The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-11-19
NORTHWESTERN LUMBERMEN DO
NOT WANT THEIR SNAP
DISTURBED
TOM sHEvLIN TO THE FORE
Fight Any and All Movements
to Abolish Present Fn.
vorable Duties.
WHAT ANTI-REvIsIoNsTs SAY
GLOBE WASHINGTON BUREAU,
Post Building. Room As.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 1.-Tom Shelvin,
Republican national committeeman from
Minnesota, is here to do his part in the
reciprocity with Canada. This is not the
avowed object of his visit. Ostensibly
he is here to look in on the reciprocity
convention which will begin business to-
morrow. Theoretically and for the mo-
ment Mr.. Shevlin has no objections to
enlarging foreign markets and cultivat-
ing better relations with Canada. But
practically Mr.. Shevlin is looking to a
duty on lumber. He sees no reason why
the 81 impost should be removed or low
cred. Like other large holders of stump
age : in Washington, Oregon or such
states as Georgia, Louisiana and Ala
bama, he favors a duty which protects
those forests from competition. Amer
lean lumber interests are the mos Og-
orous of all those opposed to freer trade
with Canada. They are we'll represented
among the Republican senators and rep
resentatives and they will be large fac
tor in heading off reciprocity.
With Shevlin are S. L. Mcknight, OF
Minneapolis, and William Irvine, OF
Chippewa Falls. They will call On the
president tomorrow morning.
The tariff protected manufacturing in.
terests Of the East will not follow the
example of the steel trust In openly re-
fusing to have anything to do with the
reciprocity convention tomorrow. They
prefer to go in and fight the reciprocity
people on their own ground. The Home
Market Club of Boston and similar or
ganizations will have their representa-
tives on the floor and thgre promises to
be very pretty fight.
The activity shown by protectionists
has led to the prediction, even at this
early day, that reciprocity will have but
"a poor. show in this congress. lnfiuen-
tial Republicans in both branches are
coming out bitterly against any disturb
ance of present conditions.
Manufacturers See Roosevelt.
The presidents time today was occu-
pled largely in the discussion of recip-
rocity. Senator Cullom, Of Illinois, and
Representative Dalzell. of Pennsylvania,
had something to say to him upon that
subject and delegation of agricultural
implement manufacturers, consisting of
James Deering, of Chicago; A. B. Far
quhar, OF York, Pa, and F. C. Barker, of
New York, who are mere to attend the
reciprocity convention, which meets to-
morrow, presented memorial strongly
urging that something be done.
The delegation told the president that
in its opinion, the time for action had
come. Reciprocity had been talked and
preached about for years, and unless. a
decisive step was taken now which would
effect something the whole subject might
as well be abandoned. The members OF
the delegation said they had no particular
interest in any of the treaties, but
thought, taken together, that the French
treaty more nearly represented the best
possibilities in the way of reciprocity and
that If it could be ratified a distinct
victory would be won.
Cul1om and DaIzeIl Talk.
Senator Cuilom, after mis- interview
with the president, talked in the same
vein. His attitude is considered i'm
portant, as it is now settled that he
will be at the head of the foreign rela-
uons committee.
Mr.. Dalzell, who talked with the presi-
dent for almost half an hour, is hostile
to all the reciprocity treaties.
'The only reciprocity | favor" said he,
'is reciprocity on the basis of non-com-
peting articles. The 20 per cent on tex
tile fabrics in the French treaty would
destroy the textile industries of Pennsyl-
vania and New Jersey. While there is
just now much talk of reciprocity, in my
opinion nothing will be done during the
coming session of congress-
Representative Roberts. of Massachu-
setts, ano.Ler of the presidents callers
today, said there was a strong sentiment
for reciprocity in New England. But"
said he, I'VE do not want the sort Of
reciprocity that will open our markets to
foreign competitors and give us nothing
in return" Mr.. Roberts said that the
leather men of the country were organ
izing to secure the removal of the duties
on hides.