The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-01-27

, we Thought that We would show that tue
arrangement could be mad, as usor,Il
and Effective without formal bindinp
Oh II. THIS arrangement which shall
/ Judgment and Ia found TO b. advantageous
! u WIZ continue, but II on reasonable
tria II IA found in any way to b" I'M
/ i"Vorabic TO Canada. the Government
ana ths Parliament Of tho day are abso-
| ll'eiy iree 10 change tine arrangement
ain nobody will have anv right TO com
/ plain.
We have agreed upon a large free list
ana a schedule containing large NUN
p'r "i articles which are to be recipro-
| caiiv free. Some of these things are
aIr"ady Tree in Canada. but are subject
| 70 dutv IN the United States. and there
oi,, aoi,r instead Of having what might be
| ,ih'u a Iopsldet free trade there will
ne u" real Tree trade in this matter and the
tn'nE mat u free in Canada will be free
in the United States"
| Nr: FIELDING then described the other
schedules IN detail. and handed down
an eiaborate table showing the existing
uu'ies on each article and the effect of
III. agreement in relation to il. His
| tei"rehces to free grain. free poia toes and
other vegetables and fruits free meats
ana Ulmber reused cheer after cheer
me opposition seemed stunned II was
"Vld'ntiy a genuine surprise to their
/ :, VIM lbpheu Tar from ldnDN as
.h'y observed the loud applause coming
from ,memhcrs of their party who repre-
! sent western coUstitucncies Referring
20 the di'1cult points of paper and pulp
Mr. Fielding said.
Our American friends were anxious
| lor some tarih change in relation to paper
ana pulp. We were anxious for some fair
changes. We thought respecting certain
grades of pulp and paper mechanically
ground pulp, chemical pulp news print
PHper ana coT:mon pasteboard and
'heaIer article" OF paper other than news
nniIm, n,nI,,, ana common rarer Of limited
compete with our American friends. and
ma; Il was desirable that we should have
Tree trad" IN them. IA 10 PAGER of a
NOR" advanced quality. doubt if we
would be able to compete with them and
We did not take this class of paper into
our negotiations. But a. respects pllp
1t yario'S kinds. and common newspapcr
ana common rasteboard and common
linhr ot all Kinds. running To the value
81 .ipur cents a pound We would have
been quite wiilirC to have reciprocity
with them.
The Americans sl'd: We are quite
willing % 10 that If YOU provide that the
regulations tn1t exist III som" Os your
province with regard to the shipment of
puIpwood shall be removed Of course
there could be but one An-wcr II that
W. nav" nO'nlaE 10 90 WIN provincial
regulations Those rcglai Ons have been
made b. ia" provinriiI governments in
accordance with what theT believe tn"
best interests of their respective uro-
v'n'"s. and whether they are good or bad
regulations i not for us 10 debate with
our friends Of IN" United states
= = ~" mttter 81 inGs in his way. taIt
hey VIII pvt IN their tariff "a. -ri ;rrtA
IN moi" spondenc" with us. IN item
TINT th",o rdrio,!- Grado, IF pulp aud
pdp"- shall be made FIRE. " there hc -
r"glil,tions either IN the form of an cXpor;
duty or IN the form Of provin,i ! rogl:lI-
uons interfering with III" shipments uf
pulpwood. Nrcno @" that Condit!. n
a'i-"S they viii make paper free. We
said. tN.r rht. bat that is no good I"
- and "" viii not max" vour paper free
III tdnait ,lnti Npu remove me rr~tric-
tinns.
Mr Borden. III, Gppo -itiDn 1ad,r. and
Mr. Foster of tn" Opposition and for
u"riv Finance Minister. made several in
,rIupiions asking questions as TO how
IN Existing British preference would b."
"h'c' ID Mr.. Fielding r.pll"d th.' T.
would III no war t.. Affected. and also
added that III" old most favored nrtion,
treaties negotiated by Great Britain for
tauGiG and the colonies would still hold
and III" concessions granted TO III" tnit"d
states would have 10 b" given to thHm
also