The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-01-15
THEY ORGANIZE
FOR RECIPROCITY
Minnesota Branch of the Ma
tional League Meets at
Commercial Club.

AS a result of a movement started
some time ago, the Minnesota branch
| OF the National Reciprocity league has
| been organized. A committee Of
tWenty-seven, consisting of nine rep
reSentatiVeS of each of the three large
cities of the state was appointed Jan.
Z, and they yesterday met at the
chamber OF Commerce and reported on
organization.
The management Of the Minnesota
branch of the league will be placed in
an advisory board Of fifteen members,
consisting of three members from st.
Paul, Minneapolis and Duluth, and one
from each Of the remaining six con-
gressional districts. The organization
will use it's efforts towards securing re-
ciprocal relations with other countries,
| especially with Canada.
The executive committee, headed by
Eugene Hay, of Minneapolis, yester-
day submitted a report which outlines
the work to be undertaken by the COM
m1ttee. The report sets outsthat as pre-
liminary to all other work it is i'm
portant that the members acquire
knowledge of the economic and fiscal
aspect of the custom duties, especially
between the United States and Can
ada, and to ascertain what changes in
the present law are possible, and what
would be beneficial to American inter-
eSts.
1t was also decided to determine,
after careful investigation of the his
tory of previous efforts of the same
character, what method would be best
to bring about these changes, and
what legislation should be sought; or
whether it would be better to make an
effort to secure concurrent legislation,
or some other method, yet unconsider-
ed, should be tried
E. III. MOrphy, chairman Of the COM
mittee appointed to wait on and confer
with Clifford Sifron, Canadian minis
ter of interior, who visited ST. Paul
last Saturday, reported that Mr.. Sifron
was interested and we'll versed in the
subject of reciprocity between this
country and Canada, and expressed
himself quite plainly. While not want
ing to commit his government, he said
he felt sure that it's attitude was not
changed since the meeting of the joint
high commission at Washington. a few
years ago; that his government stood
ready to meet the government Of this
country in a fair and just spirit, but
he seemed to be firmly of the opinion
that the initiative should come from
this country, not from Canada, and
threw out the suggestion that in his
opinion an educational campaign must
be first undertaken before public senti-
ment throughout this country would
be such as to create a demand for rec
iprocfty with Canada.
The advisory board named yesterday
is as follows: First congressional dis
trict, HI. M. Kinney. Winona; Second,
W. D. Willard. Mankato; Third, r. L.
Cosgrove, LIE Sueur; Fourth, r. A.
Kirk, D. r. Noyes and J. B. Johnston,
st. Paul; Fifth, J. G. Eliel, G. F. Piper
and A. G. Loring, Minneapolis; Sixth,
A. G. Whitney, st. Cloud; Seventh,
Henry K. Wells, Morris; Eighth, John
Miller, Alexander McDougaI and
James G. Hunter, Duluth; Ninth, Jer-
ONE W. Wheeler, Crookston.
A committee consisting of James
Matthews and N. G. Larimore, of Lari-
more, and George B. Williams, Grand
Forks, was appointed to present reso-
lutions favoring reciprocity with Cam
ada at the Tri-State Grain Growers
convention at Fargo next week.
John Miller acted as chairman, and
B. F. Beardsley acted as secretary at
yesterdays meeting. The advisory
board will be called together at an
early date.