Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1911-02-03
TARIFF BILL IS Up
RECIPROCITY With CANADA
NOW BEFORE CONGRESS
FOR Consideration.
Representative Mccall of Massachusetts,
Presents Bill on Subject-Will Soon
Be Reported-Opportun May Be
Given for Hearing of Representa-
tives of Industries.

TO carry into effect the terms of the
reciprocity agreement concluded by rep
resentatives of Canada and the United
States January 26 the first move has
been made by. Representative Mccall
of Massachusetts, a member of the
ways and means committee of the
house, when he presented the admins
tration bill ON the subject Saturday.
Mr.. Mccall will take leading part
in engineering its progress on the floor
of the house.
While members of the committee de-
cline to discuss their attitude it has
become well established that the bill
to put the new rates into effect will
pass through the committee and come
out on the floor of the house within
comparatively short time.
The first move of the committee will
be to determine if any hearings shall
be held upon the measure. 1t is the
opinion of several members that if
certain delegations representing indus
tries seriously affected by the lowering
of tariff rates wish to be heard an OPP
portunity will be afforded them before
final action.
Will Be No General Tariff Debate.
There will be no opening of the bars
to all the tariff arguments that might
be introduced for and against the new
arrangement. Members of the commit
tee believe the facts on the various
items were fully elected in the hear
ing held during the preparation of the
Payne-Aldrich bill, and that to renew
extensive hearings upon the reci-
procity agreement would needlessly de-
lay its consideration.
The form of the Mccall bill is such
that it's future consideration is a mat
ter of uncertainty. AS bill to raise
revenue it would be subject to amend
ment and change, unless rule of
cloture is first put through the house
prohibiting them and forcing vote
upon the reciprocity agreement as a
whole.
The negotiations with Canada re-
rangement which can not be changed
in any particular without upsetting
the whole. For this reason it is the
opinion that the ways and means com
mittee and the rules committee will
prepare a rule providing for it's con
sideration as whole and without
amendment.
The impression has been strength
ened that President Taft s determine
ton to secure action at this session i!
such that he will resort to an extra
session if it becomes necessary tt
bring the matter to final consideration
in congress. The extra session tall
has caused no little worry at the cap
ital. The leaders of the house sa,
frankly they do not believe it will b.
necessary thus to dispose of the trad
agreement.
Senate May Defeat.
If defeat comes it is expected in tn
senate. The democrats of the house
after a fairly careful poll by the mi
nofity, are apparently, disposed to &C
cept the agreement and to support i
in debate and with their votes.
According to a democratic member o
the ways and means committee TIN
democrats are likely to accept the bill
without serious attempt to amend it
They look upon it both as a tariff
change in line with democratic idea
and as serious effort of the repub
lican president to take the tariff on
of politics.
Representative Mccall has been thu
subject of some speculation, because h
comes from state that has com
planned bitterly against the free fisl
provisions of the agreement. Mr.. Nc
Call declined to declare himself, blu
made no secret Of his approval of tn
plan for reciprocal agreements betwee
the two countries.
Seceral members of the committe
whose positions have also been i
doubt have indicated that the ways an
means committee will under no circun
stances fail to report promptly, an
have given limitations that the repoI
is likely to be favorable to the treat,
The Mccall bill, after indicating tn
duties that are to be levied upon Can;
dian products, provides these shall b.
come effective as soon as the presideI
ascertains and issues a proclamatiC
showing that Canada is levying simils
duties against American products. TT
free importation of certain articles
to become operative as soon as Il
president becomes satisfied that Ca
ada is making similar concessions
the United States.
Last Years Trade Movement.
Figures of the trade movement l
tween Canada and the United Stat
in the articles included in the per
ing reciprocity agreement for 1s
were compiled by the bureau of s.
tistics of the department of CONNER
and labor. They include:
Imporgs.
= Boards, deals and planks, $17,4S
124; fax seed or linseed, $780, 81
wood pulp, $4,966,536; coal, sos, IL
fish, $3,e12,6ss; printing paper, 81, 9s
972; cream, 81, 1884, 173; laths, 1,7O7 o,
1 shingles, $1,47O,ss3; hay, $1,476, 54