The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1911-08-03

ness men, manufacturers and consum-
ers of both countries are going to be
benefited. Since the incipiency of the
fight a most remarkable condition has
existed, from a political point Of view,
in that a Republican President has
been forced to rely upon the assistance
OF members of the opposition party in
securing legislation he advocated and
believed to be needed. But the Presi-
dent gives credit to whom credit is
due. He says:
II should be wanting in straight
forward speaking, however, If I did not
freely acknowledge the credit that
belongs to the Democratic majority in
the house and the Democratic minority
in the senate for their consistent sup
port of the measure, in an earnest and
sincere desire to secure its passage.
Without this reciprocity would have
been impossible. 1t would not have
been difficult for them to fasten upon
the bill amendments affecting thu tariff
generally in such a way as TO embar-
rass the Executive and to make it
doubtful whether he could sign the
bill, and yet to claim popular approval
for !.eir support of reciprocity in its
defeat. In other words the demo-
Gratis did not play politics in the col
loquial sense in which those words
are used, but they followed the die
tates of a higher policy"
When the Canadian Parliament
ratifies the treaty a long list of pro
ducts, of which the following are the
principal ones, will be subject to the
following duties in either country:
Fresh meats, 1 IA cents a pound.
Bacon, hams and other smoked
meats, / Ia cents per pound.
Canned meats and canned poultry,
20 per cent ad valorem.
Lard and compounds thereof, 1 IA
cents per pound.
Fish, packed in tins, at guaranteed
specific duties up to 36-ounce pack
ages, and above that 80 per cent ad
valorem.
Canned vegetables, l IA cents per
pound.
Wheat and rye -four, so cents per
barrel.
Oatmeal and rolled oats, so cents
per hundred pounds.
Cornmeal, II IL cents per hun
dred pounds.
Prepared cereal foods, II IL per
cent ad valorem.
sweetened biscuits, 25 per cent adj
valorem.
Mineral waters and limitations
thereof, II 1-2 per cent ad valorem.
Farm wagons and parts thereof,
| 90 4 q -. ao0T aI uolnrnn1
Agricultural implements, Is per
cent ad valorem.
Portable engines for farm par
aoeee. 20 per e ad valorem.
Building stone not dressed, II 1-2
per cent ad valorem.
Paving blocks, IL IL per cent ad
valorem
Plumbing fixtures, 80 IL per cent
ad valorem.
Cutlery. 81 1-2 per cent ad xalorem.
Plate glass, not beveled, 20 per cent
ii valorem.
~o4-~ vehicles, 20 rer cent I'D We
loren.
| Furthermore the United States will
take from Canada at certain reduced
rates of duty such articles as alumni
mum. leths, shingles, finished lrmh"'
and iron ore, if Canada will receiF"
from the United States at ceIta:
rates of duty cement, fruit trees, Il
densed milk, peanuts and coal.
Then comes the free list under
which each country will receive the
following articles:
Live animals, poultry, various
grains, corn, fresh vegetables ano
fruits, dried fruits, dairy products
eggs, honey, cottonseed oil, seeds
animal oils, salt, mineral waters moi
bottled, timber, mica, asbestos, crude
elycerin, tale, brass in bars and rods
rolled i1ca CT steel, wire Of ceFtGt'
sizes, barbed wire fencing and coke.
II addition the United States vii.
aZlnit free of duty from Canada wocd
ou;p, noTs print rcrer and other pa
ner manufactured from wood pulp
on condition that no export duty is
IMPOSED upon it before leaving tht
Dominion.
A new section appears in the bill
which passed the present congress
giving to the President authority tic
conduct further trade agreements
with Canada looking to a wider reel
procity, such agreements, however, t.
be submitted to Congress for ratifca'
ton or rejection.
1t is hoped that the Canadian Parl1a'
ment will not delay the part the Do
minion has to play in the agreement
so that any advantageous trade rela'
tons between the two countries may
be realized right away.
BRYAN AND THE HOME FOLKS