Omaha daily bee., 1911-06-17
PENRosE RLADl ~ VOTE AT ONCE
Amendment by root Removing Re-
strlctons on Paper.
ONLY CHANGE THAT Is PROPOSED
Senator Smith Proposes to Speak
Against the Bill.
TOWNSEND For A WIDER SCOPE
Conference with Taft brings Out the
Announcement that sixty sem
ntOrs Are for the Agree

- WASHINGTON. June 1.-THE Canadian
reciprocity agreement passed into its sec
ond stage before the senate today, when
the bill was formally taken up for amend
ment The only committee amendment Is
the one offered by Senator Root, requiring
all Canadian provinces to remove all re-
strictions on paper and pulpwood before
the paper and pulp schedules shall be eff
fectve.
When the bill was called up in the senate
Chairman Penrose said the friends of rec
iprocity would be willing to vote at once
without debate.
1T is strange" said Senator Smith of
Michigan, that a measure that threatens
to throw a whole empire into competition
with our people should not have a single
friend to rise and explain or champion 1t
on the floor of the senate"
\ Senator Smith declared he proposed to
speak against the bill.
Senator Townsend of Michigan announced
his intention of offering an amendment
directing the president to negotiate for
wider reciprocity with Canada.
Statement by PenrOse.
Chairman Penrose Of the senate finance
committee in conference with President
Taft today confirmed the report that sixty
senators are expected to vote for Canadian
reciprocity and predicted that within two
weeks a date for vote would be agreed
/on. He gave the president a detailed report
of the situation in the senate and declared
+ the bill would be passed without amend
ment Later Mr.. Penrose issued formal
statement in which he said:
"A careful canvass of the senate shows
that sixty members. or substantially two
thirds nf ha In favor of
reciprocity bill. and more than that num-
ber will be opposed to the Root amend
ment. The senate will hold daily sessions
from now on during the next two weeks;
great progress win be made towards reach
ing a final vote on the measure. The bill
will be passed at an early date without
amendment 1t will be well If 1t could be
passed before the Canadian parliament re-
ASSEMBLIES in the latter part OF July,
Wool BiII 10 Come Soon.
"The probabilities are that the wool bill
will reach the senate in few days and the
finance committee will be called together
for the purpose of considering the wool
A.bill and the so-called free list bill. 1t Is
Well understood that the tariff board has
been hard at work investigating the wool
schedule and will be ready to report next
December 1t is not reasonable, therefore,
to expect that the republican majority in
the senate will lake up the wool bill until
the tariff board report shall have been
received.
THE free list bill opens up q wide range
of tariff discussion and the finance com
mittee is in receipt of numerous requests
from all over the country asking for hear
ings on the numerous schedules OF that bill
AS there is no hearings on the bill by the
house committee, IL is only reasonable that
opportunity should be permitted to various
manufacturing interests concerned to pre-
sent their statements to the senate COM
Nmittee and at as early date as possible
he committee will hold such hearings Sc
far as will be practicable between the Ions
and continuous sessions of the senate to
be devoted to the reciprocity bill, the early
passage of which is in the first considera.
ton of the present session.
The senate adjourned to Monday without
further debate on the bill