The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-04-01
TARIFF REFORM
is ABANDONED
Likewise the Reciprocity Idea,
Which Policy the Republicans
Promised to Inaugurate.
ROOT LEFT IN THE LURCH
WILL NOW TRY TO GET SOME
THING FOR NOTHING.

Washington. March 31.-Convinced
that reciprocity treaties with Great
Britain Tor the esta blishment of closer
trade relations between the United
States and Canada are out of the cues
ton at this time, Secretary Root has
determined to abandon the tariff cues
llon Tor the present and is busying
mmSef with other matters of vital
interest to this country and Canada
IN the nope of settling points OF diff
Guilty which babe fair to be settled -bv
the joint high commission when the
klondIke gold strike caused the negO-
tiatiOns to be broken off suddenly and
engendered a feeling of hostility which
did not subside until a mixed tribunal
nXed the boundary between the Brit
ish and American mineral lands.
Will Stand Pat.
canvass of the senate persuaded
Secretary Root that a treaty would
not be considered at this session of
congress. Although there was much
clamor for tariff revision and modifi-
cation early in the session. it failed to
gain many supporters, and the recent
announcement of Chairman Payne. of
the house committee on ways and
means, that no tariff legislation would
be passed by this congress, confirmed
the reports that Republican leaders
had agreed to accept the counsel of the
''standpatters."
Obligations to Germany.
AS the state department is under
obligations tC secure concessions for
Germany in return for the favor she
gave the United States by permitting
this country to remain among the IA
Vored nations ia spite of the diSCrimi-
natory tariffs recently put into force
by the German government, Secre-
tary Root concluded that il would not
be wise to undertake other tariff prop
ositions at a time when legislators
seem so little inclined to tariff
changes The preservation of Niagara
Falls, the control of the St. Johns
river between New Brunswick and
Maine and unjust determinations
against American fishermen along the
east coast of Canada are among the
matters demanding adjustment.
Seal Fishing in Dispute.
Seal fishing in Boring sea and the
| North Pacific is another subject OF
dispute between Canada and the
United States which demands settle
ment- Seizure of British vessels by
the United States resulted in interna.
tiOnal acknowledgements extending over {
number of years. and the Paris tribu.
nal of arbitration decided against the
United States and ruled that the TAX
legitimate and lawful occupation. bu
as the United States and Great Britain
/ had been declared themselves in favor
of protecting seals, the tribunal pro
mulgated a series of regulations fol
pelagic sealing which We're deemed
adequate to protect the seals of the
PribylOff herd. The regulations have
proven inadequate and the number OF
seals has decreased rapidly.
Refused RI P9r+ici1ata
Great Britain refused to take part in
an international conference held II
1897 by Japan, Russia and the United
States to discuss plans for the prOtec.
ton of fur seals. In the same yea!
Great Britain consented. however, t.
send scientific men TO join in an inves-
tigation of the fur seals about Priby-
loft islands. and the report of these
scientists, prominent among whom
was President David Starr Jordan. O1
Stanford university, showed a diminu-
ton of the herd which threatened the
extinction of fur seals. This report
was held by the United States to sus-
tain it's position against seal fishing