Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1902-09-25
RECIPROCITY TREATIES.
One or More May Be Adopted at
Coming Session in Lieu of
Tariff Revision.
Fourteen Treaties Reported by Com
mittee 49, Events OF the Past -Four
Months Have Immeasurably En-
HANGED Their Importance.

inc OCCASION OF inc president ana MS
senatorial advisers at the oyster Bay con-
ference to postpone tariH revision until
me next congress ana l" unit thelr ei-
Ir'S IN the direction OF tarit inodlncaton
10 mo passage OF reciprocity treaties has
i'aln wrought the pending trade treaties
|" inc 'front.' says the WASHINGTON core
Spnndont OF the brooklyn Eagle. In the
HSHt ol the u'rco demand Tor tarln reduce
uoh II IS not unreasonable TO look Tor the
"uopllon ol ono or more OF the reciprocity
'roauoS II the coming session as a sort Of
sop 10 tlIo" 10 tnoSe VINO want inc cNlSt-
lht rates lowered
FOR thr'e years and moro fght has
n"eh "aElhE IN inc senate to force through
inc various tarir treaties that were pre-
lafed under the direction of the state de-
Nartment Despite the most vigorous
Ius'ililE on me part or the leading re-
IlrocltY advocates. little or no progress
rus nc'n made up to date. To be sure all
"r ,rc"'cS were reported from the senate
.It'g s. al,ait5 committee juSt before the
So session ADJOURNED ana TINS was look
"Poi ny S"t'o rs a signal triumph for
INC STATE department. Those who have
''uuied '0n"ltons IN the senate, however
N,N thorc WIS nothing more significant in
''t' .'l',r'Iht o.. the roaneS than the desire
~ Hcnlt"r 'UlIo'n 10 get them out OF MS
"''lui'ICo room Events OF the past -FOUR
H''n'Hs nave lmm"asuraply enhanced the
iHll''Iiiflce Oh tl"Sc instruments, ana 1t
IS certain mat more attention VIII be given
~ 'Ic"l ,,'Hl'E inc coming session OF three
,non'hs 'nah th.N received during the en-
'rV seven months or inc last session.
iHCt' are IA OF these treaties now before
'Ie senate IN" countries with whom re-
Ir'oo!I 'raue reIhtlons nave been proposed
.nI'It 'i'lfCa brltlsh Guiana, Btrhldocs,
,"kS ana Nalcos ISLANDS, bermuda, Dan
Nn lSi4nu OF 81 CroiX, dominican Re
lu"llc Irlhoao, Nicaragua. Ecuador, Ar
genuine i'el uhh', BraZil and Franco. In
t''Idl way II may ne stated That the
'rc'les We're Drawn Tor III" purpose OF i'm
P'"NInS ti'e traue possibilities oi American
'I'"."l"rI'reu goods ana agricultural pro
"uctS' Lhosc having the arrangements IN
'i'drSe "eclaIcV thal the interest OF hoth
'neSe great industries We're looked after
WIN eCu"d care, ana lhat one was not
Sh"hted to me- advantage OF the other All
encountered me most stubborn opposition
us So"i' iS t!leN We're sent 10 the senate
nv" Hl'ue pu"uo. manufacturers VINO
'loUSut 'heN would pc injured ny proposed
r'cUcuons on goods IN which they were
IltertSt'u secured the promise tt their
senators to combat the treaties, with thd
result that Tor more than wear hardly
Noou WorC was heard or them at tho
"pltoh me treaties with Jamaica and
ne Argentine Republic were killed out
the first one ia sioen and Tho Woo, nconlo
oil me west took care of the treaty with
@Ntc''Inc' II was proposed TO make -
per cent REDUCTION on Jamaica oranges.
''o tins was sOI1clent to arouse the fruit
S'P"'rS OF Ioflua ana talifornia. such
'.''ii''ihtu assault was made on the JAM
"i'" treaty mat an adverse report was
inaue on II me Argentine treaty alarmed
inc shoen ralserS OF the middle West be-
cause OF lts proposition TO reduce the duty
on Hrecntlne Wools 20 per cent. The franz
ers o! ms treaty We're unable to resist the
ofsiausht or the western Interests and the
nrEehuhe instrument was quickly Killed.
n" french treaty was by far the most
important or the lot. 1t has had varied
c'Neer having eeen the target of the OBJ
."cVonS or some or the most Influential
NomherS or the Senate. Senators Lodge
ana Nldrch opposed It.
a desperate effort was made 10 get this
tre1ty ratified, Robert +. Porter working
u among the senators with great vigor un-
VI nc was called OFT by the clamor to know
by what right he was lobbying
Tor the instrument. The treaty
was faNorahly reported before the
opposition to II was thoroughly or.
"anizod, but tho Senate sent il back to
INC committee. where it remained until the
INST session. The assault on the French
treaty was great blow TO Special Com
missioner John y. kasson, who framed
inns as well as the other Instruments BY
the terms OF this treaty, which it is still
hoped 10 have ratified. tho following pro-
ducts OF tho United states will get spcclu