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President Taft’s annual message reviews tariffs and canal
Taft discusses the Payne tariff act, tariff board work, and proposed changes. He urges Panama Canal completion, fortification, tolls, and measures for postal savings banks, second class mail rates, federal judiciary pay, and civil service reforms. He highlights conservation, coal lands, forest reserves, and interstate commerce.
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