The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-10-25
TAFT's ACHIEVEMENTS

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/ Governor Wilson prctcnds that h,
! does not know Of ANYTHING that Prcsi
/ dent Taft mas done while President I,
/ commend him 10 the voters OF Thu
! Republic And yc; President Taft ha:
( made u shining record in the Prcsi
I dental office. Surely Governor VIII
( son cannot have forgotten Prcsdcn
! Taft illuStrious services 10 the caus,
! Of peace through the negotiation oI
! the arbitration lrcaiics that brought
the President the admiration aud com
mcudation OF the world. tie ought not
TO forget the impartial aud fearless en-
forccmcnt of the sherman antitrust
law. He ought not TO forget that
Prcsidcu; Taft denounced and alb
rogatcd the discriminating passport
treaty with Russia. nor that he cstab
lishcd postal savings banks, and pre-
vented tho railroads from putting rate
increases into effect without the ap
proval of the Interstate Commerc,
Commission. He has rushed the Pana
ma Canal TO an earlier completion than
was supposed 10 he possible, and this
without a hint of scandal. lie has
practically destroyed the white slave
traffic. He has established the Bureau
of Mlucs to safeguard the lives OF
miners. He has defeated the mean
crafty measure limiting civil scrvic,
employees 10 seven years. lie has
commended the income tax amendment
and his influence has been cffcctual
III getting many States to ratifv it
He has made effective The boiler in.
spcctlOn laws passed by Congress Tie
has advocated and provided for the
parcels post to take effect January /
1913. lie initiated 4 movement, which
has been supported by Congress, for
the creation Of an industrial commits.
sion for investigation Of differences
between employer and employee. lie
has secured the appointment Of non
partisan tariff board TO collect facts
upon which scientific revision Of the
tariff can be made. Under him the
postoffice service has been made self.
sustaining for the first time. IIo has
given new life to the reclamation pro.
ing upon the advancement of money
from the L. s. Treasury to complete
them. He has maintained and extended
the open door policy in China. He
has modcrnZed and reformed Govern
mcnt business methods by an Economy
and Efficiency Commission. saving
many millions of dollars to the public
treasury, He has destroyed bucket
shops and get-rich-quick concerns
through forbidding them the mails.
He has further extended the safety
appliance act for the benefit of work
ing men. He has successfully fought
Tor the publication of campaign funds
and expenditures. He has heartily in
dorscd the Labor Commission s report
and proposed bills concerning employ
ers' liability. He has reorganized the
customs service, eliminating corruption
and saving millions of dollars through
the customs service, He has proposed
and has secured corporation tax law
that yields over S30,000.000 Il year to
the United States Treasury. He has
transformed Il deficit Of SIS. 900 900 of
the previous administration into a
TSO,0O0,OO0 surplus, He has made a
new American record for nonpartisan
judicial appointments. He has brought
the railroads under further control Of
the Federal Government through the
extension of the powers OF the Inter
state Commerce Commission He has
brought the workingman' compensa-
tlon act TO a successful issue in the
|. ). Supreme Court. BY reason of
his measures for the benefit of labor.
there has not been strike upon an
interstate railway during the past four
years of any consequence, though sew
eral critical situations requiring much
tact to adjust arose and were salts.
factorly settled through the good of
tlces Of the President s appoIntees. In
regard to his workingmen s compensa-
tlon bill which the Democrats Of the
House refused to pass, Samuel Gompers
SAID; 1T is not perfect by any means,
but il is the best bill 1t is an i'm
provement upon any workingmau 5
compensation act in any OF our States
IN the Union, aud better than exists
in any other country on the face of
the globe
And President TAFT has given us an
administration conformable to and based
upon the law as distinguished from an
administration dictated bv impulse and
regardless Of law. He has rolled back
the tide OF personal rule and made the
Presidential office an instrumcntality
through which the law is impartally
enforced. and not diSregarded in part
and enforced in part,
II Is singular indeed that Governor
Wilson can find nothing to the credit
of President Taft, when all these things
arc so well known and have been so
frequently published. and so many
other achievements might be named.
We fear that Governor Wilson j. doing
for his great competitor what he 80