El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-12-02


news print paper and the other with
articles affected by the proposed reci-
procity agreement with Canada The
latter report was made IN answer to
resolution Of the senate calling for in
formation in the possession Of the tariff
board relating to articles affected by
the reciprocity measure. This report
gave to congress certain information
regarding wood pulp and news print
paper: farm products. including live
stock: relative farm values and farm
wages in Canada and the United States;
and current prices in Canada and the
United States of wheat, barley, meats
poultry, eggs, dairy products, Vesela-
bles and other commodities produced on
the farm.
The resolution Of the senate caIleo
for information on iron ore anu ne
products manufactured tnereIrohls On
coal and on lumber. 1t also asked LOT
iDforroation on the wool and cotton
schedules The tariff board replleo lhus
it had no information on iron ore 90
its manufactured products IN form
available for transmission II al5O re-
DIied that IL had not investigated the
coal question and that II had posIpOneu
investigations into the LUMBER Ques LIOI
until the bureau Of corporations Aao
finished its work so as TO aFolo e.
pensive duplication -
The report made on the question OF
pulp and news print paper, a!Ihougn
preliminary one, was larry lult eHC oc' -
facts reported thereafter IN the cOH-
plete document did not materially alleL
the showing made in the prellIIllhaIJ
report. The investigation into an ma
ters pertaining to the farm was report
ed to congress in 48 pages, WINE i
required rs pages TO analyze the "Oou
pulp and news print paper
Farm Products.
nnnGftOn OF farm
products the tariff board roughly al
vided Canada into two parts oIq Can-
ada and new Canada. Old Canaoa en-
braced the entire eastern section OF tne
country and British Columbia on the
Pacific. New Canada embraced n Us
division a considerable part OF NAM
tOba and the provinces OF SasAs tcllS
wan and Alberta The conditions IN OIu
Canada were like unto those obtaining
in the earlier settled regions OF the
United States. One Of the 1lrst INES OL
investigation was TO 1ind Jne r9 glat.S
prices Of farm lands in the united
States and Canada 1t was FOUND tnat
in the New England border states the
land values were lower than those ID
the Canadian border states adjacent
thereto. In the border states OF Aichi-
gan, Wisconsin and Minnesota, lano val
ues were higher than those u any OF
the eastern provinces with the eAceg
ton Of Ontario, where they were 81
higher per acre than in Michigan ana
Minnesota. On the other hand. lana
values in Wisconsin were 81 higher
than those in Ontario. In Illinois land
values are little more than twice as
high as in Ontario
What Was Learned.
It was found that occupied land IN
Saskatchewan and Alberta was worth
S22 and $40 per acre respectively me
investfgat tons Of the tariff board re-
vealed the fact that farm labor wages
are on the same general level IN MANI
toba and Minnesota and in Saskatehe-
wan and North Dakota The wages IN
North Dakota and Saskatchewan were
found to be higher than those palo N
Minnesota and Manitoba. It viii be
seen from this that labor conditions
show no greater variation between the
United States and Canada than between
the states OF the United States them
selves, and this was taken by many 20
indicate that there was no need OF the
imposition Of tariff duties on CANADIAN
products coming into the United States:
The Investigation into the price OF
wheat in Canada and the United States
showed that the Minneapolis prices OF
wheat averaged some six cents ABOVE
! Winnipeg prices, while MlnneapoIis
| prices also averaged about seven cents
above Kansas City prices The same
general results were shown in connec-
/ ton with the production Of other farm
/ crops. In the case OF live stock the
/ prices Of horses in Canada. except IN
/ Prince Edward Island, Manitoba and
Nova Scotia, were higher than In any
I one Of the United States Dairy cows
q
I ada than in the United States Other
/ cattle made a similar showing.
Canadian Reciprocity.
! The report on Canadian reciprocity
/ simply recited facts like thdse here Civ
| en- and gave tables Of figures presenting
| results of the inquiries Of the tariff
/ board. Nowhere in the report is there
/ any recommendation to congress as 10
I the Interpretation Of these figures
After the tariff board made its sup
( Elemental report on wood pulp and
! print paper and its report on farm pro-
ducts, It later submitted a complete re-
/ port Of its investigations into the pro-
I duction Of print paper These 1nvesu-
! cations covered 116 mills, represent
ing an annual production Of the news
| print paDer production Of the United
/ Sta tes The investigations into the al
/ fairs Of Canadian mills represent nearly
( tWo-thirds Of the industry in that coun-
! try. All OF the figures gathered by the
/ tariff board, including those from Can
I ada. were secured directly by its rep
/ resentRtives from the books OF the diff
! ferent companies. Every question i'm
/ aginable was asked. even down to how
much time was given the employees for
| lunch
Finds Small Difference.
| After the whole investigation had
| been completed, the tariff board reached
| the conclusion that the difference be-
tween wages in the paper mills OF the
| Lake states and those IN Canada IS
| small In some OCCUPATIONS the Cana
] dian mills. and in others the mills in
the Lake states pay the higher hourly
| rates. Wages are in general higher in
| Canada than in the Lake states in the
! skilled occupations of industry. d.
/ gestric cooks, machine tenders and
| back tenders are paid higher hourly
I rates in Canada than in the Lake states.
/ On the other hand. the wages Of the
| men in occupations requiring little
| skill or training p g. for example. shin
pers, block handlers, bargemen and
/ common saborers. are considerably
| higher in the Lake states than in Can
| ada. On the other hand, the eastern
mills in the United States nay higher
wages than the eastern mills in Can
| ada
Tt was concluded by many from this.
although the tariff board carefully re-
I Trained from giving anv conclusions OF
its own. that these figures indicated
that the eastern mills in the United
States needed no more protection from
/ cheaper labor In Canada than they did
from cheaper labor in the Lake states
on our own side Of the border. Some
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