The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1911-05-03
JUNIOR MONTANA SENATOR SAYS
HE BELIEVES IN REclP.
RocAt RELATIONS.
FARMERS FREE LIST, T0O'
Is an Advocate Of Tariff for Revenue
only and Believes Tariff Should Be
Judieiously Placed Where il Will Do
tho Most Good-Would Put OF Ac-
ton on the Wool Schedule.

Washington. May 2.-tSpecial) -
Senator Henry l.. Myers gave out the
following statement today:
Having been asked by representa-
tives of the Montana press for my
views upon Canadian reciprocity and
the democratic free trade list. as the
latter is embodied In a bill now pend
ing I'm the house, I will say that / am
In favor of both.
The democrats of the country have
been clamoring for many years for cx-
tension of our trade relations, for do
Ing away with the barriers to extern
sion of trade and for tearing down the
walls of the robbcr protective tariff.
Now we have an opportunity to take
a step In that direction and to extend
trade relations with near and friend
ly neighbor and to open up IL wider
field for the sale of our products.
can see no valid objection thereto. It
Is said by some that Canadian reci-
procity will hurt the farmers. l do
not believe that. ! believe the 'buga-
boo of injury to the farmers and the
cry of loss therefrom to the farmers
has been facilitated by interested par
ties who are opposed to the bill for
Canadian reciprocity and who want to
scare the farmers into serving their
purpose of opposing the bill. Canadian
reciprocity will give the farmers n
greater field for the sale of their farm
products. Western Canada Is farm
ing country of one crop only-grain
Montana is a country of diversified
farming. Reciprocity with Canada viii
open up new markets for the sale Of
our fruit. berries, vegetables and di-
versificd products and will enable the
farmers to PURCHASE many manufac-
tured articles cheaper than now. Reel
procity is opposed by the wool men.
but do not consider that opposition
tenable. The wool men. even. with
Canadian reciprocity, as now proposed
will have all the protection they ought
to have and doubtless more. too
Il would further call attention to the
fact that the present Montana legis-
lature declared In favor of Canadian
reciprocity, and II Is supposed to have
known what Ii was about and to have
represented the sentiments of the peo-
pie of that state That Is the legis-
Iature, too, from which hold my com.
mission as senator Some of my
democratic Legislature, too. declared in
to me In opposition to Canadian reci-
procty l wish they would just pause
and consider that the same legislature
from which hold my commission Ga
democratic legislature, too. declared in
favor of Canadian reciprocity That
declaration Is virtually an instruction
TO me and Is practically binding on me,
besides being In accord with my views,
IT is even more binding than Is Il
plank In party platform.
Free.Tradc List.
AS to the free trade list proposed
by the democrats Of the house. am
heartily in favor of It. With that en-
acted into law, hand I'm hand with
Canadian reciprocity the last vestige
or opposition to reciprocity by the
farmers should be removed. Even IL
the farmers should lose a trifle OF pro
lection by Canadian reciprocity, the
iree-trade list. enacted into law, will
manifestly more than offset any such
loss. The free-tradc list will give the
farmers, at greatly reduced prices,
nearly all that they use in conducting
their farming operations. 1t is intend
cd to reduce the price of practically
everything used by the farmers and
Things that are in every day use by all
OF the farmers, and the farmers will
be great gamers thereby. This free
trade list ALSO | understand. is so ar
ranged that 1t viii cut off from the
government but little revenue. The
tariff on most. of the articles embraced
IN the tree-trade list Is practically
prohibltive and very few of those ar
tlcies are imported into this country
Consequently, the government obtains