The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-02-03
TREATY
IN CONGRESS
MESSAGE FROM PRESIDENT URG.
ING RATIFICATION ACCOM-
PANIEs DOCUMENT.
Chief Executive Hopes Reciprocity
Treaty cementing the Friendly Re
Iations and Helping People Of TWO
Countries Will Be Ratified-Ha
High Praise for Northern Neishbor.

Washington. Jan. 2S.-Urging the
prompt passage of reciprocity treaty
between the United States and Canada,
President Taft sent to congress spe-
cial message, accompanied by the
agreement looking to such treaty,
reached by representatives of the Ca
madam government and of the state
department at recent conference in
this city.
Identity of interests of the two peo-
pies, linked together by race, language,
political institutions and geographical
proximity" the president gives as the
chief reasons for such reciprocity as
he recommends.
The president says he feels it is the
wish of the American people that this
country enter into more intimate and
cordial relationship with Canada"
Believes in Liberality.
Liberality of view in dealing with
the proposed treaty is recommended by
President TAFT.
1--WE have reached stage in our
development that calls for states
manlike and broad view of our future
trade status and it's requirements" he
said. while equivalency should be
sought in an arrangement of this char
acter, an exact balance of financial
gain is neither imperative nor attain
able"
THE path having been opened for
the improvement of commercial lines, a
reciprocity agreement is the logical
sequence of all that has been accom-
plished in disposing of matters of a
diplomatic and controversial character.
1.-The contribution to the industrial
advancement of our own country by
the migrator across the boundary of
the thrifty and Industrious Canadians
of English, Scotch and French origin,
is now repaid by the movement of
large numbers of our own sturdy farm
ers to the northwest of Canada, CIV
ing their labor, their means and ex
perience to the development of that
tisa.
The Guiding Motive.
THE guiding motive to seeking adj
justment of trade relations between
| two countries so situated geographi-
cally should be to give play to produce
tive forces as far as practicable, re-
CARELESS of political boundaries.
1--WE have drawn upon our natural
resources in such a way as to invite
attention to their necessary limit. This
has properly aroused effort to con-
serve them, to avoid their waste and
to restrict their use to our necessities.
Eve have SO increased in population
and consumption of food products that,
unless we materially increase our pro-
duction, we can see before us change
in our economic position from that of
a country selling to the world natural
products of the farm and forest to one
consuming and importing them.
Excluding cotton, which is excep-
tional, radical change is already
shown in our exports, in the falling off
in the amount of our agricultural pro-
ducts sent abroad and correspondingly
AAoA AOO Co0C IA Jul manufactures
exported.
Far-Sightedness.
"A far-sighted policy requires that
if we can enlarge our supply of natural
resources and especially of food prod
ucts, and the necessities of life, with
out substantial injury to any of our
producing and manufacturing classes,
we should take steps to do so now"
Mr.. Taft holds that a commercial
agreement with Canada, "by which we
shall have direct access to her great
supply of natural products without an
obstructing or prohibitory tariff, is
not violation of the protective prin-
ciple, as that has been authoritatively
announced by those who uphold it, be-
cause that principle does not call for
tariff between this country and one
whose conditions as to productions,
population and wages are so like ours
and when our common boundary line
of 5000 miles in itself must make q
radical distinction between our COM
mercial treatment of Canada and of
any other country"