Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1911-09-28
Faces Largest Gatherings Mel
With during His Travels
Farmers Enthusiastic.
DISCUSSES THE TARIFF BILLS
Believes Present Wooden Quite.
Are Too High, He Says, and
Intends to Recommend
Reduction.

Kansas City. Mo. Sept. 25.-Prcsi-
dent Taft arrived in Kansas City TO-
night to address the national consor-
walton congress. He had spent a busy
day in southern Kansas. making ad-
dresses at eleven OF the prosperous
towns in that section.
The President was tired but happy
over the warmth Of the reception that
the progressive Kansasans had given
him. The crowds were the largest ra
has faced during any of his travel
The population OF some OF the citie4
had been swelled to twice the normal
figures. Excursion trains were run
from many directions while many
farmers drove into town.
Mr. Taft confined himself largely C.
the vetoes of the wooden free list and
cotton tariff bills lie gave his hear
crs to understand that lie was more
than willing to sign any bills reducing
the tariff if the measures were founded
upon the report Of the tariff board.
This board, the President said. would
be ready TO report on the wooden
| sch edule December l.
II believe the present wool duties
are too high" he exclaimed amid APP
plause. and Just as soon as I get
adequate information shall recon-
mend their reduction"
| Mr.. Taft began the day al CoTeyville
and was on the go from 7:}o a. m. until
the arrival here at $50 tonight. When
his train was not in motion the President
was talking Aside from his tariff
speeches the President spoke briefly on
| marriage and divorce on the prosperity
Of the people Of Kansas and on the trusts.
At Humboldt Mr. Taft told the Kansas
| their prosperity was such that they had
more money per capita than any other
| State In the union except Massachusetts.
IF you don't look out" he added. we
will begin to regard You as wicket
miilionaires out here"
MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE
In coming to a discussion of tn,
necessity Of uniform laws governing mar.
| rage and divorce, the President first
| spoke Of the equal necessity Of uniform
laws on the subject Of child labor and
workmen's compensation. AS to mar
rage and divorce. he said
at is very awkward. 10 say the least
that a man who is married on one side Of
! a State line may not be married on the
other. Increase of divorces in this coun.
try is a reflection upon the laws ana
their loose administration. We ought NOT
to permit the marriage tie to he dissolved
at will
"You say we ought not to keep unhappy
people together Who brought them to.
gether? We did not. If they got together
under contract why shouldn't they
be bound to the contract unless one @,
the other does something which in the
eyes OF all men ought to permit or re.
| quire at least a separation II not a d.
Vorce.
1T Is the ability to and the pros
| pect of getting divorce that demon
allies We ought to have a genera.
| uniform law on that subject that stiff
| fons up and makes sacred the mar
riage tie. l agree that It is not pos
sible in this stage and under present
conditions to make marriage ahso-
| lutely indissoluble but It is possible tn
| make divorce different so that f. can
not be obtained by collision and only
when one party or the other shall have
done something that all men regard
as necessarily affecting the obligation
Of the marriage tie
Following his conservation address
here tonight the President left again
for Kansas and will spend Tuesday
and Wednesday in that state
CONSERVATION OF THE SOIL
| President Taft's speech to the ma.
tional conservation congress was de-
voted almost exclusively to the con-
servation of the soil He reviewed
he history OF farming in this country
for the past ffty-six years. and de-
-,
with those who say that in fifty years
the United States will be unable to
feed its own people. there was need
for intelligent understanding by the
farmers of the trend of events.
The President added that If the POP.
ulation Of tho nation Increases proper.
tionately In the next so years the
United States will have doubled thu
number OF It's people
1T is necessary then" he said. that
not only our acreage but our produce
tion per acre must increase proper
tionately SO that our people may he
fed. The increase per acre Of the pro-
duction too must he steady each year"
Mr. Taft said the states should take
up the question Of Increasing the pro-
duction of farms. Much had been done,
he said through AGRICULTURAL educa-
ton In colleges and schools and i'm
provement was bound to continue.
Speaking Of a proposal to organize a
force OF 5000 men to be paid partly 10y
the counties. partly 10y the States and
partly by the federal government, who
shall conduct experiments in every county
for the education OF the farmer. tho
President said that while generally he