Bisbee daily review., 1911-06-04

important subject so distinguished and intelligent a company.
 The Canadian Reciprocity agree ment providing for free trade in ag-i- cultural products of the two coun- , tries, and for corresponding reduc. tion of duty on all the secondary food products and for a considerable re- duetion of duty on all the necessary food products and for consideraple reduction in a number Of manutac- turing goods, passed the house of representatives in April last. In Hands of Senate.
 Tt was referred by the senate 60 it's committee on finance ana rnere has been under consideration by the committee for a number of weeks. Witnesses fin favor of and against passage of the agreement have been heard at considerable length. and we now hope that the bill will be brought before the senate possibly without recommendation some time during the coming week.
 Approval Liberal
 The cordial approval throughout the country which the proposed agree nent received when sent to congress surprised ever those who were re- sponsible for It's makiug. ana [ am confident that further consideration the treaty since its commission to congress in January last has only confirmed the popular f,rigment in favor its adoption into law.
 The treaty is pending in Wash ington and the decision must be made m the senate of the United States. The bill will pass. if it passes at all, because of the force Of pubnc opin- ion in its favor.
 "One of the great objections to the old method of framing a tartn bill was that in order to secure it's passage, every district had to be slv- en something in the bill in the way of protection whether it needed 1t or not, for the purpose Of appeasing the representatives of that district and securing their suppart.
 Scores c. o. p. Policy.
 This method was obviously calcuI. ated to produce bill drawn not with a view to their protection, but for many industries that did not need 1t all all
 Now tho Canadian reciprocity az reement, in a little different way, involved in its consideration the same principle. It calls for apr soval of it's provisions as q unit, without regard to the necessity for tariff revision. if there be such necessity in respect to other schedules of the tarif not af- Iected or touched by 1t.
 Opposition Exaggerated.
 T venture to think that there is much less real opposition to recipro- city than has been represented m Washington for the purpose of in- nuencing votes in both houses. I am very hopeful that the bill win pass the senate, and when 1t does rasS and has been agreed upon by the Cana dian parliament, it's actual operation will be so beneficial to both countries that the arguments against it's adop- ton will be forgotten or will only ge remembered as exaggerated in- stances of perverted fmaginations.
 Explains Contradiction
 Tt has been said that I have urged the reclprocitv agreement 1 with the idea of lowering the cost Of living and then have asserted that 1 the farmers would not be injured ! " ANuuthUu III LEe BTICe al Which l they sell their products. It is ! asked, Is t possible to reduce the | cost of living and maintain the , present price of farm products?'
 My own impression is that the ! cost Of farm products is determined ] bv the worlds sUTUlv and not by 1 local conditions, tariff or otherwise. ] and that so long as the movement ] toward manufacturing and away . from the farms continues and the supply of farm laborers is kept up, the high prices for farm products l are inevitable. But I do think rec ! procity will enlarge the supply of | farm products for our people and ! thus prevent undue enhancement of ] prices beyond the present stan , dard"