The Washington herald., 1911-01-27
DUTIES ON FOODS
MAY Be REMOVED
Continued from PAGE One.

that the BENEFITS to be derived by the
United States cannot be computed in this
way at the present. The total value of
articles now dutiable. which the United
States proposes to make free under the
ragreement, Is SO. 900, or 1874 per cent
OF the total dutiable importations Of
Canada into the United States in the
fiscal year 1910. The total value Of ar
ucles now dutiable which Canada pro-
poses to make free is. on the other hand,
only 81, 9S.0cO which is 1916 per cent Of
all the dutiable imports into Canada
from the United States in the same year.
The total amount of duties to be remit
ted by the United States under the
agreement is $4.S5o000, as compared with
$4,000 with Canada
The Canadian reductions on. agricul-
tural implements and manufactured arti-
cles are reflected. however, to the de-
cided advantage of the United States, in
the figures on the total value of dutiable
articles on which this government in
tends merely to make a reduction. The
value Of such articles is S,521, 900. or only
H4 per cent OF the dutiable imports pass
ing INTO the United States from Canada
in the fiscal yeor 1910. The total value
of the dutiable articles on which Canada
proposes to make reductions amounts to
SS.S7o,000 or 1873 per cent of the dutiable
imports into Canada from the United
States in 1910
Living No Cheaper.
Naturally the greatest interest in the
new agreement is centered in its possible
effect upon the prices of foodstuffs in the
United States. President Taft makes it
plain that he does not expect that the
unrestricted interchange of food products
will greatly reduce their cost to the peo-
pie of this country. Canada's small sur
plus for export makes this unlikely. But
,Mr Taft does hold out the hope that the
opening of the American markets to
canadian grain and other foodstuffs will
help to prevent speculative fluctuations.
and VIII steady local price movements
The agreement was received with min
Sled emotions in the House and Senate,
and its fate at this time is uncertain.
The New Englanders are disappointed
with the agreement, and the greatest
danger of opposition seems to be from
that quarter. They contend that about
the only reductions they have got in the
agreement on their manufactured goods
applies to watches and iron rods. Their
cotton goods. woolens. and boots and
shoes remain untouched. And the cod
hsh-the sacred cod-that is something
that the New Englanders apparently will
not see violated. Senators Lodge and
ment upon the agreement, but Repre-
sentative Gardner, Senator Lodges SON.
in-law, came out with n statement
against the agreement almost before the
agreement had been read in Congress.
He nearly wept over the idea of Goldfish
being on the free list
Republicans Differ Widely.
The Representatives in Congress from
the Northwestern border States also are
up in arms over the admission of Cana
dian wheat and grain free Representa-
tive Tawney. of Minnesota, declared to-
night that the agreement would arouse a
storm of protest in the Northwest and
that it will throw all other administra-
ton measures in the shade. MIR. Tawney
doubted whether the proposed reciprocity
legislation could be put through at this
session. Other Representatives from the
Northwest expressed similar opinions.
The Republican insurgents in the Mid
die West. notably Kansas, Nebraska, and
Iowa, seem to find the proposed agree
ment satisfactory. and apparently will
support il, on the ground that il Is de-
cided step toward putting the necessaries
OF life UPON the free list
Democrats Like 1t,
The Democrats also are inclined to look
Representative Underwood OF Alabama,
who will head the Ways and Means
Committee of the next House. which will
revise the tariff. declared that the agree
ment would tend to reduce the cost of
living in this country. and at the same
time would open up good markets for
the United States in Canada He was
glad to see lumber on the free list, and
he expressed the opir ion that other DEM
ocrats would support the agreement. The
Democrats apparently welcome the pro-
posed legislation as a move in the di-
rection that they are to follow when they
take up the revision of the tariff next
winter.