Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1911-05-05

Difference in our favor $24,916,672
You ask why Canada favOrs reciprocity
If it is to give US the best of it on these
products? The answer is easy.
First, the Canadian tariff is added to the
price which the Canadian consumer must
pay. Canada desires to relieve her people
from this extra price.
Second, Canada is willing to take heI
tariff off of the goods which we sell her II
in turn we take our tariff off of the paper
wood pulp and lumber which she sells us
If our tariff against these products were
removed, she would sell us a still LARGER
amount of timber products than she now
sells us. How could that hurt the Ameri.
can farmerY
who, then. would be hurt by reciprocity
will tell you. The lumber trust and the
paper trust. Reciprocity would bring Cana
dian lumber and paper here to be sold in
competition with the American lumber
and paper. This would give the American
people cheaper paper and the farmer
cheaper lumber to build houses and barns
So you see why it is the trusts are makinl
such frantic efforts to defeat reciprocity
They desire TO hold monopoly of the
American lumber and paper markets. Let
hhN ipiahSh bC VI kOOh NllttI. Tic Is IlDt
the fellow who will be hit BY reciprocity
He will be helped. The lumber trust and
the paper trust are the ones who will feel
the weight of this measure"
TAFT FIGHTS PRoGREssIvEs.
President Taft is still fighting progress
sive Republicans. He first attempted TO
smother progressivesm by refusing pat
rOnage to members of Congress who would
not vote for bills recommended by him,
whether they thought them to be for the
public good or not. This movement failed
utterly. insurgency increased instead of
disappearing. Then the President used all
the infiuencies at his command to bring
about the defeat of Senator La Toilette in
Wisconsin. La Toilette was reelected by
a larger vote than ever Now the Presi-
dent is taking the leading part in the fight
against giving the prOgressives of the Sem
ate the committee places they demand.
lnasmuch as the Presidents former efforts
caused two progressives to grow where one
had grown before the progressives can af-
ford to be patient.
RECIPROCITY ACT IMPROVED.
Practically the only change made in the
Canadian reciprocity agreement by the
bChiONIuto III tlC IiOuSc WAS lIc HuulIlOIl
Of clause authorizing the President, by
executive act, to reduce the tariff of this
country. on any item. whether included In
the treaty or not, whenever Canada is
willing to put them on her free list. In
other words, we express willingness to
move toward free trade with Canada as
fast as Canada may desire. This invita-
ton applies only to Canada, however, and
the object is the promotion Of the friend
Hest possible commercial intercourse be-
tween the United States and our neighbor
on the north.
INCOME TAX Is CLOSE.
The income tax amendment to the con-
stitutiOn, which was a plank in the last
Democratic national platform, has now
been ratified by thirty States. To insure
It's acceptance thirty-fve States are neces-
,ary. Only four States B. Louisiana, New
Rhode Island and West Virginia |
have declared themselves in the mega
i've. This leaves twelve States from which |
o secure the necessary five votes to make |
he amendment part of the constitution. |
An income tax Is practically assured.