The copper era and Morenci leader., 1912-12-06
PRESIDENTS TAFT MESSAGE ID
 CONGRESS
Issues Note of Warning to European
 Powers Against Trade

WASHINGTON, Dec. 3.-A note of warning to European powers which by indirect means continue to d1Scrlml- nate against American trade; strong appeal to the congress to uplift the great foreign policies of America above mere questions of partisanship, a triumphant vindication of the d1plo- macy of the administration, which Is characterized as that of dollars yer sus bullets;" as masterful pride ID inc enormous expansion of American trade as a result O. the foreign pol icies of his administration, and an earnest appeal for joint action by congress and the executive to open new markets for american industr4as these are he more striking fea- lures of President 1aftS fourth annual message sent to congress today.
 The message is the first of 5o rlo S q such communications which he will hke ro c0iI2reSS iE the early days ". session, and deals entirely with foreign relations of the United
 Rtes Beginning with the usual ref erence to the existing good relations with foreign powers, the president adds that these have been strength ened by "a greater insistence upon justice to American citizens, or inter- estS, wherever it may have been de- nied, and a stronger emphasis of the need of mutuality in commercial and other relations
 For the first time in it's history, says the president, the state department has obtained substantially the most favored nation treatment from all of the countries of the world. There fore, he says that it is only natural that competitive countries should view with some concern the expansion of our commerce. Hence the warning: If in some instances the measures taken by them to meet it are not en- tirely equitable, a remedy should be found."
 To this end, the president strongly recommends the enactment of the bill recomm ended by Secretary Knox last December, permitting the government, instead of imposing the full maximum rates of duty against discriminating countries, to apply a graduated scale of duties, up to that maximum Of twej E-five per cent.
 It tariffs are out of date," says the Hresident Nations no longer ac- cord equal tariff treatment to all oth- CT nations, irrespective of the treat ment from them received. % It is very necessary that the Ameri- can government should be equipped with weapons of negotiation and adapted to modern economic condi- tionS.
 The state department, 'an archaic and inadequate machine" at the be- ginning of this administration, the president says, has become a new or ganization, with highly specialized bu- reaus and experts dealing with every phase of American trade mad diplO- macy. Holding that the essence of this reorganized service is found in the merit system, which President Cleveland is credited with having ln- troduced, Presidnet Taft makes a strong appeal to congress to make this machine permanent by giving the force of statutory law to the executive orders governing admission to and promotion in the diplomatic and con- Sular service.
 To show that these appointments are already largely non-partisan, the president points to the fact that three of the present ambassadors are hold overs; that of the ten he has appoint ed, five were by promotion from the rank of minister; that of the thirty ministers appointed, eleven were pro- motions; and that in the consular ser vice no less than fifty-fve per cent Of theTconsuls appointed by him were from the southern states
 '"The diplomacy of the present ad- ministration has sought to respond to modern ideas of commercial inter- course,' says President Taft. "This policy has been characterized as sub stituting dollars for bullets. It is one that appeals alike to idealistic human itarian sentiments, to the dictates of sound policy and strategy, and to leg itimate commercial aims"
 The president adds that because modern diplomacy is commercial, there has been a disposition in some quarters to attribute to it none but materialistic aims
 How strigingly erroneous is such an impression may be seen from a study of the results by which the di- plomacy of the United States can be judged says the President.