The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-09-18
Fate of President Taft's Pet
Policy Will Be Known
Then, Marking Close of a
Very Bitter Campaign.
LIBERALS FAVOR 1T
AS GREAT BENEFIT
On Other Hand Conserva-
tives Fiercely Oppose the
Treaty as Being Menace
to the Canadian People.

OTTAWA, Ont, Sept. 1s.-Three
days more, and the fate of Reciprocity
will be known. 1t can not be said that
the fighters of either side are sleep
ing on their arms" for the final skir-
mishing is in full swing tonight and
both Liberals and Conservatives are
printing their weapons for the ultimate
and deciding battle that will be waged
at the polls next Thursday.
The next few days will bring forth
the campaign-led on the one side by
Premier Wilfred Laurier, who is
staunch in his support of the measure
ON the other side by the fighting
leader of the conservatives, r. L. Bor-
den.
Whether there will be reciprocity
between the United States and Cana
da rests entirely with the voters Of
the Dominion. The treaty has been ap-
proved on the American side. of the
border; Congress has ratified 1t and
President Taft, it's creator, has signed
| it. All that remains is for the Cana
dian parliament to affirm it. This will
be done if the Liberals carry Thurs
days election and win a majority OF
the members of the Parliament. In
event that the Conservatives carry the
day, Reciprocity will be dead for many
lyears to come. -.-1 e4
Bitter From Start.
The campaign has been a bitter one
from the start. Neither side comedies
1.-THE trust of the others contentious
rsrhe Liberals held that Reciprocity
4 viii give the Canadian farmer largel
markets and better prices for his pro
ducts The Conservatives argue tina
the United States is seeking through
Reciprocity the first step towards an
inexation of the Dominion, and a plal
of patriotism is made. The Liberals
scout the annexation ideas. The Con
servatives deny that Reciprocity viii
aid the Canadian farmer.
1t is on these points mainly that tn
. contest has been fought. Other issue
aside from Reciprocity have been in
jected from time to time into the cam
paign, but all has been passed owe
to give adequate consideration to tn
one big issue.
Up to the present time, the exper
ence of Reciprocity in Canada ha
: been strikingly similar to the trea
l ment is received in the United States
The dissolving of Parliament by Pr
mier Laurer, when vote was seen t
! be impossible, as that the matte
!, could be put up to the new parli;
ment that will be elected Thursda.
parallels the condition in the State
that will be elected Thursday, para
lels the condition in the States whe
President Taft called the extraord
mary session of Congress that had
jdierent personnel from the one tn,
failed to ratify the measure.
The opposition to the pact shove
1 itself alike in Canada and the Unite
States at the moment the negotiation
between the two countries were ope
ed. The fight waxed more bitter as IL
: contest progressed. Sarcasm and j
;. lvective were employed, personaIfti1
were made arguments. Every capab
? speaker and writer in the Dominic
- was found on one side or the othe
: every trick and resource of the sch
:, mer, the politician and the diplom
:. was used. Fighting has been dol
both above board and beneath the ST
- face, each side villifying the 9th
- and its methods.
=. When Contest Began.
T. The actual contest dates from Jar
airy 21st, when an agreement was r.
ar ched between the commissioners
le the two countries, which broadcast
ID the text of the treaty resulting frc
IN the many conferences. The agreeme
,g was reached at Washington, and t
le announcement was made simultal
I'd ously from Washington and Ottav
OF The Canadian Minister of Finan'
r. Hon. W. S. Fielding. and the Americ
is Secretary of State, Philander
Knox, who had been most promine
et- in the negotiotions, had finished tn
Iri active part in the campaign for Re
procity when the terms of the agr
be ment became public.
President Taft, who had initial
the movement months before. sent I
agreement to Congress in spec
message on January 26th. As the G.