Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-06-24
On Mayf|ower Visits Two
Narragansett BayCities.
Sees Fall River Cotton Mills
and Makes Brief Address.
Speaks on Reciprocity" at Provi-
dence..Meets Two Governors.

Providence. r. l.. June 23.-Two of
| the flourishing cities on Narragan-
sett bay were visited today by Presi-
dent Taft. E45
The Presidential yacht. Mayflower
on her first official trip of the year.
brought him first to Fall River as one
of the closing features of her cotton
| industry centennial and late in the day.
| the yacht steamed ever to Providence
where the President toured the city
and spoke on his favorite public topic
Canadian reciprocity, at the Conserva
| tive Club banquet. Southern New
England smiled at the President while
many thousand mill hands in the cot
ton cloth city were beamed upon by
the Chief Magistrate.
The President returned to New York
on the Mayflower with cold sea breezes
floating through his cabin windows.
1t was mid-afternoon when the
President came ashore from the May
flower at Fall River. Gov. Foss of
Massachusetts was at the wharf to
greet him, Attorney General Wicker
sham, and United States Senators w.
Murray Crane of Massachusetts,, f. B.
Brandegee of Connecticut, and Henry
+. Lippitt of Rhode Island. who ac-
companied him on the trip from New
York
long motor trip through the city
took him past nearly all of the 1914 cot
ton mills in the city and through
streets that We're lined with a populace
one-thrd of which were French Cana
dams. This gave him an opportunity
III brief address which he made in
South Park. to bring in Canadian rec
iprocity and to acknowledge the sym
pathy for the movement by Gov. Foss
L ne speech beneath the trees in South
park was brief and two hours after he
had landed President Taft was again
on board the Mayhower, steaming
down Mount Hope bay. The sun was
setting when the Mayflower dropped
anchor off Squantum and the Presi-
dent stepped on shore again, this time
to be welcomed by Gov Pothier of
Rhode Island and the Providence
Plantations The Mayflower steamed
up Narragansett bay leisurely leaving
Sea Gate, [. l., last night. The Presi-
dent is not worrying particularly
about things in Washington Just vet
NAAtN - SPiNt VI freely
in the last few days, is still convinced
that the reciprocity bill will pass With
good majority.
There isn't much doubt in the minds
of his friends as to what Mr. Taft will
do IL Congress insists upon passing
the farmers free list bill and the WOOL
en- bill. He has asserted many times
that revision of the tariff should be
based upon scientific data obtained by
the Tariff Board. That data will not
be available until December and the
Presidents attitude has not changed
He still is opposed to what he believes
is ''unscientific tariff tinkering."
The Presidents reception at the ban
quet in Providence was unusually en-
tllusiastic.
My mind is full of reciprocity" said
the President
1T seems possible to me to appeal
for reciprocity to both parties-free
traders and tariff-for revenue men. We
must recognize that the time for the
Chinese wall has gone and the time is
gone when an industry must ask for
more protection than it absolutely
needs"
The President declared that there is
nothing in the agreement that any pro-
tected American industry need fear.
The President said that he knew that
many protectionists wished to proceed
with the utmost care in touching any
schedules of the tariff. But he said
the fact would in no way injure any
industry in this country Il believe
he said, that the country generally is
in favor of the Canadian agreement &"
I believe that there are enough
Democrats in favor of this step in the
fieht direction and enough Republi-
cans who believe that the protective
tariff to be maintained must be dealt
with moderately to insure that the
policy will carry l believe that a wear
after the agreement is adopted not a
voice will be raised to have it chang
ed