New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-02-10
WILSON ANSWERS GRANGE
Saws Canadian Reciprocity Will
Benefit American Farmers.
THE ADMINISTRATION VIEW
Agreement Will Open New Mar.
kets and Tend to Reduce
Cost of Living.

washington. Feb. e.-"The pending recf-
-oo;.v agreement with Canada will 60
80 distance toward meeting the demands
:. the people at the last election without
,.,orforinC with the policy of protection as
s,nlied To the whole world"
iris is the declaration of James Wilson,
soorstarv OF Agriculture. in a statement
h.bals Of the administration TO the Ma
,oral Grange. The answer is In the form
- az omen letter addressed 10 the legis-
la,ive committee of the National Grange
=, concord. y. II. II Is. in part, as fol-
lows:
o,r town population has grown much
lister than our country population, f III
% the necessities of lie nave oeen ihsIl,
"a wages. stipends and salaries nave hoss
aset pace with the increase IN the price VI
80 There was A demand Tor lower
tariffs during the last eieStlon py tne pop cpr
istiop Of the towns Ihat interest," "a ;
ID the election by default; the FARMER
eitber sylnpathiZed with the town oWel!ei
or he STAYED at home on Election Oay anu
p,sieS corn. A new Congress was elected
aions lower tariff lines If Ii lad any IN
e,ymStions from the people; The Repuo.
iisan party is a protectionist parry; uhe
Ternocratic party wants revenue tdInIs,
,Tiere is olite an element in the Dello
,-,tic marty that believes in protection anu
,bsre always has been, and that may
~ reason why that party faVors tnhs
reciprocity treaty. That element III '. o. 8
ITo,1.octstic party may be willing 10 go as
- as This reciprocity treaty goes III re-
! The natural products OF CANADA l,Io
,hs United States. and That may oe d iad
as great many people IN CIne r' "a
our OF 80 stat,Ites regarding importauons
from foreign countries.
Not a One. Sided Affair.
. 80 cid al giving our
ny - meats and grains 10 the cana
- 100. yr,tb nothing in return. We get IA
tbe canadian woods. ninety h!i'hV tbirSs
,,,o~e Of US for timber IVuuCeS' 'u,,niies
N'LE ,r,,,,.b reduced that prices nave gone
% markedly in the last rev YEAS GU GU,
u dcveiopment in the future VIII o.
heavily on what remains. M ~ co'',bar9
- talted on this account. Inc ooutLe. |"
Las, ia nc = new market for their cotton
90 oils which will be valuable 10 tnsu,'
canada opens her doors TO our lIu I,,s
b;cb will give TO our orcharulSIS sIo"
10 market for their products. FISH coiueSI
mo tbe United States free, "nlch WI w
mean quite as much 10 our peopie 90 w
onening of our markets to Canaalsn p ouai,
49,. u,oductS We are 30 nave Tree 'd1o
-, sseds which is well. because many seeuS
arc more valuable coming from north s n n
attitudes We do not grow enough OF ndA
70 make our oils and VIII derive peIIeI "a
tom the free introduction OF naNseeu,
Free barbed fencing wire VIII De d pooli
10 our farmers. 49, .,, ...1.;.,,
II rs said that tariff bill or reclproclty
treaty. or any movement toward modlnca-
tion Of our trade relations with foreign
countries should copsder the manufactur-
era nj the same time il considers agrlcullu-
val products and that justice requires the
iov-erirg OF the duties on manufactured
productS simultaneously with the lowering
of the 6uties on products of the farm, out
whether We shall make any OF them Tree
and the extent 10 which the duty on man
ufactlred products could be reduced WIN
safety. depends entirely upon whether the
reduction of the duty on manufactures
goods would let i1 foreign goods 10 such
an extent as 10 interfere with the employ
ment and wages Of our working people.
When the workingman loses his job IN
the factory the farmer loses his customer.
The PAYNE tariff act reduces duties on q
great rnany articles, and we have been
having heavy importations since the pas
sage Of that act That may do no harm
and a reduction Of the amount OF protec-
zion given 10 some other manufacturers
may do no harm-indeed, may be tusthed-
hut whenever these reductions go so far
as TO permit very heavy importations OF
goods i'm those classes the factory stops
and the farmer loses his market.
Reciprocity with Canada must be consIo-
cred from a viewpoint somewhat Inherent
from that Of a tariff act affecting our com
rnerce with the entire world. localities in
moth Canada and the United States VIII he
onrosed from real or imaginary reasons.
Rv' The DEVELOPMENT of either country, as
whole calls for first consideration from
Us statesmen.