The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-09-24
REGULATION OF
The RAILROADS
President Outlines Program in
Speech al Oes IsI0lnes.
He WOULD establish A COURT

pointed Tariff Court--President Art
Also Has in View the Regulation OF
Stock Issues So as to Prevent Wa
tering. asrf - '-se :.
Three hundred thousand Chicagoans,
half of them school children, made
President Taft their guest. They lined
south side boulevards half dozen
deep and extended shouting, flag
waving welcome.
As he stepped off his special train
on the Lake Shore and Michigan
Southern railway at the specially cer
structed station at Garfield boulevard,
the president was greeted by the re.
ception committee of the Chicago Com
mercial club In responding briefly to
the rousing reception he expressed his
pleasure at again visiting Chicago.
The president spoke hoarsely, fact
that was attributed to the numerous
speeches he made along the route to
Chicago. His hoarseness gave rise to
whether his voice would stand the
heavy strain that he expects to psft
upon it in the next few weeks.
Children Sing for Taft.
The reception committee, withja spe-
'cial escort Of pelice and secret service
men, conducted the president ffom the
platform TO the street and to 8he wait
ing line of automobiles thai were to
convey the EFarty to the Congress- no
tel
AS the procession started west in
! Garfield Boulevard the president was
| greeted by a solid line di school chill.
dren, vine waved flags a1d sang 'srhe
| Star Spaaag.ed Banner" and "Haii ta
the Chief"
| The pGraders Travelled west on the
| north side OF the bsulevard to Ash.
land Avenue, then, fcrossing to the
| south Side of the thsToughfare, march
cd east to Washington park, whence
| they proceeded by Grand boulevard
/ Thirty-Third street and Michigan
] boulevard to the Congress hotes, where
a reception was haeld.
Il By cry street xraversed by the pres
\ idential party Was gay with flags and
I bunting. The sidewalks were crowd
red with enthusiastic threngs, al
anxious to eSatsh a glimpse ad the ohaei
4 executive.
@sA1y Strenuous Predecessor, Teddy
/ On his way to Chicago the presi
{ dent made a brief address ait Elkhart
Ind, where fhe arrived ait $50 O'Clock
lille spoke from the rear platform tt
Il the crowd. He was Joined at EIkhart
1iby Charles r. Crane, OF Chicago, Unit
FED States minister to China I'm his
II talk at Klkhart the president :sSvera
q times referred to hey strenuous pre-
3 deeessoTa Teddy"
8 President Taft brought with him TIC
II Chicago, Cor use ON occasions when he
iFhas a military escort, the presidential
II army flag. The flag lis a counterpart
/ of the presidents navy flag, except In
/ the national coat of arms surrounded
4 by astar for each state of the Union
The,Togfy- sixth star fog Oklahoma was
4 but recently added and i'm ats com
II pleteds3orrn the flag is now being used
4 for tle first time.
ThiTGy-eight thousand fans were al
II the National league bali ozark when
/ Presiaeat Taft called the game at :3::30
| in the afternoon between the Chicago
4 and NMssg York teams zt WIS an een.
1 thusias4Ec crowd and the president re-
H eceivedian ovation. Thousands of peo-
pie BaaE the route from the Congress
/ Hotel ito the ball grounds and cheared
las tbegNTesident went by.
Before the game Taft went to the the
Art institute to hear explained the
IGemmercxal clubs plan OF Chicago.
Afteraan informal dinner at the Con
>greSs hotel. the president attended a
smassmeetsag under the auspices OF tsae
Hamilton tclub and delivered an adj
dress. He then was taken to the Au-
fiitorium, where the ball of the Amers.
can Bankers association was being
held. After spending an hour there
the ;Eresident, was driven to the North.
western railway station where he took
a traiR for Miiagaukee.
F'Rom ;Chicaap the president went
EsoTth ,through WISCONSIN and Minneso-
to TO st.lIa westWardt through Iowa. Ne
braSka :asld Kansas, then west and
northwest through Colorado, Utah, Ida
no and Montana to Ahe. coast country.
Thea the line of travel goes through
Oregon AID Cafifonaia and thence
south and east and noktn again to the
end.
Taft Upfaofds New Tariff.
President Taft vigorously defended
the Aldrich-Payne tariff law before
two audiences at Winona, Mian.
Speaking from the same platform
with Congressman James A. Tawney
of this city, the president declared he
signed the tariff revision act for the
same reason that Congressman Taw-
ney voted for it, because it was the
best kind OF revision that could be OBJ
tanned under existing Instantaneous
conditions and because on the whole
it was the best tariff bill the Repub-