Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1909-09-10
PLANS MATURING FOR
PRESIDENT TAFT'S VISIT
Will Explain Tariff Situation to Peo.
Pile of the West-El Paso and
Juarez Preparing.

Ell Paso, Texas, Sept. 10.-Working
day and night an army of skilled arti.
sans, directed by NJ. Leutier. an art
ist from Paris, the reception hall
erected as an addition to the customs
house in Juarez, is being elaborately
decorated by the Mexican govern,
ment, for the use of President Diaz
when he comes TO meet President
Taft. 1t is i'll this beautiful hall that
Mr.. Taft will dine with President Diaz
on the evening of October 16.
The main hall in the customs house
has almost been completed as far as
the work of the carpenters is con
cerned, and electricians are busy on
the connections for the electric light
display, which will be a very beauti-
full and elaborate one.
The main hall or dining room will
be decorated in white and green and
the necessary furniture is already on
the way from Mexico City. Heavy
green velvet portieres will be used to
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and the adjoining rooms. Artistic
fresco work will be displayed in the
main entrance hall, and already eight
special artists have arrived from
Mexico City to take in charge this
class of work.
The small room adjoining the main
entrance hall will be furnished as a
conference room and will be decor
the national colors of Mexico will be
used for decorating the ceiling. The
two big rooms on the opposite side
Of the main hall will be set aside for
the private service of Presidents Taft
and Diaz, respectively, and will be
decorated in light colors.
In this city the work is being ac-
lively pushed. Invitations have been
mailed to the governors of the states
of both nations to be present. The
city and county will set aside $4,000
for 'he expenses of the meeting.
Will Discuss Tariff.
Beverly, Mass, Sept. 10-In his
western trip, President Taft will take
the people into his confidence regard.
ing the recent tariff fight in Congress
according to a statement made here
last night.
1t was said that the President will
frankly tell of the troubles that beset
him in dooIpo with +bo +oriff cit,,o
tion and that he will put squarely VI
to the people the question of whether
or not they desire a still further re-
vision. The President will tell his
hearers that the remedy for any
shortcomings in the bill will be to
elect congressman pledged to a re-
vision along lines desired.
The President, it is said, will
specifically take up several of the
most important schedules dealt with
in the fight for revision. He has told
a number of his callers, both here and
in Washington, that he was not sat.
isfied with the woolen schedule and
this will be one of the subjects on
which he will indicate to the people
that they can express their wishes in
the next congressional campaign.
Duke City Will Be Blaze of Light.
Albuquerque, N. NJ, Sept. 10
Hundreds of incandescent lights will
be used by Albuquerque merchants
next month in decorating their store
fronts for President Taft's reception
Plans thus far made by a number OF
business men for their decorations all
have electricity as the chief feature
and the light company is likely to be
taxed to meet the demand. Electric
ity has come more and more into use
here with each succeeding fair, for
decorative purposes and the prizes of
fered by the fair association this
year for the best decorated fronts
have aroused keen interest in the
decorative work. The first prize is
$100, the second $50 and the third $25
and even the third prize will go a
long way toward paying the expense
of very elaborate decorative scheme
Several of the business houses are
planning elaborate decorations while
a number of very original schemes
are being worked out. The present
prospect is that Central avenue par
ticularly will present the most at
tractive appearance in it's history
during the fair, and the business
house without it's quota of bright
| lights will be distinctly lonesome.