The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-02-12
Favorable Report on Reciproc-
ity Made to House by Ways
Means Committee.
SENATE ALMOST SURE TO
ASSENT TO AGREEMENT
Few Democrats Expected to Fol
low Lead of Bailey When
the Test Comes.
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
| WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.-THE Cana
dian reciprocity agreement was reported
iavorahly. twelve to seven, to the house
today by the ways and means commit
| tee.
The committee adopted an amendment
proposed by Mr., Mann OF Illinois oro-
viding that wood produced in Canada
may be brought into this country free.
and that products of wood. as specified
In the bill. up TO a valuation OF cents
pound. may be brought In free.
The committee in It's final report on the
bill stood:
For-Payne. New York. Mccall. Mas
sachusetts: Hill, Connecticut; Boutell,
Ohio, Republicans. Clark, Missouri; I'm
derwood. Alabama. Pou. North Carolina
Randel Texas: Harrison. New York,
and spantley; G@orgis DemocTsts-l2
Gaines, West Virginia, Dwight. New
York; Ellis, Oregon, Republicans. and
Broussard. Louisiana, Democrat-7.
One Lone Democrat.
Mr.. Broussard voted against the 9TH
the committee in accordance with his at
titude at the recent Democratic caucus,
which declared for reciprocity. In the
caucus he invoked the caucus rule eX-
empdng him from being bound by the
caucus action because OF pledges 10 his
constituency
The present expectation is that the bill
will be considered by the house early
next week. All reference TO wood pulp
and paper was first taken out of the Nc
Call bill and combined in the follow
ing;
Pulp OF wood mechanically ground !;
pulp OF wood, chemically bleached or un-
bleachcd. news print paper and other
paper and paper board. manufactured
nr
chemical wood pulp or OF which such
pulp is the component material OF chief
value colored in the pulp or not colored
and valued at not more than 4 cents per
pound, not including printed or deco
rated we'll paper. being the products Of
Canada, when imported thercfrom direct
ted free OF duty. on the condition prece-
dent that In export duty export license
Zee or other export duty, export license
fee. or other export charge of any kind
whatsoever (whether in the form OF a
discharge or license fee or otherwise) /:
or any prohibition or restriction in any
way of the expectation (whether by law,
order regulation, contractual regulation,
or otherwise, directly or Indirectly,
shall have been imposed on such paper.
board. or wood pulp, or the wood used In
wood pulp, or the wood pulp used in the
manufacture OF such paper or board
Agreement Intact.
The committees action uphods IN its
entirety the agreement negotiated with
Canada but changes the phraseology Of
the Mccall bill. which was drafted as an
administration measure to put that
agreement into legislative shape.
The only amendment adopted was the
one suggested by Representative Mann.
All provinces having export restrictions
| of any kind on such products Will con-
| front the fun American duty. $5.75 per
ton, when their pulp logs or. wood pulp
reach the American customs house. The
| customs houses at the Canadian border
are left TO deal with the product. de-
termine from which province II comes
and let IL in free or assess the duty, ac-
cordine TO the circumstances
The admission of wood pulp and It's
Canada is left to the Canadian parlia
ment.