The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-04-11
RECIPROCITY is
PLACED AT TOP
Democrats Take TAFT at
His Word.
THEN COMES REVISION

Present Plan Is to Introduce Bill
Rasifyine Trade Agreement With
Canada, After Which Work Of Tar
IN Tlnkering VIII 30 Undertaken.
Farmers to Be Given Numerous
Concessions In Consideration For
Loss Sustained by Reciprocity.
Washington, April lit the house
Democrats in caucus tonight accept
the recommendation by The majority
Of the ways and means committee, the
Canadian reciprocity bill win be sub
mitted to the house and passed in ad-
vance Of any other tariff legislation.
The Democrats of the ways and
means committee decided after an
allday session upon a tariff program
which starts off with Canadian reci.
procity.
This action on the part OF the Dem
ocrats Of the ways and means com.
mittee is gratifying to President
Taft, who has been urging that reci-
procity be taken up and passed as
separate proposition. While the Dem
ocrats have taken the president at
his word in promising theu fair play
on other legislation and will act first
on his pet legislative measure, they
will lose no time after II is out OF
the way in passing several tariff
measures.
The day after the Canadian reci-
procity bill Is reported to the house
the majority OF the ways and means
committee, according to the plan to
be submitted TO the caucus tonight,
will offer a bill lowering duties on
agricultural implements and on sup
plies which the farmer is obliged to
buy. There will be about 100 articles
in this bill nearly all of the reduc-
tions designed chiefly for the benefit
OF the farmer The items will be
taken from a number OF schedules
and will include boots. shoes, reap.
ors. plows. harness and saddlery.
harvesters. twlne. bagging and many
other articles that draw upon the
farmers pockctbook in the course Of
tho year.
Original Plan Changed.
II was originally planned to a.
tempt revision Of the entire schcd-
ule, hut on second thought the Dem
ocratic leaders have decided TO rec
ommend the Introduction Of a sort OF
"compani0n.piece" to the Canadian
reciprocity bill It has been the cry
or the insurgents and many regulars
in tho senate that they could not
vote for the reciprocity agreement
because IT draws upon the farmer and
gives him nothing i'm return. The
bill, which the Democrats will intro
duce right after the Canadian reci-
rrocity agreement, Is designed 10 cut
tho ground from under these obiec.
tlons II will in a measure compen-
safe the farmer for the concessions
that he is supposed to make in the
proposed recinrocity agreement
a revision Of the woolen scnedulo
will not be undertaken until the
measure lowering duties on farming
implements and supplies has been
put through the house. There may
be several more Of those "popgun"
tariff bills, all Of them aimed at the
nocessaries of life, before the Demo.
Gratis quit tinkcrng with the tariff
The senate Democrats arc going to
follow The example Of their brethren
on the house side and hold another
caucus. They viii not get together,
however. until the latter part of the
week. One of tho things 10 be con
sldcred by them is the creation of
committee of focr managers, whose
duty will he TO look after a leglsla-
tive program. The Republicans "
the senate always had special com.
mitiee Of this kind, but the Demo
Gratis have entrusted the general
manasement Of party affairs to a sin
gle committee. II is the suggestion
of Senator Martin Of Virginia. the
new minority leader, that the special
committee be created.