The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-01-22
RECIPROCITY
CANADA ASSURED
Negotiators, III Conference at
Washington, Have Reached
Agreement.
QUICK WORK IS DONE
Last At,cmpt Was Made Ten
y ears Ago. and Ended i'll
Failure.

Washington, january ei.-"'rhc nc
eotia,ionS have reached an under
standing which. when certain formal
ties are completed. viii lie made puh-
lie nj Washinpton and oiowa it is
thought this mny lie done nest Thurs
day
rhourli roten,, THIS Joint statement
issued hy thc commissioners repre-
scntine Canada ana the United states.
was MI tint could be learned a, tho
"djournnlon; Of the meeting to-dny.
Thus. iwc weeks OF negotiations. how
eyer have brought about reciprocal
trade agreement The Canadian re.
ciprocitv conference. which terminated
to-day. was preceded ~ several other
attempts which came 10 uaught. the
last bcn;; about ton years ago. when
sir Wilfred l.anrlcr. the Canadian pre-
lntcr, headed q delegation Of prominent
CANADIANS who came 10 Washington
during tho Mckinley administration
ana attempted 10 secure a reciprocity
arrangement OH "a very limited scale.
Jdillrc attended this movement. .prin-
cipal!y because the reciprocity idea
was hop"lcSsly involved with other i'm
portant subjects. such as the rceuia-
ton OF the scnl fisheries and The do
limitation Of tho Alaskan boundary
which aroused tho national spirit az
both sides 81 The boundary To a point
that caused an abrupt close of the ne.
rotiations.
Tho present movement differed from
others that had preceded it in the alb.
scncc Of long drawn out negotiations.
for 1t is a fact that the importan,
i
reached within rcnarkably short
space OF time, considering tnc inn
rcrtancc Of the subject matter
in fact these reciprocity negotiations
really occupied much less than :: years
time. even allowing fur cxtcndcd pre-
liminary soundings ana exchanges be-
fore the point OF actual negotiations
WAS reached. They may he said 10
have grown out Of The conferences he
tween the United States and canada
incident 10 the allowance 10 Cannda of
the minimum tarin rates under the
payne \ldrich tariff act of 1902 Can
ada was ono Of tho last important
countries or dependencies TO take adj
vantage az that section OF the tariff
act
President Taft sounded tho .irs,
official note or tho wish Of the United
states 10 meet these desires in his no.
table speech at Albany last spring
when IN the presence nf Earl Grcy.
the GoNcrnor-Gcucral Of Canada he
voiced tho general demand III this coun-
Try for reciprocity treaty With Can
ada So we'll was this suggestion re-
ceivod IN tho prcss that Secretary
llnoX Eel, Justified IN making a con-
crete proposal TO Canada that commits.
siOncrS should be appointed to sc.
what could be done towards framing Il
reciprocity scheme. His proposal was
cordially received on the Canadian side
and, last September FORMAL acceptance
wis made rhc commissioners met in
the Canadian capital November and
worked for nvc days
They accomplished good deal by
process, of elimination AMI cleared the
ground for further action SO that when
they again assembled IN Washington
TWO weeks ago They were fully pre-
pared TO resume inc negotiations aud
bring them to the happy conclusion an.
nounccd to-day
In the proceedings in Washington
che United states has been represented
ny l'hilundcr {. knoX, Secretary OF
STATE; Chandler Anderson, counsellor
of the State Department: Charles N.
Pepper. OF the Bureau of Trade RcEu-
la,ions. and Chief Montgomery. Of ,hc
Burcau of Customs. The Canadian
representatives were w $. .,clding
Minister ofiI'tnanGp; William Paterson,
Minister az G@s4o,iis; James \. Russell
tar!U expert, az The finance dcpartm,.
OF Canada. ana John Mcpougald, deputy
minister If customs Of the Dominion