Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-11-13
President Roosevelt Said Not to Favor
the Project.


Washington, Nov. 13.-The Bosto
chamber of commerce has started /;
campaign for reciprocity with Canada
! and today representatives of chamber
OF commerce in various cities, particu
larry Boston and New York, Will cal
upon the president to ask him to incor
iorate in his message recommendation
for reciprocal relations with Canada.
| Tile president will receive these gentle
| l.er as he receives all business men who
| wish to present petitions of this kind
but he will not change his message or
their recommendation. He has giver
considerable thought to the question OF
reciprocity, more probably than the rep.
,esentatives Of the chambers of COM
merce, and he has prepared that part OF
his message.
1t is safe 10 say that he will not recon-
mend legislation for reciprocity with
Canada, because that question was long
considered by the high joint commission
without reaching any common basis OF
had a meeting for more than a year,
Lord Herschel. one of the British COM
nissioners, is dead, and the British gov
eminent has not appointed his successor,
and there has been no effort on either
side to revive the commission.
Great Britain would have 10 negotiate
the treaty for Canada, and with her
preferential tariff with Canada has no
desire to arrange for reciprocal tariff re-
latitns between Canada and the United
States to interfere with that British
trade.
The Canadians may desire reciprocity
with the United States If they can Sc
cure such a treaty as that existing from
1855 to 1866. because under that treaty
they increased their exports to this
country from less than 100000 in 1854
to more than $4s. 100000 in 1885, while the
United States lost trade, their exports to
Canada being valued at S24, l57, 900 in 1854
and only 1923, 439. 900 in 1866.
That treaty provided for the free adj
mission into each country of the follow
irg products of the other; Breadstuffs,
provisions. live animals, fruits, fish,
poultry, hides and skins. furs, ores and
metals, lumber and timber. unmanufac-
tured cotton, flax and hemp, and tobac-
co, the lists being the same for each
country.
There is no prospect for a revival of
that treaty. and, in view of the fact that
the products of both countries are SO
much alike. and that Canada desires to
get into the United States market with
her agricultural products and lumber on
equal terms with like products of this
country. there is no general desire for
reciprocity.
This desire is confined to a few sec
tons like New England, where the rail-
road connections make Canada tribu-
tary.
The president has given careful atten-
ton to the subject, and while he is de-
sirous of advice and information, he will
rot waste much time in hearing argu-
ments on questions which have either
been settled as to his recommendations
or are not of practical value. He will
give the advocates Of reciprocity with
Canada about as much time as he yes
terday gave to the Chicago business
mems league, when they We're admitted
tc his office and he said he would give
careful attention TO their recommends
tons If in writing, was glad to see
than and babe them goOd.day