Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-17
Why He Avoided Reciprocity.

The President today did not plunge di-
rectly into q defense of his administra-
ton, as some Of his hearers had expected.
One of the most significant things he said
was at luncheon with the New York state
fair commissioners at Syracuse. when he
explained why he had not discussed reci-
procity in his outdoor addresses to sew
eral thousands of city folk and farmers.
Il am not going to speak about reci-
procity," he said. until after the matter
is settled in Canada. We have done our
part. and We are waiting, and 1t is just
as we'll for us TO keep quiet
Mr. Taft also explained in Syracuse
why he happened to decide upon this
13.OO-mile jaunt to the Pacific and
through ''the enemy's country" OF IN
said. 1T just growed." Two years ago |
promised Gov. Hughes to visit your state
fair. Then l made an appointment with
Representative Madison Of Kansas to visit
Kansas and Hutchinson on the semi
centennial of the state. These two en-
gagements were the reason for my down.
fall Thereafter All engagement in San
Francisco accomplished the complete ruin.
Now have before me forty-six days OF
travel and l do not know how many
speeches. and / ask your prayers Tor my
survival"
In further explanation of his trip the
President said:
II expect to talk on this trip about the
issues of the day. and some Of my policies
If may dignity my relation to them by
the posseSsive case and count them
among the issues of the day. / hope
may be able to bring out somewhat more
clearly from the standpoint of one who is
charged with some responsibility in re-
spect to them many Of the questions that
perplex the legislators and executive at
Washington"
In Midst of Great Throng.
At the state fair grounds in Syracuse
the President found himself in the midst
of one OF the greatest crowds ever gath
cred there. and estimated by some as in
the neighborhood Of 100000. He shared
honors with an aeroplanist. who was con-
stantly buzzing above the heads of the
people. and several of the most noted
automobile racers In the country, includ-
ing Bob Burman, who had a narrow es-
cape from serious injury when the motor
of his throbbing Bitten Benz exploded
almost directly in front Of the clubhouse
| veranda where the President sat. There
was a loud crash. a flash of explosive
fame from the exhausts and pieces OF the
gears and the crank cast went flying
through the air. Burman was trying for
| a worlds record when his car went to
pieces.
During an interval in the automobile
and motor cycle contests the President
was driven in a machine in front of the
| jammed grandstand He stood up during
| the greater part of the trip In acknowl-
edgment of the plaudits and cheers Of
the multitude.
In his speech at the fair grounds the
| President spoke OF the science Of the
| farming.
1.-The farmer" he said, ''is becoming
more and more important and we have
got to recognize it, l am not one Of those
who agree altogether with some of the
alarmist addresses that my friend jim
Hill of the Great Northern emits
times, In which he says we will be
starving in the course of fifty years. But
| certain II is that the statistics are enough
| to put us on guard to the necessity Of
developing all our energies to making the
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