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TAFT'S MESSAGE
10 CONGRESS-

President Taft's message to the
! Sixty-second congress was read in boil.
| houses today.
| The message is short and concise,
| and in il the president confines him
| self to one topic, the proposed reel
| procal trade agreement with the Do
! mfniOn OF Canada, for consideration of
which the extra session OF congress
WAS called. The message in full is as
! follows:
TO the Senate and House of Repre-
sentativeS:
Il transmitted to the SiXty-frs
congress. on Jan. 20 last, the text Of
the reciprocal trade agreement which
| had been negotiated under my diTeI-
uon by the secretary of state with
the repreSC natives OF the Dominion of
Canada. This aSI Ieement was the con-
summation Cf earnest efforts extend
Ing over a period OF nearly a year on
the part Of both governments to eff
feet a trade arrangement which. sup.
plementin2 as ii did, the amicable set
tlement OF various questions ut a d.
plOflatlC and political character that
had been reached, would mutually pro-
mote commerce and would strengthen
the friendly relations now existing
The agreement in its intent and in
its terms was purely economic and
commercial While the general sub
Ject was under consideration by the
commissioners | felt assured that the
sentiment OF the people of the United
States was such that they would well
come measure which would result
in the increase Of trade on both sides
CT the boundary line, would open up
the reserve productive resources of
Canada to the great mass of our con-
sumers on advantageous conditions.
and at the same time offer broaj der
outlet for the excess product o. our
farms and many of our indu stries.
Details regarding a negotiation of this
kind necessarily could nEJt be made
public while the conferences We're
pending. When, however, the full text
of the agreemer 9, with the accom-
panying corr" eSpondence and data eX
planning Doth it's purpose and its
scope, became known to the people
t. fough the messags transmitted to
congress, it was Immediately apparent
that the ripened fruits of the careful
labors of the commissioners met with
widespread approval. This approval
has been strengthened by further con-
sideration OF the terms of the agree
ment in all their particulars. The vol
0f nrt jnh hoc Jora1nnnI
shows that its broadly national scope
is fully appreciated and is esponsive
to the popular will.
''The purpose of the Sixty-first con-
gress after the full text of the ar
rangement, with all the details in re-
gard to the different provisions had
Deen1uefute il, as they wece oeforc
the American people, passed a BIZ,
confirming the agreement as negotiat-
ed and as transmitted to congress.
The measure failed of action in the
senate
In my transmitting message Of the
29th of January fully set forth the
character of the agreement and en-
phasized its appropriateness and ne
NSSSieS eiS q iSSPoiISC " liC
needs of the people of two countries,
as we'll as its common advantages |
now lay that message and the reel
procal trade agreement, as integrally
part of the present message, before
the SiXty-second congress and again
invite earnest attention to the con
siderations therein expressed.
Il am constrained in Difference to
popular sentiment and with a realiz-
ing sense Of my duty to the great
masses of our people whose welfare is
involved, to urge upon your consider
alton early action on this agreement
In concluding the negotiations the
representatives of the two countries
bound themselves to use their utmost
efforts to bring about the tariff chang
es provided for in the agreement by
concurrent legislation at Washington
and Ottawa. l have felt it my duty
therefore, not to acquiesce in relega
tion of action until the opening of the
congress in December, but to use my
constitutional prerogative and con-
woke the Sixty-second congress in ex-
ira session in order that there shall
be no break in continuity in consider
ing and acting upon this important
subject. WILLIAM H. TAFT"