Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1911-07-06
Fourth in indianapolis Literally
"a Hot Time"
MODERN IDEA OF RECIPROCITY
Strain After Spending Day
in Reception and
Amusements.

1HuldhapOHS, July D. - After WnaL
was literally one of the hottest tines
he ever had, President Taft returned
to Washington.
He spent his Fourth with the city
CT indianapolis under a burning sun,
that sent the mercury up past the 105
mark on the thermometers hung out
side the stores. He reviewed an hours
parade of floats; held an open hand
shaking reception for the Hoosiers
lunChed with and addressed the Co,
lunbia club, Republican organiza,
ton; attended a track meet; urged a
saEe Fourth in the teeth of open op-
position in the way of cannon crackers
exploded behind the grand stand
which he faced; awarded prizes to the
winners in the float pageant; wit
messed motor cycle races; talked to a
couple of thousand railroad union men,
and saw their exhibition of two loco
motives sent into each other pell nell
at a speed of some thirty miles an
hour; addressed the Marion RepubIi-
can club on reciprocity and barely
completed his program in time to
catch a train for Washington 1t was
one of the most strenuous days that
Mr.. Taft has ever been through But
despite the heat he seemed to keep
his energy anG gOod humor up to the
top notch all day and made a good
many new friends in the Hoosier
state.
While the parade was passing the
presto ent's stand a spent bullet struck
Mrs. Harry d. Tutewiler, wife of the
chairman of the parade committee,
who was sitting in a stand adjoining
that Of the president. Mrs. TuteWiler
was struck in the leg and was pain
fully but not seriously hurt The
velocity of the bullet had been eX-
pended ard Mrs. Tutewiler pluckily
remained in the stand throughout the
parade. Few people knew of the in
cident and it caused no excitement
From the parade Mr. Taft went to
the Marion club and shook hands as
the people streamed by him, his collar
melting, but his smile rising and Ma
JOr Butt kept at his work calling out
the names of the people as seriously
and theoretically as though he was
stocking furnace.
The afternoon was a bit less strenu-
Gus. An automobile ride was insert
ed in the program as a rest for Mr..
Taft, and it rained just little while
he was out, which cooled things off
some. His address to the railroad
men was short, but he referred to rail
road union men as the best element
of union labor, which was all they
seemed to want and they cheered him
loudly. In his reciprocity speech he
answered the charge that his Canadian
reciprocity bill does not represent the
idea of reciprocity. He promised his
speech with the statement that "The
Republican policy of protection has
suffered material modification, since it
was first adopted as a plank of the
party's platform"
In this connection he said ''Ex-
IRENE protectiorists insisted that it
made no difference how high duties
were on articles, products, or mer-
chandise that would compete with
those Of Our own country, provided
they were high enough to prevent COM
petition altogether. The argument
vas that by competition between out
own people there would be found suf-
ficient stimulus fer the cost Of produc-
ton and the reduction Of the price so
that, behind the tariff wall, we would
enjoy low prices. | need not comment
On the justice of this argument for
the reason that in eXigenCies Of busi-
ness, competition was not allowed full
play, and the temptation of excessive
duties led to combinations to control
prices which prevented their reduction
SO that excess of duties had tenden-
cy to promote excessive prices.
"1his the Republicans recognized and
in their last national platform declared
in favor Of tariff duties which would
measure cEly the difference in the cost
of articles here and articles abroad.
The present doctrine of protection,
therefore, does not require or call for
duties in excess of those which will
secure equality of conditions. The
Canadian reciprocity which has been
riade, squares exactly with this doc
trine."