Smyrna times., 1911-02-01
Reciprocity Treaty, IndOrSed by
Taft, Sent to Senate.
FOOD PRODUCTS ARE CUT
United States Puts Goods Valued at
$39,911,o 600 on Free List, Against
$21,s59,ooo by Canada.

s. The administration reciprocity |
agreement with Canada was submit
ted to congress, with a special mes
sage from President Taft urging its
prompt enactment into law.
The agreement was presented con-
currently to the Dominion parliament
in ottawa and within few days bills
will be introduced in the legislative
body of each government designed to
make the terms of the agreement. The
concurrent legislation obviates the ne
cessity of any negotiations on the
subject between the two governments.
Generally speaking, the agreement
opens the markets of the United
States to Canada's leading agricul-
tural products, notably wheat and 9TH
er grain and also to her dairy pro-
ducts, fish, Eggs and poultry, sheep,
cattle and other live animals. Her
rough lumber also is admitted duty
free to the United States, as is her
print paper and wood pulp and sew
eral other raw materials.
In return for these concessions Can
ada takes down the bars altogether
on cottonseed oil and American fruits
and some other products and grants
reduced duties on agricultural imple-
ments and other manufactured ar
| ticles.
On the basis of results expressed
in dollars and cents, Canada seems to
| have a little better of the argument
in the agreement, although President
| Taft points out in his message that
the benefits to be derived by the Unit
ed States cannot be computed in this
way at the present. The total value
of articles now dutiable which the
United States proposes to make free
under the agreement is 39,811 900, or
76.4 per cent of the total dutiable i'm
! portations of Canada into the United
States in the fiscal year 1911. The
total value of articles now dutiable
which Canada proposes to make free
is, on the other hand, only $685.
900, which is 16.5 per cent of all the
dutiable imports into Canada from the
United States in the same year. The
total amount of duties to be remitted
by the United States under the agree
ment is $4,S50, 900, as compared with
$2,56O,0O0 with Canada.
The state department gave out a
summary of the tariff changes provid
ed for as follows:
Reciprocal lists on leading food pro
ducts, such as wheat and other grains
dairy products, fresh fruits and vege
tables, fish of all kinds, eggs and poul
try, cattle, sheep and other live ami
mails.
Also certain commodities now fret
in one country are to be made fire,
by the other, such as cottoneeed OF
t by Canada and rough lumber by tn,
3 United States.
Tin and terne plates, now dutiabl
in both countries, are made mutual,
free.
: Barbed wire fencing, now exempte
C from duty by Canada, is also exemp
f ed by the United States Some ray
materials, such as mica and gypsum
o which enter into numerous industries
s are to be made free by the Unite
# States.
v Printing paper is to become free o
g the removal OF all RESTRICTIONS on tn
q expectation of pulp wood.
e Mutually reduced rates on secont
!. airy food products, such as fresh mea
canned meats, bacon and hams, lar
"a and lard compounds, canned vegeti
e. bles, -four, cereal preparations an
ia other foodstuffs, partly manufacture
b. Mutually reduced rates on list (
clude motor vehicles, cutlery, clocl
and watches, sanitary fixtu es, sale
nj els and similar leather goods, pla
.. glass, brass band instruments, prir
v. ing ink and miscellaneous articles.
or Agricultural implements, such ;
M plows, harvesters, threshing machin
IN and drills, are reduced by Canada
~ the United States rates.