The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-06-27
E.oct Amendment Is De-
fe ate d by Over.
w elm n Vote.
W 4 Y NJ w ,JPEN FOR
GEM RAJ FIGHT
La Toilette Leads Anti-Reci-
procity Senators i'll Attack on
Agreement Will. Canada.
Denounces Newspapers for
Their Selfish Attitude
in Supporting 1t.

Washington. June 26.-The Canadian
reciprocity Eill emerged from It's first
ordeal in tha Senate TO- night unscath-
ca. The Root amendment, proposing
a modihcatio oil the wood pulp and
print paper section of the agreement
was defeated aite.' seven hours of de
bate. by an overwhelming vote The
friends of the amendment were so sat
ished OF its defeat that roll call on
tho Vote was not demanded
This leaves the reciprocity measure
open to the general hight that is to
follow for amendment OF important
provisions OF the Payne Aldrich tariff
| law. Senator La Toilette announced
In a speech opposing the Root amend
ment. that he would give TO the Senate
chance to pass on general tariff
amendments for free paper, free lum
Der and lumber products. and for re-
auctions in many other schedules. Sen
ator Clapp also announced his inten-
ton of offering d free paper amend
ment later; and other Senator's gave
evidence of their purpose to force, from
now on, consideration of tariff revisior
on the widest plane.
Attacks on ,Icusure.
Attack on the Root amendment wa.
interspersed With attacks on the whole
reciprocity measure in the debate thai
ran throughout the afternoon, and
which resulted in the defeat of Sen.
ator Roots proposal 10 change the
House bill by requiring that all Cana.
! dian provinces should remove their eX.
port restrictions on pulp wood and its
products, before the reciprocal fea
lures OF the wood pulp and print paper
section of the agreement went into eff.
feet
Il am opposed to this so-called reel.
| procitv legislation as q whole, because
believe 1t Is wrong. harmful and un-
justiriable,' said Senator La Toilette
Senator La Toilette declared there
was no justification for any duty on
PRINT paper, TO continue high tariff
or paper.sfis sal -vas 10 Yut d prem.
.ium on "inefiictency and sioth." and &c
make the protective tariff .'deaden al
constructive force" for the develop.
ment OF efficient mana cement
senator La Toilette criticized the
newspapers for having urged the re-
clprocity measure as means OF ger.
ting relief from the oppressive
charges Of the print paper manurec-
turers. He said they had joined with
the packers. the railroads, .:ie flour
millers and others who would secure
advantages through the passage OF
the reciprocity bill"
Senator La Toilette declared that in
the testimony taken by the Finance
Committee IT would be shown that the
neWspa pers had suppressed the news
OF the reciprocity proceedings. bur on
this point Senator Stone. who also Is t,
member of the Finance Committee de.
clared the Wisconsin Senator was mis-.
taken.
'.Blacllest PnEc". In Their History.
That is the blacklist page in tho
newspaper history of the United
States" declared Senator La Toilette
i regret that that fact must become
part OF the history OF this legislation
But 1t is stubborn fact There Is no
one who followed The hearings before
the Finance Committee but knows
that those who favored the Canadian
asreement were given great space.
but when the agricultural interes Is
came before the committee, making q
great showing of the injury they
would suffer. showing which I con.
slider the most important made before
the committed, the news filled hut mea
gre space in the great newspapers of
the country"
want to interrupt the Senator.
said Senator Stone, mot to defend the
newspapers, but because i think his
statement is not quite justified by tho
facts. Il was charged that the Asso-
ciated Press. for example. had given
great space to the pro-reciprocity lit
erature and TO the pro-reciprocity con
tentlons. which the newspapers had
sreedily accepted and widely exploited.
The facts as developed show, as
understand them. that far more space
was given the anti-reciprocity arEu-
ments by the Associated Press ana
by the newspapers OF the country
than was given by either the one or
the other in favor OF Reciprocity
Senator La Toilette expressed the
belief that other members OF the
Finance Committee would side with
him In the controversy
Senator Clapp. of Minnesota. opposed
the reciprocity bill as deception.
delusion and a snare" and said the
Root amendment would but make IL
worse. senator Simmons, Democrat
declared the bill was not Demo
cratic measure.
Persistent Effort.
y persistent and perhaps day by day
effort. beginning morrow. to adj
vance the Canadian reciprocity bill in
the Senate by getting unanimous con-
sent to iiN definite time for a vote
on II, and, on separate dates, on tho
House wool and free list bills as we'll
will be made by Chairman Penrose. of
the Senate Finance Committee. He
does not count upon immediate sue
cess !or his efforts, however
With the Root amendment to the
wool, pulp and print paper schedule
of the bill disposed of to his salts
faction, Mr.. Penrose, after a canvass
of the Senate, announced that his plan
had met with more encouragement
than he had anticipated.
The II stand pat Republicans made
little or no objection. and the Demo.
Gratis none. but generally the Insur-
gent Republicans were not agreeable
to the proposition They want time
to present the issues fully to the, coun-
try and to the Senate. Even these OBJ
,jections Mr.. Penrose hopes to over
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