The final result is a commission of seven men, appointed by the President, a commission whose membership is endorsed by both sides, and by whose decision, when given, both sides have in advance pledged themselves to abide. The personnel of the commission is as follows Brigadier-General John M. Wilson, -S.A., retired; 65 years old; an eminent engineer, for a time Superintendent at West Point.
Judge George Gray, of the United States Circuit Court; 62 years old: a graduate of Princeton and Harvard. formerly a Democratic Senator from Del: ware, a member of the Peace Commission at Paris, one of the representatives of this country at The Hague.
Edward Wheeler Parker, of Washington, D.C.; 42 years old; chief statistician of the coal division of the Geological Surves, editor of the "Engineering and Mining Journal."
Edgar E. Clark, of Des Moines, Iowa 46 years old; Grand Chief of the Order of Railway: Conductors, has held this office for twelve years, by disposition in favour of conciliation, and has been notably successful in negotiations to prevent strikes.
Thomas H. Watkins, of Scranton, Penn, formerly an independent coal operator, and said not to have been in favour with the big coal companies now included among the chief operators, is interested in Mexican railroads.
Bishop John L. Spalding, of Peoria, Tl-Tinois; 62 years old; an eminent Catholic prelate and scholar, has sharply denouneed trusts, and appears to have been in sympathy with the strikers.
Carroll D. Wright, of Washineton, D. C.; 62 years old;_has been Tnited States Commissioner of Labour for many years, recently elected President of Clark Uni versity in Worcester, Mass, The Commission has spent a week in the coal regions of Pennsylvania, closely ox-amining the mines and their methods of operation. and examining as well the manner of life of the workingman. They have sought information below ground as well as above, and, dressed in rubber boots, overalls and jumpers, and carrying safety Jamps, they have gone into the forth recesses of the mines, observing condi tions and questioning the men they found there, This week they will begin' their formal sessions. at which testimony from both sides will be taken. They have made but one announcement so far, that whatever chances they will recommend, if any, shall go into effect with Novenber 25th Novembery Four Great Questions.
When Congress comes into session next Monday it wil! find waiting four impor tant and in many ways perplexing auestions—Trusts, Cuba, Inter-Oceanio Canal, and the Tariff. That it will take up and settle all four it is scarcely reas-enable to hope for two reasons: First, this is the short session of Conaress second, the knowledge that the next Congress will also have a Republican majority in both branches makes it natural to pass along to that for longer consideration the more troublesome and less pressing questions.
With Regard to Trusts, President. Roosevelt is expected in his message to make definite recommendations and to urge action with his characteristic vigor. How far Congress will ro toward meeting him is an interesting problem. The Protectionist policy has made the Republican party since the Civil War the representative of the man-facturer and the corporation and now it is to be asked to direct and check the form of business development that has resulted. Even eliminating the influence "Bich the corporation can, and doubt
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