The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-11-18
CANADA TREATY
 WILL HELP BOTH
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quate protection to the domestic markets.
 "The agreement should assure a marked increase in the exports of each country to the other," said an official statement. That means a marked increase in their total ex- port trade, since Canada is the sec- ond largest customer for our exports and since the Untied States is the second largest consumer of Can- ada's xports."
 The treaty becomes effective Jan. 1, 1e36. It runs three years and is automatically continued unless ter- minated.
 The United States obtained tariff concessions on some 767 articles and commodities affecting practically all branches of agriculture and in- dustry, and all sections of the coun- try. These reductions range approx imately 10 per cent to 50 per cent.
 A number of American products were taken off the duty list and placed on the free list. Included in this category were American peril odicals and magazines, which here- tofore have paid high duties in Can- ada.
 Important Concession
 The most important concession by Canada in the field of agriculture was reduced tariff on fresh vege- tables. A few vegetables were trans- ferred to the free list. On the re- imainder, the basic ad valorem rate was redcced from 30 to IS per cent. American fruits likewise received favorable attentoin.
 Duty reductions were granted on sweet potatoes, which are placed on the free list; on fresh and cured meats, poultry, canned fruits and vegetables, ripe olives and several other agricultural products; raw cotton was bound on the free list.
 IL return, the United States made valuable tariff reductions to Can- ada.
 Officials here, however, asserted that these concessions, while vitally to Canada, which has @ population of only IS million peo- pie, would be little more than drop in the bucket in the United States vast markets.
 U. S. Produces Most
 "The United States, with It's larger area of agricultural land and it's more varied climate, produces far more of most kinds of animal prod- ucts, vegetables, and fruits than Canada" the official statement said. "Our consumption of these products is huge as compared with the Can- adian exportable surplus. For that reason 1t has been possible to make duty reductions which assure the Canadian farmers such an increase of exports to this country as will add materially to the total demand for their output, while scarcely af- fecting the demand for and espe- cially the prices of the products of our own farms"
 Duty reductions were granted to Canada on cattle, calves, dairy COWS, cream, and certified seed po- tatoes, all subject to definite quo- tas. On imports which exceed the quotas the old duty will apply.
 The balance of concessions grant, ed was maintained practically throughout the list. Each country granted the other tariff reductions on livestock. The United States granted Canada reduction 50 per cent in the duty on cattle, but lim- tied 1t to cattle weighing over TOO pounds, and set e quota of l55,000 head which may be imported from all countries in any one year. All imports over that number pay the old rate.
 Similar Balance
 A similar balance was struck on number and forestry products. Tar if concessions were made to Can- ada on lumber, reducing the com- bined duty and revenue tax by 50 per cent, but imports on Douglas fir and western hemlock were lim- ted to 250,000,000 board feet an- nually. imports in excess of this quota must pay the old rate. All pulpwood, wood pulp and newsprint paper were bound on the free list, as were various wood products such as logs, posts, poles, railway ties, laths, shingles, etc.
 The United States granted Can- ada a 50 per cent reduction in the duty on all whiskeys which have been aged in the wood for four years or more before being with drawn from warehouse.
 Canada granted the United States tariff reductions on wide range of manufactured products, machin- cry, cotton fabrics, wool clothing and other manufactures.
 Canada and the United States reductions on wide range of manufactured products, achinery, cotton fabrics, wool clothing and other manufactures.
 Canada and the United States each made tariff concessions oa certain fishery products. except that the United States made no conces- sion on cod, haddock and related species in which Canadian imports compete severely with New England fisheries.
 Principal Reductions
 Washington, Nov. l0-(UP)-The following table shows principal re-