THE PRESIDENT'S INAUGURAL ADDRESS.
Received March 5, 9.40 p.m. WASHINGTON, March 5. Prescient Taft's inauguration axldress generally endorsed Mr Roosevelt's policies regarding Trusts, inter-State commerce, and federal supervision of railways. A special session of Congress is convoked for March to-consider the revision ofi the tariff. The present conditions permit of the reduction of certain schedules and the advancement of fr-.v. if any,. The expenditure for tlie cn>i.'.'!i; year will exceed the receipts by ii hundred million dollars. If the tariff revision does not meet the deficit, a graduated inheritance duty will be imposed. Every precaution must be taken •to prevent and punish outbursts /'against- foreigners possessing treaty . ■righ.ts.; In any possible international .controversies with the Orient arising out of the open door and other issues, tho UniteSt- States would be unable to maintain her interests without a suitable army and nafvy. Sympathetic references were made to negroes.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume L, Issue 12166, 6 March 1909, Page 5
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