The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-03-29
OPPOSES THE
MEASURE
Senator Dillingham; Speaks in
Opposition
TO THE RECIPROCITY PACT
"Can Mean but One Thing--It Is Rank,
Unjust Violation of the Pro-
tective Principal" the Sem
ator Declares.
TO THE RECIPROCITY PACT

The second annual banquet Of the
Montpelier board of trade was held at
the Pavilion hotel in that city last
evening, with Senator Dillingham; as
the speaker OF the evening, The sen
ator's subject was Reciprocity and
in a speech he was nearly two hours
delivering he gave his reasons for OPP
posing the measure before congress.
So great was the desire to hear the
senator the Montpelier board of trade
was unable 10 meet the demand for
tickets, and every seat in the large
dining room was occupied. Senator
Dillingham; was introduced by Presi-
dent Cotton, and in opening his re-
marks he said he was not unaware OF
the fact that in this audience there were
insurgents and stand patters, those ia
voring the proposition and those OPP
posing it. In discussing its provisions
shall be compelled to do so from my
own standpoint as a Republican, and
can only claim for myself from those
who disagree either with my premises
or conclusions, the same tolerant jndg-
ment which | so gladly exercise toward
them. We all agree, | think, with the
| late Judge Peck who once remarked in
my presence, 1T is the easiest thing in
the world TO do right provided one
knows what right is, but it is some
! times exceedingly difficult to know what
constitutes right"
Continuing he said in pa TT .--
Ever since the abrogation of the
treaty of 1854, Canada has been be-
seeehing us for a renewal Of that treaty
but, realizing the terrible results fol,
lowing our adoption or reciprocal trade
in non-eompating articles with Canada,
we have over and over again refused
to consider such proposition. In his
first administration, President Grant de-
elined to consider such a proposition,
saying: THE advantages of such
treaty would be wholly in favor of
the British producer Except, possibly,
few engaged in trade between the
two sections, no citizen would be bene-
flied by reciprocity" In his second adj
ministration, he offered to make new
treaty with Canada which would really
be reciprocal in its operation, one
which would embrace among other items
the admission into Canada from the
United States of large number Of
manufactured products free of duty,
but this was not acceptable to the
Dominion. During the administration
OF President Harrison, the matter was
again considered, and In a message to
Congress he clearly set forth the char
actor Of truly reciprocal arrange
ment.
During the intervening period Cana
da, profiting from the experience of the
United States, has connected the oceans
with bands of steel and has opened up
an area substantially as large as that
OF the United States She has emu
lated us in the protection of all her
manufacturers and has even gone furth-
err in paying bounties in certain in
stances to encourage their production,
but never in any instance has she low
cred her tariff walls erected against
the manufactured products of the Unit
ed States. Her one purpose, extending
over more than half a century, has
been 10 secure a larger market for her
agricultural products without giving
anything in return.
The measure now pending in Congress
is precisely Of the same character, pro
posed at a time when the Democratic
party has swept the country, gained
control of the House of Representatives
with a prospect OF being able to con
troll the Senate as well. II provides
for absolute free trade on the products
of the farm, the dairies and fisheries,
and in addition, rough lumber, print,
paper and wood pulp. 1t makes uni
form the tariff rates in the two coun-
tries on few of the protected indus
tries but leaves Canada's impregnable
tariff wall still standing against sub
stantially all our manufactured prod
ucts, behind which she is successfully
developing great industrial enterprises
and building up strong Canadian COM
munties.
How firmly she has guarded this wall
is little understood by the country.
The word reciprocity" has carried the
false impression that the Canadian
gates have been opened to our manu-
facturers aud that in return for our
concessions on her natural products our
merchants and manufacturers are to
receive reciprocal favors. No greater
error ever found Judgement inthe pub
lie mind.
Do not for moment forget that our
manufacturers of carpets, clothing, col
lars and cuffs, cotton print, sheets, tele-
phone and telegraph instruments and
fixtures, fire arms, furniture, window
glass gloves, knit goods, leather goods,
leather beltings, sewing machines, boots
ribbons, velyets, wooden blankets, fan
nels. cloths used in the production of
Ngeutlemena clothing, granite, marble,
slate, mill machinery, scales organs,
pianos, harnesses, hardware and q hun
dred and one OF our great lines of pro
duction in the United States, are barred
out of the Dominion by the old time
tariff wall, mistaken, or unaffected by
the present arrangement imposing du-
ties that amount, upon an average, to
over 30 per cent. Of the value of such
products.
This is bad enough, but the situa-
ton is made more CALLING when u Is
found that Canada is also allowed 10
retain her special arrangement with
Great Britain BY which she gives the
mother country preferential tariff
on all the lines Of goods have Just
named as we'll as others, averaging