Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-08-19
Secretary Taft to Outline His
Policies in Speech Tonight
at Columbus
RECORD TOUR WILL FOLLOW
seeretary's Visit to China Will be
Watched by the Powers-Resion
Where Greatest Commercial Prob
lem is Faced-FIour Pact With Brazil
q Monumental FizzIe.

political career. According to his plans
he will make a circuit of the globe be-
fore returning to Washington the latter
part Of November or early in December
Secretary Taft is to represent the ad-
nainistration at the opening of the Phil
Etppine congress on Oct. rs, and from
the Philippines he will return by the
Trans Siberian railway to st. Peters.
burg, returning from there to ehe
United states by way OF Paris ana
London.
The trip across the continent to
Seattle. from which port the secretary
of war will sail for the Philippines will
be leisurely one, with stops at a num-
Der of points to deliver speeches. THESE
speeches will be Of a political character
and viii mark the real opening OF the
Taft campaign for the presidential
nomination.
The first OF these speeches is to be
delivered at Columbus tonight. he
will speak at this time under the
auspices Of the Buckeye Republican
club Of the capital city OF Ohio FMS
speech is awaited with keen interest
In political circles, as 1t Is expected 20
sound the keynote of the TAFT cam
paign. The secretary Of war on TINS
occasion Is expected to answer tne at
tacks on himself in connection with pne
tariff revision question. to defend the
position of the administration with re-
spect to the Brownsville affair, and ap-
neal to the voters as the representative
Of the Roosevelt policies. The speech
will he a direct reply to the challenge
recently issued by Senator Forak er.
After leaving Ohio Secretary TAFT IS
scheduled for speeches in Kentucky,
Oklahoma, Missouri and at Denver
Portland and Seattle. He will arrive
at the last named place in time to san
on the Manchuria on Sept. 10.
The trip to Manila will be made by
I way OF japan and China. The stay IN
the Philippines will be short. The re-
turn from the far east will be MADE
by way Of the Trans Siberian railway
and Europe, It is stated that this
route has been adopted in order that
. week or more may be saved IN get
ting. back to Washington. But as the
secretary travels up thru China and
then over the battlefelds Of Manchuria,
he will be traversing a region where at
tl,es present moment commercial and
nolitical problems Of the first magni-
tude are being worked out MI. Ha1r
will travel unofficially as soon as ne
has discharged his mission IN Manila,
but the tour thru the far east OF
man so high in the administration VIII
be watched with interest by the COM
petitors Of the United States.
On his journey around the world Mr..
Taft will be accompanied by his wife,
his son, and his secretary. A fourth
member of the party will be Mont1co
Taft, Filipino, who adopted the sec
retary Of war as his father year or SO
ago.
Apart from the political results of his
Strip, Secretary Taft will have estab-
Iished a record for cabinet ministers
wanderings. Very few men Of his posi-
tion have ever travelled around the
world while in office, and it Is calcu-
lated that when he sees this city again
he will have concluded 100000 miles
OF tourneyings to and fro on the face OF
the earth since he became q member OF
the presidents official family.
There was a good deal Of stir when,
Z couple of years ago, David r..
Thompson, then minister to Brazil. an
nounced that he had completed an ar
arrangement with the Brazilian govern
ment under which American -four was
to enjoy equal trade privileges in that
5 the world. 1t was at once assumed
that there was to be a rapid increase
in the exports of American flour to
Brazil. and that the American miller
was to come into his own in all South
America as the result of this prom
Using beginning. Mr.. Thompson, re-
turning to this country for his vaca-
ton, was interviewed at length in the
newspapers, and little later President
Roosevelt, as sort of reward Of mer-
1T, transferred him from Brazil to Mex
leo, a more desirable diplomatic as
signment, where he now is.
But, alas for all the well laid plans
Of Mr.. Thompson! The flour trade of
the United States with Brazil did not
increase, Notwithstanding the new ar
arrangement, and things went along in
the old sweet way, regardless of Mr..
Thompson's promises. Now comes the
American consul general at Rio de
Janeiro, George S. Anderson, and
throws some light on the case. Mr..
Anderson has been making a study OF
the Brazilian flour market, at the re-
quest of the Washington government,
and his statements are full of inter-
est.
He finds that, taking the official fig
ures, the imports of American flour in
to Brazil in 1906 showed a gain of 22.6
per cent, as compared with 1905.
These figures, however, are mislead-
ing for Mr. Anderson points out that.
as matter Of fact, the actual benefit
received by American flour from the 20
per cent preferential tariff amounts to
only about one fourth the actual adj
vantage Argentine flour has in the
matter of freight.
This was the precise situation prior
to Mr.. Thompson's achievements.
With the return of General j. Fra nix
lin Bell, chief OF staff from his long
tour OF inspection of the army posts of
the country, it isprobable that some
thing will be doing in connection with
the problem involved in the question:
what is the matter with the army?"
Reports prepared by the general staff
~ practically in readiness for presen-