The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-05-25
PRESIDENT TAFT REVIEWS
HIS OFFICIAL
POLICIES
DISCUSSES TARIFF REVISION,
BUSINESS PROSPERITY. ARBI-
TRATION AND RECALL.

New York, May - "Wha, | am
Trying to DO" an article by Presi-
cent Taft appears in the current
issue Of the Worlds Work and deals
with tariff revision. business prosper
ity. arbitration and independence o.
the judiciary The president asserts
tnat he is willing to so before th"
p' oplc Tor Il verdict ON his veto OF
the three tariff bills passed by the
House in extraordinary session last
year. lha no charge made against
f,m has zone nearer to his heart
than that h". by enforcing he an
\ G-tu,i laW VAS hurtin" business.
/, ttIi H. iiltnGs, 80 Ions as he can
t. - hi, voice. 40 continue To favor
:;,nrral arbitration and that the Re-
publican party would lose caste rs I,
defender nf American civilization
hould i lake III The Judicial recall
u, one of is tonris
In part lhn Presidents Al til. foi-
lows:
II Was ,.le,trd president oi the
United States ON the Republican
| plat urm ol looN Tho party declared
| ia that platform that in AL iariii
legislation the true principle Of pro-
lection is best maintained by the i'm
POSITION OF such duties as viii equal
Tie difference be wcrn cost nl pro-
dnrtion al home and ahl Dad The
r9rly Went before the people on tha.
iSSue and WAS sustained
Our Democratic brcihrrn have
departed from the faith ON tariff
i, ard which Il ma iorily of them once
mbrlccd. and in the extraordinary
tariff bills without the aid Of inior-
Ration from Il tariff board. drawn in
sEch an unsricntilc, unSyS' "mie and
reckless way hat | did not hesitate
/ to veto them. in order thai they
might await the coming in OF the
| report by the tariff board upon skcd
ulc X, wool and wOoIrns, which one
tariff bill affected, and upon cotton
ard cotton manufactures. which an
other tariff bill affected. We should
tc entirely willing TO 80 before The
country and invite a verdict of the
reople.
40 charge has been made AGAINST
ne that went nearer to my heart
than the charge that |. by the en-
forccncnt of the an trust law. was
IT, jur.ng the business of the country
! enforced i, because | believe il to
be a good law, and brlievc il when
prop rly construed to make a right
gpdc for business believe that by
tie construction of the courts of the
laws that are on the statute books.
and by decisions that are yet to
come, the line may clearly be- drawn
so that business may square itself
10 those boundaries which the law
fixes
81 should deprecate the slgges-
ton of any so-callcd reform that in
wolves constitutional changes. with
out our knowing exactly what We arr
going to do and what the effect Of
these changes will be. What | would
deprccate is the sudden suggestion
of amendments for this end, and
amendments for that, and having
amendments for breakfast the next
morning as if the amendment of the
fundamental law were nothing but
/ the repeal of an ordinary statute or
the passage of an ordinary appro-
priation bill.
There is one other subject which
/, rather tender one with me-. |
am convinced that most Of the audi
2 ences ! had the privilege Of address
, ing within the last year were in
favor of passing and ratifying the
peace treaties Just as they were pre-
sented 70 congress.
II give notice that | have not lost
interest in that point and have no
thought of surrendering. because |
intend, so far as ! can and So long
l as may raise my voice To con-
TIME to favor general universal ar
htration. | acknowledge and ad
nit the power of the Senate and I
i believe it to be n grea' pert of Tho
; structure of our government. and |
I would not have il eliminated for
o anything. | recognize the authority
b Of the Senate and have no quarrel
= with the exercise of that authority.
Continual nm papp