The Washington times., 1910-03-24
Policy Said to Have Been
Adopted After Talk
With Bryce.
NEW TRADE TREATY
WILL BE RATIFIED
Suspension Of New Law VIII Be
Ordered Till This Is
Concluded.
BY JAMES HAY, j.

James Bryce, the British Ambassador,
was in conference with the President
for more than half an hour this morn
ing regarding the two plans which Mr..
Taft IS now considering as a means OF
averting a tariff war between this coun-
try and Canada
On high authority it can be stated that
the course which the President desires
10 take and will finally put into execu-
ton is TO agree with the Canadian gov
ernment to issue a proclamation before
March 81. which will leave the schedules
between the two countries as they are
now, with the explicit understanding
that trade treaty shall be negotiated
between the two governments and rati-
FED at the earliest possible moment.
As the law now stands, the maximum
rates Of the tariff law Of the United
States Will 90 into effect against Canad-
ian products brought into this country
after March 81 unless the President
shall issue A proclamation saving that
Canada does not unduly discriminate"
against the products Of the United
States and that. therefore. the minimum
rates should be extended to Canadian
material imported by this country.
Retaliation Automatic.
When the maximum rates. which are
the minimum rates increased by a 25
per cent ad vaIorem duty. are applied
by this Government, the Canadians, by
a practically automatic arrangement,
will increase their duties on United
States products imported by ,them 50 l-5
per cent
At present Canada does discriminate
against this country because she does
not, for instance, import her products
under as advantageous schedules as she
does the products of France Whether
this is undue discrimination" remains
20 be decided by the President, who is
the hnal judge in the matter and who
has taken the entire matter into his
own hands.
When il is realized that. in the prod
ucts Of the two countries, practically
$50, 10000 IS involved in the threatened
raise Of the schedules by both countries.
It can be seen that the problem is a
grave one. Il is all the more serious
necause this country.S imports from
Canada are largely raw materials which
thing like reasonable cost. and that
practically the only market Canada has
FOR her raw materials is the United
States That IS. Canada has products
she can sell TO no one but this country.
and the same products are what this
country can buy from no one but Can
ada
Products Involved.
The most important Of these are luu-
Der. wood pulp. grain, nickel ore and
copper ore.
Moreover, United States capitalists
have invested millions Of dollars i'm Ca
nadian forests. The minimum duty. on
imported lumber is SIS per loo feet.
The value Of 1000 feet Of lumber may be
put at the theoretical price Of so
TWENTY-FIVE per cent Of $50 IS s.. so that
the cost OF importing 1000 feet Of lam-
her from Canada under the maximum
rates would be s. plus SIS From this IL
ls evident how great a burden would
be imposed on the lumber growers i'm
Canada and on the building industry. Of
this country bv the tariff war.
Besides. It would mean tremendous
demands and drains upon this Couutrys
supply Of timber
The second plan NIr Taft has consfa-
ered and has not approved is TO issue
his proclamation that there is no ''un-
due discrimination against the United
States by Canada, and 10 let the sitsa-
ton remain as 10 is Tt is not believed
however, that he win do this because
the discrimination against this country
is evident in the trade agreements Can
ada mas with other countries. and the
most equable manner 70 dispC Je Of the
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