era may be ending and force bills and representation debates will fade with Taft’s remarks.
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Washington
Dec
John M. Parker
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Taft
New York
Parker
White House
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Judge Taft
Congress
Senate approves Mrs Longstreet as Gainesville postmaster
The Senate confirmed the nomination of Mrs. Helen D. Longstreet widow of a Confederate general as postmaster at Gainesville Georgia. The confirmation came the day the nomination was received and was noted as a special compliment to Mrs Longstreet.
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Carnegie Again Pressed to Testify on Tariff Plans
The Ways and Means Committee in executive session voted to issue a second invitation to Andrew Carnegie to appear and discuss tariff schedules. If he declines, a subpoena may be used to compel testimony on steel and other duties. Witness lists include editors, packers, steel men, retailers. Miles urged a tariff commission. Payne warned of constant tariff changes harming business.
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National Manufacturers’ Association
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Congress
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Britons Endorse Restoring Pre McKinley Tariff
London reports Huddersfield chamber urges the government to press the United States to restore the tariff in place before McKinley and Dingley. The chamber argues the current tariffs ban heavy and low priced woollen and worsted goods, likely cutting US revenue.
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Hop Bill Proposes Ban on Substitutes in Beer
In London a bill introduced in the House of Commons by Chancellor of the Exchequer David Lloyd George aims to prohibit hop substitutes in beer production and to restrict hop imports to properly bagged stock. The measure, praised by tariff reformers as protective, was read for the first time.
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House of Commons
David Lloyd-George
Wants New Army Bill For Emergency Volunteer Force
President Roosevelt urges Congress to enact a comprehensive emergency volunteer army act drawn under War Department supervision. The measure would replace the piecemeal current law, require no peace-time spending, and enable swift mobilization if war threatens. The bill aims to create ready machinery to transform citizens into organized soldiers and to ready existing agencies for detailed execution.
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FOWLER ON BANKING UNITY AND GOLD RESERVES
Charles N Fowler chairing the House Banking and Currency Committee urges principles over bills and calls for unified American banking. He favors gold reserves, a checkable credit currency, national administration of banks, and segregation of trust funds to avert panics, warning against government guarantees and localism.
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East River Channel To Be Dredged To Twenty Six Feet
The War Department sent Congress a report on surveying the East River between North and South Brother Islands. It urges dredging the channel from fifteen to twenty six feet within the existing East River and Well Gate improvement project. Colonel Knight cites an eight hundred eighteen thousand dollar estimate for the dredging. The board of engineers for rivers and harbors concurs.
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River and Harbor Committee
Forest Reserve Bill Gains Unusual Support in Congress
Washington notes that after the President's message the Appalachian and White Mountain Forest Reserve bill now enjoys unusually favorable chances. Supporters have launched an active campaign to rally sentiment for passage.
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Washington
Dec
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