Omaha daily bee., 1911-01-29

Of the president and his most trusted sd-
visers.
Mr. Taft's ultimate am Is a great Amer
lean zolverein. or tariff union. which will
take In all the countries Of North and
! South America.
The encouragement Of closer financial
relations with the Central and South
American countries. as indicated in the
recent Honduran treaty. Is In line with
this policy. SO is the encouragement OF
American investments in that section OF
the world
1t is felt we are not getting our share
Of the Central and South American trade.
and Mr.. Taft is ambitious that his admin
istration shall place US in first position In
that line. Under the impetus Of NEST ia
/ vcrable reciprocity arrangements. aided by
the fact that the Panama canal will place
us in closer and more direct touch with
the west coast and better banking faclli-
Z ties. he believes we can get the prize And
I that Is prize worth striving for. The
foreign trade OF Latin America is more
than s2,OOO,COOOOO, nearly two-thirds the
foreign trade Of the United States. OF
this we now get only about one-fourth,
President IL Hopeful.
The president is very hopeful that con-
6Atso win lt5S uu lililt III ludhlUk tLltNtlNt
the arrangement with Canada.
Senators and representatives are quoted
as saying that the agreement cannot pos
sibly be enacted into law at this session
Of congress, but these declarations appar-
emily have no effect on Mi. Taft lie
is looking for action before Adjournment
on March 4, and while he has not au-
thorized such an announcement, the sug-
gestlon Is made that II the agreement fails
at this time, congress may be called in
special session early in March. II the
president should call the lawmakers in
session in March, II would be up to the
democrats to begin work on a revision bill
They would subordinate the Canadian
agreement as such, but would probably
feel constrained to incorporate its pro-
visions, in part at least, in their Revision
bill
The Canadian agreement Is popular with
the democrats Practically all the mem
bers in the party in the house indorse
IL. Most Of the democratic senators APP
prove the agreement. although Senator
Bailey has announced that he does not
like it because of the provision placing
cattle on the free list Senator Bailey
will probably lead the opposition in the
senate
some ErOAeHtA are mAues
Very strong protests we're heard from re-
publican members representing northwest
ern interests Of an agricultural nature such
as those of North and South Dakota and
states farther west The feeling of the
group is that the treaty is intended to,
or at all eevnts does, trench very seriously
upon the barley, flax and cereal interests
of the northwest, and that these are prac-
tically sacrificed in order to get conces-
sions from Canada that would be pleasing
to interests which have been causing !
trouble 20 the administration. Very much |
the same state of mind exists among the |
lumber interests. AS for the New England
interests. they are intensely stirred up
over the proposal to allow the mutual free !
admission Of fresh and salt fish.
A serious feature Of the situation is that
a considerable number of insurgent re-
publicans, who have been clamoring for !
are now taking the view that
they don't want reciprocity of this kind |!
and will not ovte for II. This seems to
be true Of the northwestern members par
ticularly. and several were today ridculed |
or rebuked by other members because OF
their change of front
As Viewed in England.
LONDON. Jan. 2s-(special Cablesram.)- |
lieve that in the Washington Ottawa reci-
procity negotiations Mr.. Taft has won, not |
only a distinct triumph in a field where !
he has desired to excel, but also a larger |
advantage in the general relations between |
the United States and its northern neigh |!
Dor.
Congratulations are extended to Messrs !
Bryce and to Mr.. Knox as the presidents |
far-seeing adviser"
1t is assumed that so far as the Ameri- |
can congress lie concerned. the strictly limi- |
ted arrangement will be ratified by legisla- !
ton without much ado.
Less confidence is felt as to the reception
Canadians win give the proposals after full
consideration. 1t is worth noting that the
doubt is most pronounced in the circles |
OF tariff reform propaganda, where there
is a tendency to deplore any colonial dis |
position to assert the principles OF reci-
procity.
Chamberlainltes would prefer a Canadian
movement calculated to exploint fiscal pre-
ference and closer connection between the
Dominion and the United Kingdom Several
papers published dispatches from Toronto
and other points alleging that outside of
organized farmers, no special enthusiasm
is displayed over Mr.. Fieldings announce
ment Of a moderate reduction" of duties
ana that the Canadian conservatives re-
gard the scheme 'cooly, II not coldly."
BiewA of Conservative Press.
On the other hand, 1t is predicted that,
as Sir Wilfred Laurier is seeking a cam
paign cry against the conservations he will
go to the country soon "brandishing the |
text of the agreement and asking for the ,
farmer vote"
The conservative press is taking the
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Telegraph hints at the approaching union
Of Canada and America.
The Times is doubtful of the endorse
ment OF the agreement by the American
congress
The liberal press takes q cheerful view, !
believing that the agreement portends a
closer union between American and Great
Britain and the latters conversion to free
trade.