Los Angeles herald., 1910-05-01
N|AGARA'S FALLS
EMBARRASS TAFT
They Are So Grand and Also SO
Useful, Says President
at Buffalo
ALSO SMASHES A PRECEDENT
Allows Himself to Be Quoted at
Interview Accorded to
Reporters
ALSO sMASHEs A PRECEDENT
IAssocIated Pressl

BUFFALO, N. Y, April SO.-Pres-
dent Taft and Secretary of State Knox
We're guests of honor at the banquet
held tonight in ratification of the two
leading commercial organizations Of
Buffalo-the chamber of commerce and
the Manufacturers club.
Thomas Penney, former district attor-
master.
Secretary Knox devoted himself to
an explanation of recent reforms in.
the diplomatic and consular service.
He declared anew that diplomacy and
trade must go hand in hand, and that
it was a misconception to construe 1t
otherwise.
The president devoted the greater
part of his speech to purely local
topics He spoke of Niagara Falls as
an embarrassment because of its
scenic grandeur and industrial utility.
This brought him to a discussion of
the conservation of natural resources,
and Indirectly to a reference to Secre-
tary Ballinger, when he said:
LET me lift my voice in behalf of
those who are responsible for carry
ing forward this work and plead that
they shall not be traduced and mis-
represented in reaching a solution of
problem most difficult"
DISCUSSES CONSERVATION BILLS
sThe president spoke of the conserva-
tion bills in congress, and especially
of the one confirming the right of the
executive to withdraw lands from pub
lie entry.
There has been objection to this"
he said, "as reflection upon those Of
ficials who already have exercised this
power in suggesting that they usurped
the power OF. congress. If the supreme
court should decide that this power
does not exist we would have a perfect
mess There are people who say the
power does not exist and are trying
to secure title to land on that ground.
The fact they are willing to face law.
suits shows they have long purses and
are prepared to fight"
The president said the subject. of
conservation was rather abstruse.
But" he added, amid laughter,
there are a great many people in
favor of conservation, no matter what
it MEANS"
Mr.. Taft paid a tribute to Governor
Hughes.
''As I look on this New York audi
ence,' he said, "I feel like apologizing
on the one hand and felicitating the
country on the other, in taking from
you a great governor to make great
justice of supreme court.
TALK BEFORE AID CLUB
Mr.. Taft and Secretary Knox as
guests of the Buffalo Ad club at lunch
con today made two little impromptu
speeches which won them enthusiastic
plaudfts. The president spoke of his
legislative hopes, but declared he pre-
ferred being advertised rather than to
advertise himself, despite the criticism
that he did not sufficiently employ that
agency.
Secretary Knox took decided fling
"at some newspapers" which. he de-
clared, in diluting the news were as
guilty of wrongdoing as rnen indicted
0nder the pure food act for dilutng
foodstuffs.
ESPECIALLY" added the secretary "if
that dilution springs from malice or
an attempt to misrepresent."
After breakfast at the home of Ans
ley Wilcox this morning, President Taft
spent two hours in the library of the
Wilcox home, where in 1901 Theodore
Roosevelt took the oath of office as
president of the United States follow
ing the death of President Mckinley,
a few blocks away. Mr.. Taft is the
first president to visit Buffalo since
those fateful days
Shortly after noon the president held
a reception at the chamber of COM
merce.
Mr.. Taft broke a presidential prece-
dent by allowing himself to be quoted
at an interview with reporters He
asked his interviewers to keep away
from politics, but they plunged right
into the New York situation, especially
the appointment of Governor Hughes
to the supreme court bench.
II saw Governor Hughes at Albany"
the president said, "before he was nom
mated, and we went over the question
of his running again for governor.
urged him to do so. He gave me many
reasons why he could not. When
man like Hughes makes up his mind it