WILLIAM H. TAFT IS NOTIFIED OF HIS NOMINATION Republican Nominee Covers Wide Ground in Accepting Commission as Standard Bearer. Cincinnati, Ohio July 30.—Senator "William Warner, chairman of the re publican notification committee*, in the -enforced absence of Senator Lodge, 45aid, officially notifying Mr. Taft of his nomination: Mr. Taft: You are, of course, not un aware, that Mr. Roosevelt's term as president of the United States will ex pire on March 4, 1909; that the political parties of our country are perfecting their organizations preparatory to presenting to the people, at the general election to be held in November next, their respective candidates for the high office; that the .republican party in national convention, composed of delegates representing every state and territory and the outlying pos sessions of the United States, assembled at Chicago, on June 16 to 19, inclusive, has completed its deliberations, that it has outlined and suomitted to the citizenship of the republic, for consideration and adoption, govern mental policies, which it confidently be lieves will be of the highest service to the nation In her every part; that it has from among its strong and experienced states men—men whom services to the public has demonstrated their worthiness In clearness of character, devotion to the country and the welfare of the individual citizen, and with full understanding of the nation’s needs in her highest and best as pirations, selected you as its candidate for president, the highest honor that can be conferred by this constitutional republic, and I would, therefore add, the most ex alted political office on this earth; and the committee which you see before you, whose chairmanship I have the honor to hold in the temporary absence from the United States of the Honorable Henry Cabot Lodge, of Massachusetts, perma nent chairman of the republican national convention, now tenders to you, at the direction of that convention, the formal nomination of the republican party for the presidency of the United States, and I hand you an engrossed copy of tho plat form of policies adopted by that conven tion. I cannot, sir, complete the discharge of •this most agreeable duty without assur ing you of the high respect in which you are held not only by those of your own political faith, but by your fellow citizens without regard to the party,—of their ad -miration of your ability, manifested throughout your public service; of their 'knowledge of the preparation which you will bring to the discharge of the high and difficult duties of president; of their belief in your deep conviction of the equality of all men before the law, and in the practical application of that prin ciple by any administration of which you cnay be the head, the rule by which every official act of Mr. Roosevelt, as president, has been squared, which has won for him the confidence and respect of his coun trymen throughout the land, and which has brought to him at all times their un questioned and earnest support. It was his universal application of this rule which caused his party, in national convention, •to pay him the following just and splen did tribute of approval. Tribute to Roosevelt. His administration is an epoch in Ameri can history. In no other period since the national soverignty was won under Wash ington or preserved under Lincoln has ■there been such mighty progress in those •ideals of government which make for jus tice, equality and fair dealing among men. The highest aspirations of the American people have found voice. Their most ex alted servant represents the best aims and worthiest purposes of all his countrymen. American manhood has been lifted up to a mobler sense of duty and obligation. Con science and courage in public station and high standards of right and wrong in private life have been, the cardinal prin ciples of political life. Capital and labor have been brought into closer relations of confidence and interdependence, and the abuse of wealth and the tyranny of power, and all evils and privileged favoritism have been put to scorn by the simple and manly virtues of justice and fair play. It is gratifying to your countrymen to reflect that of that administration you Jhave been a conspicuous part, as yon were •of the administration of Mr. McKinley, whose accomplishments mark a national i progress unsurpassed in all of our pre vious national life. It. therefore, gives me genuine pleasure, Mr. Taft, to present to you this formal nomination from the republican party, whose governmental policies have for so long “kept in balance the mighty forces of the nation” and to whose continued guidance, of the nation we have every reasonable right to believe that the peo ple are now looking. CANDIDATE RESPONDS TO NOTIFICATION SPEECH ; Cincinnati, Ohio, July 30.