The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-01-28
RECIPROCITY WILL
Be GREAT BOON TO
both COUNTRIES
~. l.. HUDSON.
Detroit Merchant Says Giant Increase
In Trade Between United States and
Canada Will Follow, With Cut in
Cost Of Living.
Reduction in Tariff On Meats and
Coal Will Be Welcomed By
Canadian Consumers.

THE reciprocity arrangement he
tween the United States and Canada,
which now seems assured, will be oil
immense benefit to both countries,
said j. l.. Hudson TO The Times, Fri
day. Mr.. Hudson was a member of
The reciprocity committee appointed
by the Detroit Board OF Commerce,
a couple Of years ago, TO further the
movement for better trade relations
between the two countries.
.'The reciprocity committee OF the
Board of Commerce went to Washing
ton and spent several days interview
ing the heads OF the government" Mr..
Hudson continued. I'VE saw Prcsi-
dent Taft. Uncle joe Cannon, Mr..
Aldrich and Mr.. Payne. We were fav-
orabiy received by all, but the presi-
dent himself seemed the most inclin-
ed toward a reciprocal treaty. And
TO him think Is due the most credit
for bringing about the new schedule.
| am also convinced that the action
taken by the Detroit Board OF Com
morce had much to do with the sue
cess OF the recent negotiations for
reciprocity.
"lf the proposed trade arrangement
becomes law, and am certain that IT
win, there will be a big increase In
the trade between Canada and the
United States. We shall both be the
gamers. We have much to offer CAL
ada, and the Canadians have many
things, now on the free list, which We
want No doubt the cost OF living
viii be lowered on both sides by the
ARRANGEMENTS, while practically no
body will suffer. Those who may be
hit little harder than others by the
ARRANGEMENT will doubtless be those
who can afford to suffer little set
back In financial way. ! am posi-
tive, however, that no one on either
side of the line will have to go out
of business as a result OF the recipro-
city decided on.
Such an arrangement-shou have
been brought about long ago. Canada
is big and growing country and we
ought to do more business with her.
Her great northwest Is becoming a
territory of much Importance and, in
fact, the whole Dominion Is making
long strides In the way OF advance
ment."
+ r. Mcbride, of the wolverine
Fish Co., says the removal OF duty
OF Ash will have little or no effect on
Detroit. There Is only a quarter OF
cent a pound on fish coming into the
United States from Canada while
Canada pays a cent a pound duty, he
points out. t
John j. Barlum, meat dealer, says
Canada will gain much by the reduc-
ton OF the duty on United States
hams. bacon and canned meats, or
which the Canadians buy literally
The placing OF fruit on the free list
will mean a big boom In the export
OF Canadian apples to the United
states, according to ID. o. Wiley. COM
mission merchant The duty at the
present time is 70 cents per barrel
on Canadian apples entering the Unit
ed States, Mr.. Wiley says.
David Brown, OF the firm OF Brown
& Brown, says that Canada will bene-
fit by the reduction of the duty on
soft coal, as the Canadians, he points
OF fuel In the United States, despite
the fact that they produce soft coal
themselves.
T. W. Taliaferro, general manager
of the Hammond-Standish Co., says he
doesn't think the placing OF cattle,
sheep and other live stock on the
free list will make meat any cheaper
In Detroit, for the reason that very
few cattle are imported from Canada.
The removal Of the tariff on Can
adian rough lumber will not make
much, II any difference, In the cost
OF building material In Detroit, &C
ccrding TO w. K. Brownlee. OF the
BrownIee- Kelly Lumber Co. Mr..
Brownlee doesn't believe that the man
who builds house In Detroit after
Canadian lumber Is on the free list
will save more than one per cent by
the arrangement.
Abner e. Larned, president Of the
Board of Commerce, and w. G.
Noack, president of the Wholesalers
and Manufacturers association, are
pleased with the reciprocal arrange
ment, believing that Detroit and the
whole OF the United States will be the
gamer thereby.
Mr. Noack points out that the resi-
dents of Canada and the United
9tates are all one people and he ex-
poets to see the border line abolished
entirely In time. The lessening OF
the duty on clocks and watches will
benefit Canada, for the reason that
there are no makers Of such articles
in Canada, Mr.. Noack adds.
Hugh Chalmers. president of the
Chalmers Motor Co., says that the
lowering OF. the Canadian duty Of 35
per cent on automobiles, II the reduc'
ton be material, will mean big i'm
petus to the auto industry In Detroit
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