The Prescott daily news. (Prescott, Ark.) 1907-1941, 1911-03-09
FATE or RECIPROCITY CONTlN-
GENT ON RECOMMENDATION
IN COMING MESSAGE.
MUSTPLACATE DEMOCRATS
Schedules Affecting Necessities OF
Life and Living Cost Are Hitch
Little Prophecy on Presi-
dents Probable Action.
George Clinton, Special correspondent)

George Clinton, Special correspondent.)
Washington, Mar. Son the legis-
Washington, Mar 9.-On the legis-
latiye recol endauons which the
president will make in his message
to congress at the opening of the ex-
traordinary session may depend the
fate of reciprocity.
Pressure is being brought to bear
on the president by high tariff Re
publicans to induce him to say moth
ing in his message which can be con
strued as favorable to plan to lower
the duties on the necessities of life
The Progressiyes are not active in
endeayor to get Taft to do what the
Standpatters do not want" him to do,
but progressive hope is high that a
word of suggestion will go to CON
gress from the White house that GER
tain schedules of the Payne-Aldrich
law need revision
Washington Opinion Divided.
Washington opinion is divided about
equally apparently as to the course
which Taft will pursue. He knows
that he has a Democratic house to
deal with and that without regard
to what he recommends it may start
on a course of general revision, but
the president may feel that if the hos
tile majority intends only to revise
the specific schedules he viii gain a
point by asking that it be done On
the other hand, the Democrats might
be inclined to change their present
intention if, by sticking to it, they
thought they were going to be forced
to share credit with a Republican ad-
ministration
Virtually every Progressive Repub-
lican senator is opposed to reciproc-
ity, / IS pretty definitely known
neveItu- :ess that the Progressives
will support the trade agreement if
they find out that Taft is inclined to
press for legislation that viii cut
duties which seem to be responsible
for keeping up the cost of living. Ii
the president shall urge changes in
those schedules which some of the
Progressives desire to have changed
they probably in return will support
reciprocity even though a Democratic
house shall refuse to restrict its re-
vision activities and shall open fire
on the schedules all along the line.
What Taft Would Revise.
1t is said by those who have con
ferred with the president upon the
subject that he is considering seri-
ously a plan to ask congress to re-
wise the wool wooden, cotton goods
and steel and iron schedules and pos
sibly to extend the work somewhat
further. 1t will be remembered that
in his message accompanying the rec
tprocity agreement the president said
that because of the very necessities
OF the case, the necessaries of life
which entered into the agreement
must be confined to the field, garden
and forest. Concerning the clothing
matter, the strong intimation was
that Canada would not consent to in
,clude them within the terms of the
agreement.
This expression of the president
has led the Progressives and the
Democrats to believe, and the high
protectionists to fear, that 1t is the
intention of the administration to ask
that these duties be given considera.
ton at the extra session and that
legislation lowering them be enacted