The Sentinel=record., 1911-09-30
TAFT STILL
 TALKS TARIFF
ENDS TOUR OF IOWA WITH AN OTHER SPEECH ON TARIFF
 AND THREE vEToEs
Says He is Protectoniss Pledges to Carry Out Party Platform. Asks Judgment On
 His Record

Ottumwa, la. Sept. 29-President
 Taft ended his two days tour oi
 Iowa mere tonight as he had begun It
 with speech on the tariff. To an
 audience which filled large tent and gave him the c.osest attention he has had, the president. in con
 versational tone and in an informal
 manner stated anew the position he
 had taken with reference to the tariff bills he vetoed. Mr. Taft made
 no bid for applause; no attempt at oratory. He took the audience into
 his confidence and stated his case with scarcely pause.
 The crowd was not n demonssra- tive one. It cheered the president when he began and again when he finished. There was occasional ap- plause in between the most spoi.-
 taneous and prolonged when Mir. Taft exclaimed:
 l T am no free trader: am a pro-
 tectionist, pledged to the policy of protective tariff based on the dif- ference in the cost of production in
 this country and the cost of pro duction abroad.n
 | The president was again appIaud- ed when he declared he would re- commend reductions in the woolen md cotton schedules just as soon as he tariff beard reported on those 1 schedules in December. He denounc- 1 d the present wool schedule as in I-iefeasIhly. higas hut said The woeisn oil which he vetoed was drawn wiial- put regard to the effect t would have )n the industry in this country; was lrawn without adequate information md was largely the work of q sim gle senator
 Mir. Taft said he felt the country ould we'll afford to wait two or hree months longer and get bllI ,ased on scientific daEa and com ilete information. The farmers free ist bill Mir. Taft said was intended IS a compensation to the farmer for whatever damage he might snfrer rom Canadian reciprocity He as- erted that rciproeity would not have
 iurt the farmer anyway, but iss de-
 eat in Canada wiped out the lass
 eason for so slipsaod measure.
 Mr. Taft denounced the cotton
 ill. which included revisions of the teel and chemical schedules. as a
 spiece of hodge-podge.a that no one
 yer intended should become law. The detailed plantations given Of he various bills were listened to
 with the greatest apparent interest.
 she president apologlzed several
 ines for the dryness Of his discus ion. but he hele his audience to the
 and.
 The tariff talk was prefaeea by tie explanation Of the trip he is ,ow taking MT. Taft said he did ot believe q president of the United
 tates had the right to make part- an speeches. or to attack anyone. | Ie declared he was taking advant- ge of an opportunity to get in ouch with the people to explain III erson some of the acts of his ad- administration. to render an account -iis stewardship.
 T want you to judge me by what have done.n he concluded, to take nto consideration the circumstances hat surround and tho responsibili- ies that rested upon me and to act IS you deem best. I consent to sbide by your decision" MT. Taft began the day at Des Moines. where he spent the fore loon and made an address upon peace and the pending arbitration treaties.
 On the way to ottumwa the pres dent spoke at several small plaees. fe left tonight for Seda7ia. Mo, to peak at the state fair there tomor' \ 'ow.
 President Taft got his first news ,f the declaration of WAT py italy l1pon Turkey today through the As4 sociated Press dispatches handed hiss ,n his train. He took the deepest interest in the news and asked sor nore. No comment or any safi, ! however, s;as ohtaanahle