The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1911-02-16
PACT IS Taft AIM
RECIPROCITY WILL BENEFIT FAR
neR. MANUFACTURE AND
pioDLEvAs, rg DECLARES
GOOD WILL GREATEST AIN
,resoer, Of Corn sh0~ In Columbus
Urges EStsnslon o. Agricultural
Resources Or LevsIine ~ the use.
Iess Tariff WALL

Columbus. q In an address al tbs
National Corn erpositIon here Frida,
President Taft declared tina; reciproo.
~ With Canada viii benefit the entire
United stAiss-the farmer. rnanuiac-
,urer. railroad company. middlemAn
ard the vArehouseman.
while his speech Was devoted -.
pecially 20 showing that the farmer
had nothing % fear. but much 10 gain
hs attempted 10 prove also tka, al
the other interests % the country
would b benefited
We have with pioneer energy
pushed on 20 the Pacific" the rresi.
dent said. and taken up all the good
land We are spending millions IN
reclaim the arid and seminar lands
% the great western desert Should
ve not By taking doSn n useless and
unnecessary tariff wall bring within
our agricultural resources the great
plains OF the norfhves; When they can
bring 20 u What ve need and that
without hurting any o. our own pec-
rls7-
The president expressed the opinion
that ia addressing a corn exhibition
audience Il would be especially ap'
rr1T-iate for him 10 answer iha
criticism which had bs-cu mad. Of the
agreement. as an attack up0a the
farmer b. depriyiug HIN % pro,ec
ton
Il IS said % b. a Manufacturers
agreement be said that IS IN %"
interest % the manufacturing classes
and adverse 20 the farmer
I an a Republican. and the Re
publican party has always advocated
and pursued a policy % protection for
American products and manufacf ures.
For long time the policy bad little
or no Limitation II was thought that
tariffs on protected products could
not Be too high that n all foreign
products mere excluded competition
would stimulate production and re
tuce its cost and It's price The temp.
tation % destroy competition By com
binaiions became so great however.
that the party in its platform modified
its policy and imposed the limitation
that the tariff should be limited for
purposes OF protection TO the direr.
ence between the cost Of production
in this country and the cos; OF pro.
duction abroad. with an allowance for
a reasonable profit To the American
producer.
The principle OF production .hus
stated takes away the Justification fc-
any tariff whatever by way % protec.
ton on articles imported from i coun,
try where the conditions as % labor
and other circumstances are the same
as In ours and thus make the cost Of
production substantially the sane"
Canada is our neighbor on the
north. Her soil is like ours. Her
climate Is temperate. Ike ours. en-
cept that her growing seasons ara
shorter and she cannot raise corn In
great quantities. Il IL dificult &c
see in what respect her farmers
have any advantage over our own
except a virgin soil In the far north.
west
How is the farmer 10 be hurt tho
resident asked Then he took up tho
effect Il would have on corn and wheat
prices, on the value OF farm lands in
this country and on the United States
milling industry He declared that in
respect 20 corn the American farmer
Is king and will remain so. reciprocity
or no reciprocity" As 60 wheat. he
said the domestic price Is governed BY
the world price. and that the sending
OF any part 81 Canadas surplus
through our country instead % through
Canada 70 be milled or exported With,
out milling viii not percepubly or
AFFECT the price o, wheat Cor
our farmers"
The value Of farm lands. Mr.. TAFT
said Is affected by the proximity Ia
market more than by any other ele-
ment, and he maintained that the
American farmer still would have ths
advantage IA this respect
The greatest reason for adopting
This agreement" the president declared
rs the fact that Il is going To unite
two countries with kindred people am
lying together across wide cont
nent. in commercial and social union
10 the great ADVANTAGE ~ both