Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-07-05
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Indianapolis. July president Taft
put the parting touches on his part in
the celebration of this eity's ,.safe and
sane" Fourth in a speech on Canadian
reciprocity at the Marion Club BAN
quet tonight. The President made his
answer to the argument of other Re-
publicans that reciprocity as he had
proposed it. is not good Republican
doctrine but Democratic doctrine He
showed that reciprocity as presented
to Congress by him differed IL at all
but slightly from reciprocity as ad-
Vised by James G. Blaine and Former
President Mckinley Replying to the
contention that reciprocity would be
made wholly at the expense of the
farmer and in the earnest of the wage
Garner of the large cities Mr. Taft
said that in his Judgment the reci-
procity agreement will not greatly re-
duce the cost of living. il at ALL"
1T will, the President continued.
steady prices by enfarging the re-
serves of supplies for those things that
are raised in both countries and it will
f1ake more remote the possibility of
cornering commodities and extortine
excessive prices for them from the
public"
Although the sun was not consulted
by those in charge of the celebration
o. the Fourth and lowered up around
llo on the streets. most of the day.
the President enjoyed his part in the
program. The President had break
iast at the Ex- Vice President Fair
banks home, later in the morning
viewed parade of floats from stand
OF the Indiana Soldiers and Sailors
monument. Following the parade, the
PRESIDENT held reception at the
Marion Club and shook hands with
several hundred club members.
AT the state fair grounds he Witness
ed pre-arranged collision between
two railroad locomotives. Starting m
der full steam on the same track. they
came together at high speed 2aa vards
from where the President sat Neither,
| one left the track. but both vera "a
i duced to scrap iron.
The President said in mart.
have had occasion elsewhere TO
say tnat the three subjects in which I
nave recently been most greatly inter-
ested are not party. issues. Certainly
TINS is true of universal arbitration
ana OF the plan of the monetary com
mission for the reform of our curren-
cy and banking systems. With respect
TO reciprocity. however, 1 find that
there is a disposition by some Repub-
leans to dispute the proposition that
Republicans can consistently support
the adoption of the present agreement
made for this purpose with the Ca
madam government. 1t is said that this
klnd of reciprocity is not Republican
reciprocity 1t is said that this reci-
procity covers competitive products
of each country aud that The reciproc-
ity OF former Republican leaders was
intended 10 include only a lowering or
abolition of duties on products of 9TH
er countries which did not compete
with products of this country. There
fore, it is said. that the Canadian rec
iprocity as now proposed is nothing
but Democratic measure, reducing or
abolishing the tariff on goods or
products from Canada that compete
With those raised by our own people
and that it is especially injurious be-
cause it is so drawn as preiudicially to
affect the farmers of the country as a
class.
''The Republican party in their last
national PLATFORM declared In favor
of tariff duties which would measure
only the difference in the cost of pro-
duetion of articles here and of articles
abroad. In other words. the sound Re-
publican doctrine has become tho i'm
position of duties only where the con-
dtions are naturally unequal. and
where duties are necessary in order
to enable our manufacturers and 9TH
or producers TO meet on level the
competition of foreign producers The
Canadian reciprocity agreement which
has been made. squares exactly with
this doctrine.
THE contention that reciprocity was
never advocated by Republican lead
ers so as to include competing prod
ucts, is ref}ted by the record of his
tory MIR. Blaine. who Is regarded as
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