The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-24
HIGH TARIFF IS PROMISED BYCOOLDGE President Makes Last Big Election Address In Capital SAYS G. o. P. WILL
 PRESERVE PEACE Describes Public Owner ship As .Perilous
 Undertaking ADDRESSES c. OF c.
 IN WASHINGTON Powers Of Supreme Court Should Not Be Limited,
 He Says
SAYS G. o. P. WILL
 PRESERVE PEACE
ADDRESSES c. OF c.
 IN WASHINGTON
By Associated Press)

WASHINGTON, Oct. B. President Coolidge set forth tonight policies of administra- tion under which he purposes that the government will l maintain peace. prom o t e economy, provide a protective tariff, assist the farmers, leave the people in possession of their property and main tain the integrity of the courts"
 In the last extended address he ex- poets to make before election and the most comprehensive he has delivered since his speech of acceptance of the republican nomination, the President declared his stand on practically every phase Of government affairs. Kie dls. tpssed canapaign Issues, in some IF
 Mir. Coolidge spoke before the east. ern division of the chamber of commerce of the United States; meeting here. The address was carried by radio to almost every section of the country.
 program which, he said, had brought an era of more than average prosper. ity,a the President called attention that despite the natural supposition that every well wisher of the country would be anxious to montain the present es- tablished order of things" there are now proposed fat least two of the most revolutionary changes" government ,s,. .ne fof nd mi. tation of the powers of the supreme court.
 Public ownership he desrbied as "a most perilious undertaking, both to the welfare of business and the independ- ence of the people," If powers of the supereme court were limited as pro posed, he said, "the historian would close the chapter with the comment that the people had shown they were incapable of self government and the American republic had proved a fail ure."
 May Reduce Taxes
 Mir. Coolidge said further reduction in federal taxes was possible on the basis of the estimated government bud get for next year, and he outlined as his s'conmmon sense" method of taxation
 GGCClng au we cau out OA tue EACn Uy making the rates moderate and stim- ulating business to provide work and increase the earnings of the poor"
 In foreign affairs, the President de- clared for constitutional covenants, out laying Aggressive warfare, and reaf- firmed his proposal for adherence to the permanent court of international justice. He announced opposition, how ever, to participation by this govern ment in international conferences dis cussing questions of purely our do- mestic affairs to the cancellation of war debts owed this nation and to the entrance of the United States into the League of Nations
 No other "sound and practical policy in foreign affairs has been presented, MT. Coolidge declared, adding that i've have been willing to assume the respOn- sibility for leading the nation and the world in this direction, without first seeking through a costly, ,futuile and uncohstitutional referendum whether it would be popular
 In agricultureI the President said he< was ready to open the investigation into farming conditions he had proposed (ContinueA on page IA.