The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-26
RECIPROCITY IS
NOW NEW LAW
President Tart Signs the Bill at $50
O'clock This Afternoon and
It Is Now In
Effect.
DIVISION OF OPINION
Two Sections Of the Bill, One os
Which Is Thought to be Of I'm.
mediate Force Between
Countries.

WASHINGTON, July 2s.--Presi-
dent Taft this afternoon received the
engrossed copy of the reciprocity
agreement, 1t only requires the presi-
dents signature to make it a law. He
expects to sign 1t at 2:30 this after
noon.
Just when the Canadian reciprocity
agreement will become operative, now
that 1t has been finally ratified into
law by congress and President Taft,
was a question upon which there was
division of opinion among author
titles here today.
AS agreed to, the measure contains
two sections. The first sets forth the
full dutiable and free list articles to
be sent under the terms of the bill
from this country to Canada and
the dutiable and free lists of articles
sent from the Dominion to the Unit
ed States.
The second section provides for
free entry into the United States,
from Canadian provinces that do not
enforce any export tax or other re-
strictions, on shipments to the Unit
ed States, of wood pulp, newsprint
and other paper and paper board man.
ufactured mainly of wood pulp and
valued at not more than four cents
pound
Senator Reed Smoot (rep., Utah),
one of the highest authorities on the
tariff in the senate, today asserted
that the first section of the bill could
not take effect until 1t had been
passed by the Canadian parliament
'As to section o. he said. there
Is a strong opinion among senators
that 1t will take effect on the pas
sage of the bill by congress, even il
Canada, at that time. has taken no
action on the reciprocity measure. ;.
In the first section Of the agree
ment is provision setting forth that
the dutiable and free lists of articles
from Canada shall take effect when
ever the president of the United
States shall have satisfactory evil
dence and shall make proclamation
that the dutiable and free lists of the
United States goods sent to Canada
are recognized by the Dominion.
Section two, OF the United States
bill, is plain statue that requires no
action by the president to carry it
into effect.
Senator Nelson (rep., Minn) has
said it is utterly outside the scone
of the reciprocity agreement"
The opinion of Senator Cummins
(rep., Iowa) was thus expressed: THE
difficulty about the present arrange
ment is as the senator from Mime
sofa has said. For some reason or
other the house has segregated sec
tion two from the remainder of the
biz, and it is doubtful whether it will
be controlled by the provisos and the
conditions of the previous part of the
bill. If 1t is not SO controlled then 1t
is not reciprocal, and We would be in
danger of the favorednation clause
An apparent defect in the United
States bill was pointed out by some
senators. If Canada should some
day, repeal the Canadian bill the
United States law would remain in
force until congress could take act
ion
1t was several times suggested that
the bill be amended SO that it would
be automatically repealed in the
event of the repeal of the Canadian
law by the Ottawa parliament, but
the general belief was that the con-
ditions under which 1t might operate
IN +ha d;eoduap+ooa ut tho JTnitad
States were beyond the range of pos
sibility.