The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-02-10
TELLS BENEFITS
OF RECIPROCITY
President Taft Talks at Corn
Exposition.
VERY MUCH IN EARNEST

Rides Through Columbus Streets In
Automobile With Governor Har-
mon and Is Given Military Salute
by Battery C at Fair Grounds-At-
tends Banquet at state University
and Drops In For Few Minutes at
Buckeye Club Ball In Evening.
Columbus, O., Feb. President
William II. Taft this afternoon dis
cussed the proposed reciprocity trade
agreement before large crowd in
Horticultural hall, state fair grounds
under the auspices Of the managers
of the National Corn exposition
The president made it emphatic
that he Is very much in earnest in
the matter Of reciprocity with Can
ada and explained the workings of
the agreement in detail. lie told the
| farmers in his audience that they
have nothing to fear from Canadian
wheat, as the United States is one
| VI tue EltdAtHl W hlltdA tNBbl AAht iAh
tions on the globe. lie called atten-
! ton to the numerous instances in
! which. the people of the United
States. taken as whole, would be
greatly benefited by the passage of
the Mccall bill, which embodies the
agreement entered into by represen-
tatlves Of both countries.
Mr. Taft was met at the Union sta
tion by a committee made up of the
corn exposition officials, President
Thompson of Ohio State university,
Food Commissioner r. W. Dunlap,
| Arthur |. Norys and other prominent
citizens of Columbus. The commit
tee hustled the president through the
large crowd that was eagerly await.
ing an opportunity to catch a glimpse
of the chief executive of the nation,
to line of waiting automobiles. In
the machine with President Taft sat
Governor Harmon.
The autos quickly turned into High
street and proceeded under small
military escort south TO Main street,
thence east to Fourth. thence north
to State, thence west to High and
thence to the state fair grounds.
The automobiles were escorted by
Troop Il and special detail Of Ohio
National Guard officers in charge OF
Colonel B. l.. Barger. The detail
was composed of the following Off
GERS: Captains Guilbert l.. Fuller,
Perrin B. Monypeny, Robert Linden
berg aud Lieutenant James r.. Camp
bell, Jr., of Columbus Major James
W. McMurray of Marion, Major
Frank Henderson of Marysyille, Ma.
ior George Florence Of Circleville
and Lieutenant Colonel Hough of
Delaware
As the presidential automobile en-
tered the fair grounds Battery G
fred the presidential salute of q
guns. At the gateway $50 Boy Scouts
in full uniform gave the salute of
that organization, of which President
Taft Is the honorary head
At the conclusion OF his address
on reciprocity, President Taft was
escorted to Oxley hall, on the State
university campus. This evening at
7 o'clock he will be the guest OF
honor at a banquet TO be given by
Presl lent Thompson and the corn
show officials. After the banquet Mr..
Taft will spend few minutes at the
Buckeye clubs ball in Memorial hall,
after which he will take a train for
al
will attend the celebration of the
birthday of Abraham Lincoln.
Before he gets back to Washington
the president will have fired some
more important shots in behalf OF
reciprocity with Canada. At Deca-
tur, H., at the University Of Illinois
and before the Illinois legislature the
president is prepared to hammer
away at reciprocity.