The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-07-05
Defense of Reciprocity
Taken Up by President
Asserts II is Good Republican Doc
trine-Will Benefit the
Nation at Large.
WILL STEADY PRICES
AND PREVENT CORNERS
Woman is Shot in Front of Presi.
dents Stand While Re
viewing Big Parade.

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, July a.
President Taft put the parting
touches TO his part in the celebration |
or this city's safe and sane" Fourth
In speech on Canadian reciprocity
at the Marion Club banquet tonight.
The President made his answer TO
the arguments OF other Republicans
that reciprocity. as he has proposed
II. Is not good Republican doctrine.
but Democratic doctrine.
He showed that reciprocity as pre-
sented to Congress by him differed ~
at all. only slightly from reciprocity
as advocated by James q. Blaine and
former President Mckinley. He said
the contention of his opponents on
the reciprocity plan that the doctrine
is un-Republican. because II Affects
articles that are competitive, and not
merely non-competitive articles, is not
sound
Replying to the contention that rec
iprocity would be made wholly at the
expense of the farmer and in the in
terest of the wage Garner OF the large
cities, Mr.. Taft said that in his tudg.
ment "the reciprocity agreement will
not greatly reduce the cost OF living,
If at all"
Will Prevent Corners.
1T will" the President continued.
steady prices by charging the re-
serves of supplies for those things
that are raised in both countries, and
II Will make more remote the possi-
bility of cornering commodities and
eXtorting excessive prices for them
from the public"
Although the sun was not consulted
by those in charge OF the celebration
of the Fourth. and lowered up around
l1O on the streets most OF the day,
President Taft enjoyed his part in II,
In spite of the crowded program and
the fact that his collars would not
stand for more than ten minutes at a
time
The President was the guest OF for.
mer Vice President Fairbanks. He had
breakfast az the Fairbanks home and
later In the morning reviewed a pa
rade OF floats from a stand at the
base of the Indiana soldiers and sail.
ors' monument
Woman is Shot.
Practically the only unpleasant in
cident OF the day occurred in front
OF this stand and a half hour before
his arrival, when Mrs. Henry Tutewi-
, Ter. occupying one OF the reserved
seats. was struck in the thigh by a
half-spent bullet fired by some one
whom the police tonight had not
( Identified. Mrs. Tutewiler was not se-
riously hurt, and the President was
not informed OF the incident.
Following the parade. the President
! held a reception at the Marion Club
and shook hands with several hundred
club members He took luncheon at
the Columbia Club, then drove
} through some OF the principal streets,
arriving at the State Fair Grounds in
time 10 witness a pre-arranged col
lision between two railroad locomo-
tives.
/ The President was particularly in
I terested In the collision. The locomo-
tives. starting under full steam on the
same track. came together at high
speed two hundred yards from where
/ the President sat Neither one left
the track. but both were reduced 10
scrap iron. A. the ball park he award
ed prizes 10 the winners parade
In brief address az the Fair
/ Grounds. the President praised the
idea Of a safe ard sane" Fourth.
and said th-. he hop 10 see other
cities adopt g. lie liked the sort OF
/ celebration Indianapolis gave better
than noise and accidents. he said.
From the Fair Grounds he was ta-
ken back 10 the home of Mr.. Fair
banks. where he rested until time for
tho Marion Club banquet