The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1905-07-13
HAS TAFT LOST FAVoR7

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ippines. Root in the highest cabinet
position and the president himself or
the lid" The rumor that the admin
is'raticr has suddp My developed a
heavy e. ost' for Mr.. Taft Is not sur
prising IN view OF the very recent
events IN which Chief Engineer Wal.
lace tg'rcd.
Secretary Taf, IS n distinct pro
duct Cf the present administration.
While he has long been aCknowlcdg-
ed ~ an able jurist, and has served
the government in various positions,
from federal judge to civil president
of the Philippine islands, it was Pres
| ident Roosevelt who made Of him a
rCalg lational figure md brought
him a,' oss the water into the range
of presidential lightning. II has ever
been re opinion in some quarters
that to president was grooming Taft
for his successor and that in pursu-
ance uf his policy he gave him ju-
risdictiun over the Panama commits
sion. he made him president pro TEN
pore during the famous bear hunt.
and ir other ways brought the secre.
tary Ct war into wide prominence.
And Secretary Taft has done some
rather .etartyitg things lbs public
denunclation of Chief Engineer Wal
lace was criticised as being undigni-
fed, u1talled for and impolitic. To
be sure. the secretary referred to the
presi lent as having authorized his de-
nunciatior. but there Is a bare pos
sibility that Mr.. Taft went a little
further that the president had ex-
pected Next comes the appointment
of Elilu Root to the state portfolio
and the presidents statement that he
may tr5nsfer the entire Panama mud
die from Taft to Root for final solu-
ton If this is done It will be as good
as IN administrative reputation OF
Tat ae a man not to be fully trusted
in handling large affairs or meeting
importont issues.
Chif Engineer Wallace has given
out statement rmbodying his side
of the controversy and somehow II
seems 20 throw a different light on
the matter from the bitter public de
nunniati0n of Secretary Taft. At any
rate. the adminisi rltive wind appears
to have veered somewhat aud when
Secretary Taft returns from his out
ing in the Orient he may find some
one else basking in the light of the
Rooseyelian smile as the "presi.
dents presidential candidate
Joune.
Last fall when producers OF cotton
became convinced that they had pur-
chased more of the staple than the
world then demanded, they determin-
I'd that they would themselves hold
the apparent supply until wanted by
the trade, and they would equalize
the supply with the demand by reduc.
ing the acreage of this years crop
This plan they carried out with re.
markable unanimity They held the
surplus. They reduced the acreage.
The actual facts indicated that the
supply of cotton for the two seasons
l9Oi-05 and l9O5-06 would not be in
excess Uf the worlds requirement
The conditions were such as to jus
tify substantial increase in the price,
and rs has been anticipated. Did i'll
come No Why? Simply because the
agency Of the government, a govern
ment supposed to be "of the people,
by the people, for the people inform
ed the world that the cotton growers
had not reduced their acreage ac
COrdiuS TO agreement, nor as much
as they asserted they had curtailed
il. The government report, in effect, !
gave The lie to the assertions Of the |
farmers and their direct representa-. |
tives. The trade accepted the gov |
ornmonts word Cotton, instead of |
going up cents pound as farm
or had expected H. would. dropped > !
cents. Not until the government re-
port was drought under suspicion,
and the weight of other reports fore.
ed conviction that the acreage and .
condition Of cotton We're both away
on, iii the price start upward. In
the meantime many discouraged farm
ers hal been forced TO sell out at lc,
2c, Sc and even ic pound less than
they were entitled TO receive. A lie
by the farmers depart
ment' 1f the government has cost
Tho FoFuopr ,Ipo,.lv Nnvse