The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-07-05
TAFT NARROWLY
ESCAPES BULLET
Spent Ball Strikes Woman III
Grandstand by Side of
the President
DELIVERS SPEECH
ON RECIPROCITY
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Farmers Are Urged to Con-
slider Beneflts-Praise
Should Go to Both
Parties

INDIANAPOLIS. July 4.-Presi.
dent TAFT spent lively day in In
dianapoiis to-day despite the torrid
Temperature. When ne left for Wash
ington tonight. he had reviewed
safe and sane parade and awarded
prizes and addressed the AartDn
CiuD banquet on reciprocity, held IN
informal reception. witnessed head
on collision OF locomotives at tho
State fair grounds as the guest Of
the railroad trainmen, and narrowly
escaped being struck by a bullet,
which wounded woman near him
in the reviewing stand.
He had spent the night at the
residence of Former Vice-P President
Fairbanks Just before the president
took his seat In the reviewing stand
In front of the soldiers monument.
what is believed by the police to
have been spent bullet. struck
Mrs. Harry d Tutewiler, who was
near him. in the thigh. 1t came from
revolver. Mrs, Tutewiler left for
a half an hour, had the wound
dressed. and returned dn time TO
witness the parade.
The president was not told OF the
affair. but the police went on q vain
hunt for the person VINO fred the
shot.
The president devoted his banquet
speech largely TO pointing ont @how
reciprocity with Canada meant the
carrying out the Republican party
platform pledges.
Ths President. speaking OF Repub-
lican opposition to the reciprocdty
agreement, said:
The Republican party In their last
national platform declared In favor
Of tariff duties, which would meas
ure only the difference In the cost OF
production Of articles here and Of n.
ticles abroad. The Canadian reci-
procity agreement squares exactly
with this doctrine.
No Reduction In Living.
| 1T Ia said that this Canadian
agreement ia made wholly at Tho ex-
pense OF the farmer and only in ths
| interest of those who would have
farm products at less price, to-wft.,
the wage-earners OF the large cttieA
/ 1t Is my own Judgment that the reci-
procity agreement will not greatly re-
duce the cost OF living. II at all. II
will, however. steady prices by en-
larging the reservoir of <ipphes from
those things that are raised In both
countries, and II will make moro re-
mote the possibility Of cornering COM
modities and extorung excessive
prices for them from the public.
| 1T Is a mistake TO say this agree
ment Is not In the interest OF the
I farmers The truth Is that when
tho complaint is made on behalf Of
the farmer and is analysed. II will
be found to be limited to an argu-
ment that by the admission OF fre0
wheat into the United States the prtca
of wheat will be reduced 10 cents 9
bushel.
The answer to the argument IL
that this cannot be, for the reason
that the price Of wheat in the United
States and in Canada both IL ulti-
1,patey fixed by the price Of wheat
in th$s lWorid, and that the worlds
price is adjusted and made at Liver
pool by the relation of the supply
of the exported wheat to the demand
: for II by countries which do not rHtg1
enough to supply their people.
| may he that the free adH1ls.
sion of wheat from the United States
into Canada win increase to soma
extent the price to the Canadian
farmers. but It Will. not decrease the
demand upon the American farmer
for his wheat.
THE American grown wheat would
not ba decreased in the slightest. huty
on the contrary, because OF increan-
cd marketing facilities and fuller
time operation. the mills would ~
in better position to absorb increa1.
ed quantities OF American grown
wheat.
"Whatever probable course Of traAa
under reciprocity IL analysed to IT.
effect on farm or farm products IN
which Canada can compete. the con-
illusions vary but slightly from thoeo
reached with respect to wheat.
/ Overlook benefits. 40 4
| Farmers who have not broadly
considered the subject in all its beax.
ings have overlooked the beneff10
ARISING from more extended fialA
OF supply. which wifi accrue to the
small farmer throughout the Central
and Eastern States. whose expanding
possibilities In dairying, fruit raip-
ing, stock conditioning and othNr
specialized forms OF farm life hara
reduced his productive capacity ID
the raising of grains and hay. ard
who Is becoming among the begt q
customers for hay. corn. oats ard
lmtllfeeds---the products OF the farm
er Of the West and Southwest.
These small farmars-and thet1
numb Is large and constantly In
creasing. viii be benefited by the
greater measure OF uniformity AZ
cost and assured regularity Of supply
through reciprocity.
II am most earnestly hopeful thu
Canadian reciprocity agreement viii
=. PASS the Senate and will be confirmed
by the Canadian Parliament. I an
hopeful of this. not for political reA-
sons. because the responsibility ard
the credit for It WIN not be wh0llI
with any one political party. m
Democrats Of the House and u
I. Democrats Of the Senate should hAS1
their full measure OF praise for IL
adoption should II become = law
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