New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-04-28

-, ,ro Let us Abolish arp-
trary and artificial DISTINCTIONS 10 ""
ISOLATION with our friends upon '"e ,,,
and derive the mutual pront ,""'
certainly bring .s ,ho
The Canadian contract has pass" W.
House substantially "a adopteo' an" "
such form that II adopted In tne SAM
by the Senate IT would so into ehec'
soon as the bill now pending In IN" M"
dian Parliament shall be passed W ''"'
Parliament
[ desire TO express my high apprecie'''"
OF the manner In which the present ho"e'
of Representatives has treated the rsoi
procity agreement. IL has not played POI
tics IL has taken the states''dh""7
course in respect 10 IT. go,
am very hopeful that the Senate VII,
treat the agreement in the same way ana
that no amendments will there be addcd 70
the bill. For the reasons given think they
are DANGEROUS IT Is not for me TO question
the good faith Of those who propose 10 IN
troduce and adopt them. but It Is appropri-
ate to say that the use Of amendInents's
very common method of defeating iesisla-
ton when the responsibility for It's defeat
Ia one that the movers of such amendments
II may be that the Canadian contract
does not go far enough. In making II We
were limited By the reluctance Of Canada
TO 90 as far as we would wish to have her
go. but the fact that II does not go far
enough Is the poorest reason for not gong
as far as We can We were. making con-
tract, We were balancing considerations:
we were not making a general tariff law or
a general tariff revision. II was no part or
our duty to reduce the tariff generally in
this contract with other countries
II that IL to be done, and if there Is
sincere desire TO have it done, then II ought
to be done by separate legislation, and the
passage of the present agreement. which
regard as epoch making. in the commercial
relations between the two countries, should
not be endangered by making It's passage
conditioned on the passage of tariff revision
or other legislation having no real rele-
Vancy TO the contract.
Makes Appeal to tho Press.
appeal TO this company, representing as
1t does the press Of the United States. TO
see to II that 1t is made clear to the public
that this contract ought 10 stand or fall
by its own terms and that IT'S passage or
defeat ought not TO be affected In any re-
gard by other amendments to the tariff
law. Such a method Is a recurrence to the
old way OF making tariff bill. which has
been properly criticised and condemned, by
which its passage is secured not on the
merits Of particular schedules. but by the
support that may be secured in the House
or Senate through giving a tariff on par
ticular products of particular localities. I
think there is a general sentiment now in
favor Of revising the tariff. schedule b.
schedule, and of making this revision de-
pendent on exact information as to each
schedule. gathered by impartial investi-
gators. To amend this Canadian contract
and to make its passage dependent on
other tariff legislation is TO continue the
old method Of tariff revision characterized,
not without reason, as local issue.
| have said that this was critical time
In the solution OF the question OF rcci-
procity. 1t Is critical because, unless II is
now decided favoraby to reciprocity, II
IS exceedingly probable that no such OPP
portunty will ever again come to the
United States. The forces which are at
work in England and in Canada to sepa-
rate her by Chinese wall from the United
States and to make her part of an i'm
perial commercial band reaching from
England around the World 10 England
again. BY a system of preferential tariffs.
will derive an impetus from the rejection
Of this treaty. and If we would have reel
procty with all the advantages that have
described and that I earnestly and sim
cerely believe will follow its adoption, We
must take it now or give it up forever.