The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-07-05
7AF7'S BUSIEST, HOTTEST DAY
SW ELTERS ~ 1Ob DEGREES,
hit kEEPS MS SMILE.
President Helps 10 Make . safe hut
Hardly sane Fourth In indianapolis .
Big success and Later Pleads for
Reciprocity Before Political Club.

Reciprocity Before Political Club.
INDIANAPOLIS. July President Taft
spent his Fourth with the city Of In =
dianapols under burning sun that sent
the mercury up past the 1906 mark in the
| street thermometers.
| He reviewed an hours parade of floats
| held an open hand shaking receptio ion for
| the Hoosiers llnched with and addressed
the Columbia Club. n Republican organi-
Zation. attended track meet urged a
| sane Fourth in the teeth Of open oppos j.
tion in the way Of cannon crackers ex-
/ ploded behind the grand stand which he
faced. awarded prizes to the winners Of
the float pageant. witnessed motor cycle
races. talked to a couple Of thousand
union railroad men and saw their ex-
hbition Of two locomotives sent into each
other pell nell at n speed Of some thirty
miles an hour; addressed the Marion
Republican Club on reciprocity and barely
| completed his programme in time 10 catch
a train tonight for washin gton.
1t was one Of the most strenuous days
| that Mr.. Taft has ever been through.
| But. despite the heat. he seemed to keep
his energy and good humor up to the top
notch all day long and made great many
new friends.
The central idea OF the celebration here
| to-day was tho safe and sane Fourth
The civic associations of the city arranged
wonderful programme to crowd up
| every minute of everybody's time in order
to lessen temptation TO celebrate in the
old fashioned way They opened the
day with a parade Of historical floats,
augmented Of course by companies OF
Knights OF Pythias and many brass bands
President Taft came down from former
Fice-President Fairbanks's house. where
he had spent the night. accompanied by
the reception committee and took his
place in the reviewing stand at the base
of the soldiers and sailors monument.
which is in the very heart Of the city.
As a counter attraction to noisy Fourth
the parade seemed great success. There
we're nearly hundred floats representa- &
historical instances since the colonial
days.
1t was terrifically hot work for the
marchers and the costumed figures on the
floats. for the people who stood thronged
at the curb to watch them and for the
|
OF the heat for over an hour.
| Molly Pitcher stood at her cannon
ready to ram down a charge. and the
perspiration dripped from her barred arms
until she seemed really to be in battle
action.
Nathan Hale seemed to enjoy his lib.
erty to stand at the gallows in his shirt
sleeves while the men who bad sentenced
end were soon to kill him must remain
dressed in all the satin. lace and powder
Of colonial garb.
From this parade Mr.. Taft went to the
Marion Club and shook hands as the people
streamed by him. his collar melting but
his smile rising. Major Butt kept at his
work calling out the names of the people
as seriously and energeticaily as though he
were stoking a furnace. The afternoon
was q bit less strenuous. An automobile
ride WAS inserted in the programme as
rest for Mr.. Taft. and it rained just a
little while he was out. which cooled
things of some.
His address to the railroad men was
! short. but he referred 10 railroad union
men as the hest element Of union labor,
which was all they seemed TO want and
they Cheered MN loudly.
! In his reciprocity speech he answered
the charge that his Canadian reciprocity
bill does not represent the true Republican
idea of reciprocity. He promised his
speech with the statement that the Re-
publican policy of protection has suffered
material modification since it was first
adopted as a plank of the partys plat
form" In this connection he said
Extreme protectionists insisted that
| it made no difference how high duties
we're on articles, products or merchandise
/ that would compete with those of our own
country. provided they were high enough
TO prevent competition altogether.
The argument was that by competition
between our own people there would be
found a sufficient stimulus for the reduc-
tion Of the cost OF production and tha re-
| dnction of the price, 30 that behind the
tariff wall we would enjoy low prices.
Il need not comment on the justice
OF this argument, for the reason that in
| the exigencies of business competition
was not allowed full play. and the tempta-
tion of excessive duties led to combinations
to control prices which prevented their
reduction. so that excess of duties had a
tendency to promote excessive prices.
. This the Republican party recognized
and in their last national platform de-
clared in favor OF tariff duties which would
measure only the difference In the cost of
production Of articles here and Of articles
abroad
"ln 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 manu-
| facturers and other producers to meet on
a level the competition Of foreign pro-
| ducers.
! The inequality in condition is generally
in the cost Of labor The present doctrine
of protection. therefore. does not require
or call for duties in excess Of those which
will secure equality OF conditions
The Canadian reciprocity agreement
which has been made squares exactly
with this doctrine
| He then instanced the efforts Of Blaine
| and Mckinley to secure reciprocity in
articles in which foreign ufacturers
would compete with Americans in this
market
Another answer" he said, ito the OBJ
lection Of Republican friends who de-
nounce Canadian reciprocity IA a heresy
is that the amount of competition which
is to take place in our markets between
Canadian products and those Of the United
States under this agreement is very much
less than they would by their general
statements have you believe.
1T is said that this Canadian reciprocity Y
agreement is made wholly at the expense
of the farmers. and only in the interest
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