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which was recommended by the Sec

which was recommended by the Sec
rotary of state in his letter of Decem-
Der 10, 1911" said the president. "Ths
object of the proposed legislation is,
in brief. to enable the executive TO
appIy. as the case may require. to any
ar all commodities. whether or not on
the free list from country which
discriminates against the United
States. a graduated scale of duties up
to the maximum of IS per cent ad
valorem provided in the present law
Flat tariffs are out of date. Ma
tions no longer accord equal tariff
treatment to all other nations ire
spective of the treatment from them
received. Such a flexible power at
the command of the executive would
serve to moderate any unfavOrable
tendencies on the part of those coun-
tries from which the importations in
TO the United States are substantially
confined to articles OIL the free list as
well as of the countries which find
lucrative market In the United States
for their products under existing GUS
toms rates.
1T is necessary that the American
government should be equipped with
weapons of negotiation adapted to
modern economic conditions, in order
that we may at all times be in a posi-
tion to gain not only technically JUST
but actually equitable treatment for
our trade and also for American en-
terprise and vested interests abroad?"
The state department, IAN anar-
chaic and inadequate machine at the
beginning of this administration, the
president says has become q new or.
ganization with highly specialized bu-
reaus and experts dealing with every
phase of American trade and d.
plomacy.
Holding that the essence Of this re-
organized service is found In the
merit system, which President Cleve-
land is credited with having introduce
ed, President Taft makes q strong APP
chine permanent by giving the force
of statutory law to the executive or
ders governing admission to and pro-
motion in the diplomatic and consular
services.
Other paragraphs of the message
point to the in crease of American
domestic exports by $2O0,O0O,OOO dur
ing the last year, making the greatest
total ever known. $4,000. Ooo.o 900; to
the agricultural credit system. which
he thoroughly endorsed; to the prob
able necessity of an amendment Of
the fur seal act to permit limiting
killing of seals; to meeting of the
in Washington next year
to adjust the pecuniary claims be-
tween Great Britain and America to
negotiations with Mexico for the dis
tribution of the waters of the Colora-
do river in the Imperial valley section.
and to the financial rehabilitation of
Liberia.
There Is merely historical reference
to the Chinese revolutions; to the San
DOMINICAN troubles. the rebellion in
Cuba and the Balkan war develop
ments in which. 1t is said. the United
States is not involved.
The message concludes with an
earnest appeal to congress to cooper
ate with the executive in it's efforts
to apply the old principles Of diplo-
macy which have governed the
to the momentous new situa-
lions of today, when America finds
Itself at the threshold of her middle
lge as a nation; "too mature to con- :.
tinue in it's foreign relations those
expedients natural to
people to whom domestic affairs are
The sole concern