Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-02-10
ALL WILL GAIN
BY RECIPROCITY,
SAYS PRESIDENT
Chief Executive in Address at
National Corn Exposition
Vindicates Treaty. "a
WILL UNITE US WITH
CANADA IN CLOSER TIES
Says Removal of Tariff Wall
Will Aid, Not Iniure,
Farmers. "a

COLUMBUS, o.. Feb. 1o-Reciprocfty
with Canada will benefit the entire
United States-farmer, manufacturer.
railroad company. middleman, ware
houseman. This was the declaration
made by President Taft In an address
here today at the National Corn Ex4
position.
"All will be gamers he said
we have with pioneer energy pushed
on to the Pacific" the President said.
"and taken up all the good land We
are now spending millions to reclaim
the arid and semi-arid lands of the
great Western desert Should we not
by taking down useless and unneces-
sary tariff wall bring within our agri-
cultural resources the great plains of
the Northwest, when they can bring
to us what we need and that without
hurting any of our own people?"
The President expressed the opinion
that in addressing a Corn Exposition
audience It would be particularly ap-
propriate for him to answer the criti-
cism which had been made of the
agreement "as an attack upon the far
mer by depriving him of protection.
T Am q Republican,
Il am a Republican, and the Repub-
lican party has always advocated and
pursued policy of protection to Amer
lean products and manufactures For
long time the policy had little or no
limitation. 1t was Thought that tariffs
on protected products could not be too
high, that IL all foreign products were
excluded competition would stimulate
production and reduce It's cost and It's
price. The temptation to destroy COM
petition by combinations became so
great, however, that the party In its
platform modified its policy and i'm
posed the limitation that the tariff
! should be limited for purposes of pro-
| lection to the difference between the
cost of production In this country and
the cost of production abroad, with an
| allowance for a reasonable profit TO the
American producer.
THE principle of production thus
stated takes away the justification for
any tariff whatever by way of proteo-
/ ton, on articles imported from a coun-
try where the conditions as to labor
and other circumstances are the same
as In ours. and thus make the cost of
production substantially the same
Canada is our neighbor on the
North for three thousand miles. Her
population is English, Scotch and
French. Her soil is like ours. Her
traditions are the same as ours. Her
language is ours. Her climate Is
temperate. like ours, except that her
growing seasons are shorter and she
cannot raise corn in any great guam
titles. She has a free popular govern
ment, with wage-earning class as in
telligent and as well paid as ours. It
Is difficult to see in what respect her
farmers have any advantage over our
own. except a virgin soil In the Far
Northwest.
How is the farmer to be hurt7" he
asked. He then took up the effect q
| would have on corn and wheat prices.
on the value of farm lands in this
| country and on the milling industry
| in this country.
U. 8. Farmer La King.
He declared that in respect 20 corn,
| the American farmer Is king, and will
remain so, reciprocity or no reci-
procity."
AS to wheat, he said the domestic
price is governed by the world price,
and that the sending of any part of
Canada's surplus through our country,
instead of through Canada, to be
milled or to be exported without mill
ing, win not perceptibly or materially
affect the price of wheat for our
farmers
The value of farm lands, he said, is
affected by the proximity to market
more than by any other element. and
he maintained that the American
farmer would stlll have the advantage
in this respect. He also predicted a
great increase in American milling as
a result of the agreement.
ut is a mere truism," said the Presi-
dent, ito say that the farmers of O
country constitute the greatest wealth.
producing class of the country, and
that it is of the greatest Importance 10
conserve their welfare. When we have
had good crops, the wheels of all in
dustries have moved and wealth has
been stored. Any one, therefore, who
would initiate policy to injure the
farmer has much to answer for at tho
bar of public opinion.
"The greatest reason for adopting
this agreement is the fact that it Is
going to unite two countries with kim
dred people and lying together across
wide continent. in a commercial and
social union, to the great advantage OF
both Such a result does not need to
be justified by a nice balancing of PEI
cuniary profit to each. It's undoubted
general benefit will indicate those who
are responsible for it. 1 say this in or
der that by answering the arguments
directed to the detailed effect of the
agreement upon different classes of
persons | may not be thought to aban-
don the broad grovt i lpon which the
opportunitv 70 couEra this agreement
ought to be seized
Let the agreement e adopted and
go into Operation, aaa in six months
the farmers on the Border who now
have fears viii rejoice a this great step
toward closer business and social re-
latte rs with our neigkDors The whole
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