Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1911-02-23
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From our Regular Correspondent.l

From our Regular Correspondent
WAsHINGToN, Feb. II, 1911.
This week in Congress has been
of great interest and Importance in
Legislative matters the House has
passed the Canadian Reciprocity
Bill by a large majority and it is
predicted that the bill will pass the
Senate. 1t will not, however,
have smooth sailing and if it were
not for the impression that the
President will call an extra session
of Congress almost Immediately
after the 4th of March, provided
the Senate does not vote on the
reciprocity bill, it is doubtful if a
vote could be had before the 4th of
March. If the bill comes to a
vote, there is but little doubt that
it will be passed, because a major
ity in favor of the bill in the Senate
is conceded, but owing to parlia-
mentary usage in the Senate, there
can be limitless debate, and the
upper house has some limitless de-
baters who are quite capable of
talking the bill into the next ses-
sion.
The opinion in regard to Presi-
dent Taft as politician and a
statesman has risen considerably
since the beginning of the present
session. 1t is conceded that he is
In the main master Of the situation
and when reciprocity with Canada
is established, as the better minds
of the country think it will be,
there is prospect of reciprocal trade
relations between the United States
and Mexico and with the Central
and South American republics.
With these ends accomplished
close on to the completion of the
Panama Canal, the administration
is sure to finish with eclat, if not
with another term for President
Taft.
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There is much unfavorable COM
ment from all parties in reference
to what is called the "blundering
blatherskite diplomacy" or rather
the lack of it, of the Democratic
heir-apparent to the speakership of
the House of Representatives.
Nothing could have been more in
opportune than the statement that
reciprocal trade relations were pre-
Iminary to the annexation of Brit
ash America, and foolish remark
may be the ruin of what promised
TO be a most beneicent trade ar
Tangement 1t is yet time for the
Democratic majority to pause and
reconsider the propriety of electing
"a political marplot to a high Office.
\ hundred or more years ago there
was ducking stool in England
for silencing old women who talk
ed too much. An appropriation
for such an instrument and a water
tank would not be bad for the Ma
tional Capitol.
1t is something more than op-
portune that the exposure of the
great lumber trust comes fast upon
the heels of reciprocity with Can
ada and the proposed free impor-
tation OF lumber from that coun-
try. The Bureau of Corporations
has just furnished the information
that forty years ago 70 per cent. of
the timber of the country was own
ed by the government, but at pres
ent so per cent. of it is owned by
private persons. 1t is apparent
that the United States must con-
serve with greatest care the small
remaining supply of timber and,
further, it must, if possible, scotch
the trust that is monopo-
1izing with view to increasing
still further the exorbitant cost of
such timber as is not at present
under their control.
Man Refuses to Die.
You cant blame a man for desiring to
live and you cant blame man if he takes
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