The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1911-06-23
ASSERT IF RECIPROCITY PASSES
THEY WILL JOIN DEMOCRATS
TO LOWER DUTIES.
G.. 0. P. SENATOR'S ANGRY
Dixon Of Montana Is Leader Of Fight
Root Amendment Is Again Laid
Aside Because Of Absence
of Author.

opposition to the Canadian reciproc.
tty bill in the senate has reached the
stage OF open revolt. Led by Senator
Dixon of Montana, who again failed
m his demand for an explanation or.
4 speech in favor Of the bill by Re-
publican leaders who champion the
measure. the Republican opponents
declared that If the bill passed many
Republicans would join the Democrats
n an attempt to lower the duties on
all manufactured products.
when the corner stone is pulled
out OF the system of protective tar
IT," said Senator Dixon, when the
farmers products are thrown into a
rec market while his purchases con-
sinue to be protected, there are many
good p~rotectionists in the Republican
ranks here who will vote to have the
duties pulled down on iron and steel.
chemicals, cotton and many things"
Other northwestern Republicans sig
niied by their approval of the Mon
lana senator's words that the passage
Of the reciprocity bill, which, it is ad-
nitted, will have a majority of the
votes in the senate, will be attended
with a fight that threatens to throw
open the whole tariff subject.
Want "sineIe Killing"
I'VE want to make one killing" de-
clared Senator Crawford of South Da-
kota. We find the senators from
Pennsylvania, New York, Connecticut,
Massachusetts and Maine, states that
have always reaped the greatest har-
vest OF protection. advocating this
measure that proposes to put on the
rec list every single article raised in
he Northwest. I want to deal with
his matter in it's entirety"
Senator Bailey declared there would
De no Adjournment until the senate
has acted upon the free list bill and
WOODEN bill.
Reciprocity came before the senate
with the Root amendment affecting
he importation of wool and wood
pulp in an amendment for immediate
consideration. This amendment was
again laid aside because of Senator
Roots absence.
Says Taft Is Not to Blame.
Senator Williams Of Mississippi in
sisted that President Taft is not open
to criticism for his efforts to secure
the passage of the Canadian ~reciproc-
lty bill. In a direct attack upon the
Root amendment Senator Williams
that if it were adopted no
paper or pulp would come
into the United States free of duty
until all Canadian provinces had re-
moved their export restrictions, and
that the influence of the paper trust
would result in preventing its ever
in free.
So many Irregularities we're found
the bids for the new Panama bonds
the average price for the bids
will be lower than was first estimated
and many bidders at first thought I'm.
successful will receive some OF the
new securities.
BY the time $49. 94S, 800 of legitimate
bids had been tabulated the price OF
bonds had got down to 1O2.21. At
his figure there were acceptable four
bids of 81, OO0, 900 each which had hith-
erto been considered unsuccessful. It
now appears that the National City
bank of New York will get probably
81, O0C, 900 or $4,000, 900. 1t bid for the
entire issue.
Treasury officials consider it safe to
that anyone who bid 1927
2136 or higher is sure to receive some J
Of the new securities. n,