New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-02-12
REPORT RECIPROCITY BILL
Vote in Ways and Means Com
mittee II to I.
Sly DEMOCRATS HELPED
pbraseology of Paper and Pulp
Clause Changed-No Other
Amendments.
Iron Tho Tribune Bureau. |

Amendments.
rrrom Tho Tribune Bureau
,,ircton. Feb. l1.-By vote OF IL TO
". WAYS and Means Committee to-day
~. - favorable report on the Mccall
Itch embodies the provision Of the
p'I.' sio, reciprocity agreement. Six Re-
,,isare and one Democrat voted in COM
pu ,'.so acainst the agreement. Chairman
- VAS absent on account Of illness,
,,,i his vote was cast by proxy IN FAVOR
.rso vote in detail stood;
PAYNE. OF New York; Mccall. Of
,,.eeocbusetts; Hill. OF Connecticut;
-o@ Of Illinois; Needham, Of California;
,y~-,rortb. Of Ohio Republicans); Clark.
,,,.sourl. Underwood. OF Alabama; Pou,
. r,a~,b Carolina Randell, Of Texas; Har-
o. ~ New York, and Brantley, Of
Georgia Democrats.
,ra,nst-Dalzen. Of Pennsylvania; Calder
"a ~ Kansas; Fordney. of Michigan;
+a,rss Of West Virginia: Dwight, of New
-. Ellis Of oregon (Republcans), and
1,~.,,esard. of Louisiana (DemocraO.
- Rroussard voted against the other
-. solid Democratic membership Of the
-,r,,,tse I'm accordance with his attitude
=, the recent Democratic caucus. which
.s,.-ed for reciprocity. He invoked the
s.,,s exeupting him from being bound by
.srcys action because Of Hedges TO his
constituency.
ONLY one technical change was made by
the committee, with the purpose Of Clarity
,,e the section relating TO wood pulp and
,rint psper. Representative Mccall will at
80, 70 obtain immediate consideration
=, the bill IN the House Monday. The
,,en,bers Of the committee who oppose the
,~reore1t are expected to have minority
~e,ort ready al that time. The majority
rsyort NJ the committee was submitted TO
,bo House this afternoon. il goes into de-
,.il. reoardiDg the agreement. characteriz-
,,e 10 as 4 progressive measure for better
trade relations fer which the administration
deserves credit
CHANGE in Paper Clauses.
Tho change made in order that the bill
NAV more closely follow the unders landing
between the negotiations IS known Is
Mann amendment No. l. 1t provides that
from the provinces Of Carada which do not
impose export LfelI N4|lio NDbu pup eAAN
mint paper I'd 10 q value Of cents a
Mound may be imported free OF duty. 1t
1. LEFT 10 the Canadian Parliament to grant
reciprocal concessions on those products.
Members Of the committee believe that this
amendment removes the objection that Can
sda. as charged by some Of the lumber and
PAPER men. has the better in the agreement.
A province which continues TO Impose an
export duty on wood pulp and print paper
vii not be permitted to share in the con
cessions offered by the United states.
John Norris, chairman of tho paper com
rittee Of the American Newspaper Pub
Nshers' Association. said tonight that the
bin as amended and reported is entirely
satisfactory to the paper committee Of the
Publishers Association.
The agricultural interests the fishing in
,erests and the lumber industry, from
which tho principal protests against the
measure have come are treated at great
length IL the report. The opinion is eX-
pressed that the ish-catching industry cen
tring IN Gloucester will not be materially
injured by the free admission Of Canadian
caught hsh. while the fish packing indus
Try and the consumers Of the country Will
b directly benefited
As 10 wheat. tho final benefit to the con-
sumer OF bread is placed paramount to the
interests Of the wheat raisers. The 25-cent
duty on Canadian wheat cannot greatly aid
American farmers, il is said, so long as
Liverpool fixes the worlds wheat price and
the United states has a substantial surplus
10 export
When the United States consumes all the
wheat il produces, # is declared, the tariff
Will have a substantial effect in raising the
price OF wheat, and consequently Of bread.
The report continues:
When that condition shall exist will it
be desirable 10 employ a tariff rate TO make
ttin higher TO our consumers the price of
wheat IN the worlds market? Such course
would certainly not be necessary to the
prosperity of our wheat growers. who are
UOSpernS with their price fixed by the
general supply and demand Of the open
market. and who, indeed. have never known
any other condition.
II would be inhuman TO the great mass Of
me people 10 enter upon the policy Of in
eLeasing by law at the moment that there
should be a domestic scarcity. the price
Of the bread they eat in order TO in
crease the profits Of an already profitable
INDUSTRY. When that time shall come It
VIII be blessing 10 all our people, and in
.Srge measure 10 those who are poor, that
tey can turn 10 the nearby wheat fields
O. Canada.
TIE most odious Of all taxes ever de-
Nsed BY government is a tax on bread
That food has a place near the elemental
substances Ike air and water, which are
necessary 10 the preservation Of our lives.
eUcn tax Is not felt by the rich and well
70, 70 90. hut II bears with especial weight
upon the poor.
For the government to intervene artI-
tclaHy % Increase the price of bread would
De 70 add 10 the load borne by those al
gtdCI overwhelmed. and II WOul0 tend
increase suffering and shorten life. The
american farmer viii not desire TO aug
rnent MS prosperity In any such way.
certainly he is not likely 10 borrow trou-
ne over condition that may not appear
Tor decade
/ Answer to the Oranges.
! This vigorous language is introduced
yith the statement that the objections Of
~ Industry that lies at the foundation Of
me prosperity Of the nation demand the
post serious consideration, whether these
AFFECTIONS have emanated from the farmers
themselves or only from the official ma
chlnery Of their various organizations"
The trade conditions between the two
countries. says the report. are such that an
artificial barrier has retarded greatly the
growth OF Canada and hampered the United
States seriously in the development OF a
great market that naturally would buy
from this country. II continues:
When We yielded 10 the influence Of the
lumber interests and denounced the Elgin
neSty We suffered in consequence the tragic
waste OF our forests and we forced upon
Sanada a condition under which she has
Lau out SLOW and cramped growth. Re-
move this condition and she will soon gain
tne srength and stature Of a great nation.
emo the benefit 10 US would be enormous.
81 we could sweep away all tariffs between
me two countries. II would have the eff
ssct upon our trade OF another louisiana