The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-02-10
RECIPROCITY
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NJntt1Ucf4 lFOn fHpt VIC.
note in his fight to have the rcciproc-
ity agreement recently framed be-
tween representatives of Canada and
the United States ratified by congress.
Speaking at the corn show this aft
ernoon he made it very plain to his
hearers that he intends to make the
big fight of his administration to so-
cure cheaper food products for the
consumer.
1T Is a mere truism to >aY that the
farmers or a country constitute the
greatest wealth producing class of the
country" he continued. "and that II
is of the highest Importance to cou
serve their welfare. Their intell-
gence, their energy. their industrt
their adaptability, have most largely
contributed to the progress and pros
perity of this country. Anyone, there
fore, who would initiate a policy to
injure the farmer has much to an
swer for at the bar of public opinion
81 am Il Republican and the Re
publican party has always advocated
and pursued a policy of protection to
American products and manufactures
The temptation to destroy competition
by combination became so great, how
ever, that the party in its platform
modified its policy and imposed the
limitation that the tariff should be
limited for the purposes of protection
to the difference between the cost Of
production i'm this country ana the
cost Of production abroad, with an al
lowance of reasonable profit to the
American producer. The principle
of protection thus stated takes away
the justification for any tariff what
ever by way of protection, on articles
imported from "A country where tn"
conditions as to labor and other cir.
cumstances are the same as ours and
thus make the cost of production SUBJ
stantally the same.
Canada Is our neighbor on the
north for three thousand miles. Her
population is English, Scotch and
French. Her soil is like ours. Her
Her language is ours. Her climate
is temperate like ours, except that
her growing seasons are shorter and
she cannot raise corn In any great
quantities. She has a free popular
with wage-carning class
as intelligent and as well paid as
ours. 1t is difficult to see what re-
spect her farmers have any advan-
tage over our own except a virgin
in the far northwest.
"rhe United States secured for the
farmers the free listing of such i'm
portant agricultural products as cot
tonseed oil, all kinds of fruit and
vegetables, timothy and cloversceds,
eggs, and numerous other products
in which the movement to Canada
from the United States is much great
cr than from Canada to the United
States. The remission of $1,300,000
duties on rough lumber by fees list
ing 1t along with pickets and palings,
and the heavy reduction on dressed
lumber, laths and shingles, are all
In the interest of the farmer"
1.-THE reciprocity agreement is fav-
orable to Ohio industries. Ohio -four
mills have an output of $4,000, 900.
A greater supply of wheat and re-
duced duty on -four entering Canada
from this state can not fail to help
this important branch of manufacture
The reduction in Canadian duties on
agricultural implements, on farm wa
gons. on automobiles, on call, on grind
stones, on vitrlfed paving block will
greatly Increase Ohlo's sales in these
articles while putting on our free lists
lumber, mica, fluorspar, tale soda ash
and many other new materials used
in Ohio Industries will be most help
full"
To-. hn FNrnCf1nnf
"Thc reductions both upon agricul-
tural products and manufactures will
stimulate trade in both, and the re-
suit will be like the change in trade
effected by the settlement and open
ing up of our far western states, eX-
cept that 1t will come more quickly
Let the agreement be adopted and In
six months the farmers on the border
who now have fears will rejoice In
this great step toward closer business
relations with our neighbors. The
whole country, farm, manufacturer
railroad company. middleman, ware
Columbus. Feb. IO-Announcement
that President Taft, on account OF
his sore throat. had cancelled all of
his engagements in Columbus, except
his speech on "Reciprocity With
Canada" at the national corn show
was made this afternoon at l;id
o'clock, Immediately following the arr
rival of the presidential train in this
city.
1t was announced that the prcsl-
dent would attend the ball to he
given by the Buckeye Republican
club this evening, in his honor If his
physicians would permit him.