Mountain advocate. (Barbourville, Ky.) 1904-1935, 1912-04-05

Yet Passed by Congress-
Theodore Roosevelt IN on record
three times in public speeches as Id
dorsing the Canadian reciprocity pol
icy Of President Taft This issue IL
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 Nr.
Roosevelt SO thoroughly approved Of
Canadian reciprocity when 1t was n
live issue. Canadian reciprocity was
voted for by Republicans and Demo
Gratis alike when It was before Con-
gress, and as between Mr.. Roosevelt
and Mr.. Taft in the present campaign
for the Republican nomination for
president there n no choice on this r.
sue.
In connection with his public ut
psrances on the tariff Mr.. Roosevelt
has also joined President Taft IN say
y
by no means perfect. Is nevertheless
"the best tariff law yet passed by con-
gress" under the old system Of making
such laws. OF course President Taft
and Mr.. Roosevelt are both now coA-
mitted to the tariff commission plan Of
revising the tariff, and Mr.. Roosevelt
has given President TAFT credit for ad-
vOcatlng Oh q commission plan from the
beginning"
"UphoId ths Hands Of Taft.T
Mr.. Roosevelt's Inducements Of Ca.
madam reciprocity were as follows:
In a speech at Grand Rapids. Mich,
Feb. IL, 1911, he said:
"Here, friends in Michigan, right on
the northern frontier, I have the pecul-
lar right to say q word Of congratSIa-
ton to you and to AN Of rs upon the
likelihood that we shall soon have
closer reciprocal tariff and trade rela-
tons with the great nation to the
north OF US. [Applausel And feel
90 pleased primarily because l wish to
see the two peoples, the Canadian and
the American peoples. drawn together
by the closest ties on n footing Of COM
plete equality OF interest and mutual
respect. [Applause.l 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 Gan
ada" [Applause.l
In a speech before tAs Republican
club Of New York city. delivered az
the Lincoln day dinner at the Waldorf
hotel on Feb. IS. 1911, he said:
81 want to say how glad am at Ae
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 Cas-
ada and in his effort to secure the for
tifcation OF the Panama canal
And in addition to what has been
said about reciprocity With Canada l
would like TO make this point: ID
should always be a cardinal point IN
our foreign policy to establish the clos
est and most friendly relations OF equal
respect and advantage with our great
nelghbor on the north And hail the
reciprocity arrangement because 1t rep
resents an effort to bring about a clos
er, a more intimate. n moro friendly
relationship of mutual advantage 81
equal terms between Canada and the
United States"
Gives President Credit
At Sioux City. Ia. on Sept. s. INA
Mr.. Roosevelt said:
81 was particularly pleased with
what the president CTaftl said N his
letter on the subject OF the tarifr CON-
mission. A number OF senators and
congressman have for some years ad-
vOcated this a. the proper msthod q
dealing with the tarIfr. and l am glad
that the country now seems awakened
60 the idea that tariff commission Of
fers the only solution OF the prOsien
which 10 both rational and insurss the
absence OF Jobbory. The president
Taft from the beginning advocated
this commission
There IL another feature Of the tar
IN law, and It points our course In IN
right direction. the maximum and min
Imum provision. and here again l wish
10 point out that the value OF the pro-
vision has depended largely upon the
excellent work done by the admins
tTation In the negotiations with the
Dominion Of Canada. which were the
most difficult OF ALL and yet 10 my
eyes the most important because ! es-
teen II OF vital consequence that We
should always be on relations OF the
highest friendship and good will with
our great and growing aelghbor 10 the
north"
At Sioux Falls. s. d.. on the same
day MFR. Roosevelt said;
II think that the present tarin
payne lawI Ia better than the last
Dlngley lawl and considerably better
than the one before the last mckinley
lawl. but Il has certainly failed to give
general satisfaction"
From these uuotationR from Mr.