The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1911-05-06
TAFT THANKS HOUSE
PRESIDENT URGES SPEEDY RE-
cipRocITs ACTION IN NEW
YORK SPEECH.
SAYS ANNEXATION TALK BosH
Compact With Canada Must Be Taken
up Now or Never Says Ch'er
Executive In Address Before
Newspaper Men,

New York.-PreEident Taft openly
thanked the Democratic house Of
Representatives Tor the stand II has
taken on the questioD Of Canadian
reciprocity when be spoke al the an
uual hauqaet u the Associated Press
and the American Newspaper PUB
Ishe-B' association al the Waldorf
Astoria.
His address Was the first of
series IN which lie plans 10 evoke pup
lie sentiment III support OF his pol
cies. and he appealed 10 the company
Of editors and newspaper owners
gathered from the length and the
breadth Of the land, 70 impress on the
public mind that reciprocity should
stand alone and "ough; not TO be al
iected il any regard by other amend
ments 10 the tariff law"
AL talk Of annexation he character
ICED as ''bosh. and said that the
United States has all II can attend
10 with the territory ii is now gov
s-ning
lie praised the house OF representa-
tives fo- IT'S passage Of the agree
ment: declared that il would not In
lu-s the farmer nor any special Class
answered in detail the objections
thai have been raised to reciprocity
and begged for at least "a kind OF
TEST" to dispel the ghosts exhibited
TO brighten the agricultural classes"
President Taft devoted the greater
par OF his address 10 the Canadian
reciprocity agreement
Ee said that the proposed agree
men1 waE not liked by some because
they say the farmers are not wen
cared for il that meats and -four are
lef- or OF the agreement The truth
about this il. he said, that this coun-
try offered 10 put al commodities OF
both countries Oh the free trade list
DIT the Canadian commissioners
would not accept among other things
meats and -four for the simple rea-
son that they felt tie American rails
err Of meats and -four wooid be able
10 underssIl the Canadian producers
n Canada This, be argued. shows
clearly that since Americans could
underseu Canadians in Canada. Cana
6ians would not be able 10 affect the
American market il such a way as
70 reduce the prices of these article
for American consumers Consequent
~. ne pointed out. mere was DO rea-
son why Americans should want such
items OF the free trade list
President Taft objected vigorously
10 the proposition thEt is being made
10 g-atuitously put these Items on the
list emo said that Il we were not care
ful. we might under The favored nE-
tons clause il many OF our interas-
tiunal agreements, find ourselves ma
king free trade with the entire world
If we pun them in Tire Canadian
treaty
Re denied that the American farm
CT is badly treated b. the proposed
agreement
II any objection" he said. can
De MADE 10 the treaty on the ground
that any particular class derived less
profit from IL than other classes, then
II is the manufacturer Of the country
vino ought 10 ooject. Nhecauss the
treaty in its nature VIII not enlarge
his market as much as il will that o.
the farmer"
After his address the president at
tended z banquet Of the Methodist
Social union. dinner q the Aeronau
teal society and business mems
dinner given 10 J. Van vachton olcott
Re made b-ie1 speeches III each
place. After his last address he was
hurried 10 Jersey City and let; 70.
Washington.