The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-02-21
ROOSEVELT IN Line
He's the Best Friend of Reciprocity
in Washington, Says Eugene
Hay.
Mr.. Hay Has Returned From the
Capital Loaded With Reciproc-:f
ity Ammunition.

Eugene 6. Hay returned this morning
from Washington. where lie hasslFbeeu
broWslnsi through the various depart
ments for more than. a. fortnight ia
search of ammunition for the Northwest
ern Reciprocity Leagues lie ! is loaded
down with treasury reports and treaty re-
ports OF all kinds and considers that his
visit to Washington will. prove of much
benefit to the league
In speaking generally of the .situa ton in
Washington With reference to reciprocity
and antitrust legislation Mr.. Hay s;ail:x
The best friend the cause Of 5reciprocity
has in Washington, is President Roose-
Velt.a Unlike the ma .ioritI of political
leaders in this generation. he is abso-
lutely sincere. and at the next Session of
congress I believe he will take up the
whole question of tariff legislation with
the same earnest determine ton that he
has the antitrust legislation during the
present session, He is earnestly DESTROYS
OF 6 better trade relations with Canada,
and | have no doubt that in every intel
dgent move in this direction we Will have
his cordial support
The anti-trust legislation enacted at
the present session of congress is not ali
the president desires. but it is more than
the most sangune of those who had given
serious thought to tho trust question, aud
the difficulties in the way of remedial
legislation hoped to secure at. this time
and:a less earnest and resnlute president
than Mr.. Roosevelt would not have Sc
cured SO much. 1t is long step in the
right dilection.--the law to prevent
freight reba will reach one of the
greatest, evils. and the Nelson amendment
to the department. of commerce. bill pro-
Vides the skeleton for the most i'm
portant work undertaken by this govern
ment iii the last half century. while the
bill to expedite cases in theEIInited States
n sc.yn
All this is but the beginning Of lcGisla-
ton upon the most important question
that has confronted this generation but
with six more years Of Roosevelt
dministra tons these important problems
will be near their. solution :: ' ~
LAS to Canadian reciprocity L believe we
are much nearer it than had thought be-
fire going to Washington. The ratifica-
ton Of the Alaskan boundary treaty in
sures, | believe. the meeting of the Joint
high commission within the next few
months. |, of course, have no knowledge
as to what questions the commission viii
take UP. but it furnishes us at least All
opportunity of presenting our cause to a
tribunal which has authority to consider
it. am convinced thai if the friends of
Canadian; reciprocity. which means SO
much to the prosperity of the entire
and to the whole country. will
work for it with one half the earnestness
LlldL Inc special interests are worked to
prevent any change in our tariff laws. it
will be but asfew years until we are en-
joying far better trade relations with
Canada and every thoughtful business
man knows how much that means for
II have accumulated .a2Nast amount Of
data relative tofour trade relations with
Canada, which it viii take, some time to
thoroughly digest. and have had confer
enceS while in Washington with a;zIaroa
number of: public men upon the question,
all of this win be brought before the
committee Of the Reciprocity League at
an early date -