The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1911-09-07
TAFT Will VISIT
SAN FRANCISCO
Especial to the Silver State.)


Taft has vigorous and trenchant style
of expression which he uses freely in
public addresses and in public docu-
ments, as, for instance, in messages to
congress and in his veto messages. In
fact, the president indites his views
with such force that he becomes at
times vehement, and the proofs which
the public printer sends him generally
have to be revised, toned down, and
expurged to suit the maturer thought
of the president and his advisers, for
all of his public utterances are usually
gone over at cabinet meetings before
they are given out to the world.
1t was made known, a few weeks
ago, that the president was writing
two veto messages on train in an
ticipation of action by congress on
tariff bills. Both of these vetoes were
afterwards s'toned down. by the
president, who found that in his haste
to put his thoughts into words he had
not exercised the care necessary to ex
press himself with the accuracy and
elegance he desired. As these doeu-
ments will probably figure in cam
paign arguments by orators on both
sides of the next great political battle,
it was felt that too much care could
not be given to the manner in which
they were worded.
His Western Trip.
Another swing around the circle
will take the president to the Pacific
coast and back again. He will feel the
pulse of the country, and the people
will have another chance to see what
they think of the chief executive on a
closer view.
AS an indication of his interset in
the celebration over the opening of the
Panama canal, the president will pre-
side at the breaking of ground for the
Panama Pacific exposition which will
be held in San Francisco. He has al
ready been represented at the break
ing of ground for the San Diego expo
sition-the Panama California expo
sition The latter will last the full
year of 1915, and the president and
his cabinet are taking deep interest
in it because it viii exploit some Of
the achievements dearest to the heart
of the administration. 1t will show,
for instance how the millions on mil
lions of dollars expended for reclaim
ing the desert have transformed the
many thousands of prosperous farmers
and fruitgrowers, who are happy and
independent in their new homes. 1t
will show how the forests of the coun-
try are preserved and cared for and
how waste places are planted to trees.
1t will illustrate in a general way how
the great southwest has been reclaimed
from state Of nature, and how the
two new flourishing states of New
Mexico and Arizona have been able to
reach condition of prosperity and de-
velopment which compelled congress,
even against its WILL seemingly, to ad
nit them to full membership in the
Union. Both these states, it is expect
ed will have special buildings and
exhibits at the exposi-
ton, and there viii be nothing there
of greater interest than New Mexico
and Arizona can show.
The president, on invitation of
Director. General d. C. Collier, may
extend his itinerary to San Diego,
which will urge him to accept its hos
ptality, for his family has been close
ly identified with that city for many
years and he is very fond of it IS
charming scenery and delightfully."-
equitable climate
The Seal Fisheries.
In spite of interested attacks on the
government IS policy of protecting the
fur seal herd, it is evident that the
present system is the only intelligent
one ever adopted by this country
Fish Commissioner George M. Bowers
will soon start for London, by direc-
tion of the secretary of commerce and
labor, to dispose of the season IS catch
of l2,00s skins, which he expects to
bring more than the $403 900 received
for some 900 more skins last year.
Only male seals over one year old are
now taken and the kill is limited with
the purpose Of building up the herd.
Aviation Accidents.
II is not strange that there have
been lives sacrificed in the fight for
supremacy of the air. But the fact
that only two men in the army have
been killed while using aeroplanes
seems to indicate that under proper
restrictions and capable supervision
there is not so much danger in navi-
eating the air as might be supposed.
The army aviators are at work every
day, and the number of machines at
the College Park grounds is increasing
steadily. The men devoting themselves
to this work are as intrepid and fear
less as any, but they are trying to
work out problems and secure mastery
of their craft rather than to make
showey, daredevil and reckless flights.
The Tariff Fight.
Without doubt the tariff fight at the
special session of congress was intense
" bitter while it lasted, but now tha'
the smoke has cleared away one
to smile at the contes
made by the Italian importers in Ne
York for the removal Of the duty
lemons. This was really the OF
humorous incident in the tariff cam
paign. Nothing funnier could be i'm
7gined unless DR.. Cook had appeared
to ask that gum drops be put on the
free list.
The growers in Italy and Sicily, be
Il understood, are protected by the
government, which does not levy an