New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-09
ADVANTAGE Over Other Oils.

With complete removal of the dat?
We may expect the trade greatly ~ M
creasa not only because II VIII become iess
i,vnsneive i'm Canada. hut because n viii
thus give cottonsesd oil an adranfaee over
ire councillors olive oil ana peanut OIL
| have 2ono into detail with reference
tn the effect Of the reciprocity agreement
| IN order to arouse Nour senSh interests.
and 10 give point 70 an appeal 10 You ~
sid through your Senators and Repre
! sertatives in Congress. the passage ot the
/ Canadian reciprocity agreement
! But there are other selnsh reasons lor
men who have the business interests of the
South at heart that ought 10 add 10 youi
efforts in behalf OF the reciprocity agree,
ment Under the treaty vegetables ana
! fruts Of all kinds enter Canada free. one
I of the greatest branches of the farming IN
6ustrv i'm the South to-day l. truck tafn-
/ iuc and the bringing OF early Vegetanles
| r. tho North The same thing is true ~
fruts and berries With the introduction
OF these free into Canada You VIII secure
other Gus toners with valuable trade that
will add greatly 10 the demand and that
viii certainly expand your industry ana
! maintain the prices at which II can be
protitably carried on.
| have discussed in this city, thicago
and elsewhere the general advantages OF
| the reciprocity treaty. and ] do not Intend
u weary you with repetition or the rea-
sons of a general character tnat / nave
previouSly advanced. more than 10 say that
while the treaty has I'm IL provisions pecul-
ierly beneficial To various branches or IN
dustries, farming and manufacturing. IN
different sections the effect OF the treaty
as a whole is certain 10 he or the highest
Is. fulneSs 10 tho country AT large, ana
will Increase rapidly a trade that now eN-
ceeds 5000 0o0 into figures double that
sum.
The treaty has opponents. however-vig-
orcus active and vociferous the afgb-
ments against IL and the means taken ~
defeat N are not always OF a direct char
actcr The House OF Representatives. soon
after II passed the bill embodNlng ~" reel
nrccitV agreement. passed a bill known as
thc Farmers Free List. In my judgment
II was both unfortunate and unjust tat
this bill should have been introduced ana
adopt.d bv sorle on the theory that II was
"a son 10 the farmers 10 make up for the
Injustice and injury assumed 10 have been
done them I'm the Canadian reciprocity til,
for there is no injustice done 10 the fafm-
.rs I'm the Canadian reciprocity agreement.
Whether the Farmers Free list Is meas
ure which ought TO be passed ~ a question
on the merits OF that hili, and Is 10 Ne
and ought 10 be- determined upon consider
alton wholly apart from the merits ot
Canadian reciprocity
Aid tc Farming Glasses.
| am glad TO say that Mr. Underwood.
who introduced the Farmers Free List re-
undated any such Idea. but certain IL il
that "A number OF people have assumed that
unless the Farmers Free List was passed
at the same time the Canadian reciprocity
agreement would be an injury or unfair 20
tier from the truth, i'm my judgment The
Canadian reciprocity agreement viii great
IN aid the farming classes, both = the North
and IN the South. Certainly u cannot have
the slightest deleterious effect upon the
Southern farmers. for the Southern farmer