New-York tribune., 1909-12-15
TAFTATNEW HAVEN
TELLS BUSINESS MEN
NATTON,!S NEEDS.
President Discusses Financial
ProbIems-Defends Panama
Cost Increase.


.-nmental expenditures and revenue
a. the annual dinner Of the New Haven
chamber Of Commerce. hut as he did not
-,se n speak until .30 O'Clock he was
sble no touch only upon some of the
prohler,s which are facing tho country
A. 9 financial way before il was time for
hini 10 catch the Federal Express for
washington. Five minutes after he had
finished his speech he was aboard his
train
The dinner vss as lively as Yale
reunion. Flags. laurel and greenery
made the great han a place ~ beauty.
The President attended meeting Of the
Yale Corporation in the afternoon and
heId short reception before the dinner.
Throughout this function there was
much rrerriment and Yale songs pre-
6or7fnsted. Colonel ]. NJ. Ullman. presi-
dsnt ~ The Chamber, the Presidents
hosi presided
REGRETS ABSENCE OF Mr. HUGHES
'T have had occasion in times past 10
Zee that The Chamber Of Commerce Of
Nev haven was friendly 10 me-" began
Mr TAFT 'To-night's gathering shows
~ union cf New Haven and Yale. II
shows tnat New Haven and Connecticut
sre proud ~ Yale II Is a source of re
erat THAT cannot meet on this platform
tonight that distinguished American.
ne Governor of New York State whose
interest in politics Is 70 purify it. re
touches nothing that he does not sdorn
wHd cheers greeted this Endorsement
of Governor Hughes. who has always
been popular among Yale men.
To ght ] wish 70 speak on an un-
interesting subject n the average lis
farer" resumed the President. That
NJ The goyernneut receipts and eEpend-
iru~es have heard the old saving para
phrased in this way. The Lord loves
crHd-er. fools and The United states
Comment"
In every other country the Same
power has decided what the eTpendi-
tu~es and The receipts shall be. In this
country different authority decides
upou the receipts and upon the expendi-
lures. We have been able 10 go on
our Vsy and blindly rely on surplus
Nou. II the expenditures exceed the sur
rlus il is thrown upon the President 70
recommend how that difference shall be
met. and We now have a budget which
shows how Congress viii attempt 10
meet the expenses We have been
obliged 70 cut down the estimates"
Like a cracking v.hip came = voice
from the tables.
GIVE Us that 81 0-e0 Oo0 new federal
building tor New Haven. then"
We'll 7 remember that old postoffice
IN New Haven thirty years ago, said
The President. good naturedly. There
wasn't room when I was in New Haven
10 push through those folding doors
without squeezing N q Vale tutor"
We shall have q surplus Of $50, 600.
90 y We ISSUE bonds on that Panama
Cana went on Mr.. Tart. more serious
. T ought 70 speak Of that canal
Its estimated cost was S139. 100000
The actual cost viii be S297 COOS .ooe, an
Increase of some SI59 100000 This in
crease comes from the added cost of
material and labor between the estimate
~ 1900 and the present time and the
enlargement Of the canal decided upon.
Thr added cost of sanitation viii be-
some SD 100000 which viii carry the
entire cost Of the canal 10 S373oco0sD
This is large increase over the original
oosr but Il does not seem unreasonable
n sny one Who has investigated H."
You cannot GET men Of red blood who
sre The head OF the departments, con-
finued Mr Taft. after taking up the
question % superannuation, to dis
charge those who haze grown old in IL
sn6 are not able now 70 perform tho
amount ~ work they did once know
that lt Is not popular 10 speak about IN
in view - the heavy pension account -
the late war. but we are bound 10 have
civil pensions n We are 20 discharge the
business of the government as n ought
to 20 discharged. n the railroad cor
porauons without souls viii not dis
charge the old men in their employ with
oui giving them q pension. shall We not
develop civil Service pension don't
think that the system is coming now,
bur 7 believe IN dropping tho thought
right here IN New Haven. where 7 he
leye that IN win germinate.
TWO PROBLEMS. SAYS HADLEY-
ln his address President Hadley said
there we're two sets Of problems with
which the government had 10 deal-those
which should be decided by specialists
ana those which should be decided boy
Tho people As instances 0f the latter
10 cited slavery. the relations between
STATE and nation and the annexation of
ihc Philippines. But. he said. currency
's2sfion 81 the railroads and the tariff
required expert advice n rhe government
vas 10 be- more than piece Of Wasteful
0ungliug.
The thing which makes the situation
serious now is that q number Of public
questions have come into the foreground
- Kind not foreseen by the trainers 81
me constitution. These questions need
mo advice of specialists. The growth OF
invested capital. transportation and
transportation facilities. the oonsolids-
'ion % industry. the incipient separation
0i classes IN American society. have
produoed complex conditions with which
neither lawyers nor the people can deal
eliigently.
Slightly exaggerated. our method OF
oesling with questions Of current poll
nos is 20 substitute appeals 10 prejudice
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