The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-06-28
MOVE MADE FOR
A SETTLEMENT
SENATE APPOINTED THREE CON.
FEREEs ON POPULAR ELEc-
TON AMENDMENT.
SPEECH FOR RECIPROCITY
Senator Townsend Says Proposed
Agreement viii Not Hurt Farm
efs or Alter Prices of Wheat.

house on tine joint escT tion providing
for tn ele1ticn Of senators by direct
vote of the people vas taken today
When the senate decided TO grant d
conference and appointed. Senator'S
-lask of Montana, Nelson of Mime
sofa, and Bacon of Georgia as confer
YES to meet similar committee Of
he house.
The fight in conference will he over
the acceptance OF the anendment by
Senator Bristow and adopted in the
8 nate which retained to the federal
government the power, to control tae
election Of senators.
TAKEN Townsend
Defense of the Canadian reciprocity
greement was made by Senator
ognsenl OF Michigan, Republican
.enber Not only woald he lend his
uppcrt to the bin now under coAsiu-
Hation, the Senator declared, but he
could have a treaty which would have
ncuded all the products Of Canada
nd United States On the free list.
A careful ana Unbiased story ha |
oavli4aed han Chat the agreement
>olld benefit both countries.
But | ann convinced" lie added,
Thai reciprocity with Canada can
ever be the greatest Sal cess until
manufacturers as well as natural pro
lncts meet no customs wal 5 in pas =
ae between the two countries"
Senator Townsend argued it was
ae duty of the United States AMI TO,
% best good" TO enter into the freest
rade relations, possible with those
ations where the conditions of liv-
ng and industry are similar to these
If our own country
Canada, he contendel came in tAi,
ASS. Personally, he said, he would
ave "striven long and har'' for alb
oute free trade leween the two
onntries; hut he aided that he
would vote FOR the measure ia its
resent for as an argument to begin
aklng the useless wall between parts
{ the same Industrial field
For tine purpose of increasing the
benefits which he held would now
rom the agreement Senator Town
end declared the bin providing
hat the President should try
form an agreement with
canada looking to the Improvement
If the st. Lawrence river from the
-reat lakes TO The Atlantic o can,
l waterway Of sufficient depth and
didth to accommodate a deep water,
iea going vessels for the common use
nd benefit of beth countries and in
urtheraEce If reciprocal trade re-
atoms between them"
This projecE he deaared would
confer greater benefits on both coun-
ries than those which flow from any
ariff and would be the contamination
# the greatest contemplated bene-
fits in trade"
ITO me-" said Senator Townsend,
this is a greater proposition than the
Panama Canal. 1t may be a dream,
Dut some day the dream will come
rue 1t may come in the distant fut.
ire, but il viii come. The project is
% big vita possibilities that it should
ye given the most serious thought
and consideration by tine two nations
which ar, we hope, entering upon
IN era of good will and amity"
The farmer had nothing to fear
rom the agreement, the speaker con
ended. ut cannot harm the farmers, +"
ne declared 1T is the beginning of
; policy which nave long favored, |
liz. A change of tariff conditions in
conformity with the well understood
heory of protection. The times in
his measure are clearly understood |
Ne know what the COST of production |
$ here and in Canada As fast as the
acts can be determined tariff sche- |
!rles should be revised and a scienti- |
ic system of duties established. | /
want the wool, cotton, steel and otn-
er schedules revised if a determine
ion Of facts discloses that revision is
leeded will not, however, close
ny eyes and proceed blindly In the
natter. | don't believe the people
ave regulated the principle of pro
ectfon; they have protested against
methods.
To-day If all the surplus wheat of
'anada found an outlet through
american markets it would not in my \
pinion materially affect the price, Ifl
re used Canada's. exports, we could
nd would export more Of our own
rop. But we will nor use IT. Thel
urlNlus from both countries will con
inue to find ITS markets abroad, ex-
ept in cases OF crop nature In eitherl
ountry. Then the other country will
pply, as it Ought to supply the
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