—Respond- ! Mng today to the speech ot notification -delivered by Senator William Warner, William H. Taft, republican nominee tor president, said in part: Senator Warner and Gentlemen of the Committee—I am deeply sensible of the tionor which the republican national con- I vention has conferred on me in the nomi nation which you formally tender. I ac cept it with full appreciation of the re sponsibility it imposes. Gentlemen, the strength of the republi can cause in the campaign at hand is In the fact that we represent policies es sential to the reform of known abuses to the continuance of liberty and true pros perity and that we are determined, as our platform unequivocally declares, to main tain them and carry them on. The man who formulated the expres sion of the popular conscience and who led the movement for practical reform was Theodore Roosevelt. He laid down the doctrine that the rich violators erf the law should be amendable to restrain and punish as the offender without w'ealth and without influence, and he proceeded by » recommending legislation and directing -executive action to make that principle good in actual performance. He secured the passage of the so-called rate bill de igned more effectively to restrain exces sive and fix reasonable rates, and to pun ish secret rebates and discrimination which have been general in the practice -of the railroads, and which had done much to enable unlawful trusts to drive out of •business their competitors. It secured much •closer supervision of railways’ trans actions and brought within the operation ■of the same statute, express companies, sleeping car companies, fast freight and refrigerator lines, terminal railroads and pipe lines and forbade in future the com bination of the transportations and ship ping business under one control in order to avoid undue discrimination. Mr. Roosevelt has set high the standard of business morality and obedience to law. The railroad rate bill was more useful possibly in the immediate moral effect of its passage than even in the legal effect of its very useful provisions. From its •enactment dates the voluntary abandon ment of the practice of rebates and dis criminations by the railroads and the return by their managers to obedience to law in the fixing of tariffs. The pure food and meat inspection laws and the prose cutions directed by the president under the anti-trust law have had a similar moral effect in the general business com munity and have made It now the com mon practice for the great industrial cor porations to consult the law with a view in keeping within its provisions. It has also had the effect of protecting and in couraging small and competitive com panies so that they have been enabled to do a profitable business. Clinch What Has Coen Done, The chief function of the administration in my judgment Is distinct from the pro gressive development which has been per formed by President Roosevelt. The chief function of the next admlnla tratlon Is to complete and perfect the m*r chfnery by which these standards may be maintained by which the lawbreakers may be promptly restrained and punished but which shall operate with sufficient ac curacy and dispatch to interfere with legitimate business as little as possible. Such machinery is now' adequate. Under the present rate bill and under all its amendments the burden of the Inter state Commerce commission in supervls fng and regulating the operation of rail roads of this country has grow'n so heavy that It is utterly impossible for that tri bunal to dispose, in any reasonable time of the many complaints, queries and is sues that are brought before it for de cision. It ought to be relieved of its juris diction as an executive, directing body, and its function should be limited to the quasi-judicial investigation of complaints by individuals and by a department of the government charged with the executive business of supervising the operation of railways. There should be a classification of that very small percentage of industrial cor porations having power and opportunity to effect illegal restraints of trade and mo nopolies, and legislation either inducing or compelling them to subject themselves to registry and to proper publicity reg ulation a and supervision of the depart ment of commerce and labor. The field covered by the industrial com binations and by the railroads is so very extensive that the interests of the public and the interest of the business concerns cannot be properly subserved except by reorganization of bureaus In the depart ment of commerce and labor, or agri culture and the department of justice and a change In the jurisdiction of Interstate Commerce commission. It does not as sist matters to aspire to prescribe npw duties for the Interstate Commerce com mission which it is practicably Impos sible for it to perform or to denounce now offenses with drastic punishment, unless subordinate and ancillary legisla tion shall be passed making possible the quick enforcement in the great variety of cases "which are cpnstantly arising, of the principles laid down by Mr. Roose velt, and with respect to which only typical Instances of prosecution with the present machinery ere possible. Such leg islation should and would greatly promote legitimate business by enabling those anxious to obey the federal statutes to know just what are the bounds of their lawful action. The practical construct ive and difficult work, therefore, of those who follow Mr. Roosevelt is to devise the ways and means by which the high level of business Integrity and obedience to law which he has established may be maintained and departures from it re strained without undue interference with legitimate business. It Is agreeable to note In this regard that the republican platform expressly and the democratic platform Impliedly ap prove an amendment to the interstate commerce law, by which interstate rail roads may make useful traffic agreements if approved by the commission. This has been strongly recommended by President Roosevelt and will make for the benefit of the business. Physical