Bisbee daily review., 1911-02-03
tBy Clyde H Tavenner.) )

hA'- NAa AN AA- ~--A-~A- -F WASHINGTON. Feb. 2.-If Presi- dent Taft really desires Canadian reciprocity Snd is acting in gooa faith. he can bring it about very easily.
 All the president has to do is to call an extra session of congress, to convene alter the present session ad-- journs March i, and the new ono cratic house will put the presidents plan through with very little delay.
 This is how the democrats feel about the matter. The proposed agree ment has several defects, and at least one bad joker, but the idea embodied is democratic doctrine pure and sim pie A democratic house would ap- prove the plan in a hurry if given an opportunity.
 The presidents reciprocity program is dead so far as this season of con gress is concerned. Therefore the big question now is: Will the President call an extra session? The answer depends, of course, on how deter mined the president is upon having his plan put into effect. The general opinion among congressman seems to be that MT. Taft will not call an extra session. It is not certain that he will not, however.
 There is at least one joker in the Canadian reciprocity agreement sulH- mitted by the President" declared Henry T. Rainey of Illinois. one of the members of the new committee on ways and means. The public is led to believe that if the agreement goes into effect the people of the United States will have freelumber. Not so The agreement provides that lumber shall go on the free list provdin; neither country has an export dutl on lumber Now there is a smal tract of what is known as the Crow lands in Canada, and all lumbe shipped out of these forests mus pay an export tax This means th' people of this country would not ge free lumber. If the president desires Canadian reciprocity, the democrsats will d their part toward giving 1t to hin if he will cali an extra session. w will get around the umbed joker b placing lumber, wood pulp and pTin paper on the free list. This will talk the sting out of the joker and rende poweriess."
 A second weak feature of the pres dents submitted reciprocal greemer is that 1t places cattle and sheep upo the free list. but leaves dresse meats of all kinds upon the dutiabI last for for the benefit of the mea packers trust. The democratic part will remove the duties from both th animals and the dressed product and they will make this removal al ply not only to Canada, but b Mexic and South America and every othe country from which sthe Unite States can obtain food supplies less than their present cost The sam course will be pursued with regsE to all the other articles affected ! the agreement. The democrats of tf house make them free not only
 they come from Canada, but if tho come from anywhere else. They wi do this with all food products. vii timber and lsnnbeT. wood pulp ar paper and all the products Of the na urai resources which have been nearly exhausted in the United State
 The senate is trying to dodge vote on the report of the eiectiol committee which Jndicated Lorime The corporation servers who a bent upon retaining Lorimer in q senate evidently believe that if tn can only have vote postponed uni tha next session of congress, the pu lose interest, and Lorimer may
 lie will forget about it, or at lea saved. The reactionary leaders of |