Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-01-27

$50. l9S. oo0 equal TO 81 per cent.
How various Products Ave Affected.
Amount Of duties RENTED by the United
states on leading Canadian articles.
sawed lumber. 81 .2a20OO; fish, tie40oo
hay. 1886. 900: faNsecd and Nnseed, Na2WL,
wood pulp, sos ZOO, i've animals, &teN'
vegetables. 4oiCo printing paper, NsoWo'
o 5 rTpsu mica io 6c 1STy P tes tel
eyhone posts, etc, Ss90OO; wheat flour
Amount Of duties RENTED by Canada
on leading articles from the United states.
Coal. bltuminous. S455OO0 fresh fruits,
S262 900; fresh vegetables, $4,000; cotton
seed oil $50 900. i've animals. N62OO; pa
plements. etc. $4,000; fish Of all kinds,
Vehicles, $1,000
Print Paper Provision.
The text OF the print paper provision
Of the agreement is as follows
Pulp Of wood, mechanically ground;
pulp OF wood, chemical, bleached or un-
bleached news print paper and other pa
| per and paper board, manufactured from
mechanical wood pulp or OF which such
pulp is a component material Of chief
value, colored in the pulp, or not colored.
and valued at not more than cents per
pound, not including printed or decorated
wood pulp. free
valued at cents per pound or less, and
wood pulp being the products Of Canada,
when imported therefrom, directly into
the United States shall be admitted free
| OF duty on the precedent that no port duty,
export license fee or other export charge OF
any kind whatsoever whether in the form
of additional charge or license fee, or other
wise) OF any prohibition Of restriction in
any way Of the expectation whether by
law or regulation, contractual relation or
otherwise. directly or indirectly, shall
have been imposed upon such paper. board
or wood pulp, or the wood used in the
manufacture of such paper, board or wood
pulp or the wood pulp used in the manu-
facture Of such paper or board.
Provided also that such wood pulp
paper or board, being the products Of the
United states, shall only be admitted free
of duty into Canada from the United States
when such wood pulp. paper or board
being the products Of Canada, are admitted
, from all parts Of Canada free OF duty into
: the United States"
= TRft's Message.
D President Taft in his message said il
n part;
1 MY purpose in making a reciprocal
treaty agreement with Canada has beef
not only 10 ODlaln one WHICH WOulu Illu
tually be advantageous to both countries
|, but one which also would be truly ma
, tiOnal in it's scope as applied to our owl
4 country and would be Of benefit to all sec
lions. The transportation facilities tina
will be established forward and backwar,
across the border cannot but inure to tn
benefit of the border states. Some read
justments may be needed. That the bene
fits of broadening of the sources of sup
plies and the opening of the timber re
sources Of the Dominion to our needs, tina
T. the addition to the supply OF raw ma
terials will be limited to no particular sec
e ton does not require demonstration.
t. Both countries in their industrial de
e velopment have to meet the competition o
, lower priced labor in other parts of tn
S world This has made It difficult to eS
tend the principle of reciprocal rates I
5 many manufactured commodities, but W
have succeeded in doing 80 in various i'm
portant instances"