The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-07-05
BY AssoeIated Press.

Indianapolis, Ind, July 4.-Under a
sizzling sun that sent the government
thermometer to SO, three degrees higher
than at the same hour yesterday and
the kiosk to 110 degrees, President Tart
was cheered by one Of the largest
crowds ever gathered in Indianapolis
as he went from the home OF former
Vice President Fairbanks to the stand
in Monument Place to review the safe
and sane fourth of July parade today.
For an hour, bands, military organ
izations and floats, both historical and
floral passed before the president and
the crowds. All the flags were dipped
and many of the marching delegations
doffed their hats to the chief executive,
who returned their salutes with bows
and smiles.
Tonight the president delivered an
address before the Marion Club. taking
Reciprocity" as his subject He said,
PRESIDENT TAFT's ADDRESS.
81 have had occasion elsewhere to
say that the three subjects in which
have recently been most greatly inter
ested are not party issues. Certainly.
this is true of universal arbitration and
of the plan of the monetary commits
sion for the reform of our currency and
banking system. With respect to rect-
procity, however. find that there Is
disposition by some Republicans to dis
can consistently support the adoption
of the present agreement made for this
purpose with the Canadian govern
ment It is said that this kind OF rect-
procity is not Republican reciprocity.
It is said that this reciprocity covers
competitive products of each country
and that the reciprocity of former Re-
publican leaders was intended to in
clude only a lowering or abolition of
duties on products Of other countries
which did not compete with products
of this country. Therefore 1t Is said
that the Canadian reciprocity as now
proposed, is nothing but a Democratic
measure reducing or abolishing the
tariff on goods or products from Can
ada that compete with those raised by
our own people and that 1t is especially
injurious because 1t is so drawn as
prejudicially to affect the farmers o.
the country as q class.
RECIPROCITY FuLFILLS PLEDGES.
"The Republican party in their last
national platform declared in favor or
tariff duties which would measure only
the difference in the cost of production
of articles here and of articles abroad.
In other words the sound Republican
doctrine has become the imposition of
duties only where the conditions are
naturally unequal and where duties are
necessary in order to enable your mar
ufacturers and other producers to meet
on a level. the competition of foreign
products. The Canadian reciprocity
agreement which has been made
squares exactly with this doctrine.
THE contention that reciprocity was
never advanced by Republican leaders
so as to include competing products, Is
refuted by the record of history. Mr.
Blaine, who is regarded as the father
of reciprocity, attempted to secure an
amendment to one of the tariff laws In
which the subjects for reciprocity
mentioned In the amnedment were al
most all of them articles in which the
foreign countries would compete with
us in our own markets. More than
this, Mckinley, who was the second
leader as to reciprocity and who deliv-
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