The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-05-04

senator tfoFf ana 81 q. hifh jdAIith,
secretary Of the ChickaAha Chamber
81 Commerce have been going round
and round 10 good natured CORES
lpondence over the Canadian recIproc-
iiy BILL Il started when Kirk wrote
the senator a letter criticlslng certain
features Of the bill, arguing strongly
that II the farm products OF Canada
we're to be admitted free, In justice 10
American farmers Manufactured artl-
cles should also be admitted without
duty In a lengthy letter Mr. Kirk
patrick backed np this argument and
ID reply he received the following let
ter:
Ny Dear Sir:
Your valued and valuable favor Of
recent date was duly received and
most highly appreciated II is true
that the reciprocity agreement is
somewhat one sided You have probab-
" observed the proposed program Of
the house Of representatives. The re-
cIprocIty agreement will first be pass
"a and then the farmers free list bin
viii be passed " this is done the
farmers will be compensated for the
supposed injury which they sustain by
the enactment Or the reciprocity
agreement. There is some force IN
the contention that If wheat and cattle
are placed on the free list, flour and
dressed meats should also be placed
on the free list. as we do not eeat EN-
alive
But for my part J regard trade as
q blessing, not as a curse think the
more we have Of 1t the better. / think
there ought to be absolute free trade
between this country and Canada. La
bor conditions are the same and it
would result in mutual advantage. We
would not buy anything from the Cam
adams that we did not want and they
would not buy anything from us that
they did not want. If Canada had be-
come a part Of the United States
would the resulting free trade have
been injurios? All Of our glorious
union west Of the Mississippi was once
a foreign land 50 far as the United
States was concerned: but for the for
tunate events which united our coun-
try that region would still be alien to
the United States and high tariff
would be st enuously maintained and
tho people or either side o. the Miss.
isslppl would protest that free trade
would be disanerous to both sections.
by the wav am thinking abpu'
having ticlcs o. Impeachment rsa-
ferred against y,u AZ good oldIash
ioned democrat shall also have to
put couat IN The ari'c.es of im,cach.
ment charging you with dlsloyauv az
tie secretar' 81 The Chamber Of Com.
merce. uldana.aliy chambsr +
commerce ID designed K promote corr.
merce, to extend ale, 10 IA 'iiita )
exchange, that EVIL thing. trade co'si.
merce, exchange, which is fraught
with burdens rather than benefits,
fraught with disaster rather than pros
perity We expend fifty millions q
year for the Improvement Of our riv.
ers and harbors to facilitate trade We
build up tariff dykes 10 obstfuct trade.
We are building the Panama canal Mt
the expense Of half billion to short.
en- the distance between the rising
and setting sun, about fifteen thou.
sand miles The only result Of that
viii be an increase in the calamai'is
Of commerce, unless the nations which
are thus brought closer together and
afforded the advantage Of cheaper
freight rates shall offset that advant-
age by increasing their tariff daties.