Norwich bulletin., 1911-01-27
MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT,
 RECIPROCITY WITH CANADA.
Terms of the New Tariff Agreement Made Public Simultaneously at Washington and at Ottawa-Basis of the Asreement.

' the new tariff reciprocity agreement between the United States and the Dominion of Canada were made pub lie today, simultaneously at Washing ton and at Ottawa. President Taft sent it to congress with an extend ed message urging the confirmation of the proposed treaty. The state department gave out a summary of the tarif changes provided for as fol-
 "The basis of the agreement is this:
 Reciprocal lists on leading food products such as wheat and other grains; dairy products: fresh fruits and vegetables; fish of all kinds: eggs and poultry, sheep and other live ami mals.
 Also certain commodities now free in one country are to be made free by the other, such as cotton seed oil by Canada and rough lumber by the United States. Tin and tin plates. now dutiable in both countries, are made mutually free. Barbed wire fencing now exempted from duty by Canada, is also. exempt by the United States. Some raw materials such as mica and jipsum. which enter into numerous industries, are to be made free by the United States. Printing paper is to become free on the removal of all re- strlctlons on the exportation of pulp wood.
 Mutually reduced identical rates on secondary food products such as fresh meats, canned meats, bacon and hams, lard and lard compounds. canned vege- tables, flour, cereal preparations and other foodstuffs partly manufactured.
 Mutually reduced rates on list of manufactured commodities which in- cludes motor vehicles, cutlery, clocks and watches, plate glass, brass band instruments, printing ink and mis- cellaneous articles.
 Agricultural implements, such as blows, harvesters, threshing machines and drills are reduced by Canada to the United States rates.
 "A small list of articles is given special rates by each country. Cana da reduces coal to 45 cents per ton and cement to Il cents per hundred pounds. The United States reduces iron ore to ten cents per ton. lowers the rate on aluminium products and on dressed lumber.
 Total amount of duties to be re- mitted by the United States. $4,s5o, 900.
 Total of amount of duties to be re- mitted by. Canada $2,56o,oo6.
 Value of articles now dutiable which the United States proposes to make free, s9,s11,ooO, equal to 76.4 per cent.
 Value of dutiabIe articles on which the United States proposes to reduce duties $7,521.e00. equal to 14.4 per cent.
 Value of articles imported into the United States, which are affected by the reciprocal agreement, $47333O0O equal to S1 per cent.
 Value of articles remaining luti- able at full rates $4,771,oeo. equal to
 ''value of Articles remaining duti- which Canado rr0n0rac fo $21, ,958, 900, equal to 16.5 per cent
 Value of dutiable articles on which Canada proposes to reduce duties $25, ,s7o, 900, equal'to 1s.5 per. cent.
 Value of articles imported into Canada which are affected by the re-. ciprocal agreement. $47.S2s,o0o, equal to 36 per cent.
 Value of articles remaining duti- able $85, ,198, 900. equal to 64 per cent"
 The text of the print paper provision of the agreement is in part as follows:
 Pulp of wood mechanically ground; pulp of wood. chemical, bleached or unb1eached; news print paper, and other paper and paper board manufactured from mechanical wood pulp or from chemical wood pulp or of which such pulp is a component ma terial of chief value, colored in the pulp, or not colored, and valued at not more than four cents per pound, not including printed or decorated wall paper free"
 President Taft in his message said in part:
 My purpose in making reciprocal trade agreement with Canada>has been not only to obtain one which would be mutually advantageous to both countries, but one which would also be truly national in it's scope as ap- plies to our own country and would be of benefit to all sections
 Both countries in their industrial development have to meet the com petition of lower prived labor in other parts of the world This has made it difficult to extend the principle of re- ciprococal rates to many manufactur- ed commodities, but we have succeed ed in doing so in various and import ant instances."