The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1910-12-09
TAFT'S MESSAGE
Up TO CONGRESS ! !! J!
President Breaks Record for
Length Of Document.
Defends PAYNE TARIFF ACT

Savings Bank, Parcels Pest and Gen.
servation-Asks for Raise Of Ju-
dicial salaries-Recommendation ion for
Fitting Honor for Peary.
Washington, Dec. 6.-The president
sent the following message to con-
gress today: + IL
TO the Senate and House of Repre-.
s, sentatives: r.
I; During the past year the foreign
relations Of the United States have
continued upon basis of friendship
and ssgo6d understanding e "a: :t.% .a& aS
: The year has been notable as wit,
nessinS the pacific settlement Of two
Important International controversies
before the sspetmatn3fenttss t3f 81 court OF The
Hague * ,S II !: s #I Il /.
s. Tie arbitration 81 the fisheries dis.
putS between the United States and
Great Britain, which has been the
source 81 nearly CONTINUOUS diplomatic
fortesp0ndence since the fisheries con
ventionS of 1918, has given an award
Which Y satisfactory to,,poth parties,
/ Il Peace Commission. Il. .
Approaching these enlightened ten.
.dencies of modern times, the congress
at itsslast session passed a law provid-
fig Tor the appointment Of a commits
sion of i've members TO be appointed
" the president Of the United States
TO consider the expediency of atilizing
existing International agencies for the.
purpose of limiting the ornaments of,
tie nations of the world BY interna-
tionel agreement and Of constituting
the combined navfes of the world an
international force for the preserva-
tion of universal peace and to consider
and report upon any other means to
diminish the expenditures of govern.
ment for military purposes and to
lessen the probabilities of war" r.
The work of the international fish.
cries commission appointed in 1908,
under the treaty of April II, 1908, be-
tween Great Britain and the, United
States, has resulted in the formula
ton and recommendation Of uniform
regulations governing the fisheries of
the boundary waters Of Canada and
the United States for the purpose of
protecting and increasing the supply
OF food fish in such waters.
rs Tho Far East.
The center of interest in Far East
,ern affairs during the past year has
again been China. ..t,tz-
It is gratifying to note that the ne
gotiations for loan to the Chinese
government for the construction of
the trunk railway lines from I1ankow
aouthward to Canton and westward
through the Yangtse valley, known as
the Hukuang loan, were concluded by
the representatives of the various
financial, groups in May last and the
results approved by their respective
governments.
Us Tariff Negotiations.
The new tariff law in section re-
sspecting the maximum and minimum
tariffs of the United States, which pro-
visions came into effect on April 1,
1910, imposed upon the president the
responsibility Of determining prior to
that date whether or not any undue
discrimination existed against the
United States and its products in any
country of the world with which we
sustained commercial relations.
The policy of broader and closer
trade relations with the Dominion of
Canada, which was initiated in the
adjustment of the maximum and mini
mum provisions of the tariff act of
August, 1909, has proved mutually
beneficial It justifies further efforts
for the readjustment of the CONNER
cial relations of the two countries so
that their commerce may follow the
channels natural to contiguous coun-
tries and be commensurate with the
steady expansion Of trade and indus
try on both sides of the boundary line.
The Department Of State.
All tariff negotiations, SO vital to
our commerce and industry, and the
duty of jealously guarding the equita-
l ble and just treatment Of our products,
capital and industry abroad devolve
upon the department Of state.
The efforts Of that department to.
secure for citizens Of the United States
equal opportunities in the markets Of
the world and to. expand American
commerce have been most successful.
The volume of business obtained IN
n4W fields Of competition and upon
new lines IL already very great, and
congress ID urged TO continue to sup
port the department Of state In It's en
delyors for further radesexpansion.
"A instrumen ality iHdispe psRhle 9tos
aisoiia " 81 VI Elss