Evening star., 1911-01-31
|ACT ON TARIFF BODY FAIR ON ALL SIDES
Tariff Experts Views of Ca
madam Reciprocity Pact.
BENEFITS BOTH COUNTRIES
American Gain So Balanced That
All Sections Will Share in
the Profit.

One of the men who has followed the
Canadian reciprocity negotiations IRON
the beginning today said to Star re-
porter:
1.-The closer the agreement submitted tc
Congress by President Taft is scrutinized
the more it's fairness will be appreciated
The benefits to both countries and to al
sections are balanced.
Wheat and other grains are made free
but so is barbed wire fencing and various
iron and steel products on which our
farmers have demanded lower duties
Free rough lumber. for which the demand
has been especially strong among the
farmers of the middle west, is provided
for and dressed lumber is reduced by 81 .2s
per 1000. The same course is followed in
regard to other building material. Gypsum
or plaster rock, which now enters very
largely into building construction. is ex.
empted from duty and the duty on build
ing stone is reduced.
Mixed Farming Benefited.
I'm everything that relates to agYicul-
tural products it will be found that care
full provision has been made for conserv-
ing the interests of both the producers
and consumers. The free flow Of traffic
across the border is in the interest OF
steadying prices and of preventing specu-
lative fluctuations. The grain growers OF
our own northwest have the chance of the
century to protect themselves from the
speculative effect of the Canadian whea,
crop when controlled in Europe. A care.
full analysis of the movement of other
agricultural crops will show how every
section gets the advantage of a larger
market for its surplus. The Canadian
market is opened freely for the first time
to timothy and clover seeds. The same
is true of fruits and vegetables This
advantage reaches out to the fruit-grow
ing sections of Florida, Georgia and Cali
fornia. as we'll as to those along the bor-
benefits the whole south. Mixed farming
everywhere is the gamer by the arrange
ment.
when it comes to fish, which are made
free chiefly because OF their Importance
as food product, substantial adyantas ses
for our fishery interests are obtained.
Shell fish, such as oysters, in which we
had considerable trade heretofore, have
been dutiable in Canada Now they are
made free by the Dominion.
Our Fishermen Gamers.
There is another very important fea-
ture in regard to the fisheries In the
correspondence between the Canadian
ministers and Secretary Knox the minis
ters make an agreement on behalf of the
government of Canada which assures the
most friendly treatment to our fishermen
in Canadian waters. The Dominion gov
ernment agrees that the licenses hitherto
issued to the United States fishing ves-
sels granting to these vessels certain
privileges, shall continue to be issued
and that the fee to be paid to the Do
minion government shall hereafter be
nominal that is, 81 per annum Hereto
fore the amount, S1.JO per ton, has been
decided burden. The making it NOM
inal is therefore of material advantage
to the fishery interests, but the friendly
assurance that the licenses will con-
tinue to be granted is Of even more i'm
portance."