The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-12-07

1erreQ ana duty Imposed Oh INC cACC-
utive is likely to lead to tariff war.
II beg to express the hope and be-
lief that no such result may be an
ticipated,' Mr.. Taft said. mo one is
seeking tariff war or condition,
in which the spirit of retaliation shall
be aroused"
The new tariff board is discussed,
the president saying that their work
will perhaps take two or three years.
A continuing annual appropriation is
| asked.
Il believe" the president con-
tinues, that the work of the board
will be of prime Importance whenever
congress shall deem it wise again to
adjust the customs duties. If the
facts secured by the tariff board are
of such a character as to show gener-
ally that the rates of duties imposed
by the present tariff law are excess
sive under the principles of prOtG
the successful party at the late cleo
ton, / shall not hesitate to invite the
attention of congress to this fact and
to the necessity for action predicted
thereon. Nothing, however, halts
business and interferes with the
course of prosperity as much as the
threatened revision of the tariff and
until the facts are at hand, after a
careful and deliberate investigation.
upon which such revision can be prop
erly undertaken, 1t seems to me un-
wise to attempt that. The amount of
misinformation that creeps into argu-
ments pro and con in respect to tariff
rates is such as to require the kind of
investigation undertaken by it wholly
without respect to the effect which
the facts may have in calling for
readjustment of the rates of duty"
A reduction in the estimate of the
war department for the coming fis-
cal year, which brings the total esti-
mates down to an amount forty-five
millions less than the corresponding
estimate for last year, is mentioned
by the president, all progress in mil
itary matters being suspended for a
year as a consequence
These measures can hardly be more
than temporary. the executive says
Later he will send a special message
to congress upon military matters.
Concurring in needed changes in
the army, he places emphasis on the
need for an elimination bill. The |
coast defenses of the United States
proper are generally all that could be
desired and in some respects they are
rather more elaborate than under
present conditions are needed to stop
an enemy's fleet from entering the
harbors defended
The president concurs in the judg-
ment of the military and naval joint
board in favor of making an extern
sive naval base at Pearl harbor near
Honolulu and not in the Philippines.
The president then discusses the
navy, the need for reform economy
in expenditures, etc. He says: "A
comprehensive plan for the reorgan-
ization of the officers of all corps of
the navy will be presented to con-
gress and | hope it will meet with
action suited to it's urgency"
Appointment of an eminent astron-
omer as head of the naval observa-
tory is recommended.
President Taft says that in his
judgment change in judicial proceed
ure with view to reducing its ex-
Dense to private litigants in civil cases
and facilitating the dispatch of bust
ness and final decision in both civil
and criminal cases, constitutes the
greatest need in our American insti-
.utions. A commission to consider
'eforms in the judiciary is recon-
nended The president recommends
n compliance with the promise made
n the Republican platform, that ap-
legislation related to the is
'uance of injunction be adopted Pre-
Tious notice and a reasonable oppor-
unity to be heard on behalf of the
parties to be enlarged are urged by
he president with certain exceptions
President Taft then refers to anti
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