Evening star., 1912-11-04
CUTS OUT POLITICS
Taft Discusses ''ReaI Busi-
ness" on Way to Cincinnati.
GOING HOME TO CAST VOTE
Refers at Painesville, Ohio, to Need
of Food Producers. -
GIVES POINTER" TO FARMERS
President Is. Greeted by Large
Crowds at Stations Where
Stops Are Made.
GIVES POINTER" TO FARMERS

CLEVELAND. Ohio, November A.
President Taft on his way to Cincin-
natl, spent two hours here today. He
arrived at 1O:45 am, and after max
ing a short address to a small crowd
at the Union station held public re-
ception on the rear platform of his
car. Several hundred people shook
hands with him.
President Taft left here for Cincin-
natl at 1890 pm.
s Greeted by Crowds. ! i u
PAINEsvILLE. Ohio, November A.
President Taft, on his way home to vote
entered Ohio today. The President had
breakfast just out of Buffalo. and was
ready to greet the crowds that fockeo
about his private car at Westfield, n. Y.
and Conneaut, Ohio, and Ashtabula. The
PRESIDENT made short speeches at all three
towns and at Painesville, but declined to
talk politics.
Here IS his Conneaut speech:
Il am on my way to Cincinnati to cast
my vote. l hope all of you who have the
privilege of voting will not forget to- dc
So am not here to. make a pOlittca
speech. Your minds are already made up
one way or the other. l doubt not
The President is due in Cincinnati
where he expects vote tomorrow, at
1870 light - ..-.t-Es
After leaving Cleveland his train
was scheduled to stop at~Wellington,
Shelby. Crestline, Gailion, Delaware,
Columbus. London, Springfield, Dayton
and Middletown. 80.
Carmi Thompson, secretary to the
President, and fellow-O Ohioan, ac-
companied him on the trip.
Refers to country's Prosperity.
In his speech here, the. President
spoke of prosperity and the proposed
farmers banks. He said, in part:
.1Awant. to congratulate you upon every
evidence that + see of the prosperity that
is spread through your entire community
The statistics of our foreign and domestic
trade are startling, and they give every
evidence that We are going on to greater
and greater material growth and pros
per1ty. That is no reason why we shou d
is a reason why we should be philosophi-
cal and accept what is coming without
grumblng and assuming that everything
is bad. F.ss.
II could go into some subjects that
have come to you recently especia lly
through your neighbor, Myron 4. Her
rick. who has delved into the question OF
increasing the credit of the farming COM
muni.y with view to enabling farmers
to better equ their farms and borrow
money at rate of from to ) per cent,
instead of from Z to s per cent.
Regarded as "Real Business"
That does not sound altruistic, but il
is real business, for the benefit of the
entire community, because. my friends
our mouths are increasing with a great
deal more certainty than is the produc.
ton of our fields. and If we go on as
We are now tor nifty years we Will have
to get our food som cwhere~ else. as,..- =
!, Now. what we ought to do is to
learn how to make our fields produce
more. One Of the means of doing soAis
to enable the farmers to get the besi
equipment and the best machinery
They cannot do 1t unless they borrow
money at a lower rate of interest, and
X we. can, by banks and co-operativ We
arrangements among them. make theiI
SECURITY sufficient to attract: caIlita Al
IA-ands5 per cent t viii be a trench d6u
benefit not only to- them but to; all ,'tiis
c0untry''. 'i9.!Il,ys -
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