The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-03-19
TAFT TO MEET CANADIANS
M MAS TAKEN CHARGE OF THE
TARIFF PROBLEM.


VIVA Meet Minister FIsaalaw IN AIhaa,
rO~aiwha and G0VerWsr-GeneraI Grey
PreSablS Wln ne Thsee Presaaeaa
, IN Great sseOss % sestilng rAsgie.
RocHHsTnR. March Is.-Ths tariff dead
lock bstwesn this country and Canada
may os broken at Albany Tomorrow.
President Taft told Tris0ds here tonight
that he had taken over the rsins him
sslf and had arranged for q conference
with W. = Fielding. Minister Of Finance
of the Dominion Of Canada. that countTy's
tariff expert. at tho New York State Cap
itOi
Fart Grey. Governor Ger srll OF the
Dominion. 10 to he at the banquet given
% the President by the University Club
Tomorrow night. He may attend the
tariff conference also.
10 u almost certain that Counsellor
Hoyt Of the State Department and Charles
N. Pepper. tariff expert Of that Depart
msnt. will be az Albany.
The President sesnsd pleased AZ the
4 tAcARNNt W NAAAAIA VNSf Nu1 NtNsAANNOth
with Minister Fielding. although the
deadlock with Canada has besn the
source OF more worry to the Admins
tration than have the tariH difsculties
with any doxsn others. Mr.. Taft evidently
vas in hopes tonight ~ fixing things up.
Whether he will reach a tentative agree
rns0t OF not the President did not in
form his callers. but he intended 20 do
all that was possible. IL was said.
ALBANY. March ~ According to plans
arranged for the stay hsre Of President
Taft Il u the expectation that the Presi-
dent and Earl Grey will give a short re-
osption at tbs hotel previous 70 sittin e
down 60 ths dinner Tomorrow night.
Prssidsnt Taft and the Canadian dig
nitaries will meet a second time ~ guests
% Gov. Hughes az the Executive Mansion
Sunday afternoon ut an informal luncheon
60 be given by the Governor in honor
Of the Prssldenf. who 10 To he his guest
during his Albany visit. number Of
others have been invited 70 this luncheon.
including President Ernest Fox Nichols
OF Dartmouth College. Mayor james b.
McEwan OF Albany. who was a college
classmAts Of President Taft at Yale;
ex-0ov. David r. Francis OF Missouri
and several prominent Albanians
President Taft is s~1s1ulei - arrive
here az 2.sO p. N. tomorrow from Roch-
ester
OTTAWA. March Is-There is intense
excitement to-day az 20 the outcome %
the so-called tarR war Some persons
who are here on their way home from
Washington and who have had the opp0r-
tunity Of discussing the situation with
1 - a = - a.
60 impose the maximum duty ~ a matter
l Of IeeAf tmtsrpFeentiguBrA rigid and I'M
bending provision Of the new tariff To
do so. however. may he for Mr. Taft a
p~culis riy diatssteful underta king
The President - sRid 20 b. personally
favorable to Canada Ne did not spend
90 many summers AZ MURRAY Bay without
gstting to know the CAM dian people
and their country
What will happen on this side OF the
line " the maximum h imposed - the
next question The first impulse - to
strike hack with retaliatOFy duties There
are influences here. however that disap-
| prove such a course. Immediately at least
10 circumstances and conditions are such
as to justify this line OF action u may
be>taksn. hut there u not likely TO he
any hurry about H.
The Governor General end Lady Grey
this afternoon nttsh&~d she opening Of
the Protestant Infants Home. Montreal
Eari Grey will leave for Albany tO-mOr-
row TO meet President Taft and Gov
1 Hughes at the dinner OF the University
| Club Of Albany
! 1T JOAN. n. n. March ~ 1.-THE United
States imposes the maximum tariH on
Canadian imports business in both coun-
tries will suffer in tho OpiniOn OF shippers
and man ufs ctureru here. While a tariff
war would not seriously iniUre the lum-
her trade 90 81 John. because a large
part Of the lumber manufactured here
ls cut IN Maine and reshippsd free Of
duty. the enforcement Of the maximum
schedule would stop practically all ship
naents % pulp from New Brunswick
George NJ. Ksyes Of Pepperell Mas.
one Of the owners Of the pulp mills at
| Chatham. said that IL the maximum duty
on pulp. sii q ton. were enacted the plant
would be shut down. In his opinion
every American manufacturer % pulp
IN Canada would be obliged 90 buy sup
| plies In European countries or the West
10 no expected 70 keep his mills running.
Mr. Ksyes came here thIsSwssk bscauss
Of the threatened tariff var He and
other Americans have ordered all pulp
stored in their warehouses 20 be shipped
across the line immediately.
The New Brunswick Legislature l&st
NIGHT discussed the pulp wood situation
and adopted q resolution unanimously
expressing tho visw that all pulp wood
and wood for pulp making purposes
eua on the crown lands Of NSw Brunswick
should he manufactured izsse paper within
the prevtncr.
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