Norwich bulletin., 1911-03-15
congre resslnan Iliggiills Reaches Homs
Lack of Local Interest in Soil Survey This County
 Says He Believes Canadian Reciprocity Agreement Good Thing and Will Vote for It Again Nothing, New on Contested Election. s

deepening and improving. There is one of the best harbors in the country in It, with an increasing maritime com merce- It's manufactures are most inn portant and it's agricultural and ship ping interests can be made much more Sc. It has many more presidential postofnces within its limits than most districts, and the result of all these and more is that the departmental work of the representative from this district sts no small part of his aabors.
 Favors Reciprocity Agreement.
 T am sorry that the president, felt it his duty to call congress in extra session at this time," said the con- gressman. lis reasons were that con- gresS might confirm the treaty made with Canada for reciprocal trade rela- tions, but congress is not limited and cannot be to simply that one proposi- ton. and there will be general tariff and other legislation considered and enacted in the extra session which >is liable to be prolonged throughout the summer. The democrats have a ma jority in the lower house of congress of upwards of 60. and they intend, I understand, to at least revise the cot ton and woolen schedules of the pres ent tarlff law. II voted for the con- Armation of the reciprocal agreement with Canada and will again ih the house If presented as a separate propo- 8AJIOu. 1 uO QOt 0SkloNG tiidI-OuI 1dI11i- CTS will be hurt in the sligh htest by this treaty and that much benefit will ac-H crue to the establishment of closer trade relations with Canada hope sometime to see reciprocal agreements made with our South and Central American neighbors as well"
 Watsr . Non-Partisan But Live Busi-
 nsss Question.
 MT. Higgins was asked if he had fol- lowed the progress made on the local water question, and he saids Yes. with counsel during the time when the board of water commissioners unani- mOusly voted to establish 8 reservoir at Stony brook and the counsel, after . good deal of parleying, by a partisan vote approved this action. AS cor late Frank T. Brown the duty of dis solving ths temporary injunction which prevented the locating at Stony brook, read a11 of the reports made by the different engineers on our water ques- ton. Tn addition I consulted consulted with snh from what can gather from the news paper reports the city is back where 1t started from nine years ago, but still We have no additional water supply. l do not and never have regarded this in any sense as partisan question. IL l8 A very 11tO OQSlAS68 QuSStAOAt NO say the least, and the city of Norwich has been getting some very bad ad- vertisine the last few years on &C., count of our failure to meet the re- Quirements for water. When we do get 1t, and hope that may be soon, we ought to give as wide and as extended notice of the fact that we have an am- pie supply as we have to our failure to provide it."
 Wants Only What Belongs to Him.
 When asked about the contest being waged for his seat in congress, MT. Higgins said: "I have no news to give you on that score. have always talk en the position, and do now and will continue to. that If have not a plu- rality of votes do not want by any ledgerdemain or otherwise to continue to represent this district. That ques- tion will be determined by the house of representatives suppose, after the ballot boxes are all opened and all the ballots are recounted and from their decision there is no appeal"
 Mir. Higgins will remain in Norwich until a short time before the convenine of congress for the extra session called by the president for April 4th.