HAD THEY WAITED. WHAT CANADIAN CONSERVATIVES SAY.
TARIFF CONCESSIONS. U.S. DEMOCRATS AND THE' FARMERS. By, Telegraph.— Preat Association.— Copyright. (Received April 15, 9 a.m.) OTTAWA, 14th April. Tho Conservatives declare that reciprocity with the United States is needless, and that if Canada had waited the Democrats would have given all the tariff concession Canada is likely; to gain under reciprocity. WASHINGTON, 34th April. The Democrats favour the wholesale revision of the agricultural tariffs, tollowing the passage of the Bill, and placing on the free list commodities benefiting the farmers. FAVOURABLE' REPORT ( OPINION IN AMERICAN POLITICAL CIRCLES. DECLARATION BY MR. FIELDING. WASHINGTON, 13th April. The Ways and Means Committee of the United States House of Representatives has reported favourably on the Reciprocity Bill. The opinion prevails in political circles that the prospects of the Bill are improving as regards the Senate. Mr. Fielding Canadian, Minister for Finance, declares that British preference will remain unchanged for the present. The opinion in Government circles inclines to the belief that the Reciprocity Bill will be ratified by the end of April.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 88, 15 April 1911, Page 5
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177HAD THEY WAITED. WHAT CANADIAN CONSERVATIVES SAY. Evening Post, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 88, 15 April 1911, Page 5
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