Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-09-15
PRES. TAFT BEGINS HIS
WORK AS A PEACEMAKER,
Sounds the Keynote at Boston Of His Campaign
To Unite All Sections Of Country on the Tar
if and All Other Important Questions.

in ono organization of all of her husi-
ness men, for it insures a cOncentra-
ton of influence that must make for
good. The opportunities for usefulness
are great in civic improvement and
| progress and in state and national
| affairs. AS Boston is the commercial
center Of New England, your assOcie>
ton really speaks for New England
| d part of the country whose impor-
lance can he measured by the emphasis
with which sectional writer's and
speakers sometimes attack it.
Il am very grateful for the hos
pitable reception which I have had OF:
the north shore of Massachusetts. A
Vac atior which l had planned of more
| than two months has been whitfield
| down to little more than one month:
| but every minute If it 7 have enjoyed.
Tie bracing and pure air, the beaut1-
ful roads. the fine golf links, the pros
| porous town and villages, the intclli-
| gent and considerable people, all have
contributed to make my stay de-
| liShtfll one. Fhe beauties of thar
rector are notnirg but an expansion
and enlargement Of the wonderful
| park system and suburbs of Boston
nave attempted to keep within the
speed limit, and before a broad minded
| Judge. l could establish this by salts
| factory evidence. But it has not pre-
Vente! nc from motoring into every
village and town and countryside of
| Essex county. | am delighted at The
| prospect OF returning here again mex,
| summer. when | hope and pray that
| no tariff or otrcr bill VIII sto:tcl nv
| days Of leisure
Il am on tho ,cvo o" b~~iYv;0~ :,
Journey Of 1900 miles in length. which
will en2plr ne to s." tens and hun
! dreds of thousands of my fellow Gill
zens, and enable them | hope, TO see
me. Occasionally hear a query why
| should start off on such a trip, and
what particular good does it do to any,
body
well, it certainly is not going to be
Il pleasure trip, although | shall en-
JOY it. 1t will involve much hard work
and great deal of mental effort to
thlnk OF things to say, and to say them
simply and clearly so that they can be
understood. 1t viii strengthen the
digestion not only of myself and those
who accompany me, but also OF TIL
many who extend hospitality along the
way; and it will very considerably re-
duce the appropriation of $25 900 made
by Congress for the travelling eX-
penses of the President On the other
hand. it will certainly give me a very
much more accurate impression as r.
i the views of the people in the Sec
tionS which | visit. 1t will bring close
~ to me the needs of particular sec
tons, so far as national legislation and
executive action are concerned: and
believe if will make me a wiser man
+ and better public officer.
"Moreover. it will give the people an
! opportunity to see the man whom they
have chosen, for the time being, to act
as their Chief Executive and who
| because of his office. in a sense tenn
porarily typifies nationality. I ought
| to he able to explain to the people some
! of the difficulties of government and
some of the problems Of solution from
the standpoint of the Executive ami
/ the legislator as distinguished from
| that of the honest. but, irresponsible
! critic. The personal touch between
the people and the men to whom they
temporarily delegate power, of course
conduces to q better understands.
, between them.
/ "Moreovcr. | ought not to omit to
: mention as a useful result OF my jour
| neylng, that / am to visit a great many
/ expostions and fairs. and that the
/ curiosity to see the President will GER
. tainly increase the box receipts and
/ tend to rescue many commendable en-
terprses from financial disaster. This
| is an innocent. but it has come to be, a
very useful function of the Presiden-
tial office.
1.-The thing that l most object to and
look forward to with most fear is tho
necessity for speaking every day IN
some subject or other to listening
multitude
'This is the second week of Septem-
ber We are all ending our vacations
and going home. This is the time Of
the year, rather than the first of the
calendar year, when good resolutions
ought to be made-and kept as far
as possible. This is the time when
looking forward to the coming ae"'n
of Congress in December, one must
consider the needs of the country SO
far as they may be relieved nv con-
gressional legislation and attempt TO
state what that legislation should be.
Your chairman has made some ref
eronce to a number of subjects to
which the attention of Congress may
well he directed. In the first place,
there is a monetary situation. While
it is probable that the Vreeland bill,
DasSpI nv the last Congress. would
aid us in case of another financial
crash, it is certain that our banking
and monetary system is patched-up
affair which, satisfies nobody, and
Ieasthof all those who are head