The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-20
JUNGLE JOE' FLAYS RECIPROCITY BILL Asks Taft to Prove That Bill Would Lower Cost of
 Living

Washington, April 19.-zFormer Speaker Cannon, Representatives Hubbard of Iowa, Hanna of North Dakota, Nelson tackled the Canadian reciprocity agree ment in the debate on the reciprocity bill in tho House today.
 f Sorae rapid fire speeches were mads by republicans in opposition to the bia in reply to the speeches made by the democratic and republican supporters of the measure. headed by Representatives Underwood and Mccall Speaker Cannon discussed the fight in the national cam paign over the free print paper bill which had been introduced by John Sharp Will Hams of Mississippi, then leader of the democratic party in the House. MT. Sloan referred to the House supporters of the reciprocity bill as a "Tammany and Dixie combination against the well fare of the country"
 The general debate on the reciprocity measure will continue tomorrow but Chairman Underwood of the ways and means committee will endeavor to ger the bill before the House under the five
 
 MT. Cannon assailed the proposed agreement as dangerous to American trade, inimical to the best interests O.: American farmers and certain to result in depreciation of western and southern farm lands.
 The opening attack on reciprocity today came from Representative Gudger of North Carolina, who characterized the bill as republican measure. He at tackled his, colleague. MT. Kitchin, for his speech of Saturday, and declared, that he had impugned the motives of at lease three members of the North Carolina democratic delegation who proposed to vote against the measure
 MT. Cannon followed MT. Gudger.
 Not since the war with Spain and all that followed it has there been con- sidered by the House of Representatives so important bill as the one now pend- ing" he declared. 3s sf-s#9 ri
 "On the action of the House rests tt.e well being and prosperity of all the people of the United States
 Mir Cannon declared that the .reeiproc- ity treaty had been made in secret and the country the senate tdnu tHe f1Ou6e had actually nothing to do with the prep aration of the agreement.
 Mir Cannon reviewed the development of middle and western America during the last century,. .rt fs..
 Immigration and development had brought rich new lands into cultivation, he said, railroads, had, by cheap freight rates placed them in touch with. the great eastern markets,A and that the value of New England anda New York farm lands had gone steadily done,s sun-, able to meet the competition. The open ing of new Canadian lands with Amer ican markets open to their products would have the same effect on the west, he believed. '' i @ss
 Mr. Cannon declared that the influence of cheaper Canadian lands would be felt as keenly in the south as elsewhere if the tariff restrictions on farm products were removed. f's't '- s7
 what Is this bill going to do to us?'s he asked. .s sS fs&H*s
 ..They say there's no danger to our wheat from market open to Canada. The President says 1t will reduce the cost of living without eimpaifing' tho farmers market. I would like tos ses the President demonstrate how 1t will, not impair the farmers prices and yet will reduce the cost of living.''