The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-06-14
Submitted by Finance Commit
tee Majoriy Without Rec
ommendation
AND WITH ROOT
AMENDMENT ATTACHED
Latter Is Expected to Be Knocked Out
Even If 1t Be Adopted, House Will
Not Accept 1t, Speaker Champ
Clark Declared Yesterday.

Washington, June IA After the
early routine business of the Senate
had been disposed of yesterday the
finance committee reported back the
Canadian reciprocity bill, with the Root
amendment as to wood pulp and print
paper incorporated The report was
substituted without recommendation in
line with the agreement reached by the
committee majority last week
A long and bitter fight is assured,
end the debate is likely to continue for
at least two weeks The Root amend
nent win be the subject Of an es.
pecially lively contest, with the chances
in favor of its elimination by the Sen
ate
An interesting fact in this connection
is a statement issued by Champ Clark,
speaker of the House, in which he de.
clafes that the Root amendment, even
If indorsed by the Senate, will posi-.
lively not be accepted by the House
A feature of the day was a petition
from the state of Minnesota against
reciprocity, signed by 10000 people,
mainly farmers. 1t took two pager to
carry the load up to the desk OF the
vice-president from that OF Senator
Nelson of Minnesota, to whom it had
been consigned
The majority report yesterday was
supplemented by various individual re-
ports in opposition The report Of
Senator Penrose, chairman of the com
ndttee, was merely brief statement
that the agreement was reported with
out recommendation Senator Nc
Cumber, Senator La Toilette, and three
Of the Democratic senators-Williams,
Stone and Kern--made minority re-
ports. McCumber and La Toilette Bit
tcrly arraigned the agreement The
Democrats supported it, but assailed
the Root amendment
Senator McCumber not only assailed
the agreement as great injustice to
the farmers Of the country, but he de-
clared it would be the beginning Of the
end Of the protective system.
Senator La Follette's report, bitter
and scathing in tone, was looked on as
indicating plainly the line of attack
which the progressives will make ON the
agreement. He declared it was based
not on the protective or the tariff for
revenue principle, but on free trade.
"It is perfectly consistent for one
who believes in free trade" he said, TO
support it,"
He charged that the arrangement
was unjust and unfair, and would re-
H.. s., IN bta
ket at enormous loss to secure valu-
able concessions to a few prosperous
special interests.
President Taft's Canadian pact" he
declared, will increase the profits OF
the railroads, the milling interests, and
TIE beef trust"
He added;
The railroads, particularly the Hill
line, has fifteen or twenty branches ex-
tending far up into the wheat pro-
ducing sections of Canada. Mr. Hill Is
one of the strongest supporters of the
presidents pact. He hungers for the
big tonnage to flow from Canadian
wheat into free American market
The effect Of this competition on our
farmers does not concern him. There
VIII pc no IeuuetloH III MS iHtelhalioi"l
freight rates
1.-THE milling interests approve the
presidents pact They want the cheap
er wheat which will result from Cana
dian glut OF the northern American
market. The millers are safe Cana
dian -four cannot come in free to COM
pete with them The farmer can take
bis cut in prices The price of flour
will not be Affected