Valuation. Some of the suggestions of the demo cratic platform relate really to this subordinate and ancillary machinery to which I have referred. Take, for instance, the so-called physical valuation of railways. It is clear that the sum of all rates or receipts of a railway, less proper expenses should be limited to a fair profit upon the reason able value of its property, and that if the sum exceeds this measure, it ought to be reduced. The difficulty in enforcing the principle Is in ascertaining what is the reasonable value of the company’s prop erty, and in fixing what is a fair profit. It is clear that the physical value of a railroad and its plant, is an element to be given weight in determining its full value; but as President Roosevelt in his Indianapolis speech and the supreme court have pointed out, the value of the railroad as a growing concern, including its good will, due to efficiency of service and many other circumstances, may be much greater than the value of its tangible property and it is the former that pleasures the investment on which a fair profit must be allowed. Physical valuation preperly used will not generally Impair securities. I am con fident that the fixing of rates on the principle suggested above would not ma terially Impair the present market value of railroad securities in most cases for I believe that the normal Increase in the value of railroad nropertics especially In their terminals will more than, make up for the possible over capitalization In early years. l nave aiscussea tms wun some uegree of detail merely to point out that the valuation of the Interstate Commerw commission of the tangible property of a railroad is proper and may from time to time be necessary in certain of the issues which may come before them and that no evil or injustice can come from valuation in such cases, it be understood that the result Is to be used for a just purpose, and the right to a fair profit under all the circumstances is recognized. The In terstate Commerce commission has not the power to ascertain the value of the phys ical railroad property If necessary in de termining the reasonableness of rates. If the machinery' for doing So is not ade quate, as is probable, it should be made so. The republican platform recommends legislation forbidding the issue in the fu ture of interstate railway stocks and bonds without federal authority. It may occur In such cases that the full value of the railway, and as an element thereof, the value of the tangible property of the I railway, would be a relevant and import ant factor In assisting the proper author ity to determine wheiher the stocks and bonds to be Issued were to have proper security behind them, and in such case therefore there should be the right and machinery to make a valuation of the physical property. Control of Trusts. Another suggestion in respect to su bordinate and ancillary machinery neces sary to carry out republican policies Is that of the incorporation under national law or the licensing by national license or enforced registry of companies engaged in Interstate trade. The fact is that nearly all corporations doing a commercial business, are engaged in Interstate com merce, and if they all were required to take out a federal license or a federal charter the burden upon the interstate business of the country would become in tolerable. It is necessary' therefore to devise some means for classifying and ensuring fed eral supervision of such corporations as have the power and temptation to effect restraints of interstate trade and monopo lies. Such corporations constitute a very small percentage of all engaged in in terstate business. The combination of capital In large plants to manufacture goods with the greatest economy is just as necessary as the assembling of the parts of a machine to the economical and more rapid manu facture of what in old times was made by hand. The government should not inter fere with one any more than the other, and when such aggregations of capital are legitimate and are properly controlled they are then the natural result of mod ern enterprise and are beneficial to the public. In the proper operation of compe tition the public will soon share with the manufacturer the advantage in economi cal operation and lower prices. What is Unlawful Trust? When, however, such combinations are not bas^d on any' economic principle but are made merely for the purpose of con trolling the market to maintain or raise prices, restrict output and drive out com petitors, the public derives no benefit ana we have a monopoly. There must be some use by the company of the comparatively great size of its capital an» port In this campaign, because the rea sons for their breaking the bonds OC party are stronger today than sver be fore? I have now reviewed at greet length th® principles at Issue between the two par ties. When I began the preparation of this speech I hoped to make It much briefer than It Is, but I found on a* examination of the platform and on * consideration of the many measure® passed during the present administration and the Issqes arising out of them that It was impossible to deal with the sub jects comprehensively with proper expla nation ana qualification In a short discus sion. This Is my excuse. I have pointed out that the attitude of the republican party with reference t® evils which have crept In, due. to th* enormous material expansion of this coun try, Is to continuer