The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1911-02-16
CUMMINS is IN FAVOR
or RECIPROCITY IDEA
Pending Treaty, He Declares,
Doesn't Go Far Enough In
That Direction.

New York. Feb. Ex-senator Albert B,
|r,ummins. of Iowa, spoke In advocacy Of
|the Canadian reciprocity agreement before
The Union League club. or Brooklyn, Sat-
nrday night. Commenting upon the ract
THAT some curiosity had been expressed as
| W what was his position on the proposed
trade arrangement, the senator said that
| n seemed strange to him that after hav-
ling advocated Canadian reciprocity In
every part of the country for 10 years.
when most Of its present advocates were
|denouncing It." that his attitude should be
|!n doubt.
81 went down in defeat for it more than
once." said Mr.. Cummins, land think I
| have the same courage of conviction nov
that had then.
II am Cor reciprocity with Canada, but
J am not for every trade arrangement that
may be proposed under the name OF reci-
orocity, just as was for the system or
protection in 1909, but / was not for the
Payne Aldrich tariff law.
II am not one of those who believe that
the free admission of agricultural prod
|ucts into the United States from Canada
will materially affect our farmers, but I
do believe that while we are admitting
free the things which the farmer sells we
should also admit free some of the things
3the farmer buys.
Would Enlarge Free List.
"The objection ! have to the arrange
ments is not that II is too Free but that
HI IS not free enough. / do not expect &c
ask Canada to change her duties further
Than prescribed in the agreement, but
do expect to insist that with regard TO
imports from Canada into the United
States there shall be admitted free Of duty
|timber and lumber in all their forms, in
cluding timber, however sided or squared,
I,aths shingles, sawed boards, planks,
deals and other lumber planed or I'M
planed. finished or unfinished; coal in all
Its forms; iron ore of all kinds; iron or
steel in all its forms; glass, wooden and
cotton cloth; clothing; boots and shoes;
carpets furniture;. meat in all its forms;
dour and all such things.
ut is<not necessary to ask Canada to
agree to these additions to our free list,
for they will not be reciprocally free, and
we put them on our free list solely for our
own good and to equalize among our own
people both the advantages and d.sad.
vantages of the treaty.
Points Ineonaruities.
ITO me 1t seems absurd to admit Cam
adan wheat free and maintain a duty on
Canadian -four: to admit Canadian cattle
and hogs free and charge duty on Cana
dian meat; to admit Canadian dairy proc
ucts free and keep our duties on Canadian
Iron ore and Canadian coal: to admit
Canadian poultry vegetables and fruits
free and collect burdensome duties on
laths, shingles and planed boards; to adj
init Canadian hay, rye, oats and barley
free and still levy heavy duties on Cana
a!an iron and steel.
IF 1t required the consent of the Cana.
dian government to extend our own free
list 1t might be claimed that we should
wait until another time, but 1t does not,
and 1 for one do not intend to allow the
steel trust the meat trust. the lumber
combination and other excessively pro-
.ected industries to join all hands around
and say now we have taken long step
forward in reducing tariff duties: let us
have peace and quiet for the next decade
On the other hand, / say that now is the
.ime to make things right between our
selves and Canada, and IL the friends of
reciprocity will stand firm we will win"