The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-04-28
Taft Confident Oppor-
tunity Will Not Come
Again.
ANNEXATION
TALK ALL BOSH
President Tells Publishers Agree
ment Must Stand or Fall by
Own Terms, Deprecating At
tempt to Couple It With
Tariff Revision - True
Test Is to Try It On"

New York. April 37.-Reciprocity5
with Canada must be adopted now or
never. and must stand or fall by Its
W terms. So declared President Taft
in an address at the Waldorf-Astorla
tonight at the fourth annual Joint
banquet of the Associated Press ana
the American Newspaper Publishers.
Association. III
His address was the first OF a series
In which he plans to evoke public sent
iment In support of his policies. and
he appealed to the company of editors
and newspaper owners, gathered from
all parts Of the land, to Impress on
the public mind tina reciprocity should
stand alone. and ought not to be
affected in any regar by other amend-sg
ments to the tariff law" Ills recom-S
nlendations were warmly cheered.
Other speakers were Manuel de Fam
ncona. Mexican ambassador to the
United States. who urged Intelligent
and deliberate consideration OF the
forces that have shaped the present
insurrection; William Barton Nortn-3
run. Kings counsel and a member or
the Dominion Parliament, who ana
iyZed Canadian sentiment with refer
ence to reciprocity; Nichols Murray
Bntler. president Of Columbia Univor-
sity, and j. +, Mackay, president or
- - MrHH aHIaNF~EHH
Praises MIR. Taft. AZ
Oswald Garrison Willard, proprietor
of the New York Evening Post. tn.in-
Producing tho President, praised Mr..
Taft FOR his a~bstention from tho
shorter and uglier word, in his char
aeterlzation OF those who differed with
him, and laudcd his charity and 1udir.
ment and advocacy OF International
peace He then proposed the health
or the President and Mrs. Taft. who
was In the galleries. and the toast vas
drunk standing. i MI
President Taft devoted most Of his
address TO tho Canadian recinrocitS
agreement. }A 1s7r'
The President commended that +ha
reason my meats were not put on tho
Tree list was because Canada felt that
the competition of our packers would
injuriously affect It's products OF their
packing houses asg .e4 THaG$
If that be true. he asked. .how
would IT help our consumer or lower
the price OF meat in our markets IL we
let their meat In free, while thew re-
tanned a duty on our meat?
The same g true OF flour. And yets
some gentlemen insist that the farmer
mas been unjustiy treated because we
haven't put Canadian flour and meat
on the free list. And 1t is proposed to
satisfy the supposed grievance of the
farmers by now doing so without iny
compensation or concession from Cam
ada. This proposal would be legisla-
lion passed for political platform uses.
without accomplishing any real good.
Concessions OF No Value.
There are two objections to insert
ing in the bill confirming this Canadian
contract, additions to Our free list from i,
Canada. The first is that they are a.
concession that is of no value to those
whom 1t is proposed to propitiate by
n ri ~ - 4 4 II" IN RI 49, II - = 49, H I.Gf
may involve us indirectly in a doubtful
obligation in respect to trade with
other countries. If we desire TO put;
meat and flour and other commodities a
on the free list for the entire world,
we can do 1t with our eyes open and
with a knowledge OF what it entails.
after an investigation. but to put such
n provision in a Canadian treaty and
then have 1t operate as a free list for
the entire world s. legislation neces-E
sarily in-considered "a
These proposed Gratuitous conces-
sions are in tho nature of an admission
that in some way or other we have
done an injury to a particular class by
this Canadian reciprocity agreement. II
deny 1t. 1t is said that It Injuries the
farmers. / leny It,"
The effect OF the agreement, tha
President sad. is not going to lower
the specific prices of agricultural prod
uelS III our country. 1t is Nl gong % ~
steady them, and it - going to pro-
duce an Interchange of products a
profit which Will be bcneticialtto both
countries.
The Conclusive Why.
II am quite aware that, from one
motive or another a great deal of en-
fort and money V been spent in
sending circulars TO farmers to oon-
vince them that this Canadian treaty,
II adopted, Will do them injury. I
do not know that II Is possible to allay
such fears by argument, pending the n
consideration of the treaty by the SEN
ate. Bat there Is one way-and that q n
conclusive way--cf demonstrating the %
failacy and unfounded character OF
their fears to the farmers, or my
iinjustly affected By their treaty, and
that's TO try it on. There Is no 5obl1-9a
cation OH either nation to co,tinuest the III
reciprocity arrangement any longer
than 1t desires. and If 1t be found by
actual practice that there Is All injury,SSS
and a permanent injury to tho farmers
OF this country. everybody knows that1a
they can sufficiently control legislation ri
to bring about a change and a return
to the old conditions. Those Of us w.lln n
are responsible for tho Canadian treatyxa
are willing and anxious to subject IL liss8S
to that kind OF n test" said the Presi@ssy
dent.
Another. and very conclusive red
son, for closing the contract. con9sSy
tinted Mr.. TAFT, lis tho opp~ortynitybSs
which IL ylypa 5us to nNyaasAh fh nfn.tysSsN