Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1911-09-14
Big Delegation From ASSOcia-
ton Of Commercial Execu-
tiyeS Motor to Beverly to Bid
President Good Bye,
NATIONS CHIEF PLEASED
BY MANIFESTATION
In Short Speech He Tells Aud
itorS of Intention to Talk to
People On the important IS
sues of the Day,

Tiiy Morning Journal srecIai leased wire.t
BeNerly Mass. Sept. lS--God speed
and the support Of business New Eng
land, were the messages ot cheer ear
ried To President TAFT by Robert NJ.
Davidson of Worcester, Mass. presi-
dent Of the New England association
of commercial executives and eighty
members of that association, who mo-
| tored To Parramatta to say goodbye
to the chief executive before he starts
west.
As YOU so out from among us on
/ Your long and arduous tour" said
Nj. Davidson, eve want YOU to go
! with the God speed of New England
ringing in your ears. Other sections
may waVer but we viii not. You are
president and as such are entitled 10
| our sympathy our loyalty and our
unfalterins trust. And you have this
in abundant measure
Mr. Davidson approved the presl
J '''iAf y NNNAE ~ VII ltAl hAlANs MS pos
| icN on conservation and his determine :
| tien that the tariff shall be revised
only when IA non partisan body shall
have reported trat rsductions are fun
! lS Warranted
Even if the passion of the hour Pre-
eludrd approval of the 1A sldcnts ne.
| iiI al this time. MIR. Davidson d.
claed history would justify him.
| The great masses Of the people an
of whom would be vitality affected
| by any radical change FOR the worse
in their living conditions" said he,
| arc singularly dependent on you and
although they may be temporarily
misled, in the end, they will realize
! that YOU are what we all know YOU
to be, their trne and lasting friend. q"
After Mr. Davidson concluded the
president shook hands with the dele
gates and made them short speech,
| saying:
II am very much touched by your
| coming here to bid me God speed on
| this trip which | am to take. | am
| going to do the best | can on this
"trip to talk to the people on the is
| sues of the day, not along the political
| issues, for there are great many
| issues that it is well for the people
| To consider that do not attract poll
! tlcians at an. They are the issues that
! do not figure in the head lines and
yet contribute mnch to the welfare of
the people, and ii is well for the peo-
! PIE to understand them.
! II have now referred to the issues
which your chairman and spokesman
| touched me on which 50 much elo-
| quenee because do not think it is
! necessary. Regarding reciprocity the
| arbitration treaties ana the tariff
| board, you know where | stand and
| 1t Is not necessary for me to convince
those who are Of the same opinion
| TINT ! am
The president received his guests
| on the front lawn and MIR Davidson
spoke from a little hillock. In begin
ming his address, he said that the
| delegates present represented twenty
eight commercial organizations in
six states and that he was acting as
| business spokesman for more than
two million people. He said in part:
We have watched your course In
the white house and before the people
and are satisfied that If you have
made mistakes they are the mistakes
of an honest man who had rather do
something and be wrong than do
nothing and be right.
I'VE want at this time, when you
perhaps need more than ever before
the moral support of every sincere
lover OF his country. to express to you
as citizens Of New England, our CON
| fidenee in your judgment and our
faith in your plans in the three great
undertakings that have SO far char
acteriZed your administration, viz.
Reciprocity with Canada, the conser-
yation Of our resources and the Wis
dom of thorough Investigation by
competent, non-partisan tariff
board of the important schedule of
the tariff In order that we may, II
possible once for all settle this vcx-
ed question In our life
"The welfare OF our great working
class as well as Of capital Is so essen
llttl 10 our development dS people
| that we desire as business men, con
scrvntive action in an matters tend
ing materially to alter the basis upon
which our prosperity rests
We believe that the American
people were never better housed, bet
ter fed, better clothed ard as rule
ter paid than today and we are snx-
ious that II any changes are contom-
plated in our industrial condition they
sla'l be made after a thorough in
vestigation by Il strictly nom partisan
body of men whose findings shall not
be eolored by the desires for political
sllo less, but rather by sincere de-
Sire to improve upon the splendid civ
llzaton We already boast. -