Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1912-08-08
THREE YEARS Of
President TAFT
RliPHlSENTATINE BROW MING
DETAIIS ACCOMPLISHMENTS
OF PRESlDENT,
ACHIEVEMENTS ARE MANY
Every American can Point Win
Pride to Record of the Past
Three Years.

The house helms r committee OF
/ the whole house ou the state Of the
union and having undcr consideration
the bill GI. II, 2OlllD making APP.
uIupriatiuns for fortuyatiuus ana otn-
or works OF defense. for the armament
thereof for the procurement of hca>y
ordinance Tor trial and service and
or other purposes
Mr. Browning said.
Mr. Chairman; ! desire To- call m,
attention of the country very briefly
10 some of the achievements Of our
president TO which We should point
with pride.
Thee Years of laft--an index.
Arbitration treaties with Great Bit
ain and France, aimed al war. have
/ been negotiated and are now before
| the senate. similar negotiations with
other powers are penang.
Great trusts have been made to fee,
/ that the statutes curry penalties for
them as well as for the small trusts
and for tho individual v.olator OF tho
| law, An era OF calm enforcement OF
existing las was inaugurated. The
sugar corporation was convicted, pro-
ueedings brought against the Steel
corporation, and IN coal, whisky,
lumber and beef corporations brought
to court. More than TWO score prose
cutlons are pending, The Standard Oh
/ and tobacco cases have been com.
/ pleted and an Interpretation OF the
| Sherman law, many yeaIs In doubt
obtained.
When "A Democratic house threat
ened to involve the United States with
I Russia In too hasty aunulment OF
the passport treaty, President Taft as
sumed the weight Of responsibility and
declared in diplomatic form that The
/ treaty would be abrogated upon the
notice Of one year which It required
Scientific tariff revision has heon
put In place Of political giving and taxi
ing In such legislation A tariff board
has been created and It's Investigations
have brought recommendation from
| the president for a revision and re-
duction OF the wooden schedule Other
schedules are under scrutiny, prepara-
tory to further recommendation II
they be found to conflict with Repub-
lican platform principles. and his pol
icy looking TO future revision on a
scientific schedule-by schedule reVis-
ion has become effective. The tariff
bill regarded by President Taft as a
step in the right direction, even
though not a perfect measure, has
turned a 100000 deficit into a
100000, 600 surplus. Wool. cotton and
so-called farmers free-list bills. orig
mating In a Democratic house. have
been vetoed because they violated tho
principle of the Republican platform
that revision OF the tariff should be
based upon the difference In the cost
of production at home and abroad
a difference upon which information
at that time was lacking.
The Panama Canal has been
brought to stage approaching com
pletiQn and the date of opening ad-
vanced by several months through sys-
tematic work
The Arizona statehood bill was once
vetoed because It provided for the re-
call Of judges New Mexico and Ari-
2ona have now been admitted as
states.
The post office department has been
placed upon "A self-sustainlng basis.
A difficult situation resulting from
the revolution in Mexico. arousine
deep feeling in the southern portions
of the United States, was handled with
diplomacy and tact. and the United
States aided in the establishment of
law and order in the neighboring re-
public through preserving it in our
own.
The treasury agents and customs
employees have been reorganlzed,
fraud has been weeded out of the Gus
toms service, and many thousands of
dollars lost under fraudulent importa-
tions have been recovered.
A bureau of mines has been created.
Steps have been taken toward a new
employers liability and workmen's
compensation act and the adoption Of
additional safety appliances on rail
roads.
a new policy as to river and harbor
appropriations has been begun, the
old pork barrel" appropriation sys-
tenn abandoned, and the business pol
icy Of continuing contracts adopted.
A treaty with Japan has been ne
gotiated bringing about genuine
friendship between her and the United
States.
New treaties with Honduras and
Nicaragua, that viii make for perma-
nent peace in those countries, have
been negotiated and await action By
the Senate.
Postal banks have been established.
Rigid economy has been instituted in
the government departments. A court
Of customs appeals has been created.
A stock and bond commission has
been appointed, and has made q valu-
able and exhaustive report.
Parcel post has been recommended.
Judicial appointments have been
taken out Of politics.
The thirteenth census was made
nonpolltical.
President Taft has declared for the
extension OF the civil service accomp-
fishing much in this direction by ex-
ecutive order.
The passage Of a corporation tax
law, yielding s3O,OO0.oOO annually. has