New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-06
|gJRT0N TAFTs CHAMPION
O''O Reciprocity ' Agreement
.,xfs REPLY TO cUMM'NS
ia. Presidents Right to
v sasss for Reeiprooit y.,.ou
ram The Tribune , su'e' "nas,

Fr'r ,,, More past per-
washington, rar.ous Senators on tle
fO'o1s s.ticn stSInsy, "a, Tnr'a o were we're
tariH q ''r. on the reelproe,'Y ,o d. IN a
their views Nv senator Burton to-dsy IN :, !"
pointed -'ut y in defence Of the Cana''s"
greerneni' ,,or and La Toilette nave
senators N,s,, in their denunciation
been mos os.,procty bill on the srV ,nn FARM.
Of the Ie ~ immediate injury 10 ,ne ,"' ,ho
It would Nv Iorthwest by taking away D ".'
srs Of me .,,on they enjoy Senator Bur
tariff pro'e'Ss onstor Nelson as SAVING no NO
ton quoted :, 1909. when the tar'n o'i'
a.. ave under discussion ,.,, ~ 70 This
"as "' ..o,ive duty on wheat ',l Ep 20 20 the
The lio Mem OF No e%1tn'' hsve hecn an
ia, farmers. ~, and are yet. and as
Eypcrter Of Vii wheat the price Is nNeo
lG % he e Eyerpool pi'Ib1 aishei more for my
sti thiIty efn Rave ever got before
wheat '''" from wisconsin also said on
the sail' III ,heir hogs and pigs 10
The farmer AZ Chicago ana Kansas
,ht Beef u protection 70 them VIC '
city, ana y trust rather than inc l"' III
IL the b'''
rS ...,or from Wisconsin also
TIE "a senator Burton. in the de-
stated ,ss payne Aldrich bill that the
'''s ;, s.,sst which the asricuI'uiIs' re. ae
only Yen r.aro the tariff was the duty ON Wool
C'iy'd i'V'D - harley. except an indirect
snd tna' ho,e0t which he takes from
r r'.s.o, the people employed J" pro''''''
.s.,ufsrtures che other side
NJ pu ..,,or on which the opponents OIL
Of me g 81. have been dwelling ever since
recip'o0'~ reported to the Senate-the
'ns ,' W. Of the American farmer nc
oon '.s avtsnsively from statistics 10 sho"
aI'''u situation Of the farmer Is more
'ha' hon that Of men In any other
hopeim .,or and that the drift to the cities
co'upo', ,...rsA # the decrease OF the
! r., of the farmer, which he SAID
e.nu. limos, doubled in the last ten years
yr Burton said
r,., then. is true Of the OUTLOOK 1IC,a,,d iG is
VIA s,,;csn farmer That the denlahu u
N A'l e. much more rapidly than the
hde;.sH ,Sst his prices are sure 10 rise
S!l' e M more favorable prospect IN any
IhsIe "a. - - .baD for the farmer, Inc move
Z. ION the country TO the city IS NAM
7 rem !. ~ oyer the civilized world. In Ger
f'sl .. rsCert figures show there has oeeI
nan i.,, lsy from 8 per cent TO 20 per cen'
an ~ -. ~ titles Of more than 100000 popu-
l,ins 1, the last fifty wears. france Eng
ial. avg ~, - prussia show the same tendency
,.hs en- ,,rracessarv 10 dwell upon conditions
: ~ United states, because they are lo'
Zen known 70 all. ,, t.r rec;.
.-,y Il moi 10 reduce the price OF aru-
l,N .o,d by the farmer II would require
. -, N rsgue conjecture 10 prove that the
1.-,,sr viii suffer from this agreement
is,s in exceptional instances. The price
y Cav and harley may he slightly dlnln-
t,h.5 In some localities near 10 the cana,
AZ, border hay. and possibly wheat ano
o,s.. nroducts. may show some. decrease IN
S-Ss bIt in the first place, II Is the Whole
s,,'rtrJ and the general good OF all the
,.1-i, 10 which We must look for our man
az IN legislation. The slight loss-and u
"a only be slight-Of producers 81 pa
.'-gl,r articles and in specific localities is
srs-bslsncsd by the benefits which VIII %
n, Tfsrrsi upon the whole people.