Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1911-04-28
President Points Out Benefits
He Believes viii Come With
Ratification of Trade Agree
Agreement With Dominion,
CHARACTERIZES TALK ON
ANNEXATION AS ALL B0SH
Taft, at Associated Press Ban
Quet, Appeals to Newspaper
Men for Support in Carrying
Out Pet Policy,
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New York, April 27.--Reciprocity
with Canada must be adopted now or
never, and must stand or fall by its
own terms.
Amid tremendous applause and the
waving Of handkerchiefs, thus declar-
ed President Taft in an address in the
Waldorf Astoria tonight at the fourth
annual joint banquet of the Associat-
ed Press and the American News
paper Publishers Association.
His address was the first Of Il
series in which he plans to evoke pub
lic sentiment in support of his poll
cies, and he appvt.led to the company
Of editors and newspaper owners
gathered from the length and breadth
of the land to impress on the public
mind that reciprocity should stand
alone and Ought not to be affected
in any regard by other amendments
to the tariff law
His recommendation were cheered.
All talk of annexation he character
lied as "bosh" and said that the
United States had all it can attend
to with the territory it is now govern
ing lie praised the house of repre-
sentatives for its passage of the agree
ment declared that it would not in
jure the farmer nor any special class;
answered in detail the objections rails
ed to reciprocity, and begged for at
least "a kind of test to dispel the
ghosts, exhibited to frighten the ag-
ricultural classes
Other speakers of the evening were
Manuel de Zamacona, Mexican am
bassador to the United States, who
urged intelligent and deliberate con-
sideration of the forces that have
shaped the present insurrection; VIII
and member Of the dominion parlia-
ment, who analyzed Canadian senti-
ment with reference to reciprocity;
Nicholas Murray Butler, president of
Columbia University, and j. f, Me-
Kay president Of the Canadian Press,
limited
Oswald Garrison Willard, proprietor
OF the New York Evening Post, in
introducing the president, prais Il
Mr.. Tart for his absention from the
Shorter and uglier word" in his
Characterization of those who differed
with him and, lauded his charity,
Judgment and advocacy of interna-
tional peace.
The signing of the pending treaty
OF arbitration with Great Brtain-to
De followed the president had promis-
eu' ny similar agreements with other
nauons-would inaugurate he said, a
new era in United States history, If
not of the world, with which your
name sir will forever be most honor
ABLY and lndissolubly connected"
Yours is the privilege" he inform-
ca the president, "of telling us to our
races, Just what you think is wrong
win us, or OF saying what you can
!" our behalf to larger public, which
sometimes has It's doubts about US
and our methods
ne then proposed the health of the
PRESIDENT and Mrs. Taft. who was in
'ne gallery and the tcast was drunk
standing.
Inc president smiled broadly at Mr..
Niilard's invitation to criticize the
press but did not choose to take ad-
vantage of it.
President Taft devoted the greater
part OF his address to the Canadian
,eciproclty agreement. On this sub
Ject he said in part
am glad to have the opportunity
~ speaking to body which fully
'epresents the most important agen-
I'VE Tor the formation of public opin-
on IN this country, on a question
"n'ch mas now reached critical
point In its settlement.
Inc treaty provides for free trade
" an agricultural products; and in
i,ush lumber down to the point of
p"hing' It reduces the duties on
secondary food products by very
suos'ahtal percentage and It makes
sum reductions on a number of man
i'o'ured articles that those engaged
~ making them have assured us that
'"e reductions will substantially in
s'ease the already large Canadian de-
mand for. them.
we rendered to the Canadian COM
issioners absolute free trade in all
r'ouucts of either country, manu-
s1.'ured or natural, but the Canadian
sN,nnlssioners did not feel justified in
so''s SO far. 1t ls only reasonable
:, inrer therefore, chat with respect
- ~ ''ose articles upen which they re-
h iree trade to us. they felt that
co,, proniaole prieel at which they
~ Wv ne sold BY our manufacturers
rh' lsnada was less than the price at
fosn 'heir manufa hturers could af-
onu 10 sell the same either to their.
'"n WI, people or to It's.
to nence II follows that their refusal
~ "sree 10 free fradai In thasa articles