Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-04-07
CANADIANS TO ASK
TRADE-R|VER PACT
Combine Commerce Treaty
With st. Lawrence
Project in Draft.
BY DAVID LAWRENCE.

Tie Canadian Cabinet and large
number of members of the parliament
at ottawa have approved of tena-
tive draft of treaty of reciprocity
with the United States. Negotiations
agreement will lie begun shortly.
Copies of the draft that have
reached here indicate there is little
likelihood of Canada entering into
an arrangement on the st. Lawrence
waterway project unless a trade treaty
is combined with it. A number of rea-
sons for this exist but chief among
them is the resentment against the
Fordney- -McCumber tariff law. The
Canadians feel that the American
farmers never really benefited from
that act anyhow.
In the proposed draft the sugges.
| ton is made that the following articles
come into either country free of duty:
| Cattle, poultry, wheat and agricul-
/ tural products generally, vegetables,
| fruits, dairy products, fish of all kinds.
| timber, building materials, pulp of
wood, neWsprint and all other paper
and various other byproducts OF the
| foregoing, all Of which are enumer-
ated.
Freedom as to Forest Products.
| A provision has been inserted giving
the States and provinces of both coun-
| tries freedom of action in the preser-
vation of forest products. The articles
| relating to waterways follow, in part:
1T is understood and agreed that
the parties hereto shall grant permis.
sion to the State of New York and the
! pR1sria1Fn Of Onto ~ - hot.
pense and on such terms as may mu.
tually be agreed upon, to build for
power purposes a shore-to-shore dam,
or dams, on the st. Lawrence River,
between Cornwall on the Canadian
side and st. Regis on the American
side Of the river, provided:
"(a That the said State and prov.
ince shall, in consideration of the
granting Of such rights, construct,
equip and maintain in the State of
New York a canal of the character
and dimensions recommended in the
report Of the International Joint
Waterways Commission, to permit the
passage of vessels between the height.
ened level above the dam and the level
of Lake st. Francis.
Joint Approval Provided.
"(b) That all the work shall be per.
formed and carried out in such a man
ner as to be Of the utmost aid to navi
cation.
"(c) That before any work under
taken the plans and specifications
shall be submitted to and approved by
a jo engineering board, such as may
be approved by the International Joint
Waterways Commission or the per
J sonnel of which shall be determined
by them.
article three. 1t is understood and
agreed that the United States oi
America shall refund to the Dominion
Of Canada one-half of the amounts
that have been expended in the con
struction of the new Welland Cana
and that interests during construction
: shall be deemed part of the capita
Z cost
, article four. Il is understood ant
agreed that the Dominion of Canada
: will at its own expense construct The
t canals recommended by the lnterna
$ tional Waterways Commission in con
/ Meeting Lake st. Francis with tht
4 deep water at Montreal on the lines
. recommended by the Internationa
Joint Waterways Commission or any
4, : other modified or alternative plan thaI
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