The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-06-04

pulp wood. then Canada will permit
United states paper Ia come free into
the United States
This exact agreement is not embodied
in the bill as recommended 10 the house
by the WAYS and means committee and
as passed by the house. Instead. in or
der 10 induce the Canadian provinces,
over whom The Dominion can exercise no
control. to lft the restrictions upon the
expectation OF their pulp wood. II is
provided that when paper is made in
Canada from wood grown on land not
come into the United States free. and II
Is hoped that. the difference OF 1915 be
tween the duty, on paper from restricted
wood and no duty on paper made from
unrestricted wood VIII induce the prov
nces to lit their restrictions
Paper Makers Fairly Treated
1T is thus apparen, that while small
amount OF paper NAV come in free into
the United States under the existing
tariff. the paper made from nine -teuths
OF The pulp wood OF Canada will pay a
duty Of 1915. 1t seems to me that this
is treating the paper manufacturers OF
the United States fairly. II is pro
vision calculated to secure to them a
source OF supply where they can get ~
wood at 81 less 4 ton than in this coun-
try, with the disadvantage of a small
competition Of paper made in Canada
from Canadian wood upon which there is
no restrictions.
1T is a provision looking far into the
future. and which we hope VIII create a
condition OF absolutely free trade in paper
and Its materials. a condition that can
did and sagacious paper manufacturers
Will admit is the best thing for the in
dustry as it certainly is for the con-
sumers.
The third class of opponents to the
bill arc those who claim voclferousIy to
represent the whole farming industry OF
the United states. This, of course.
d161 lnv
than the special interests to which
have referred. and II is but natural that
these special interests should be found
cooperating with those who claim to rep
resent the farming interests In arousing
the farmers 10 the horrors and disasters
that are to follow reciprocity.
A Significant Fact
The employment of a New York City
firm skilled in sending circulars is not
the subject OF proper criticism provided
reasons BILE and well founded The Sig
nificance or the fact that this same New
York firm is looking for financial assist
ancc In the, campaign they are carrying
proclty. not only TO the grange, but also
to gentlemen interested i'm lumber. in the
manufacture OF print paper and in other
manufactures. cannot escape the atten-
tlon of the public
How is the farmer to be affected by
Canadian reciprocity and free trade In
agricultural products? Canada is so far
north that her agricultural products are
limited 10 wheat rye. barley. oats pota
toes, live cattle. horses and dairy prod
| ucts. She cannot and does not raise more
| crop Of the United States. She raises nc
| cotton she raises but few vegetables, she
| raises but few hogs. because she has not
the corn, to feed them: she. is at present
a great importer OF all fruits citrus and
| otherwise. from the United States; she
| imports large amount OF cottonseed oil
| which. by the Canadian reciprocity treaty
! is now made free; she cannot fatten cat.
| tie as they are fattened In the United
| States. and therefore it has become prof
| liable for farmers TO import young cat.
tie from Canada. even with the duty or
them and to fatten them for the Chicago
| market,
Our Imports to Canada.
| "The United States exports into Canada
great many more horses than she i'm
ports from Canada. She sends 10 Canada
a much larger amount OF potatoes thar
she receives from her The United States
as much meat and dairy products al
Canada exports into the United States.
| The only real Importation Of agricul
tural products that we may expect from
| consist of wheat. barley. rye and oats
| The world price OF these four cereals 1.
fixed abroad. where the surplus from
the producing countries Is disposed Of
and is little affected by the place from
which the supply is derived. Canadian
wheat nets perhaps 10 cents less a bushe
| TO the producer than wheat grown in The
| Dakotas or in Minnesota, due to the fac
! that the cost of exporting that wheat anC
| warehousing II and mn rketlng II in Liver
| pool is considerably greater than the cos
| to the Dakota farmer OF disposing of hii
wheat to the mlllers Of Minneapolis Of
sending 1t abroad II now the duty is Il
| be taken off wheat and the Canadian
| wheat can come to the mlllers OF Mime
| apolis and other places. IL can, and will
be made into flour because the capacit,
of the United States mills is 33 per cen
1 greater than is needed to mill the whea
| OF this country. Canadian wheat can b'
imported and ground into flour withou
i materially reducing the demand for, o.
the price Of, United States wheat, and tn,
surplus will he cent abroad as flour. TIL,
price OF Canadian wheat doubtless will
be increased a few cents by access to tn,
market nearer at hand. but the access
TO the market nearer at hand will no
] reduce the price of his wheat TO tn,
United States farmer for the reasons
stated.
"A material benefit TO all the farmer
of the country. especially the stock ant
cattle reisers and the dairy farmers. vii
| be the by-products of bran and short
from the -four mills likely TO follow tn
free export of wheat from Canada L