The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-02-12
OPEN LETTER TO DANviLLE
STATE SENATOR DEFINES
SPEAKERS VIEWS.
SEES A DISCRIMINATION
Agreement Substantially Denies Pro
lection to American Farmer
and Provides Free rade,
Says Cannon.

Senator Bailey, Of Danville, made
public today letter directed to him
by Speaker Joseph G. Cannon of the
national house of representatives lr
which the speaker strongly opposes
reciprocity with Canada The speak
ers followers in the senate and house
according to tn Danville senator
will put up hard fight on the fool
when the Canadian reciprocity reso-
luton is offered next week
The following is the text of Speaker
Canon's letter:
1T is reported in Washington that
you are about to consider in the state
legislature at Springfield resolution
endorsing the commercial agreepent
with Canada, which Is now pending
before congress.
Provides Free Trade.
"That proposed agreement provides
substantially for free trade between
Canada and the United States In ag-
ricultural products. the farmers fin
ished products. 1t includes, in addi-
ton to wheat, barley, corn, potatoes
dairy products, eggs, poultry. etc,
cattle, hogs and other animals on the
hoof,
OF course, free trade in these pro-
ducts is, by itself, one-sided, because
we give Canada an immense market
for her farm products, both in theory
and in fact, while she affords rs
practically no market for farm pro-
ducts in fact, whatever may be the
theory
"Of course, If there can be any I'd.
vantage given us which will compcn
safe for the burden Of competition
thus placed on our farmers. we
should be able to find 1t in the terms.
! have not found it so fir, and note
that the Canadian envoy, Mr.. Field
ing, explains to the mother country
that while Canada Is gaining d large
market In the United States the
United States is not to gain markell
enough in Canada to interfere with
the English trade, since few redac
lions are made on our products that
would seek Canadian market, ant
these reductions are small.
Notes a Discrimination.
81 note also one discrimination
Food animals on the hoof, such as
our farmers have to sell, come intr
this country free OF duty, but on thu
meat manufactured from these ami
mails there is levied duty Of cen
and quarter pound.
u have had no time to enter intc
complete analysis or the propose
agreement, but | send you under seq
arate cover copy OF the presidents
message containing the propose,
agreement and schedules.
"The agreement, to me and many
others, seems to substantially deny
protection to all agricultural products
Treating them as raw material, and e
accord to all the use OF such pro
ducts in whole or in part as basf!
for some manufacturing or ffnlshinI
process
There is marked difference O
opinion among Republicans in the
house of representative and in In,
senate touching the wisdom and the
Justice of the proposed agreement a,
"a whole.
THE Democrats In the house at
representatives have held 2 caucus
in regard to the matter, and have ~
solved to support the agreement N
the house on the ground tnat, while
it is not all that they desire TO ar
complish, 1t is long step forward In
the direction of free trade, un;er the
gnise of reciprocity, their position
now AMI in the near future being fol
a tariff for revenue only.
"rhat is not, as | understand, tn,
opposition of the Republican IartS
as set forth in its platform and OFT
lined In Its policy, AMI for one | can
not agree with the Democratic eau
cus.
II am with respect.
(signed) ]. G CANNON