Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1911-03-10
Current Comment
TWO YEARS OF TAFT.
President Has Put Welfare of People
Above All Considerations.

The country has had two years of
Taft in the White House. 4.
What is the accounting?
The list of his achievements is too
long to permit one to touch on other
than the highest peaks. Nor is there
need for flowery language and pow
ers of description. Short, jerky SEN
fences will best tell the tale and give
the desired accounting of his steward
ship. says William f. Brigham. in the
Boston Transcript
Under President Taft the tariff was
revised. Despite the attacks. it was
a revision downward. as even those
who make loudeSt complaint about its
shortcomings are compelled to admit.
Under the revised tariff a deficit of
S5S. 200. 900 was turned into a surplus
of more than S30,OO0,0O0.
When the great railroads of the
country, fearful of the bill pending i'm
congress that made increases in rates
subject TO the approval of the inter
state commerce commission, under
took to increase rates before the pend
ing measure could be enacted into
law. President Taft interviewed. He
awaited himself of the power of the
writ of injunction, and hailed the rail-
road men into court. They suspended
the rate increases, pending investiga-
ton by the interstate commerce COM
mission. The interstate commerce
commission has rejected their claims
i'm toto More than 100000 00 that
would have come out Of the pockets
of the American public annually are
saved to their owners. If William
Howard Taft had done no more in the
two years of his service, that achieve
ment alone would have been regarded
as a monumental one by the American
public.
He has made the cause of the toiler
his own. urging the creation of a bu
reau of mines. widening the scope of
the safety appliance act. perfecting
the provisions of an employers liability
act. urging the adoption of work
mans compensation act.
He stands for revision of the tariff
schedule by schedule. on scientific
principles. carrying his party and even
the opposition party with him, to the
end that the tariff may be taken out
of politics and the business world be
not unnecessarily disturbed.
He opened China To- American
finance on equal terms. He excluded
Castro from Venezuela and drove
Zelaya from Nicaragua. He prevent
ed war in South America. He favors
penny postage. parcels post, and an
increase on the advertising sections
of the great magazines. Under his
wise guidance the white slave traffic
has been eXtingushed. Public conf
dence in court appointments has new
er been more steadfast than under
President Taft. due to the care and
wisdom exercised in the selections he
has made. including complete reor-
ganization Of the supreme court Of
the United States.
He instituted the policy of limiting
the continuing contracts for river and
harbor work to a term OF years that
will insure the enjoyment OF the i'm
provements proposed To the present as
well as future generations.
Under his supervision the work of
the Panama canal has
moved forward rapidly and without
public scandal.
Briefly. President Tafthas put the
welfare of the American people above
all other considerations. lie has eX-
ecuted the platform pledges of 1905.
He has kept the faith.