Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1912-04-04
ROOSEVELT FOR
RECIPROCITY PACT
Three Times lndorsed Canadian
agreement IL Public Speeches.
SQUARE DEAL is DUE TAFT
No cbole. as Between Candidates for
presidency On This Issue-Roose-
Welt Also Declared Payne Tar
IN Law Best Yet.


i IN Law Best Vet.
i Theodore Roosevelt Is on recoru
three times in public speeches as IN
dorsing the Canadian reciprocity poi
lev ~ President Taft. This issue 10
now dead through the failure OF can
ada to ratify the trade agreement On
the ground that the United states
would derive the greatest beneht from
lie provisions. The fact remains, now
ever that the farmers Of the country
are not generally aware that Mr.
Roosevelt 80 thoroughly approved OF
Canadian reciprocity when It was
live issue, Canadian reclprocitX was
voted for by Republicans ana Demo-
Gratis alike when It was before con
rress and. as between Mr.. Roosevelt
and Mr.. Taft. in the present campaign
for the Republican nomination Ior
president, there ID no choice on tnls
issue.
In connection with his public utter
ances on the tariff Mr.. Roosevelt mas
also 5oined President Taft In saying
that the Payne tariff law. while oy no
means perfect, is. nevertheless tine
hest tariff law yet passed by congress-
under the old system Of making sucn
laws OF course President Tart ana
4 Mr. Roosevelt are both now commit
tad n the tariff commission plan OF
revising the tariff and MI RooseVeit
has given President Taft credit for ad-
. vocating this commission plan from
the beginning.
Mr. Roosevelt's public endorsements
OF Canadian reciprocity were as iof
lows: ,.
Feb II. 1911. he said:
"Here friends in Michigan, right on
the northern frontier, have the pc
rul,ar right to say q word Of congratu'
4Iation to you and to all Of as upon the
likelihood that we shall soon have
closer reciprocal tariff and trade re-
Iations with the great nation to the
north Of us. (Applause.l And ] feel
so pleased primarily because J WISH
10 see the two peoples. the CANADIAN
. and the American peoples, drawn to-
eether by the closest ties on footing
n complete equality. Of interest and
mutual respect. TApplaAse.1 feeI
| that Il should be one Of the cardinal
polidies or this republic to establish
the very. closest relations Of good VIII
and friendship with the Dominion q
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. Is. 1911, he said:
II II want to say how glad am at the
way in which the members OF the ciuD
here tonight responded to the two ap.
reals made to them to uphold the
hands Of President Taft, both IN his
anfort 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
sa,d about reciprocity with Canada |
would like to make this point: y
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 De
cause it represents an effort to bring
about a closer, more intimate. q
more friendly relationship OF mutual
advantage on equal terms between
Canada and the United States"
+ Al sioux City, Iowa. on September
8. 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 adj
vocated this as the proper method OF
. dealing with the tariff. and am glad
that the country now seems awak-
ened to the idea that tariff commits
sion offers the only solution Of the
problem which IL both rational and
Ihsures the absence Of j0bbery The
! president (Taftl from the beginning
advocated this commission.
aThere is another feature Of the
tariff law and points our course in the
} right direction, the maximum and
minimum provision. and here again
/ wish TO point out that the value Of the
provision has depended largely upon
J the excellent work done BY the 81.
rainistration ID the negotiations with
. the Dominion Of Canada. which Wera
! | the most dIGacuIt Of all, and yet Il
!. nv eyes the most important. because
!, / esteem Il OF vital consequences that
- ahouId always be on relations Of
: the highest friendship and good VII
, | with our great and growing neighbcE
/ / II the northr
, AZ Sioux rails, South Dakota. On
tie same day, Mr.. Roosevelt discussed
the tarin question in general, AFTER
having gone over his speech carefully
with Senator Deliver Of Iowa. and y
The course Of his remarks be said:
Il think that the present tarih