The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-30
CUMM|NS' VIEW NOT WHATIT USED TOBE SEVEN YEARS AGO John Sharp Williams Sur prises Iowa Senator
 During Speech FAVORED FREE TRADE WITH CANADA THEN Danger of Reciprocity Was Not as Great Then as It Is Now,
 Says Opponent of the
 Agreement

Washington, June 2e-Senator Cum mns continued his argument against the Canadian reciprocity bill in the Sen ate today but did not conclude. He attacked the measure from the stand point not only of its alleged injustice and political inexpediency, but on the ground that it was not properly drawn as tariff law.
 If passed in it's present form, Senator Cummins declared the agreement would give Canada the option of recognizing one-half of 1t without accepting it all. This statement. explained in detail by the Iowa senator. drew the attention of the Senate, many members question: ing the interpretation thus put upon the bill and as sent to Congress by the President
 Senator Cummins said the passage of the bill would be followed by storm of disapproval against which the re- publican party could not stand. He said 1t would be accepted by the agricul- tural interests as notice that Congress had determined they were not entitled to the same consideration at its hand
 
 of the land.
 No self-respecting nation can ac- cept without qualification the Canadian agreement in the exact form proposed to us, declared Senator Cummins.
 Senator Cummins declared he believed in tariff revision, but mark my words ,' he said, "the people Of this country, with unerring judgment and inte'li- gence. will know who is responsible for putting the farmer into free and unlimited competition in what he sells. while still protecting the things that he buys
 Williams Interrupts
 Senator Williams of Mississippi in terrupted to read from Senator Cum mins' inaugural address in Iowa in 1904. In this speech MT Cummins ex- pressed the belief tat the Iowa farmer weuld rot suffeis from free canadisn n agricultural products more than they do from the competition of nearby states
 q remember that speech perfectly" said Senator Cummins.
 But it seems the senator Is now all most inconsistent in his views, said senator Williams.
 II am not" said Senator Cummins; ten or seven years ago there was not the danger of competition of Canadian farm products that there is now, when the United States almost ceased to be an exporter of such products
 Both Branches Meet
 While both branches of Congress were in session today interest con tinued to center in the Senate where the opponents of the agreement with Canada now have fairly began their attack on the reciprocity bill.
 A speech by Senator Gamble of South Dakota against the measure and a continuance of the remarks of Sen ator Cummins of Iowa. who has de- nounced the bill as obviously unjust and proposed amendments augmenting the number of Canadian products ad mitted free under the bill, were pre- arranged Chairman Penrose of the finance committee, in charge of the bill, aunered to his programme of per sistently offering his request for unan- imous consent to fix a date for a vote on reciprocity, wool and the free list bills and may renew that request at any time.
 The House had no important business mapped out, the idea of the demo- cratic leaders being to meet and ad- 1ourn from time to time while await ing the action of the Senate on the bills sent over to it. This programme will he continued at least until after July 4.