Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-12-12
The National Reciprocity Con-
yention Held at Detroit,
Adopts Resolutions
TRADE TREATIES ARE ENDORSED
Approve of Special Consideration of
Our Trade Relations with Canada =
Report of Finance Committee Adopt
ed-DeIesates Make Up Liberal
Financial Contribution.
Financial Contribution.

/ Detroit, Mich, Dec. 1.-THE national
adjourned sine die, after adopting res
olutions, listening to an address by
/ ex- Governor John Lind of Minnesota,
and acting on the report of the finance
committee.
At the morning but two addresses
were made Eugene N. Foss, of Boston,
discussed Canadian Reciprocity and
Frank d. Pavey, of New York, spoke
| on Reciprocity with Cuba The res
/ olutions adopted are as follows:
"Resolved, That we reaffirm the res
| olutions adopted at the first conven-
/ ton of this league at Chicago. Which
embrace in their scope the general
principle of reciprocity and the estao-
lishment OF liberal, fair trade relations
with all the nations of the world, ana
thatswe again call attention TO the reel
proeity treaties negotiated by eA-
Minister Kassop, including the very I'M
portant treaty with France; ana we
again request that these treaties be
ratified and also that a reciprocity
treaty with Cuba be speedily nego-
tiated and ratified.
Resolved, also, That the time and
place OF holding this convention make
appropriate special consideration of our
trade relations with Canada-relat1ons
which, to say the least, have, for many
years, been unfortunate for both coun-
tries and which promise (unless speed
lily changed) to grow rapidly from bad
to worse at the very moment when
great Industrial development is taking
place; and in, view of these considera
tons, be it further
Resolved, That it is the sense of
this convention that the government
of the United States should take i'm
mediate steps to secure closer and moro
advantageous trade relations with Cam
ada; and that reciprocal relations, ben
eficial to both countries should pre-
ferably follow the general lines of the
removal by both countries of the duties
on natural products of each and such
mutual extensions Of the free list and
reductions and changes of the duties
on the manufactured products of both
as will give to each as low rate
of duties as is given to any other coun-
try. Accordingly, we earnestly urge
upon congress that action to this end
be taken at once, either by reconvening
the joint high commission for the sole
purpose of negotiating a reciprocity
treaty with Canada, or by adopting
such other method as to congress may
seem best.
Resolved, finally, That we regard
the negotiation of the reciprocity treaty
with Newfoundland as a most import
ant step in the right direction, and hope
it may be promptly ratified"
The report of the finance committee,
which was adopted, declared that the
work of organizing auxiliary leagues
should be vigorously prosecuted, and
that the services of one or more or
ganizers should be secured to this
end.
A number of liberal financial con-
tributions were made by delegates dur
ing the two days of the convention
A committee of four was approximately
the executive today to act as sort
of nucleus of a standing committee
to further the cause of Canadian rec
iprocity. Its members are (: Camp
bell Shaw, Of Buffalo, F. 3. Smith, of
Detroit, E. N. Foss, of Boston, and
w, S. DWinnell of Minnea polls