The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-07-20
PRESIDENT ON
CANADIAN LINE
Taft Has Now Touched the
'sFOur Corners" of This
Great Country.
FINDS PEOPLE UNITED
IN PATRIOTIC PURPOSE
His Yacht Anchored at East
port, Maine, He Can See
British Flag.

EASTPORT, Me. July 19.-Presldent
Taft reached the northeast corner OF the
United States today. 1t was the first
time a president had visited this section
of the state, and for MT. Taft il COM
pletcs travels to the four quarters OF the
country. He said today that his tours
Of the United States always deeply i'm
pressed him with the homeogenity Of the
people, their aims, ambitions. and their
ideas of true American citizenship being
everywhere the same.
President Taft and members of his
party are stopping tonight aboard the
yacht Mayfower In the harbor. she wiii
sail at O'Clock tomorrow for Bar Har-
Dor, arriving there nt 8 p. m. Tor three
days stay.
The president spent an hour and a
half ashore this AFTERNOON , and MADE a
speech A ad ga1 Ip' es
that he did not see just why Maine
should have her elections two months
earlier than most of the other states.
The election here is to be held this year
September IL, and the Republican leaders
arc hopeful that Mr.. Taft's presence IN
the state and his speeches may have a
good effect.
Relations With Canada
In his speech. the president expressed
the hope that closer commercial relations
next twelve months.
TO reach PASSPORT today. the Mayflower
had to thread her way through Canadian
waters. She is anchored tonight just on
the Maine side OF tho line.
Eastport Is almost entirely surrounded
by foreign territory. Looking over the
waters OF Passama4uoddy bay from the
quarterback OF the Mayhower this after
noon, the presidents eye caught the Brit
ish ensign fluttering from STATS on many
islands. Eastport formed q decided con-
here was dressed in American colors and
bunting, President Taft said. In part:
Makes Graceful speach-
ION behalf Of Mrs. Taft and myself. /
beg to extend our grateful acknowledge
mentH for this cordial reception. When
was lawyer there used to be legal
maxim that the proper way to under
stand q written instrument was to take
1t up by its four corners. and II seems
to me the Same rule applies to the coun-
country is to go TO the four corners and
the places between, Now, I have been
at Seattle. San Diego. to the southern
most point of Florida. and now at East
the samo patriotic spirit, the same pro-
gressivc civilization at each OF these four
points, and also between them, When
II man has had that privilege, he may be
said to understand the American nation.
1t is true they talk little more through
their noses In this part OF the country
tn1n CneN 90 Ilrtner SOulH. out Nne btNlc
Of a woman's bonnet Is just the same
here as 1t is way down in San Diego,
Praise for Canada.
al hope in this audience 1 am address,
Ing there are some Canadians. You are
close enough to them to know them and
to value them as neighbors, Canada Is Il
great country. We are just learning how
great a country Is. Speaking for the
we are convinced that a
closer commercial relation with Cannda
will be well for both countries. and IL in
the next year we can come to an agree
ment by which our commercial relations
shall become closer, we shall think our
solves fortunate.
eve have reached a time when neither
ought to be envious OF the other. but
each ought to be convinced that the
moro prosperous the ono the more likely
the other is to be prosperous. and that
the growth OF trade OF one means the
growth OF the trade of the other
''It is pleasant to see all the contro-
verses between Great Britain and the
United States. which have been many in
the past. are now settled or arc In course
of settlement by arbitration. This Is the
first time I'm the history of tho two coun-
tries when that could be said.'