The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1909-09-22
The Presidents Clarion Call.


cepted head of the victorious Re
publican army, is making a triumphal
journey from the Atlantic to the
Pacific and back again, and is receiv'
ing the honor and homage due his
exalted office from the whole people
proud, contented nation is inspired
by his dignified yet wholly demo-
cratic spirit, and in one harmonious
cheer the whole people wish him and
his party tho abundant success so
richly merited.
President Taft's opening speech de-
livered at Boston, at the commence
ment of his 13,000-mile trip, outlined
his reasons for making 1t. He wants
to meet the people face to face, to
see them and talk with them, thus
gaining a more intimate knowledge
of conditions He wishes to inform
them as to the policies of his admin
istratiol. He finds certain western
ers advocating contest between the
East and the West for the domination
Of the country, He deplores all this,
He wants peace. He reasons that
this is one great Nation and that II
cannot thrive as il should unless
there can be unity between the sec
tions. He would have the people, for
instance, study the currency question
and get together, He would not have
one State fighting against another
State over the currency, nor one fac
tion tearing at the throat of another
faction. but in perfect good order
he would have currency measure
agreed upon.
Nor would he have the country
further aroused over the tariff ques-
tion. He realizes that we cannot be
at the revision business all of the
time, and that for the present the
existing bill ought to be allowed to
stand. While he does not contem-
plate another revision of the tariff
during his administration. at the
same time he proposes to employ the
foreign tariff board in making in
vestigation upon which revision
may, when demanded, be made. What
the President said at the home Of
Representative James A. Tawney, Of
Minnesota, who has been threatened
with defeat because he voted for the
Republican tariff bill. left no room TO
question what the Presidents position
with respect to the tariff is. Speak
ing broadly, the President in that
talk stood out in all the strength OF
his commanding position as the head
of the nation, and vouched for the
quality of tariff revision with which
the Republican party, of which he is
also the head, had redeemed its cam.
paign promises. 1t was a great
speech and one not to he misunder-
stood. The President said:
What l promised was that there
should be many decreases and that
in some few things increases would
be found to be necessary; but that
on the whole ! conceived that the
change of conditions would make the
revision necessarily downward and
that, | contend, has been the result
of the Payne bill I did not agree,
nor did the Republican party agree,
that we would reduce rates to such
point as to reduce prices by the
introduction of foreign competition,
That Is what the free traders desired.
That is what the revenue tariff re.
formers desired, but that is not what |
the Republican party wished to bring
about"
There are other great questions
Lhat need attention and the President
has shown that he intends to take
them up in that greatest of tribunals,
he hearts and minds of the people.
He has made 1t plain thus far in his
rip that corporate business must be
declared anew his belief in organized
abor and congratulated the leaders
# the movement that they have set
heir faces like flint against the
doctrines OF Socialism" There are
o be amendments to the interstate
commerce and antitrust laws If the
President can have his way, but in
eeking to force honesty in business
fairs he aims at nothing revolu-
ionary, nothing disturbing to legiti-
nate business" but the laws have
got to be obeyed, nevertheless.
The President evidently desires II
o be understood that this adminstra-
ion does not intend to stretch the
nor break the law in try
ng to enforce the law. 1t will rely
lpon the law to maintain it's policies,
md If the law is not strong enough,
Why, we will make it stronger In
brief, 1t is beginning to be under
stood that Taft's ideas are not so
greatly at variance with those of
Roosevelt, only less excltable methods
are to be pursued.
IN order to commemorate the Hudson
fulton celebration at New York, Post
Master General Hitchcock has ordered
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