The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-04-28
NOW is Time FOR
CANADIAN RECIPROCITY

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| [PREsIDENTsTA STRONG
SPEECH FAv lGI HIS PET
NEAsu IRE.
f NEW ORR, |, April 2s Reciprocity
with sGanad must be ADOPT ID now or
never, and must stand or full by fits
own erms. So eclared President
TAFT In an address, at the Waldorf:
Astoria stonig,it ut the fourth annual
Joint banquet sof the "A soeiafed frcss
and the Amerlc Newspaper Pubtiah.
\ ers Associate Il 3ss
, His iaddress was the FIRST Of d series
ln8Which he plans To evoke public
sentiment In sippor of his policies <
and he appealed TO the company IoT
editors and newspaper owners gath
cred from the length and the breath
9tlE the laad; TO In apress Ia; the publia
mind that reel iprocity should stand
alone and oight not to be Affected 'iii
nny regard 4 by sot her amend dfients yto
the ;tarlff law rs lie ecommendation
were warmly eli eerefl + Il
v Other sneakers OF I'll evening We're
Manuel de 2amacofa. exicatf am
;tassador to \ the United States; Who
urged Intelligent and d CELEBRATE con.
sideratlon 2of the forces that have
shaped the pol teal Iinsurrecsion VIM.
Bart N Northppt Z counsel; and d sirieff,-
Der OF the Dominian parliament, WHO
|dnaiyzed Canadian sent ifiment with ref
.erence TO eclprocity Nicholas Mut.
ray Butler, president lti C,oluaao;a 9In.
iversity, and u. jAfc president OF
the Caantlian Press. limited.
4 Oswald Garrison Hard. proprietor
o3tfjthe News Yrks yening Post Intro.
duced the Presfd dent, 81 4
President Speaks
sPresid dent Y tlefo ed the greatef
part OF his address To tie Canadian
reciprocity agreement \. On this sub.
ject he said In part 2 = n Il
The treaty pro yides for free trade
tn s,all 9,agricpltnral product Is; and I'M
rough lumber down to the point Iof
fpiahing ~ reduced the duties oh sec.
onlary food product by d sub
stantlalS Sperce entages and IT make such
reduct tfons on d number OF maiufac.
tuted lrttc les that those engaged An
making them have assured us TINT the
reductions viii snbstanti tiaily iflcfease
the already large canadian demand
!, ,sssy sefsa saered$ 10 die; ahadian com
I'missIoners al lite tree trade In ait
prtb,ylucts pr sof lther country mannfac.-
tured or ma ttiral 1, NJ but the Canadian
comm inissioner did not feel: justifie in
| going SD, FAR Hence follows that
their refusal to- agree to free: trad In
these articles as we pro posed, Is tiie
strongest Kind of ,eyi dence that ifs We
should Ike on the xisting duty from
such articles coming into stte 7 United. i
States. 1T would not affect sifis sthe
slightest degree X the price at which
those articles could be furnished to-
the public here. Thus the reason why
meats We're not put on the Tree list in
this Canadian iagreenefit 4 was because
Canada felt that the compe tion. OF
our packers would injiriopsly Affect
the products OF their packing housesp
Farmers lot IN Iured.
TT Is said that ciprocity INJURIES
the farmers i deny |. III ID sstrlctiys
in accordance Il with the protective 4
tat ~ uelWeell US siinu lfle scountrleSs1n z
which the condit Ions are 40 ID dissifnilar
as to make n difference Iii stiie cost III &
production. Now II Is known on alt
men that the general l;conditl lions that
prevail in Canada are the same as
those that Obtain fiji the United Suites
| In the matter OF ;agriculturaIs products.
Indeed. II there iss i an n al adgan nsage, the
advantage Is slargel " on Il he side 5of The
United States because Sses have much
greater variety OF prot ducts In view
Of thegyarleties sof our climate than
they can have In Cana l. rs
i5't1t Is said that this iis an agreement
that affects < grfcttiturai Sproducfs
mire than mannfa nfactures iThat Iss true:
but II we are to have a,, Interchange
OF products between the two countrieBs
OF any substantial amount the chief
pnrt Of 1t mEDt n essafll nv be Iii ar.
rlcultural products. AS vi IA. we ex-
bort to Canaad more AGRICULTURAL Spro.
ducts than we. recetye from hertand sd
II VIII be afterward $. gsg X & "
81 am quite ware that from ono
motive or another d great i deal lot ef-
fort and money have been spent
sending circulars to- farmers TO coi,s
CONTINUED fonS Il age Fouro a
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