The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1912-03-29
ROOSEVELT FOR
RECIPROCITY PACT
Three Times Endorsed Canadian
Agreement in Public Speeches.
SQUARE DEAL IS DUE TAI
No Choice a. Between Candidates TOR
Presidency On This 'ssue-Soose-
welt Also Declared Payne Tar
in Law Best Yet.

1T Law 6VO&
Theodore Roosevelt Is on RECORD
three times in public speeches. ss III
dorsing the Canadian reciprocity poi.
icy OF President Taft. This issue Is
now dead through the failure OF Can
ada to ratify the trade agreement Oh
the ground that the United states
would derive the greatest benefit from
IT'S provisions. The fact remains, now
ever. that the farmers OF the county
are not generally aware that mr..
Roosevelt 80 thoroughly approved Oh
Canadian reciprocity when 1t was .
live issue, Canadian reciprocity was
voted for by Republicans and Demo
crate alike when II was before con-
eress and. as between Mr.. Rooseveh
and Mr.. Taft, in the present campaign
for the Republican nomination ior
president, there 10 no choice on tnis
issue.
In connection with his public utter
ances on the tariff Mr.. Roosevelt mas
also Joined President Taft IN saying
that the Payne tariff law, while by no
means perfect, Is, nevertheless, tne
best tariff law yet passed by congress
under the old system Of making sucn
laws. OF course President TAFT ana
Mr. Roosevelt are both now commit
ted to the tariff commission plan OF
revising the tariff and Mr.. Roosevelt
has given President TAFT credit for ad-
yocating this commission plan from
the beginning.
Mr. Roosevelt's public endorsements
Of Canadian reciprocity were as 1oi-
lows:
In a speech at Grand Rapids. Mich
Feb. II, 1911, he said:
Here, friends In Michigan, right en-
the northern frontier, I have the Pc
culiar right to say q word OF congratu-
lation to you and to all Of US upon the
likelihood that we shall soon have
closer reciprocal tariff and trade re-
lations with the great nation to tie
north of US. (Applause.) And ! feel
so pleased primarily because I wish
to see the two peoples, the Canadian
and the American peoples. drawn to-
gether by the closest ties on footing
of complete equality Of interest and
mutual respect. (Applause.) feel
that it should be one Of the cardinal
policies of this republic to establish
the very closest relations Of good will
and friendship with the Dominion OF
Canada" (Applause.)
In a speech before the Republican
Club of New York city. delivered at
the Lincoln Day dinner at the Waldorf
Hotel on Feb. IL. 1911. he said:
81 want to say how glad am at the
way In which the members Of the club
here tonight responded to the two ap-
peals made to them to uphold the
hands Of President Taft, both in his
effort to secure reciprocity with Can
ada, and In his effort to secure the
fertilization Of the Panama Canal.
And in addition to what has been
said about reciprocity with Canada !
would like to make this point: 1t
should always be . cardinal point in
our foreign policy to establish the
closest and most friendly relations Of
equal respect and advantage with our
great neighbor on the north And !
hail the reciprocity arrangement he
cause It represents an effort to bring
about q closer. q more intimate, a
more friendly relationship Of mutu Il
advantage on equal terms betwe IN
Canada and the United States"
At Sioux City. Iowa. on Septemb q
3, 1910, Mr.. Roosevelt said:
II was particularly pleased with
what the president (Taft) said In his
letter on the subject Of the tariff com
mission. A number Of senators and
congressman have for some years ad-
vocated this as the proper method OF
dealing with the tariff. and l am glad
that the country now seems awak
ened to the idea that tariff commits
sion offers the only solution Of the
problem which 10 both rational and
insures the absence OF jobbery. The
president (Taft) from the beginning
advocated this commission.
There Is another feature of the
tAi III 40 oAo PolAto Jul SOuA DIG III thc
right direction. the maximum and
minimum provision, and here again
wish to point out that the value Of the
provision has depended largely upon
the excellent work done by the ad
ministration in the negotiations with
the Dominion Of Canada, which were
the most difficult Of all, and yet In
my eyes the most important, because
! esteem 1t of vital consequence that
we should always be on relations oil
the highest friendship and good will
with our great and growing neighbol
In the north"
At Sioux Falls. South Dakota, or
the same day. Mr.. Roosevelt discussed
the tariff question in general. after
having gone over his speech carefully
with Senator Deliver Of Iowa, and IL
the course Of his remarks he said:
Il think that the present tariff
payne law is better than the las
(Dingley law), and considerably bet
ter than the one before the last INC
Kinley law; but It has certainly fail
ed to give general satisfaction"
From these quotations from Mr.