Daily Kennebec journal., 1911-02-24

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| procity they We're willing to have pull
| wood come i'll free. They have been
having a monopoly and they must learn
that what is good for the whole peo-
pie is to be considered He then went
on to paint a rosy picture of the pos
siblc development of Portland under
| reciprocity. He declared that Port
! land would be al all the year round
bort for English steamers instead of
| being used for six months in the year
! if we had suitable trade relations with
| Canada. He declared that the op-
| poncnts tC reciprocity had set up a
| bugaboo man of straw in the PROPOSE
ton that Canada with its 100000 or
| 9.00o00J could ovCrwhelm the United
States wiih its 9o,p00,6o1 people if
udde relations Were altered. He did
| not think that this WAS so for We
were able to maintain the standard
| Of the cotton mills of Maine Ill COM
petition with China and Japan.
Thus far Mr.. Pennell had been hav
ing everything his own way. but after
he had continued along this line for
about half an hour the door of the lit
tie committee room opened and in
walked Senator Millken of Aroostook
ard his colleague, Senator Theriault
the latter being a member of the COM
ntittec.
Alr Pennell was piled with questions
by Senator Milliken. do you think
reciprocity will make the price of
lumber Less" asked Senator Milliken,
Not much" replied Mr.. Pennell, Sen
ator Milliken asked him if he did not
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Of farm produce much and he replied
that the price of farm produce was
largely controlled by cold storage
plants.
Senator Sanbern asked Mr. Pennell
ii lie did not believe tliat absolute free
trade would be better than reciproc-
ity and Mr.. Pennell side-stepped tie
question by saying that he believed
reciprocity with South America would
be even more beneficial than reciproc-
itN with Canada.
What would YOU say about free
trade with Canada, Mr. Pennell?" ask
cd Senator Theriault. "Perfectly safe" :"
replied Mr.. Pencil on the jump Sem
ator Mililken asked Mr.. Pennell few
questions at this point in regard to
the relative value of farms in New
Brunswick and Canada q question
with which Mr.. Pennell admitted that
he vas not acquainted. do the Ca
nadidns farm as well as the Aroos-
took fdrmers!' asked sir. Pennell of
Senator Milliken and the latter replied
They do not farm as much" was the
reply. Why not" urged Mr.. Pennell,
and Senator Theriault replied They
cant mako p1lIph
|. Mr.. Pennell claimed that Maine had
| made its greatest increase in popula
ton under the old reciprocity agree
ment with Canada of 1S5J. and said
there had been an increase of popula
ton of 7A per cent. from 1850 to 1860
in spite of the migration West caused
| by tie gold fever. Mr. Down of the
| committee then took a hand at ques-
| tioning Mr.. Penncll upon the provis-
ions of the reciprocity agreement. aft
er which Mr.. Pennell declared tina. If
the treaty prevailed there would be an
opportunity for the building of cotton
mills and wooden mills and that d
great city might be built upon the Al
| legash. He declared that he was glad
to be a progressive" and that reel
procity was opposed by the farmers
just As every stage coach driver had
been opposed to railroads and horse
| owners to automobiles.
| Senator Milliken followed Mr.. PEN
nell speaking in opposition to the
memorial to Congress in favor of reci-
procity. Before accepting it," said
he. I'VE would do we'll to consider what
effect it will have upon our own State.
Either reciprocity is, or it is not going
! to reduce the cost of living. II it does
not reduce the cost of living it will
accomplish nothing and will be dis
appointment to nine-tenths of those
who have favored it, II it does justi-
fy the hopes Of those fayoring it by
reducing the cost of living. what effect
will it have upon Maine?
I'VE Shall have free trade i'll Maine
upon all that we sell and protection
and prohibitive prices on all that we
have to import. We object to the
measure because it has been dumped
upon us without any warning.
MT Pennell asks me what l am
afraid for. l will tell you. l am in
terested in lumber mills. 1t doesn't
mean 50 much to me whether they rur
for the next year or not. but it does
make d difference to the people thai
work for me.
The farming interests will suffer
too. believe that Canadian reciprocity
will cost at least s1,000.000 to Aroos'
took county in the lowering of farm
values. 1t is bad for Maine. 1t will
compel US to sell everything cheap ant
buy what we have to buy at the high
est prices,
There is no politics in Aroostool
Il county in the matter. We feel that i
is a Democratic theory, which Re
publican President has been hammer
ed into accepting, and which if it il
passed will be passed by coalition
of Democrats and Republicans"
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