The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-03-20
PLAN WILL BE MAPPED OUT FOR
EXTRA SESSION TO OPEN
APRIL q.
COMMITTEE UNIT FOR
CANADIAN RECIPROCITY
Expected to Send Measure TO Senate
May democrats F.vor Alb.
solute Free Trade
With Canada,

Washington, March 19.--Chairmaa
Underwood expects the Democrat
members of the house committee OF
ways and means WI begin tariff
work this week and by the time the
extraordinary session is convened OF
April 4th some plan will have been
mapped cut to govern the procedure
after the bill to carry out the Cana
dian reciprocity agreement has beol
framed
The certainty that hearings vii
be demanded from producing ana
manufacturing interests affected bS
any proposed revision Of the tari
may determine the committee not Il
complicate the Canadian question
with the consideration of such sched
ules as wool and wco!en, cotton Or
agriculture interests,
The majority is unit in favor Of
the canadian agreement and it is be
lieved the decision viii be TO keep /
separate from the other tariffs.
Contrary to the general reports;
Representative Andrew j, Peters OF
Massachusetts will not introduce Tux
Canadian bill TO be presented immed
ately upon the converting of the spec
ial session That honor will fall upon
Chairman Underwood, following the
practice of having revenue matters
presented by the chairman of th<
ways ana means committee.
The bill however will be the one
framed in the committee and will be
known as a committee measure.
Although dhe prospects are thai
the Canadian bill will not carry gen
eral tariff revision as riders it is not
improbable it may go great deal far.
ther than the Mccall bill which pass
ed the house in the last sessicn-bui
failed Of passage in the senate.
AT the same time the Mccall bill
will ta followed so FAR as 1t was de-
signed to carry out the terms of the
agreement with Canada. The differ
ence be5Teen the measures probably
win be in the natrce of an additional
provision which would give the presi
dent pocwr to enter into free com
mercial relations with Canada rega"d
ing articles not in the agreement.
Most of the Democrats in congress-
ece in favor CT absolute free trade
with Canada but they realize tina;
they have net TIE power to lagslatc
to taat end. Their course would be
to put TIC authority in the hands Of
the president to exercise at such tine
as Canada might consent.
5uch a provision would net in ans
way involve the existing agreement
The Introduction Of such provisions
In the Canadian bill might necessitate
slight change in the agreement
hself That agreement was patterne J
aGer the language of tie Dingley
act rather than the Rlyne-Aidrich act
Under the former the words "2r
t:cles the growth, product or manufa :,
ture CT were held by decisions of the
general appraisers to be brought They
nermit cd the production Of articles
whch were assembled in foreign
country comprised Of parts manufac
tered in countries to which the con
ccssions were not intended to apply.
(5gnizance Of this fact was taken
by the fraTers OF the Payne-Aldrich
law and the word wholly" was made
a prefix to tie words "the gross pro
dupeion or manufacture of"
The effect was to narrow the appli
cation CT the law to the original in
tent Of congress, The Canadiar
agreement IS negotiated By the two
countries does not use the woe
wholly Many CT Che tariff exper;s
regarded this as AN oversight an
think it should be rectified.
In the event OF the adoption of an
additional section which would en-
able the president to extend the agree
ment at some future time these ex
perts would consider the use of the