The Detroit times., 1911-02-11
[G|PR0CITY WILL
||D FARMER, SAYS
PRESIDENT TAFT
Auctions Upon Agricultural Pro
ducts and Manufactures Will
Stimulate Trade in Both, He
Declares at Columbus.
ereement With Canada Would Also
Help Railroad Companies, Ware.
housemen, Lumbermen and Others.

rreatest reason for adopting the rect
4 orocity agreement with Canada Is the
<nct.that iris going 10 unite two couH'
tries. with kindred people. lying
A across a vide continent, in a com
ncrcial and social union TO the great
s ndyantage of both. Such a result
; 1oes not need 10 be justified by a
nice balancing of pecuniary profit to
zach. -.''.
=. IN the above statement, President
i >y>nsf This afterneen sounded the key:
oott,A in his fight TO have the fech
nrocity agreement, recently framed
4 bctweens representatives OF CANADA
and the United States, ratified by con-
eress. Speaking al, the Corn snow
fhis afternoon lie made IL very pam
"a his hearers that he intends To
f mako tha big fight of his administra-
|4iontto secure cheaper food products
s Tor the consumer. -
1T Is mere truism TO say that the
Mariners or a country constitute the
<reatest wealth-producing class OF the
co,lsffry.r he continued. land that IL
~ u the highest importance to con
rerte their welfare, Their intel
<liccnce, their energy, their industry,
their adaptability, have largely con-
fributed 10 the progress and prosper.
Inv az this country. Anyone. there
s <ore. who would initiate a policy to In
f lure the farmer has much TO answer
S Tor al the bar OF public opinion,
~ am Republican and the RepuD-
'<ican Marty has always advocated and
oursned : a policy OF protection to
(. American products and manufactures.
me temptation to destroy compeu-
. tom BY combination became so great,
however. that the party I'm its plat
form modified its policy and imposed
The Limitation that the tariff should
he limited for the purposes OF protec-
kion. TO the difference between the
|cost OF production ia this country and
Me 7cost Of production abroad, With
nm allowance OF a reasonable profit TO
The american producer. The princi-
<nIe of protection thus stated takes
|away the justification for any tariff
ehateyer by way OF protection, on
articles imported from a country
Where the conditions as to labor and
nfher circumstances are the same as
our& and thus make the cost OF pro-
1uct1on substantially the same.
canada Is our neighbor on the
north for three thousand miles. Her
.population is English, Scotch and
french. Her soil is like ours, Her
trad tions are The same as ours, Her
Ian&uage Is ours Her climate Is TEN
'rerafe like ours, except that her grow
. ing seasons are shorter and she can
hot raise corn in any great quantities.
. She has free popular government
With wage-earning class as intelli-
kent and as well paid as ours. IL Is
'6IfIieult to see in what respect her
'Iarmers have any advantage over our
own except a virgin soil in the far
northwest.
~The United States secured for the
Iarmers the -tree listing of such i'm
oortant agricultural products as cot
Ionseed oil. all kinds OF fruit and
vegetables, timothy and clover seeds.
eggs. and numerous other products In
which the movement to Canada from
' tho United States Is much greater
Than from Canada TO the United
1)<<It-rs Il nC ICtnloSlOh VI v1foVNsNvD
IN duties on rough lumber by free
Hating il along with pickets and pal.
1nss, and the heavy reduction on
MESSED lumber, laths, and shingles,
are all in the interest of the farmer.
In this connection, the president
naId. THE reductions both upon as.
.riculturai products and manufactures
will stimulate trade in both, and the
result will be like the change in trade
9 elfected by the settlement and open
1ng up Of our far western states, ex
cept that AZ will come moro quickly
Let the agreement be adopted and n
. nix months the farmers on the border
s who now have fears will rejoice II
. This great step toward closer business
relations With our neighbors. Th'
whole country farmer, manufactures
raf1road company, warehouseman
E Iumberman, all VIII be the gamer