The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-01-28
BALK AT
RECIPROCITY
Reserve Shown by American
congressman
ARE WAITING TO HEAR
From Their Observation-Disclosures
This Session Thought Doubtful.
General Support for Agreement
by the Democrats.
ARE WAITING TO HEAR

Washington, Jan. 2s.--The battery OF
newspaper men who hurled themselves
against House and Senate yesterday in
a despairing attempt to get interviews
on the Canadian trade agreement, Sc
cured very few statements, but gained
unanimously one impression, that the
/ agreement stands only remote chance
of action at this session. The bold move
of the president in negotiating SO broad
a treaty has dazed Congress. He has
called the bluff" of the professional
tariff reductionists aud they must now
either fish or cut bait The westerners
! like Bristow Of Kansas are non-com.
initial, but criticise the agreement
sharply for admitting cattle free while
retaining duties on packing house prod
ucts This undoubtedly win be stock
argument against the agreement. But
| these critics4skave not yet taken the
| ground that the free admission of grain
necessarily will break prices or mar.
row their markets. New England sem
ators are indicating their position by
saying that the United States grants
much but gets little in return, but they
all hesitate to range themselves against
the administration
John Norris, chairman Of the commit
tee on paper Of the American Newspa-
per Publishers association, sends word
that the pulp and paper provisions are
wholly satisfactory TO him, and states
that If the agreement is ratified by both
countries the price Of news print paper
should be reduced Immediately. This
statement bears out the belief of many
members Of Congress that the Can
adams who conducted the negotiations
felt reasonably certain that the prov
inces would remove their restrictions If
the agreement were ratified and take
advantages of its free trade provision.
Members of Congress are more fearful
of the position of the newspaper press
in this controversy They expect the
newspapers TO support the agreement
warmly in their own interest, and, of
course, to make trouble for statesmen
who oppose IT, As 4 matter of fact
only small section of the newspaper
press ever has been rabid over free pulp
and paper, and few have permitted their
wishes in this respect to color their
general views on the tariff.
Dt 1tAAhlt NJ ANNub Will tHbA5b bltttb
the House act upon the agreement be-
fore it is taken up in the Senate. Some
talk is being made about sending the
resolution to the committee on foreign
relations instead Of finance, which is
dominated by stand patters like Bur
rows and Smqpt, but if the Senate waits
for the House this hardly can be done.
Senator Lodge is member Of both COM
mittees
Democrats Of both branches are de-
lighted with the agreement. They stand
ready to support it very generally and
believe enough low tariff Republicans
can be found in the House and possibly
the Senate to put it through In the
upper branch, however, it will be prac-
tically impossible to get the resolu
ton to a vote at this session It would
of course, stand better chance next
winter or even in an extra session, which
will be necessary if the president in
sists upon action at once The Demo-
Gratis have seized upon the point that
although the agreement may not actual
ly reduce the cost of living at once,
it will operate powerfully If not con-
clusively to check further increase of
prices.