Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1911-02-10
He win Make Speeches in Ohio
and Illinois Advocating Merits
of Proposed Canadian Agree
ment Before Congress.
SECRETARY WILSON SAYS
IT WILL SATISFY PEOPLE
First Open Voice in Favor of
Measure in Senate Is Raised
by Beveridgei Democrats
Hesitate to Help Republicans,

nv MovnIng JoprunI Special Leased Wirel
Washington, Feb. 9.--The campaign
of the Taft administration for the
ratification of the reciprocity agree
ment with Canada. moved on pace
today. The house committee on ways
and means held its final hearing and
is expected in executive session to-
morrow morning to vote to report it
favorably.
President Taft left tonight for the
west and in speeches tomorrow at CO.
lumbus o.. and Saturday at Spring.
field. ILL.,, he will emphasize still fur
ther his advocacy of the agreement
Secretary Wilson of the department
of agriculture, added his word to the
pro-reciprocity chorus in the form OF
a long and forceful open letter" ad-
dressed to the National Grange. The
democratic members of the senate
will meet In caucus tomorrow morn
ing.
Ostensibly the conference of the
minority was called to outline pro-
gram in relation to all pending leg
islative matters, but it is believed the
Canadian agreement will consume
practically all the discussion and that
the democrats will determine upon
policy in respect to II.
Democratic leaders say naturally
they would be for the agreement but
some of them are holding off because
of the feeling that President Taft
might be benefited politically by its
adoption by congress. The democrats
who are inclined to the view say they
hesitate to assist in extricating the
republican party from any of its diff
ficultles.
The attitude of the minority in the
senate may be influenced by demo-
cratic sentiment in the house when
thu Mccall bill, to carry the agreement
into force is put on its passage. The
indications are the house democrats
will support the bill, in which event
the senate democrats will follow suit.
The first open voice in support of
the agreement in the senate was heard
today when Senator Beveridge advo-
Gated Its adoption. In the house the
situation has been swiftly shaping
itself, and gives indications of result
ing in speedy action. So far as can
be learned the plan is to bring the
Mccall bill in from committee tomor-
row without any rule regulating its
consideration.
This would leave 1t open to amend
ment. The friends of the measure ex-
press the belief, however, that there
is q large majority of the house In
favor of the adoption of the measure
exactly as it stands, and that they
will defeat any attempt to amend It,
when 1t is made plain that single
amendment may defeat the whole
plan.
John Norris chairman of the pa
per committee of the American News
paper Publishers association, today
made the final argument before the
ways and means committee in support
of the pulp and paper clauses Of the
agreement, earnestly urging its adop-
ton without amendment.
A protest against suggestions that
a combination existed among the lum-
Der manufacturers of the country or
that the standing timber Is controll-
ed by few individuals was voiced
by Edward Haines of Chicago, presi-
dent of the National Association of
Lumber Manufacturers.
Mr.. Haines challenged the state-
ment of President Taft in his reci-
procity message, that few owners
control the forests of the United
States. He said the president must
either have proceeded upon frequent
newspaper reports to this effect, or
have an advance report from the COM
missioner of corporations, Herbert
Knox Smith, who has been investi-
eating alleged combinations in the
lumber industry
Mr.. Hines said Mr.. Smith had been
engaged on his investigation four
years; that the manufacturers had
given him every assistance but they
had been unable thus far to learn
that he had found any evidence of
com hinn tion