New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-01-28
CONFIDENT OF RECIPROCITY
Continued from f,rst page.

llleS OF OO1utSllC pi'hutllOn Ill the S'N
eral states is a perplexing problem. The
reduction of the high cost OF living Is
President Tafts strong card. and the
effect 1t has produced on the Legislature
is almost chaotic.
Some Of the ultra conservatives. such
as Senator Hepburn. disapprove the
agreement because they oppose any ten
dency. however restricted may be the
effect. toward free trade. Others. par
ticularly in the Middle West, are willing
to compromise on local interests and &C
cept the larger issue of the reduction Of
the high cost of living.
Final Alignment in Doubt.
Rut what the ultimate alignment will
no when the dust clears after the polit-
teal upheaval that has been produced by
the publication of the agreement is still
largely a matter Of conjecture. The
roverfil argument Of free butter and
eggs. flour. fish and vegetables and re-
duced meats is the disturbing factor in
tba calculations of many legislators. and
,bis NAV have the effect of forcing into
line MANY Republicans who are. at the
outset. inclined to be recalcitrant.
The President ana some, at least, Of
bie advisors confidently believe that
wbnn mem bers of Congress come to their
senses and take into consideration the
exceedingly small surplus which Canada
could export to this country Of any one
of the commodities included in the pro-
visions Of the reciprocity agreement
thev will begin TO realize that they have
been thrown into a state of panic by
nothing more terrible than their own
shadows.
Inst why the American Publishers
Association should be so greatly re-
iniced at the provisions Of the agree
ment is far from clear to those who nave
carefully studied its provisions THESE
men say that IL amounts TO nothlns
more, so far as print paper, pulp ana
nuln wood. etc. are concerned than
declaration of the favorable attitude OF
the Dominion government and It's heip-
lessness in the face Of provincial regn-
lations. They say there VIII be no re-
duction Of the duty on these common
ties until all the provinces agree to AFRO
gate the export duties they now impose
and that there is nothing in the agree
n1ent which can be taken as even an
assurance that they will at some far
distant date adopt such a course. AS
one member Of the House put 1t to-day
the provision regarding print paper ETC.
amounts merely to 4 declaration on the
part Of Canada that I'VE would he de-
lighted 10 arrange for free trade in that
class of commodities-only we can't"
Representative Mann. of Illinois. who
headed the committee that investigated
the paper situation three years ago, said:
THE provision in regard to pulp and
paper will admit at once free duty pup
and paper from Canada. which is made
from pulp wood cut on the private lands
as distinguished from the public OF
crown lands Whenever any province OF
Canada removes its restrictions on the
expectations or pulp wood cut on us
crown lands, then the pulp and paper
manufactured in Canada from crown
land pulp wood will also come In Tree
So long as any Canadian province le-
,ains any restriction on the Tree eA-
rortation of its crown land pulp Wool
the paper going from the uhiteG states
10 Canada will continue 10 pay the Cdh-
sdian rate of duty"