The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1912-03-29
ROOSEVELT FOR
RECIPROCITY PACT
Three Times Endorsed Canadian
Agreement In Public Speeches.
SQUARE DEAL QUE TAFT.
No Choice as Between Candidates For
Presidency on This Issue-Rooosvelt
Also Declared Payne Tariff Law 8ost
Yet Passed by Congress.

Theodore Roosevelt is on record
three times in public speeches as in
dorsing the Canadian reciprocity pol.
| ley Of President Taft. This issue is
now dead through the failure Of Can.
ada to ratify the trade agreement on
the ground that the United States
would derive the greatest benefit from
its, provisions. The fact remains. how.
ever. that the farmers Of the country
are not generally aware that Mr.
Roosevelt 50 thoroughly approved OF
Canadian reciprocity when 1t was a
live issue. Canadian reciprocity was
voted for by Republicans and Demo
Gratis alike when 1t was before Con
gress. and as between Mr. Roosevelt
and Mr.. Taft in the present campaign
president there is no choice on this is
sue
In connection with his public ut
terances on the tariff Mr.. Roosevelt
has also joined President Taft in say
ing that the Payne tariff law. while
1.-The best tariff law yet passed by con-
gress" under the old system Of making
such laws. or course President Taft
and Mr.. Roosevelt are both now com.
mitted to the tariff commission plan of
revising the tariff. and Mr.. Roosevelt
has given President Taft credit for ad-
vocating this commission plan from the
beginning"
"UrhoId the Hands of Taft"
Mr. ROoSeve!t's Endorsements Of Ca
madam reciprocity were as follows:
In II speech at Grand Rapids, Mich.
Feb. IL. 1911. he said:
Here. friends in Michigan, right on
the northern frontier. | have the pecul-
lar right to say word Of congratula.
ton to you and TO all of us upon the
likelihood that We shall soon have
closer reciprocal tariff and trade rela
tons with the great nation to the
north of us. APPLAUSE And l feel
so pleased primarily because wish to
see the two peoples. the Canadian and
the American peoples. drawn together
by the closest ties on footing of com
plete equality OF interest and mutual
respect. lApplause,l feel that II
should be one of the cardinal policie.,
Of this republic 10 establish the very
closest relations Of good will and
friendship with the Dominion Of Can.
ada" Applause. q
In speech before the Republican
club Of New York city, delivered at
the Lincoln day dinner Mt the Waldorf
hotel on Feb. Is. 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 for
tifcation Of the Punan,a canal.
And in addition to what has been
said about reciprocity With Canada
would ike to mako this point: u,
should always, he cardinal point in
our foreign policy TO establish the clos
est and most friendly relations Of equa
respect and advantage with our grea'
neighbor on the north. And hail the
reciprocity arrangement because II rep
resents an effort 10 bring about clos
or. more intimate. a more friendl,
relationship Of mutual advantage on
equal terms between Canada and the
United States
Gives President Credit.
4 In C<Nk
Mr. Roosevelt said:
II was particularly pleased with
what the president CTaft) said In hl>
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 am glad
that the country now seems awakened
to the idea that d tariff commission of.
fers the only solution Of the problem
which IL both rational and insures the
absence of jobbery. The president
(Taft from the beginning advocated
this commission.
"There is another feature of the tar.
iff law. and II points our course In the
right direction. the maximum and min
imum provision. and here again wish
to point out that the value of the pro.
vision has depended largely upon the
excellent work done by the admins
tration in the negotiations with the
Dominion Of Canada, which were the
most difficult Of all. and yet in my
eyes the most important because l es-
TEEN It Of vital consequence that we
should always be on relations of the
highest friendship and good will with
our great and growing neighbor In the
north"
At Sioux Falls. s. D., on the same
lay Mr.. Roosevelt said:
II thinl, that the present tariff
payne law, is better. than the last
(Dingley law, and considerably better
than the one before the last mckinley
law, but IL has certainly failed to give
general satisfaction"
From these quotations sfrom Mr.
Roosevel:'s speeches It Is therefore mp.
parsnt that there can be no choice az
bet 1een President Taft and Mr. Roose
welt on these issues.