The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-06-04
SAYS FARMER WILL
DECIDE THE MATTER
President Taft Makes Vigorous
Appeal for the Reciprocity
Agreement.
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vision II there be such necessity. In re-
| spect TO other schedules OF the tariff ncl
affected or touched by II.
II venture to think that there is much
| less real opposition 10 reciprocity thnr
has been represented In Washington foi
the purpose Of influencing votes in both
houses. ! am very hopeful that the bill
pass. and has been agreed upon by the
Canadian parliament. Its actual opera
tioT Will be so beneficial TO both coun-
tries that the arguments against rs
be regarded rs exaggerated instances al
perverted imagination, ! say ms be,
cause have examined the arguments and
compared them with the actual statistics
and also because Of similar experiences
that the people OF the United States have
had in respect TO the adoption of partial
reciprocity with Cuba, and of complete
reciprocity with Porto Rico and the Phil
ippines ,,,.,
redgced the duties & on No each side 20 ERer
doubled. Under complete reciprocity. or
free trade with Porto Rico, our trade
with that island has increased nearly MI
teen times under reciprocal relations
with the Philippines, our mutual trade
has nearly doubled IN less than a year.
and yet. in the case of each of these
changes, tnCre was NCnGUrHt ulScuSSlpIl.
bitter opposition and prophesies OF dis
astrouS results.
For ten wears I engaged in the strug
gle for Philippine free trade and FOR ten
agricultural interests of this country en-
gagged IN the raising OF beet and cane
sugar and yet since the adoption of the
Payne tariff bill which extended free
trade TO the Philippines, ] have not heard
single complaint as TO the effect OF
that feature.
"a careful analysis OF the arguments,
pro and con over the Canadian reciprocity
agreement, will convince any fair minded
economist. who is we'll informed as 10
conditions in both countries. that six
months after the agreement is adopted.
there Will be no complaint from any quar-
ter.
Tells Source of Opposition.
From what source does this opposition
proceed? In the first place. IT, comes from
two classes of the business interests.
supply of the United States and those
who are engaged in the manufacture OF
print paper. and of whom the largest
manufacturers own much OF the spruce
wood supply OF the United States from
which print paper is made. And the Sec
ond class opposed TO the treaty are those
who claim to represent The farmers and
agricultural interests OF the country.
I'm the consideration OF these three
classes of opponents 10 the treaty. |
should promise that one Of the great OBJ
tects Of the treaty, one of the great rea-
sons for It's making and submission to
congress. was the conservation OF our
natural resources. II is perfectly evident
from the statistics that our lumber sup
ply and supply OF spruce wood for paper
making are being rapidly exhausted. and
tha; the effect OF the dinlinution Of such
supply and the Increase OF demand Is TO
put too high a price upon the rough
lumber and wood pulp. Under the Pavnc
tariff bill rough lumber Is dutiable at
s125. Under the reciprocity agreement
that duty Is removed. ! submit that as
lumber is essential to all classes. farmers
and merchants. as the price has gone
far beyond what II ever was IN the past
and as our supply is being exhausted. we
ought. when we can. enlarge the sources
from which our people may secure IL at
reasonable prices. The report Of the chief
OF the bureau OF corporations shows that
the control Of lumber IN the United States
they are so friendly to each other that
the possibility OF monopoly is neither
remote nor impossible. unless we bring
TO the markets of the United States the
relatively inexhaustible supply to be
found in Canada.
Discusses Print Paper.
Second. as TO print paper. The tariff
animation of the comparative cost of
production OF print paper in the United
States and Canada. Indeed. the report
is so complete as to vindicate the Jude
a board for the purpose Of determining
the differences I'm the cost OF articles at
home and abroad with view 10 assist :
ing congress in rational readjustment
Of the tariff.
This report shows that the mills best
situated In the United States. with the
best machinery. can manufacture print pa :
per at a slightly less cost than the mills
best situated in Canada; that the Cana
dian mills on an average have newer ma
chinery than the United States mills;
that there are quite number OF United
States mills that use old machinery. and
therefore do not conduct their business
on economical lines; that the average cost
Of production in all the mills OF the
United States including the poorest mills.
is about So more a ton than the cost OF
production In Canada with newer mills.
and that this s5 is just about the diff
ference between the cost Of pulp wood
IN tho United States and the cost OF pulp
wood in Canada. II seems fairly reason
which only grows north Of the forty fifth
degree OF latitude will be exhausted In
the United States or remain in the con-
troll OF a few persons because of the
drain OF the United States mills.
Bars Must Be Let Down.
1T Is OF the highest Importance. there
fore. not only to the consumers. but TO
der that they may secure their raw ma
terial al a reasonable price. TO secure ?
letting down OF the bars in Canada for
the expectation OF pulp wood. The prov :
lnces OF Canada have control over the
crown lands in which nine -tenths OF the
pulp wood is grown. and they have i'm
posed restrictions and export duties OF
various kinds upon the pulp woods In the
export OF the wood except In the form
OF pauer. The agreement provides that
whenever the Canadian provinces remove
ell restrictions upon the expectation OF