Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1911-04-21
FARMERS N
Y E, ],
They Have Grave Fears Of the
Effect Of Reciprocity on
their Business. q
BILL REDUCES REYE NU 7
Majority Report Of Ways and
Means Committee on Farmers
Free List Bill.

,SS5 FFee LIST Dill.
Washington, April 21.A demon:
stration against the Canadian agree
ment by farmers Of the northwest
which will be unique in the history Of
the tariff legislation, is now being
planned. The demonstration will be
made before the senate committee on
finance. which is controlled by the re-
publicans.
Information received here is that ar
rangements are now being perfected
in Minnesota, Iowa, Montana and the
Dakotas to bring two trainloads uf
real farmersto Washington and ar
rangements are being made to accord
them a hearing before the finance
committee. Northwestern senator's and
representatives are arranging for.
their reception.
4 In accordance with suggestions
made by Representatives Helgeson Of
North Dakota and others the north,
western farmers decided to make no
effort 10 influence the house of the
committee on ways and means
Sympathy In the Senate. "a
The farmers expect to get a sym
pathetic hearing before the senate
committee, which reported the agree
ments IN the last congress without
ssrecommendation.'' sa
II ..,resentatiyes Davis and volstead
'cf Minnesota and Burke Of South Da.
kota win speak in opposition to the
Canadian agreement. The three mem
bers named are among the most deter.
mined Of the republican opponents Of
the measure.
Revenue Reduction. 4A
Washington, April 21.-The majority
report of the ways and means CON.
mittee on the so-called farmers free
list bill, submitted to the house by
Chairman Underwood, is merger q /
democratic political arguments ami
of an analysis of the proposed duty
exemptions. f.,
The report shows the bill would re
duce the tariff revenue by s1o,o16, ,496
based on the importations of the las1
fiscal year, an amount described as in
considerable in comparison with the
great saving and advantages to al
of our people from the additions te
the free list provided for. .lt
Tie report declares: The Canadian
reciprocity agreement now before ths
house is recognition on this part O
the administration Of the injurious II
fects of the extreme protective polio,
which has 80 long tsen imposed upor
the country, and is an effort to miti
gate its effects.
| The reciprocity agreement, the com
mittee asserts, cannot afford the peo
pie all the needed relief from higf
prices. The report then discusses ii
detail the articles included in the free
list OF the bill. In this discussion, the
beef trust is assailed as an organiza
ton that controls markets both in buy
ing and selling, and il, declares exist
| ing duties on meats are for the ad
vantage Of this combination only.
Discussing free lumber the repo-,
maintains that the timber Of this
country has passed for the most par,
into the hands Of great corporations
and Interests which are speculating o.
its increasing scarcity.
Cannon Against II.
Former speaker Cannon in the
house vigorously attacked Canadian
reciprocity. Cannon assailed the pro
posed agreeentvas dangerous to Amer
lean trade. imimical to the best inter
ests Of American farmers, and certain
to result in a depreciation Of Aneri
can farm lands
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