Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1910-12-14
President Discusses Work Of
Tariff Board-Ship Sub
sidy Is Urged.
WORK ON PANAMA CANAL
Need Of Legislation Anticipating Com.
pletlon Of tho Ditch 10 Pointed
out-Chanoe In Postal Rates
Parcels Post and Postal
SavInos-Eeonomy
Urged.


Urged.
Washington, Dec. e.-President
Taft's annual message to congress
contained 10000 words, and IL said to
DO tho longest document Of its kind
ever written. In It he reviews the
work Of each Of the administrative
departments beginning with the state
department. He devotes considerable
space to the satisfactory settlement
Of the fisheries dispute with England
through the medium Of tho Hague
Tribunal, and recounts both tho his
tory Of tho fisheries dispute and tho
establishment Of tho tribunal.
In connection With tho state depart
ment he tells OF the important poll
teal happenings Of the past twelve
months throughout the entire world,
and the action Of this country In con-
nection with them.
Tariff Negotiations.
Referring to the negotiation of new
taritf agreements President Taft
says:
Tho new tariff law, In Section z,
respecting the maximum and mini
mum tariffs Of the United States,
which provisions came into effect on
April 1. 1910, imposed upon US re-
sponsfbility Of determining prior to
that date whether any undue discrim-
1nation existed against the United
States and its products In any coun-
try Of the world with which We sus-
tanned commercial relations.
In the case Of several countries in
stances Of apparent undue discrimina-
Mon against American commerce were
found to exist. These discriminations
were removed by negotiation. Prior
to April I, 1910, when tho maximum
tariff was to como Into operation with
respect to importauons from all those
countries In whose favor no proclama-
ton applying tho minimum tariff
should be issued By the president, ono
hundred and thirty-four such procla-
nations wero issued.
This series OF proclamations en-
braced the entire commercial world
and hence the minimum tariff Of the
United States has been given univer.
sal application. thus testifyinE to the
satisfactory character Of our trade
relations with foreign countries.
Marked advantages to tho COM
merce Of the United States were OBJ
tanned through these tariff settle
me1ts.
Tho policy Of broader and closer
trade relations with the Dominion Of
Canada which was initiated In the ad.
3ust0ent Of tho maximum and mini
mum provisions Of the tariff act of
August, 1909. hsS proved mutually
beneficial. Il 1ustif1es further efforts
for tho readjustment Of the CONNER
cial relations Of the two countries so
that their commerce may follow tho
channels natural to contiguous coun-
tries and be commensurate with the
steady expansion Of trade and indus
try on both sides Of the boundary
u1e,"
Ship Subsidy.
The president urges such action a.
hs believes will increase American
trade abroad, ana says:
Another t1struneatality indispen-
sabls 70 tho unhamanered and natural
development Of American cemmerce is
merchant marine. All maritime and
commercial nations recognize the i'm.
portaace Of this factor. The greatest
commercial nations, our competitors.
isa3ously foster their merchant ma
r41e. Perhaps nowhere 10 the need
for rapid and direct mail. passenger
ard freight communication quite 80
urgent ~ between tho United States
and Letin America. We can secure
IN no other qs1art4s Of che world such
Immediate bensots In fsie1dshtp and
commerce - would low from tho e.
tablishmenk Of dires& lines of GEN.
uun1cation with The countries Of
Latin America adequate to meet the
requirements Of q rapidly Increasing
appreciation Of the reciprocal depen-
d4aee Of the countries Of tho western
Hemisphere upon each others prod
ucts, synp.thies md assistance.
II alluded to this mast tm9ovtant
subject IN NY last auu1al Message; It
has oftsn been before you and need
not recapisulate the reasons for it's
recommendation. Unless prompt &C.
ton he ta1aen tho completion m the