New-York tribune., 1911-01-31
At Mckinley Birthday Dinner Mr..
Taft Quotes Words Of His Pre-
decesSor Favoring the Policy.
FORESAW ITS ADVANTAGES
Reciprocity, Says the President
Will Give United States a
Larger Market and Pro-
mote Good Feeling.
rFrom rhe Trilylre Rnreau !

/
Mr.. Taft brought clearly nome to Ms
audience the harmony between his own
course In negotiating a tariff agreemenc
with Canada and urging Congress 10 ap-
rrove It. and tho fsrseeing policy ~ MS
Predecessor, whom he described as hav-
ing proposed 10 mitigate the excessive
ness Of a protective tariff by reciprocity
treaties which should reduce rates whers
the reductions would do no slbstantia'
injury TO any class Of our produ ers or
manufacturers and would secure mors
favorable markets for our own goods
"Accordingly." said Mr.. Taft, after
his second election. at Buffalo. facing
an immense audience in that Pan Amer
lean exhibition Of industries. and looks
Ing over toward our sister country on
the north. he spoke tho words shoNins
that he thought the time had come for
greater li5erality in our dealings with
other countries. and for mutual benefits
in reciprocal reductions OF tariffs.
Quotes Mokinley's Words.
Il use his language uttered on tho
dsv before he fell by the hand Of ths
assassin:
| By sensible trade arrangements. which
will not interrupt our home production.
we shall extend the outlets for our m
! creasing surplus. system which pro-
| vides a mutual exchange OF commodities
| is manifestly essential 10 the continued
and healthful growth OF our export
trade. We must not repose In fancied
| security that we can forever sell every
thing and buy little or nothing. II such
a thing were possible it would not bs
hest for lis or for those with whom va
deal We should take from our CUSTOM
ers such of their products as we can use
| without harm to our industries ana Ia
Dor. Reciprocity is the natural out
growth of our wonderful lndustrial oe-
| velopment under the domestic pohcy
now firmly estab blished.
What we produce beyond our domestic
consumption must have vent abroad.
The excess must be relieved through
foreign outlet, and we should sell every
where We can and buy wherever the buy-
ling will enlarge our sales ano proou'-
tions. and thereby make greater oe-
mand for home labor.
The period Of exclusiveness is past
The expansion of our trade and COM
merce is the pressing problem. Com
n,ercial wars are unprofitabe policy
~ good will and friendly trade relations
| VIII prevent reprisals. RECIPROCITY
treaties are in harmony with the spirit
! of the times; measures or retanauoh
not. II perchance some or our 'aruls
are no longer needed for revenue OF !"
encourage and protect our industries AZ
| 1--WE 1yhv should they not be employer
70 extend and promote our markets
| abroad?
"Thus did Mckinley I'm his last puoha
uttersnce declare for reciprocity.
"The broadening effect Of the nationat
responsibility Mckinley had to carrT
sbovs itself I'm no respect more con-
snicuously than in the change Of We"
on his part in respect Of policy OF Wnicn
he had always been the chief eXponeW'
N,vue not hope that tho change that hs
adyocated may soon find expression IN
our national policy toward our goop
reiehhor on the north, who has CONS
ho,f ,vav n meet us? May the fragrance
80 bie beloved memory lead those upon
u.bom is the responsibility aud inclns
their minds and hearts to this cnd.
viii Establish Good Feeling.
The Canadian agreement n cons
frmed BY legislative action VIII p'
ett,nr close to a ccntury's controversies
and permanently establish good feeiirs
and commercial union between Nharen
neoples. We shall find rapidly increas-
ing market for our numerous pfoduc's
an,one the people OF our aeishbor. We
sbau deepen and widen the sources Of our
food supply in territory close AZ haho'
"Our kinship, our common sympathies'
r siniIar moral and social ideas tur-
rish the strongest reason for supporting
this agreement.
canada is our nelghbor for thres
thousand miles. We have not alWsys
acted toward her I'm a manner most con-
cuiatorv or with due regard to her sem
eih,lIties. She has become great
country-indeed. a nation. She causes
us TO use 10 forts or battleshipS. She
does not attack us. and never Will Shs
extends the hand of friendship and pro-
noses closer relations with mutual PEN
aets Ought We to decline? The LAST
words OF Mckinley urge acceptance 1
am proud, as son OF Ohio, to bring
forward for approval and effective ac-
ton measure carrying out the policy
which he proclaimed and made his own
al the acme OF his great career"
President Taft. in reviewing the po-
ltical career OF Mckinley, spoke OF ths
, campaign OF 1896 as one in which the
"fair name and credit of the nation
were az stake" lie declared that Nc
kjnlcy became in ii the representative
OF many Democrats who did not agres
with him on the tariff, but who listened
long and closely TO see 10 he was sound
on the currency question"
Tho President dwelt on the pecu-
liar responsibilities and circumstances
brought forth during the Mckinley ad-
ministration by the war with Spain, the
acquisition Of the Philippines and Porte
Rico, and commented on the bitter at
!, tacks on the Mckinley policies which
, followed these events. OF Mckinley
commercial policy. President TAFT spok,
At length.
He mckinley felt the expansion o
= this country into a great world power.
i said the President. He saw the futur,
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