Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-07-24
HOPES CANADA WILL AGREE
Executive Confident Dominion Parlia-
ment Favors Act
PRAISE FOR THOSE WHO AIDED
Cordial Words to All Who Took Part
in Passage.
ACKNOWLEDGES DEMOCRATS AID
Belief of President that Carrying out
of Provisions of Treaty win re Of
surprising value 20 Economic
Conditions of Country.

BEVERLY, Mass. July 2s-In the first
statement he has made since the passage
of the reciprocity bill by the senate. Presi.
dent Taft, at the summer White House to-
night freely acknowledged that his long.
hard campalgn In behalf Of that measure
would have proved unavsiling IL the demo
Gratis had not helped him.
The democrats did not play politics In
the colloquial sense in which those words
are used said the president. but they
followed the dictate OF a higher policy"
For Secretary Knox and his assistants
in the State department. who conducted the
negotistions and framed the pact the
president said more than a word OF praise.
The republicans who fought for reciprocity
and some Of whose votes were necessary
TO the passage OF the bill properly may
enjoy mutual fluctuations on a work wei
done"
In his own Judgment. the president said
the agreement would mark an epoch in the
relations between the United States and
Canada, and those who opposed the bill
in congress would find their prophecies
disproved and their fears aliayed by its
actual operation. Its passage by the
Canadian Parliament the last step be-
fore II becomes a bond between the two
countries he hopes and believes. will be
forthcoming.
Hopes for Permanence.
The satisfaction that actual experience
IN It's working VIII give" he said ''we
confidently hope will secure its perma-
nence. In a decade its benefits win con-
tribute much 20 a greater United States
and greater Canada"
The president arrived AT ..Parran,stt, ..
the new Taft cottage. shortly after
O'Clock this morning. motoring out from
Boston in an hour. Mrs Taft. Miss Helen
Tart and Charlie were waiting and had
breakfast with hts family for the first
time since he left Beverly for the west.
July 2
On the way from Washington. the presi-
dent had time for long chat with senator
Penrose. who led the fight for reciproctsv.
and with Secretary of 5hA TreaS,irv Mac
vesgh ana Secretary fIilles Mr.. Peneose
left him At Philadelphia. Secretary Hiiles
at Newark, n. J., and Mr. MacVeagh
deserted the party at Boston.
The president had been thinking about
a statement, however. and after sleeping
over II" as he put 1t today. decided IL
snouio be written and credit should be
given where credit was due
With Mrs. Taft and children and Major
Butt, he motored ten miles to Lynn, TO
hear Rev. DR.. Robert Collyer OF New York
preach at the First Unitarian church.
Lunch over, a stenographer was called in
and the statement diststed, the president
resorting 10 the first person, unusual in
statements from the White House. that il
might appear more truly his own.
Statement OF President.
The statement reads as follows:
That / am very much pleased with the
passage OF the Canadian reciprocity bul
through both houses Of congress goes with
out aging. / believe and hope il will be
followed by similar action by the Dominion
Parliament
In my judgment. the going into effect
OF the agreement will mark a new enoch
in the relations between the United States
and Canada, and will tend to a marked
increase in the trade between the tive
countries. which viii be in every way
beneficial 10 both.
hope the credit that belongs to Sec
retary Knox and his special assistants at
the state department in the negotiating
and framing Of the pact and their lucid ex
PLANTATION and defense OF its term will
not be withheld.
In sense. the bill passed was a nom
partisan measure. though the republicans
Who voted for 1t probably did so on an
economic theory and the democrats who
voted Tor 1t on another. 1 should be want
ing In straight forward speaking. however.
II did not freely acknowledge the credit
that belongs 10 the democratic majority
IN the house and the democratic minority
IN the senate for their consistent support
of the measure. In an earnest and sincere
desire to secure its passage.
No Amendments Tackled On.
without this reciprocity would have
been impossible. II would not have been
difficult for them TO fasten upon the bin
amendments affecting the tariff generally
in such way as TO embarrass the execu-
tive and 10 make IL doubtful whether he
could sign the bin, and yet 20 claim popu-
lar approval for their support Of reel
procity in its defeat. In other words, the
democrats did not play politics in the
eolloquial sense in which those words are
used. but they followed the dictates Of y
higher policy.
We republicans who have earnestly
sought reciprocity and some of whose
votes were necessary 70 the passage OF