Norwich bulletin., 1911-09-26
Easy Divorce
 Demora|izing
TAFT ADVOCATES UNIFORM LAW
 AS A REMEDY.
MAKE MARRIAGE SACRED TIE
President Accorded Cordial Reeep.
 ton in II Kansas Towns-speeiaI Trains Run to Accommodate Crowds,

Kansas City, Mo. Sept 25.-Presi- oenl Ia1t arrived in Kansas City to- hlSnt 10 address the national conser- Idtlon congress. He had spent a busy cay Tn southern Kansas, making ad- dresses Tn II of the prosperous towns winch dot that section of the state ana was tired, but happy over the warmth of the reception which the progressive Kansans had given him. Excursion Trains Brought Crowds. Everywhere the presidential train 1 was scheduled to stop, and at other statlons where there was only a pause great crowds waved greetings to the l chief executive and willingly braved a 1 burning sun to listen to him. Fhe crowds were the largest the president 1 mas faced during any of his travels 1 The population of some of the cities 1 had been swelled to twice the normal l fgures. Excursion trains were run from many directions, while farmers l oroye- into town in autom obiles and l various other rigs.
 l Favors Reduction of Woolen Duties. 1 Mr. Taft confined himself largely to l the vetoes of the woolen free list and
 cotton tariff bills. He gave his hear CTS to understand that he was peady l and more than willing to sign any bills 1 reducing the tariff if the measures were founded upon the report of the l tariff board. This board, the president said, would be ready to report on the
 
 | Il believe the present woolen duties are too high,'' he exclaimed amid np- 1 p1ause, 'and just as soon as get ade- oUate information I shall recommend l their reduction.
 Spoke on Marriage and Divorce.
 MT. Taft began the day at Coffey- | vile and spoke also at Independence,
 Cherryvale, Thayer, Chanute Hum i boldt, lola Garnett Ottawa Edgerton
 and Olathe. Aside from his tariff
 speeches, the president spoke briefly
 on marriage and divorce, on the pros 1 perit-- of the people of Kansas and on
 the trusts Senator Curtis, Represent- l ative Campbell and Representative
 Charles H. Scott were with him
 throughout the day
 A Boom for Scott.
 At Humboldt Mir. Scott introduced
 the president. When he had finished l up from the crowd popped large l placard which read:
 If you want all Kansas to smile, appoint Charles H. Scott as secretary of agriculture.'
 II MT. Scott, who was formerly chair
 man of the agricultural Committee of
 the house, turned red, and the presf- dent laughed heartily.
 Uniform Laws on Child Labor. In coming to a discussion of the | necessity of uniform laws governin g 1 marriage and divorce the president l
 uniform laws on the subject of child labor and workmens compensation. As to marriage and divorce he said
 Divorce Increase Reflection on Laws.
 Tt is very awkward to say the
 least. that a man who is married on one side of a state line may not be 1 married on the other. The increase of l divorces in this country is Q, reflection l upon the laws and their loose adninis- ! tration. We ought not to permit the } marriage tie to be dissolved at will. Should Be Bound by Contract. You say we ought not to keep un-
 unhappy people together. Who brought
 them together? We did not. If they l got together under a contract, why shouldn't they be bound to the con- 1 tract unless one or the other does
 something which in the eyes of all
 men ought to permit or require s4 l least a separation, if not divorce. A Question of Option. } The trouble is not that in an indi- l vidual case demoralization follows be- , cause they are separated, but the l trouble is when a man or woman feels
 it is only a question of option with 1 her whether she still live with her }! husband, or he with his wife, then, with that option before them, they conduct themselves in such way very frequently as necessarily to lead to . 1 breach.
 Easy Divorce That Demoralizes. Tt is the ability to and the prospect , l of getting a divorce that demoralfzes We ought toa have general uniform : law on the subject that stiffens up
 and makes sacred the marriage tie.
 agree that it is not possible in this , stage, and under present conditions, to make marriage absolutely indissoluble : but it is possible to make divorce diff , fcult so that it cannot be obtained : by collision and only when one party l or the other shall have done some- thing that all men regard as neces-
 sarily affecting, the obligation of the | marriage tie.'
 Two Days in Kansas. = Following his address here tonight on conservation, the president left $ again for Kansas and will spend Tues :, day and Wednesday in that state.