The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-04
CANADA WILLING
TO DISCUSS TERMS
May Agree With United
States on Reciprocal
Arrangement.
TAFT AND KNOX
WILL LEND HELP
Officials Anxious for Adjustment
of Matter-Unless Rigid Ex-
port Laws Are Relaxed,
Further Increase in Prices
of Print Paper Is Ex-
pected.

| Washington, May 3.---With the nea
/ approach of the adjournment of the
! Canadian Parliament, interest is re-
vived here in the situation as to wood
| pulp and pulp wood The intimation
| from Quebec published this morning
! that the Canadian government very
likely would be willing to enter into
a reciprocal arrangement with the
| United States, which might involve the
! removal by the privinces of the inhibi- |
tion against the expectation of pulp
| wood. in consideration of favors blythe
| United states In the way of lower tlu
| tics on print paper and the free entry
Of mechanically ground wood pulp, oc
/ casioned no surprise here.
! From the time of the visit to Wash
Iington last March of the Canadian pre-
n1ier, the United States government
I has understood that such an arrange
| ment would be welcomed by the Do
| ninion, and the intimation then was
made that the proposals contained In
the Mann bill, introduced in Congress
last December. probably would be sat
isfactory. This bill reduced tho duty
on print paper from s3.75 to $500 per
ton, and placed wood pulp on the free
| list.
/ Owing to the attention of Congress
/ being directed. to other important mat
! ters urged by the President. the ques-
/ tion of the modification of the tariff
| as to pulp has not been considered. nor
is it likely. It is said. that any move
in that direction will be made IN the
/ present session.
It is understood by the State De-
partment officials that the Canadian
government has practically given its
/ assent to the proposition to negotiate
n if-- hat .1,a
country and the United states. and
that the matter would be taken no.
i after the adjournment of the Canadian
Parliament. within the next week or
two. 1t is also understood that one of
the first questions to be considered by
4 the Representatives. of virea two govefs-s
/ nents having such treaty under con-
sideration will be that concerning
wood pulp and pulp wood
/ Must Look to Canada.
1t is everywhere admitted that the
timber in the United states available
| for the manufacture of print paper
pulp is rapidly becoming exhausted,
| and that the Canadian forests must be
looked to to furnish large proper
tion of the supply. No doubt Is ex-
| pressed that the President and Secre
tary Knox. who will more directly
conduct the negotiations for a treaty. |
| are very HltiCl III earnest III Tue mat
ter, and will do their utmost to bring
about an adjustment OF the matter.
Even under the Canadian law, as it |
| stood prior to the order in council |
of the Province of Quebec. prohibiting
the expectation OF pulp wood, the
creasing slightly and under the new
order, which confines the eSporta tion |
| of pulp wood to that cut on private |
lands, a still further increase in price
oNsyN 11 n hi ell fttr%,, tI,rI
government officials, it is certain, Will
do their utmost to bring about an
amicable understanding with Canada, |
by which the rigid laws In regard to
the expectation of pulp wood will be
! relaxed.
Want to Hear from Hepburn.
Representative Harrison Of New
House Committee on Expenditures in
the Treasury Department, in support
of his resolution inquirng what has
! become of the report filed with the
I Treasury Department in 1891. disclos-
at that time. Former Representative
Hepburn. of Iowa, who filed that re-
Z port with the department, was to have
jappeared before the committee to-day,
explained that Mr.. Hepburn would
would make his statement later in the
7 week
1t was upon published statements by
4 had discovered these frauds that Mr.
Harrison based his resolution. 1t was
Z charged that Hepburn's report had
II never been made public.
Mr.. Harrison told the committee to-
day that he believed disclosures would
show that there was a connection be-
tween the sugar Weighing frauds Of
1 1891 and those recently unearthed. All
| of the members of the committee ex-
pressed desire to hear Mr. Hepburn's
statements. and tho committee adj
{~,, Il Int dpf1
Osnge Indians Now Satisfied.
delegation of Usage Indians. OF
Oklahoma, the richest tribal nation on
earth, arrived in Washington to-day
the enrolment of their tribe. There
are several measures before Congress
with this purpose in view, and the
to the Senate and House committees.
J The rolls of the tribe were closed
In 1907, AS now made up, they show
there are 1850 members OF the tribe,
, The wealth of each Usage, including
lands Is estimated to be from 100000
to $4,000.
Each member Of the nation owns
$500 Of trust fluids They have been
granted title to the surface Of the
/, land. while the underlying minerals
have been reserved to the tribe for
, period OF twenty years from June
! The lands are rich in oil the ROYALTY
on the production of which in Novem-
ber, 1909, yielded the tribe SOFAS bar
rels Or 22.5s barrels per capita. .,,,
citizenship and a wholly elective Sem
ate In tho proposed Porto Rican or
ganic act. delegation of Porto Ricans
to-day conferred With Chairman Olm-
stead, of the House Insular Affairs
Committee, The delegation was In
troduced by Governor Colon, OF Porto
Diego, of the House Of Delegates; Ed
,rado GiorEetti a member OF that
body Jose Y. Barbosa and Robert NJ,
Todd members Ct the exeentiva ,,, soun. IN.
lUnionist party, and the others tho Re-
pubIicans, MFR. Todd was a delegate to
the last Republican National Conven-