The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-05
TAFT DEFENDS HIS REPUbL|CAN|SM AND RECIPROCITY Cites Blaine's and Mckin- ley's Actions To Justify
 His Stand AGREEMENT WILL
 BENEFIT FARMER Says All Will Benefit By Diversion of Canadian Exports From
 Foreign Countries-Bul-
 let Strikes Lady

Indianapolis, Ind, July 4--Presldeht Taft put the parting touch on ms part in the celebration in this city or "safe and sane" Fourth in a speech on Canadian reciprocity at the Marion cloo banquet tonight. The president maoe his answer to the argument of other re- publicans that reciprocity as he has proposed 1t Is not good republican doc Urine but democratic doctrine
 He showed that reciprocity IS pre- sented to Congress by him differed, IT at all, only slightly from reciprocity as advocated by James G. Blaine anu former President Mckinley. He declar- ed that the contention of the oppoh- ents of his reciprocity plan that the doctrine is unrepublican because 1t ai- fects articles that are competitive ana not merely competitive articles, IS not sound.
 '',rhe sound republican doctrine, said the President "has become the impo- siton of duties only where the cond1- tions are naturally unequal and where duties are necessary in order to enable our manufacturers and other producers to meet on level the competition or foreign producers. The Canadian reel procity agreement which has been made squares exactly with this doc trine"
 Replying to the contention that reel procity would be made wholly at the expense of the farmer and in the inter est of the wage earner of the large cities MT. Taft declared that in his judgment, ''the reciprocity agreement will not greatly reduce the cost of liv- ing, if at all" "It will" continued the President, "steady prices by enlarging the reservoir of supplies for those things that are raised in both coun- ria wi remote the possibility of cornering commodities and extorting excessive prices for then, from the public"
 Farmers Will Not Suffer
 The complaint that the farmers would suffer by the agreement, the President said, when analzed would be found to be an argument that the ad- mission of Canadian wheat free of duty would lower the price of wheat raised in the United States ten cents a bushei. ss'The answer to this argument. = the President said. lis that this cant be, for the present price of wheat in the United States and Canada both Is u- timately fixed by the price of wheat in the world and the worlds price is adjusted and made at Liverpool by the relation of the supply of the exported ! wheat to the demand for it by countries which don't raise enough to supply tn cir people"
 
 by those in charge of the celebration of the Fourth the temperature lowered up around 110 on the streets. The Pres ident was the guest here of former Vice President Fairbanks. He had breakfast at the Fairbanks home and later in the morning reviewed parade of floats from a stand at the base of the Indiana soldiers and sailors monu- ment.
 Lady Struck by Bullet
 Practically the only unpleasant incl dent of the day occurred in front of this stand half hour before his ar rival when Mrs Harry Tutewiler, oc- s cupying one of the reserved seats, was a struck in the thigh by spent bullet v fired by someone whom the police to- night had not identified. Mrs. Tute- Swiler was not seriously hurt and the President was not informed of the in- cident.
 Following the parade the President held a reception at the Marion club. He took luncheon at the Columbia club then drove through some of the prin cipal streets of the city. arriving at the state fair grounds in time to witness a prearranged collision between two To- comotive engines.
 ] At the ball park he awarded prizes N to the winners in the morning parade. " In a brief address at the fair grounds the President praised the idea of a safe and sane" Fourth and said he hoped to see other cities adopt 1t. From the fair grounds he was taken back to the home of MT. Fairbanks where he rested until time for the Marion club banquet.
 The President spoke as follows:
 Reciprocity and Republicanism
 "I have had occasion elsewhere to say that the three subjects in which have recently been most greatly interested are rtx ieGr n Id friIa of universal arbitration and of the plan of the monetary commission for the re- form of our currency and banking sys- tenn. With respect to reciprocity, how ever, I find that there is disposition by some republicans to dispute the prop osition that republicans can consistently support the adoption of the present agree ment made for this purpose with the Canadian government. It is said that this kind of reciprocity Is not republican reciprocity. It is said that this reciprocity covers competitive products of each coun- try and that the reciprocity of former republican leaders was intended to in clude only a lowering abolition of duties on products of other countries which did, not compete with products of this country Therefore. it is said that the Canadian reciprocity as now proposed is nothing but democratic measure re- ducing or, abolishing the tariff on goods or products from Canada that compete with those raised by our own people and that it is especially injurious because 1t is so drawn prejudicially to af- feet the farmers of the country as class. 4t Only Necessary Duties
 "The republican party in their last national platform declared in favor of tariff duties which would measure only the difference in the cost of production of articles here and of articles abroad. In other words. the sound republican doctrine has become the imposition of duties only where the conditions are naturally unequal and where duties are necessary in order to enable our man. ufacturers and other producers to meet on level, the competition of foreign products. The Canadian reciprocity agreement, which has been made, squares exactly with this doctrine.
 ''The contention that reciprocity was \ never advocated by republican leaders so as to include competing products, is Hrefuted by the record of history. MT. / Elaine, who is regarded as the father of reciprocity, attempted to secure an amendment to one of the tariff laws in
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