Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-07-19

year.
offered amendments for free lum-
! Der; free iron ore; FREQ iron ana steel;
free coal: free boots, shoes. and har-
ness: free agricultural implements:
feee woolens. cottons and silks, when
| imported from Canada into the United
States. All these amendments were
voted down by the same coalition. the
democrats voting against them be-
cause, as they said, they wanted to
make a breach in the republican doc
trine of protection, the republicans
| voting against them because they
seemed to be willing that the breach
should be made. so far as the farmers
were concerned. but unwilling that
single oppre ssive duty on manufac-
tured articles should be taken off, even
as against Canada altho they were as
sorting that the conditions of produce
ton there were substantially the same
as here.
! Pirate Protsetionists.
Within the week to come the bill will
pass without a single change. but be-
fore it does we who have stood for de-
cent duties thruout the whole range OF
the tariff will have offered fair revision
| or the metal schedule, the wooden and
| cotton schedules, the oilcloth and linol-
cum schedules. and the sugar schedule.
| All of these amendments will be voted
! down by the same combination OF free
traders and high protectionists. but the
progressives will fight to the end. We
vii! offer these same revisions at
tached to Independent measures. and
then it may happen that the conspir-
acy between the free traders and the
| pirate protec tionists will dissolve. If it
does hope that we may be able to re-
duce the duties on trust-made and
trust-controlled manufactured products
as some compensation for their entire
removal from the farmers products.
am struggling for fair tariff duties all
along the line. and l can not abandon
the fight because some of my best
friends who. as I believe. are not en-
tirely familiar with the Canadian
agreement feel favorably disposed to-
ward it.
| Wa Give Affect Nothing.
There are many people in Iowa who
seem to think that Canada has made
us great concessions which will i'm
mensely benefit our manufacturers by
| extending OUR markets with that coun-
| try. The steel trust receives some
benefit on the free list. but upon the
reciprocal dutiable list Canada's aver
age reductions are Az per cent. This
| is meager enough but when we look at
what Canada actually proposes to do,
| the concessions became a ridiculous
| farce.
I remind your readers that for sew
eral years Canada has given Great Brit
ain preferential duties which have av-
eraged more than % per cent below the
duties she has given to the United
States. I re lind them also that with
in the last two or three years she has
negotiated treaties with France and
Germany which gave to those coun-
tries In many things lower duties than
she has been giving us. Remembering
these things want to quote portion
Of the bill which has been introduced
into the Cana dian parliament to carry
the so-caled reciprocity arrangement
! with the United States into effect:
THAT the advantages hereby granted
| to the United States shall extend to
any and every other foreign power
which be entitled thereto under the
provisions of any treaty or convention
With his majesty.
THAT the advantages hereby granted
to the United States shall extend to the
United Kingdom and the several Brit
ish colonies and possessions with re-
spect to their commerce with Canada.
! Provided. however. that nothing herein
! contained shall be held to increase any
rate Of duty now provided for in the
British preferential tariff"
| Do not forget that we are giving
Canada free admission to our markets
/ for her agricultural products. and that
we are not giving this advantage to any
other country in the world. Remember
| fLo$ n 10 extent
14k per cent our duties upon list
| of manufactured products and that we
are not giving this advantage to any
| other nation on earth; but note that
| Canada, in the very instrument which
puts the arrangement into effect, de-
| clares that she will give to every other
! country with which Great Britain has
| treaties the same terms that she 10
giving to us. and declares that she VIII
maintain her preferences In favor OF
Great Britain. Moreover. her prime
minister in his speeches delivered dur
ing coronation time assured the Eng
fish people. IN substance. that their
preferences should be as great as here
tofore. Canada gives us little to start
with, and then takes II all away by
assuring other nations that they snail
fare just as we'll as we do.
Four Essentials OF the Hdce.
| There are Just four things that stand
! out boldly and clearly in the Canadian
scheme:
First the miliers will get free ce-
reals, and with respect to some OF
them, cheaper cereals. with higher pro-
portionate protection than they have
ever had: but the consumer Of -four,
and the like, must pay a tax, as here
tofore.
| Second, the packer will buy in free
market, but he will sell to the consumer
in the old-time protected market.
| Third, the steel trust, and few cor
porations of that kind, will be. able to
make a little more profit upon what
they sell in the markets Of Canada
Fourth, the newspapers will get free
print paper from ertain parts uf Cam
ada. and they may be able to buy 1t
at 1915 per ton less than they are
! now paying. II they are so able they
will save some millions Of dollars per
year. 1t was shown in the hearings
that the Hearst newspapers alone
would save on this basis about 100000
per year. I believe in free print paper.
voted for 1t In the revision Of 1909, and
will vote for 1T again. 1t will come,
but it ought to come unaccompanied