The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-07-07
STILL TALKING
ON RECIPROCITY
President Delivers Stirring Ad-
dress at indianapolis.

indianapolis, July president Taft
put the parting touch on his part in
the celebration of this city's safe and
sane" Fourth in speech on Cana
dian reciprocity at the Marion club
banquet.
The president made his answer to
the argument of other Republicans
that reciprocity as he has proposed it
is not good Republican doctrine, but
Democratic doctrine.
He showed that reciprocity as pre-
scented to congress by him differed. If
at ALL only slightly from reciprocity
as advocated by James G. Blaine and
former President Mckinley He de-
clared the contention OF opponents OF
his reciprocity plan that the doctrine
is un-Republican because 1t affects
articles that are competitive and not
merely noncompetitive articles is not
sound
The complaint that the farmers
would suffer by the agreement, the
president said, when analysed, would
be found to be an argument that the
admission of Canadian wheat free OF
duty would lower the price OF wheat
raised in the United States 10 cents
bushel
The answer to this argument" the
president said, lis that this cannot be,
for the reason that the price Of wheat
in the United States and Canada both
is ultimately fixed by the price OF
wheat in the world and that the
worlds prices are adjusted and made
at Liverpool by the relation of the
supply of the exported wheat to the
demand for it by countries which do
not raise enough TO supply their peo-
pie"
President Enjoys Himself.
Although the mercury lowered
around 10 on the streets most of the
day the president enjoyed his part in
the celebration, in spite of the crowd
ed program and the fact that his col
lars would not stand for more than
ten minutes at time.
The president was the guest of for
mer Vice President Fairbanks. He had
breakfast at the Fairbanks home and
later reviewed a parade of floats from
a stand at the base of the Indiana SOL
diers' and sailors monument
Following the parade the president
held a reception at the Marion club
and shook hands with several hundred
club members. He took luncheon at
the Columbia club, then drove through
some of the principal streets of In
dianapolis, arriving at the state fair
grounds in time to witness a prear-
ranged collision between two railroad
locomotives.
The two locomotives, starting under
full steam on the same track, came
together at high speed 200 yards from
where the president sat. Neither left
the track, but both were reduced to
scrap iron.
AT the ball park he awarded prizes
to winners in the morning parade
In brief address at the fair grounds
the president praised the idea of
safe and sane Fourth" and said that
he hoped to see other cities adopt it.
From the fair grounds he was taken
back to the home of Mr.. Fairbanks,
where he rested until time for the
Marion club banquet
The note of politics publicly sounded
en- the occasion of the presidents visit
to Indianapolis was when President
Robert F. Davidson of the Marion
club, in introducing Mr.. Taft at the
banquet, said, turning to the presi.
dent, I'VE supported you in 1908 ana
we will support you again in 1912"
This sentiment, vigorously expressed.
was enthusiastically appauded