the Roosevelt policies of progress and regulation, while the at titude of the democratic party under It® present leadership Is the change for th* sake of change to the point or irrespon sible destruction, and that there la n» hope whatever of a restoration of proaJ fierlty In returning It to power. As said n our platfoTm, we republicans go be fore the country asking the support, not only of those who have acted with u* heretofore, but of all our fellow citizen* who, regardless of past political differ ences, unite In the desire to maintain th* policies, perpetuate the blessings ana secure the achievements of a greater America. PROVIDE 8HADE FOR STOCK. Hogs, Ilka other stock, must be mad* comfortable If they are to make economi cal gains and keep healthy, says Forest Hsnry in'the Northwestern Agriculturist, Thers Is no stock on ths farm that sufftf' as much for want of shade, on account of their fatty make up, Tjiey cannot sweat and throw off surplus Beat as the horses. This la why they rush into a mud hole or pool of water when they get heated. £ remember many years ago we were going to market with several loads of hogs. On* load included a big stag. Just as th* driver was crossing the railroad track th» team made a quick start and Mr., Stag concluded to Jump out oVir the rack. His fall did not seem to interfere with his gait for he trotted along as though noth ing had happened for alDout 80 rods, de spite our attempts to head him back. Finally he became qulto heated and as there was a mud hole In hfs path he mad* for It and we were unable to get him ou£ notwithstanding whips find cudgels were freely brought to bear. Hffe simply was go ing to cool off and take fils time about It no matter how much of a hurry we wars In. Finally, of his own accord, he cams out, stretched himself Wokfng as cool as a cucumber and trudged merrily back to the stock yards. He had|slmply come to a point where he was d\ro-heated and his hog Instinct told him to go In there and 11s down and cool off. Trees are the best ahgde for hogs but they oan not always be. (tad, especially la a prairie country. Almost anything will answer for shade. A few: lough boards, or even some straw or hay laid on poles and held up by some crotchdll at the corners serves a good purpose. A tree has ths advantage over a closed shed In that It lets under Its spreading branches a frss circulation of air. Hogs are apt to injure young trees It left to root around them. For this reason It Is a good plan to set a row Just over the pasture fence on th&bQUth side, whers they are out of harm’s Why and still win serve the purpose about as well. Som* quick growing varieties can be set, liks the Carolina poplar. Some hardy appla trees or crab trees are preferable as a permanent shade, as they not only furnish shade but will In time yield fruit. Whit* willows also make a q.ulck*an<* most ex cellent shade when set.JlfSt’outside of th* fence. While the trees are growing do not neglect to furnish some Itlnd of pro tection, however cheap It may be, for tbs hogB, nothing will lqw«r their vitality quicker and make them lit subjects to take bog cholera later, than being, com pelled to endure the hot sun of summer without protection. RANCHMEN VS. SETTLERS. There Is a movement on foot to taka out of the area of unappropriated publlo domain open for settlers, 300,008,000 acres and put It Into the foresrReserve and then lease It for fencing and grazing to ths big cattle ranches, saVs the Chicago World. The forest reserve idea Is a popu lar one under cover of which these cat tle men hope to get posseHsKm, of an area larger than Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Penn sylvania, New York and all New Eng land, most of which is gdod agricultural land well suited for homesteads. In view of the fact that homestead land Is now almost all taken’up. It seems de cidedly hoggish for the fanchmen to un dertake to corral this gleat empire for ranching— an empire equivalent to 1,876, 000 homesteads of a quarter section each, or to say the least, of pearly a million homesteads on the, basis of the half eec tlon allowed In the seml-arld regions. One ranchman Is to be permitted to lease 10t 000 acres, so that 30,000 ranchmen are ta crowd out from 1,000,000 to 1,875,000 farm ers. In fact, the big ranchers can get their friends or employes to take out 10t ; 000-acre leases and assign them to them ! selves so that one ranch may cover sev | eral townships under one control. It la I proposed that only such land as Is not , suitable for agriculture shall be leased; theoretically a homestead might be taken 1 up Inside of the fences surrounding a 10, 000-acre leasehold, but what farmer would ever dare take his family Into such an enclosure. Any one who knows the atti tude and custom or ranchers toward set tlers knows that the settlor’s life would be decidedly unbearable If not unsafe under such surroundings. In short, the propo sition, ostensibly in the Interest of our forestry, Is an Immense grab of the ranch ers and *n view of the exhaustion of avail able farm lands, It should be vigorously opposed In behalf of settlers. ■ Japanese residents of the state o£ Washington plan to erect a statue t» ■ the memory of Commodore Perry on the grounds of the Alaska-Yukon-Pa clfle exposition. The idea was con ceived some months ago by prominent Japanese residents of Seattle and tbea bankers and merchants- of the Flowery Kingdom have agreed to give thelib support ,