The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-06-15
De BATE OPENS
IN THE SENATE
Opponents of Reciprocity AS
sault the Pet Measure of
the President.

WASHINGTON, June 14.-The sen
ate. on the first days consideration
of the Canadian reciprocity bill, lis
tened to a speech by Senators Cur
It's Of Kansas and McCumber of North
Dakota, IN opposition to the measure.
made the bill the unfinished business
on the calendar and without opposition
changed the regular daily hours OF
meeting from 2 o'clock to noon:
Tomorrow Senator Nelson of Mime
sofa will speak in opposition to the
bill
Senator Penrose, in charge of the
bill, tonight expressed satisfaction at
the outlook, saving he believed there
will be gradual cooperation in bring.
ing the discussion 10 n speedy close.
Senator Bristow today introduced
an amendment reducing the sugar
duty. His amendment would strike
out the Dutch standard provision from
the present law and remove the diff.
ferentia1 between raw and refined SUI
gar, so that the duty would be % cents
per 100 on sugar testing - degrees
and 3i2 cents for each additional de.
gree. Mr.. Brlstow expressed conf
dence that the amendment would re.
ceive considerable vote.
Senator Cores Position
Senator Gore asked and obtained
leave for the printing of a speech
made in the Canadian parliament by
j. w. SeXsmith, a member IN opposl.
tion to the reciprocity agreement, He
said that Mr. Sexsmith was a farmer
| and declared that he painted an es
pecially dark picture for Canada as
the result of the ratification of the
convention. For himself, Mr., Gore
said. he occupied underground, be
lieving that ruin would come TO
neither.
Not more than a dozen Republicans
were in their seats. only half as many
Democrats were present. Compare
lively few speeches are expected from
senators favoring the measure. They
say they do not want to delay the vote
by talking
McCumber's View
81 believe this treaty. said Sena-
tor McCumber. off enacted into law,
would not only postpone for many
years the consummation of a hope In
dulged By the farmers of the country
a hope held out 70 them by every
write2 who sought to secure and hold
their votes for the protective policy of
the country. but that its logical result
would be TO destroy the policy itself.
! must therefore either repudiate all /
have advocated for wears or oppose the
| consummation of this agreement.
Even ii we admit the speaker con
tinued. ''that the American market is
now no better than the Canadian mar
ket. still we must answer that asser
tion as consumption overtakes produc
| tion in this country we will reap an
advantage, and that advantage is what
we have earned and that we have been
promised as compensation for our sac
rifices for the general principle of pro
| lection during the last forty years, -
After reviewing testimony introduced
in the hearings of the finance commit
tee relative TO Canadian and American
prices, Senntor McCumber said;
Sees Injury to Farmer.
"I say again that the farmer. who
for years has looked forward TO that
period when consumption and produc.
tion Of wheat. barley and flax should
equal each other in this country. will
be doomed to remain for a century TO
come absolutely dependent on and sub
servient to the world S levy of prices
for his products, and that with these
enormous possibilities of grand produc-
tion in the Canadian northwest, those
prices will be lower, comparatively
than he has received for number of
years.
After stating his fears that the pres
sibilities of the Canadian country, and
declaring that il is time enough to
open Canadian sources when the food
supply of the United States is really
threatened. Senator McCumber declared
that the measure was not Republican
nor Democratic, but hybrid measure
which inherits none of the good quail
ties of the one parent and onlv the bad
qualities of the other.
Speech of Senator Curtis
The loss to the United States
through the ratification of the Cana
dian reciprocity agreement would, in
the opinion Of Senator Curtis, be pro.
portionate TO Canada s gain.
Mr., Curtis declared that the people
generally were not informed regard.
ing the pending legislation and that
they should be given opportunity to
study the subject until the regular
session of congress.
Mr.. Curtis quoted figures to show
Canada last year had amounted to
Sl3S, ,27s, and maintained that this
country should let well enough alone.
sTt would he said, F'be unwise to
return to the disastrous policy which
was followed from 1854 to 1856. Our
trade relations with Canada are now
very satisfactory TO the United States,
so why should we change them' By
this agreement we are too open to
them our splendid market of 100000
600 people, and in return they give us
the market of 100000 people and
this. too. a market which is now large
ly controlled by our producers. There
is no better home market in the world
than ours, and why should we part
with any portion of 1T without an
equivalent return?'
Fears Settling of Canada
He also contended that To open our
markets to Canadian products would
mean that a large number CT people !
would be attracted to Canada by the !
low price of land and that great de |
velopment. Improvement and produc-
tion would follow.
"It is estimated.'' said the sena-
tor. "that there are 200,000000 acres
of wheat land in yestern Canada not
yet cultivated, which would yield |
5000 900 900 bushels of wheat an
nually Do you think the opening up