Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-10-03
so DECLARES TAFT IN LISTING
REPUBLICANS IN SPEECH IN
NEW YORK.
THINKS NEW TARIFF LAW
is GAINING IN POPULARITY
President Summarizes Efforts Of Con-
eress During Past Eighteen Months
as Accomplishing Great Work-Says
Pledges Have Been Redeemed-Not
Enthusiastic Over Primary Law.

| New York, Oct. 3-PreSldent Tart
delivered what will probably be his
only public address of the present cam
paign at the banquet of the National
Republican League at the Hotel Astor
Saturday night. The presidents speech
was marked by an unusual conciliatory
tone toward the iasurgenI wing of the
party. He gave "a,l factions of the
party" due credit for their share in
] helping to put thru congress the legis-
i lative program which the president
/, took occasion to outline in some detail.
The record of the past eighteen
months he declared was an earnest of
the desire OF the party to fulfill its
/ platform promises and obligations, and
/ he promised that if the republican ma
! jority in congress should be continued
AT the coming elections the work thus
far left undone would be carried thru
! to completion.
j Defines the Word.
! Upon the whole republican party .he
president bestowed the title of pro
gressive" Then he undertook to define
| just what is meant by progressive
"A party of true progress is not
! a party of radicalism." he declared,
amid cheers. 1t is not party of Ill
/ a-conservatism," he added, and again
was cheered.
/ "A progressive republican" the pres
! ident Went on, is one who recognizes
| existing and concrete evils and who is
! in favor of practical and definite steps
! TO eradicate them
! Twice President Taft mentioned Col
onel Roosevelt by name in connection
with the campaign against corporate
abuses, and a third time by inference
when he referred to the New York
situation
View of Direct Primary.
Mr.. Taft did not take an altogether
! sanguine view Of the benefits of the
direct primary. but he hoped that the
idea could be turned 10 a useful and
permanent betterment If politics.
The president said in part:
am here peca"se l believe this
| league is a most important aid in the
upbuilding ana defense of republican
principles. AS president / prefer TO
| avoid partisan controversy, but there
| are occasions and 1t seems TO me the
present is one. when 1t is not improper
for me to discuss the issues soon to be
considered and decided by the. cleo
| torate.
! In the pursuit of promises made IN
! its national platform, the republican
| party, in the short period of eighteen
months presented to the public as ac-
complished facts, the following most
| important legislation and executive &C
| ton:
The powers of the Interstate com
merce commission were enlarged: the
| commission was empowered to suspend
| any proposed increase Of rates until
the shippers shall have q chance to be
! heard as to its reasonabeness. Inter
! state telegraph and telephone COM
! panies were brought within the regu-
! lation Of the commission.
4 new court Of commerce was pro-
| vided in order that shippers and rail-
I ways might secure prompt decisions.
Railway employees were protected by
a new safety appliance law.
The employers liability act was per-
! fected
An inquiry into the issuance of rail
way stocks and bonds was inaugu-
rated,
a new custom court was estab-
lished.
A postal savings bank system was
authorized.
A corporation tax was adopted
which is an important source Of rev
enue and mex and effective method
of assisting the government in super
vising corporations.
Two battleships We're added to the
navy.
A bureau Of mines was established
Seventy million acres Of the public
domain We're legally withdrawn from
entry.
Twenty million dollars in bonds We're
authorized to complete reclamation
projects, after a board of army engin
GERS now at work should complete its
investigation of existing projects.
| Enlarged appropriations We're made
to survey public lands
A definite commitment was made
against the "piecemeal' or pork bar
rel system Of river and harbor i'm
provements
New Mexico and Arizona were ad-
! vanced toward statehood
A peace commission was authorized
An investigation into business meth
DDS of conducting the government was
begun.
The appropriations for the current
year were cut s26, 100000 below the ap-
preparations for the year before
Revision of Tariff.
The tariff was revised without the
usual disturbance of business Because
of it's reduction of tariff rates its max
imum and minimum provisions. the
free trade it secures for the Philip
pines. its fine revenue producing quail
tiles, the Payne law is creditable bill.
Our platform promised to revise the
tariff Immediately and also to revise it
to accord with the difference between
the cost Of production at home and
abroad. These two promises proved
somewhat inconsistent, in that immed-
late revision conforming to such a
plan was impra cticable because the in
formation needed was not at once
available; but the inconsistency was
met by the provision of a tariff board
to report the necessary facts.
The new tariff commission for the
work of which $25O,oOo was appropri-
ated has already completed its pre-
liminary report and the commission
is now at work in this country have
authorized the chairman to make a
public statement OF the purposes and
methods of the commission but have
directed him not to make that state
ment until after the election, because