New-York tribune., 1911-01-22
From The tribune BureauL

Washington, january -
CANADIAN RECIPROCITY.-The an
nouncement made officially at the Depart
ment OF State to-day that the work o. the
negotiators OF Canadian reciprocity is com
pleted and that a final agreement has been
reached is taken 20 indicate that the au-
thor'ties at Ottawa have approved the
work OF their commissioners, and that II
has also met with the approval of the
PRESIDENT and his Cabinet. II is announced
that the terms of the agreement will prob
ably he made public simultaneously in
Ottawa and Washington on THURSDAY. Inc
purpose Of Secretary Knox to ask Congress
10 authorize the carrying out OF the agree
ment by means OF a Joint resolution IS re-
garded as peculiarly ingenious. as that
would obyiate the necessity Of securing the
approval Of two-thirds OF the Senate
which would be necessary If the proposed
concessions were submitted in the form oi
treaty. II this procedure is successful
IL may point the way To other RECIPROCITY
agreements, the greatest obstacle TO the
treaties which have been negotia ted in the
past having been the difficulty Of securing
the approval Of tvo-thirds Of the member
ship Of the Senate.
TIREE-GUN TURRETS.-The tentative
plans for the two bsttleships which con-
gress Is expected 10 authorize at this ses-
sion contain some interesting features. the
most notable Of which are the three-gua
turrets which It is proposed TO install 50
that these ships may carry twelve i-inch
guns, emplaced in four turrets. This would
mean material saving of weight which
could be utilized to excellent advantage in
extending the armor below the water line
as an extra protection against submarines.
Another proposition which is receiving
serious consideration is the advisability OF
providing for the exclusive use of oil A.
fuel. instead of coal, or coal and oil. The
indications are. too that Teciprocating en-
gines will be employed for motive power,
although It is possible that certain tests
now In progress may demonstrate the ad-
visibility OF using an improved form OF
turbine. OF course. none Of these PROPOSE
tons is definitely settled. and it is also true
that. as is the case with all innovations,
they have both their opponents and their
advocates. but present indications are that
the three-gun turrets will he adopted.
TAFT FAVORS LABOR.-The Presidents
special message 70 Congress. in which he
urges legislation which will obviate the
technical obstacle 10 the relief OF govern
ment employees injured in river and harbor
work, prevented by tho fact that claims
were not presented within the required
ninety days. shows the large sympathy
which Mr.. Taft feels for labor, and espe-
cally that in the service OF the govern
ment. His message Of to-day accompanies
a bill which ne approves and which pro-
vides such relief in the case OF Samuel
BadolatO. who was killed when at work
on a dam in the Monongahela River Mr..
Taft calls the attention OF Congress 10 the
fact that the Department of Commerce and
Labor has been compelled TO reject twenty
one other claims of like nature be-
cause of the same technical obstacle, and
he urges a general act allowing all such
claimants relief where their claims are Of
themselves mcritorious.
TARIFF COMMISSION LEGISLATION.
Representative Longworth assured the
Pre- Sident to-day OF his confidence that a
tariff commission bill substantially in ac-
cord with the bill drawn by him and ap-
reported 70 the House and passed by that
body Il am practically certain the bill
introduced by me will be reported TO the
House in substantially the same form in
which it was drafted. and that the House
will pass it," said Mr.. Longworth at the