The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-10-01
TAFT REVIEWED
BL00DEO STOCK
F. PARADE TO-DAY
Then Turned to Golf as a Re.
spite From His Usual
Routine
STRONG SPEECH OUTLINING
ALASkAS FUTURE GOVERNMENT
Believes in q Local Legislative Com.
mission and the Placing of the
Country Under the Direction of q
Bureau at Washington. \,

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Seattle, Oct. President Taft paid
visit to the Alaska Yukon-P Pacific
exposition this morning to witness a
parade of the blooded stock in the live
stock show. On his way to the fair
he reviewed the children of Broadway
high school. After half an hour at
the stock show, the president and his
party were taken to the Seattle Golf
club where they spent five hours. The
president played nine hole golf
game with H. c. Henry, the railroad
builder.
President Taft in his address in
the natural amphitheater at the
worlds fair yesterday, came out fiat
footed for ship subsidy and said
the country was now ready to try
such a measure.
There is no subject" said Mr.. Taft
to which congress can better devote
It's attention at the coming session" /"
The president spoke OF the wonder
full development of Alaska in the last
few years and the duty of the govern
ment to assist further development of
its resources. He announced that he
was opposed to the territorial form
of government, however, because the
population was too scattered and too
small compared with the vast area of
the country. In a territorial govern
ment, he said, the larger commune
Ties, mining camps with a migratory
population, would dominate. He de-
clared he would rather see Alaska
placed under the supervision of a
bureau or department in Washington /;
that railroads were needed in Alas
ka and the government should share
in the expense of building them.
Ship Subsidy
On ship subsidy, the president said:
Il need not tell you of the inade-
quacy of the American shipping ma
rine on the Pacific and of the growing
commercial progress in this regard
of Japan. Japan is one of the most
active and generous countries in the
matter OF subsidies to its merchant
marine and the effect is only too visi-
BILE in an examination of the stats.
tics.
For this reason it seems to me
that there is no subject to which con-
gress can better devote its attention
during the coming session than the
bill which should regulate our mer-
chant marine in such way as to es-
tablish American lines between New
York and other ports and South
American ports and between our
coast ports and the orient and the
Philippines.
We earn profit from our foreign
mails of from six to eight millions
of dollars year. The appropriation
OF that amount would be quite suffi-
cient to put on satisfactory basis
two or three Oriental lines and sever
al lines from the east to South Ameri-
ca. OF course, we are familiar with
the argument that this would be a
contribution to private companies out
|of the treasury of the United States
but we are thus contributing in va
rious ways on similar principles in
effect, both by our protective tariff
laws. by our river and harbor bill
and by our reclamation service.
1--WE are putting money into the
pockets of ship owners but we are
giving them money with which they
can compete for reasonable profit on
ly, with the merchant marine of the
world.
The Objective Point
"Ths great ska-Yukon-Pacific
exposition" said the president. was
the objective point of my trip to the
west and am glad to have arrived
here after two weeks of travel from
the old bay state. AS look about
me at this wonderful exhibition of
the progress of the northwest, of
Alaska and the Pacific coast, l feel
a great pride in having urged upon
the proper congressional committee
with all the emphasis of which was
capable, the Importance and utility of
the enterprise.
And 1t is gratifying to know that
under the administration of Seattle
men, teh exposition has been a great
success, both in arousing world wide
interest in the growth of the far
northwest and in showing a profit
over the immense outlay needed in
its construction and maintenance.
when l first planned my visit to
Seattle, had included with it a trim
to Alaska. greatly regret that the
time consumed by congress in the
consideration of the tariff bill pre-
vented my carrying out that part of
the plan embraced in a visit to this
most interesting territory.
"One of Mr.. Stewards substantial
claims to the gratitude of his coun-
trymen and to place among the
statesmen of his country vas the