Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1911-02-08
PAPER TRUST DOES
NOT LIKE CANADA
RECIPROCITY
IMPORTANT AMENDMENT
Is NOT IMPROBABLE
Portion Relating to That Fea-
ture of Taft'S Tariff Plan Can
be Changed Without lnvali-
dating Agreement Says Knox.
IBy Morning Journal Special Leased Wire

IBy Morning Journal Special Leased Wire1
washington, Feb. 7.--As a result of
the growing belief that paper and
wood pulp provisions of the Canadian
reciprocity agreement will operate one
sidedly to benefit the Dominion with
out a corresponding benefit to the
United States an important change is
likely to be made by congress in the
measure before it is ratified.
Paper manufacturers and others
believe the language of the arrange
ment is such that the United States
may be compelled to admit paper be-
fore Canada complies with her part of
the agreement. The situation has
been presented to the ways and means
committee in such strong light that
many members are satisfied the agree
ment is open to construction dis
advantageous to American manufac-
turers.
Senator Knox sent q letter to the
committee today saying the commits
sicners had arrived only at tentative
agreement on the paper schedule. II
can be changed, he said without de-
feating the rest of the treaty; and its
adjustment can be left to future ne
gotiations or future action OF con-
gress
The ways and means committee al
so procured a draft of the measure in
troduced In the Canadian parliament
to put the agreement in force in the
dominion. This shows that Canada
has taken the stand that American
paper and pulp shall not be admitted
free into that country until all provin.
ces have removed their restrictions
against the expectation of pulp logs.
That was the understanding here
when when the agreement was com
pleted.
Now, however, It las been repre-
sented to the committee and also to
the state department that Canada
actually will get paper and pulp into
this country Immediately, while the
United States will be barred from
shipping like products to the domin
ion.
The trouble arises over the distnc
tion in Canada between "crown lands
and private lands, and the rulings
that the treasury department at
Washington has made on this subject.
Where Canadian provinces prohibit
ha Of i-
from Grown lands" The provinces
have no power to prohibit the expor
tation of logs cut from private lands.
The treasury department has held
that even where province has pro-
hibited the expectation of logs from
crown lands the logs from private
lands or the paper manufactured from
them come in at the lowest rate. On
this basis, 1t is feared the courts will
hold that paper from private land
timber, or from provinces that have
no restrictions, can come In free, even
before the rest of the provinces re-
move their restrictions.
Members of the committee said this
was not the opinion they held when
the reciprocity agreement first was
made public. They are certain. also
that the commissioners did not hold
that opinion. 1t was intended that no
Canadian paper should come in free
until all Canadian provinces allowed
American mills to have free logs.
This was made the moro apparent.
they point out. by the language of the
Canadian reciprocity enabling meas
ure, which would exclude free admis-
sion to Canada of all American paper
until all provincial restrictions in re-
spect to the expectation of pulp logs
We're removed.
IT Is believed change will be made
in the language OF this section, so that
it will not be left open to the con-
struction which American paper
manufacturers fear.