The Detroit times., 1911-03-01
HERE ARE FACTS
ON RECIPROCITY
Table Shows Reductions by Both
Countries-Figure Problem Out
Yourself.

What is this reciprocity business
anyhow.
Millions OF people are asking that
question.
President Taft says IL means freer
interchange between two great poo
pies. separated only by an artificial
border.
The "old guard" declares tits bias
phemy against the sacred principle OF
protection.
err says IL will cheaper his selling
price while fattening the meat trust
and -four manufacturers.
Nobody can tell it's exact effects
until II Is tried Chances are. II will
neither kill nor cure. BY lowering
the cost of some articles In both coun-
tries II will cause added consumption
and stimulate production In both. And
IL Is q move toward tariff reduction.
The United States and Canada tried
reciprocity once before. In 1854. IL
worked well for both countries. but
was abrogated by the United States
In 1866 because of ill-feeling against
Canada over the harboring In the Do
minion OF confederate plotters during
the civil war.
Eight times since then Canada has
unsucessfully attempted reciprocity
negotiations. President Mckinley,
sponsor OF protection, advocated rec
iprocity. The present negotiations
are not in treaty form. The reduc-
tons proposed become effective when
enacted into law by the legislative
bodies of both countries.
The agreement removes all duties
on live stock. poultry, grains, fresh
vegetables and fruits. fish, barbed
wire. wood pulp and newspaper print
paper. Duties are reduced on fresh,
salt and smoked meats. canned fruits
and vegetables. -four. farm imple-
ments. automobiles, finished lumber,
iron ore, gypsum, mica. Portland &C.
ment. soft coal and peanuts.
III Canada were great Market
gardening country like Holland with
a tremendous overproduction OF per
ishable foodstuffs, she might Hood the
United States and thus greatly reduce
prices. But she Is not. Canada ID
much like the United States, produces
moderate quantities, mostly for home
consumption. Like the United states.
Canada has an overproduction OF
wheat, but prices in both countries
are largely regulated by the worid
market.
The chief effect OF this reciprocity,
saw some students, will be to give the
United States lower prices on lumber,
fish. hay. newspaper print paper, ana
10 a limited extent on dairy products
Canada gains cheaper barbed WIRE,
farm implements. prepared meats ana
vegetables, automobiles and cement.
Here is a statement of the principal
reductions In duty:
Free in Both Countries.
Livestock, now taxed about 20 per
cent: poultry, now taxed about ~ per
cent: wheat, now taxed Csc a pusnei
by United States and 12c by Canada;
rye, oats and barley. now taxed lOc 10
3Oc by both; hay, now taxed "a ton
by United States, 81 by Canada; fresh
vegetables, now taxed 20 to 80 per
cent by both: fresh fruits, now taxed
25 TO so per cent by both; butter,
taxed &C Id. by United States, &C by
Canada: cheese, &C by United States.
&c by Canada; eggs, &c by United
states. &c by Canada; fresh, salt ana
smoked fish, now about equal duties;
hewn or sawn timber, now equally
taxed: barbed fencing wire. now nc
ID. tax in United States, free In Can
ada: steel wire, now Soc per cent IN
both: typesetting machines, now 80
per cent by United States. and 20 per
cent by Canada; wood pulp. newspa-
per print paper and wrapping papers
about equally taxed now.
Reduced Duties BY Both Countries.
Fresh meat, now taxed 1hc 10. py
United States and &c by Canada, cut
TO 1 LAC: sailed and smoked meats,
now 25 per cent in United States ana
&c Id. in Canada, cut to l lac d.
canned vegetables, now taxed 40 per
cent In United States and INC 10. In
Canada, cut to 1 lac h.: wheat Hour,
now taxed % per cent by United
states and 60c Dbl. by Canada, cut
to soc bbl; oat meal, now taxed lc
h. by United States and Coo cwt. by
Canada, cut to soc cwt.; corn meal,
now taxed 40c cwt. by United States
and 25c Dbl. by Canada, cut to 12tac
cwt.; prepared cereal foods, now
taxed 20 per cent by United States
and 25 per cent by Canada, cut to 171s
per cent; pickles, sauces, catsups, etc.,