New-York tribune., 1911-01-30
STRONGLY
FAVORS RECIPROCITY
Senator Says Every Advocate OF
Policy Should Labor and
Fight for 1t.
MESSAGE UNANSWERABLE
Details of Itemized Agreement OF
Small Concern Compared with
Getting Agreement Into
Effect, He Says.
From The Tribune Duresu' J

Washington. Jan. Ex-senator Beveridge'
the first Of the insrgent Senators TO take
stand in favor OF the Canadian reci-
procity agreement. made the following
statement tonight:
Il heartily favor the policy OF Canadian
reciprocity. l have spoken and written Tor
It for many years. Now that this proposed
reciprocal tariff agreement brings the
policy Of Canadian reciprocity within sight
every advocate Of that policy should labor
and fight for ii harder than ever before,
Certainly shall do so.
Every believer in this policy must ap-
paud the thoroughly admirable message OF
the President to Congress transmitting 10
that body the proposed agreement. That
message is powerful and unanswerable
from any point Of view,
Whatever objection anybody raises TO
the items Of the agreement itself, every be-
lever in closer trade relations with Canada
must and will earnestly agree with the
D. p.esentation Of the policy in that historic
message.
THE policy Of protection does not apply
10 Canada as Il applies 10 other lands, nota'
bly, Europe and the Orient. Canada has no
crowding millions Of underpaid laborers
from whom our American laoorers need
prctection as the countries Of Europe have
Canada has no starving myriads working
for a crust and a rag as the Orient is said
70 have.
ITO say the very least, Canada is on an
Industrial equality with us Indeed we
are overcrowded compared with Canada
more overcrowded than Europe, as COM
rured with us when we began to apply our
policy Of protection 10 Europe.
so every reason for the policy Of pro-
lection, as applied by us TO other countries,
dictates the policy of reciprocity between
US and Canada.
'"The details OF the itemized agreement
may be important 10 some, but after all
they are Of small concern compared with
getting lnc policy going. once the policy
Of reciprocity with Canada is an accom-
plished fact defects in details will be cor
rected very speedily; also, ! feel that some
who imagine they may be hurt by certain
items Of agreement viii find that they are
not hurt at all, but really helped. The
great body OF our farmers have nothing to
fear. and should not let anybody alarm
them. The workingmen and salaried
7 classes will be helped. of course, and so
will the manufacturing industries as q
whole
And. ! repeat, that where apparent in
justice seens to some TO be worked by
certain items, these apparent injustices are
certain TO be cured as soon as the policy
/ itself is lnaugurated. Even if these few
so-called injustices exist in some items,
/ they are negligible compared with the eX-
/ isting and real injustice which the whole
! agreement begins to correct J am for this
proposed measure, and hope that IT may
/ be enacted into law at this session.
Senator Beveridge has already placed
| himself on record IN numerous campaign
speeches on this subject For instance. at
/ Jefersonville. Ind. during the recent cam
paign in that state, Mr.. Hsveridge said:
There must he reciprocity with Canada.
/ Our tariff with the rest OF the world does
not apply TO our northern reighbor. That
policy already has driven American manu-
factures across the Canadian borders, built
vast plants with American capital on Ca
| madam soil employing Canadian working
men 10 supply trade.
THAT capital should be kept al home 20
employ American worklngmen to supply
I Canadian demand. We should admit Ca
/ madam wood pulp and Canadian paper free
in return for Canada's admitting our sgri-
cultural implements, our engines, pumps
and other machinery free. We should
freely admit Canadian lumber 10 American
planning mills in return for Cansda's freely
| admitting other American manufacturing
products 10 Canadian markets.
I'VE should have a special tariff arrange
ment with this intimate neighbor and patu-
! raj customer. This would mean millions
| Of dollars Of profit every year 10 Indiana s
/ factories. Reciprocity would mean vast
! increases in Canada's purchases from us -