The Daily Missoulian., 1909-10-02
PRESIDENT LEAVES EXPOSITION
CITY AND COMMENCES HIS
SOUTHWARK TRIP.
GETS A HEARTY WELCOME
Chief Executive Is Greeted by Enthu-
siastic Audience at the Tacoma Ar
mory, Where He Makes a Brief
Address-visits Livestock Exhibit
Before Leaving the Exposition City.

Tacoma, Oct. 1.-After spending
two days i'm and about Seattle. Presi-
dent Taft came to Tacoma tonight
and received from an audience that
thronged the big armory, one of the
most cordial greetings of his trip. The
president was entertained at dinner at
the Union club. after making the trip
from Seattle on board the yacht FL
Primero, owned by Chester Thorne.
The torpedo destroyer Perry escorted
the yacht. Before leaving Seattle the
President paid a last visit To the ex
position to view the big livestock ex-
hibits. All the prize cattle, horses.
pigs and sheep were on view, their
heads and horns decorated with blue
ribbons. Mr.. Taft apparently found
great interest in the exhibit and spent
more than twice the length of time
originally allotted to it. He patted
some of the cattle and horses on the
head and asked many questions of the
breeders. Finally from the judges
stand he made brief speech amid "a
chorus of bieats and grunts and the
lowing of kline. complimenting the ex-
hibitors of their fine showing and the
progress that had been made in this
country in the last Is years in the
way of scientific farming and breed
ings.
From the exposition grounds the
president motored to the Seattle
Country club. where he took luncheon
and spent the early afternoon on the
golf links. The sail on the sound from
Seattle to Tacoma occupied two hours.
Coming Again.
President Taft promised today to at
tend another exposition to be held on
the Pacific coast In 1915 in the cele-
bration of the completion of the Pan
anna canal.
MIR. Taft said the date was beyond
his term of office. but that his in
terest in the Panama canal and the
extension of trade on the Pacific had
been so great for SO many years that
he readily gave promise to attend.
The invitation was extended by Col
onel ID. c. Collier. director general of
the Panama-California exposition,
which IL to be held in San Diego. Cal.
and George Burnham. a director of the
exposition company.
President Taft's unqualified state
ment in his speeches delivered here
. that the Panama canal would be COM
pleted in 1915 aroused great enthus-
iasm as the entire Pacific coast is ex-
pecting to profit greatly by the short
all-water route from the eastern sea-
board and the opening of European
markets to this section. All Of the
South and Central American countries
especially those of the west coast. are
Iva fat=f tod -. fal.a
part in the Panama exposition. The
extension nf trade between the United
States and South America, the presf-
dent declared. was another feature of
the exposition which elected his deep
interest. When the president left here
ut midnight and headed to the south
he had completed 1000 miles of his
1a.00o-mile journey. In matter of
elapsed time. however. his journey was
less than one-third completed.
On the Road.
During the time he has been "on
the road" the president has made
eight speeches of first Importance.
which have clearly set forth his views
on nearly every question Of Importance
and he announced tonight that he
had completed the list of set addresses
which he had planned before leaving
Beverly. Tho presidents speeches dur
ing the remainder of his trip will be
entirely extemporaneous in character
and will consist largely of reference
and amplification of those he has al
ready made.
In making his set speeches the
president selected In the different
cities visited the subjects which he
believed to be of greatest interest To
his hearers.
Starting from Boston. for instance.
he made there -he first of his set
speeches on finance and currency leg
isiation. speaking especially Of the
work the monetary commission ap-,
pointed by congress has undertaken. !
At Chicago the president discussed Ia
hor injunctianss at Milwaukee he dis
eussed and approved the establishment
Of a postal savings bank system. Al
Ninona. Mimi. he made plain his po-
sition with reference to the Payne
tariff bill and the new tariff COM /
mission: at Des Moines he outlined his
ideas of needed amendments To the in
terstate commerce and antitrust
laws. at Denver he devoted his re-
marks To the corporation tax and
dwelt uoon what he deemed its ad-
yantages in preference to a direct in
come tax. at Spokane. where the ir- !
rigation congress had been held bur
short time previous TO his visit. the
president discussed the conservation