CANADA AND THE STATES

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 284, 24 April 1911, Page 5

CANADA AND THE STATES

SPLIT IN THE DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. Washington, April 21. Fissures have developed in the Democratic and Republican parties during the debate on reciprocity. The representatives of agricultural interests strongly denounced the injury likely to follow the agreement. Bitter attacks on the Farmers' Free List Bill followed. Members of the National Millers' Federation of Chicago intend to oppose the free importation of Canadian flour under the reciprocity agreement. A conference lias been called to devise means of defeating the agreement. BILL PASSES THE AMERICAN HOUSE BITTER OPPOSITION OF THE REPUBLICANS. Received 22, 5.5 p.m. Washington, April 22. The House of Representative adopts ] the reciprocity agreement by 265 to 89. A Repubican majority voted against the Bill, with ten Democrats. The Republicans fought bitterly, striving to pass amendments. Finally, the Republicans moved that the whole of the farmers' free list, which the Democrats were pledged to carry, but later were defeated on their proposals, explaining that they would pa.ss them when the free list was formally before the House, The Democratic leader, Mr. Underwood, declared that the free list would become law, or the President and Senate who rejected it would never be heard from again. I THE POSITION IN CANADA. OBSTRUCTION TACTICS BY CONSERVATIVES. Received 23, 5.5 p.m. Ottawa, April 22. Liberals profess satisfaction at the progress of the reciprocity proposals In Washington. The Conservative members obstructed the pasage of the agreement with speeches lasting for six hours. GIST OF THE AGREEMENT. A summary of the tariff changes contemplated by the reciprocity _ agreement between Canada and the United States has been issued by the State Department at Washington. ' From this it appears that the contracting parties have agreed to reciprocal lists on leading food products, such as wheat and other grains, dairy produce, fresh fruit and vegetables, fish of all kinds, eggs and poultry, cattle, sheep and. other live animals. In connection with the free-listing of grain, a correspondent points out that the duty on barley imported into the United f States per bushel of 481b is Is 3d. The duty on malt barley per bushel of 341b is Is lOMjd. The duty on oats per bushel of 341b is 7'/od, and the duty on wheat Is Id per bushel. No grain is ever imported into Canada from the United States excepting for seed purpose's. Certain commodities now free on one country are to be made free by the other, "such as cotton-seed oil by Canada, and rough lumber by the United States. | Tin and terne plates are made mutually free. Printing paper is to become free on the removal of all restrictions on the exportation of wood pulp. Barbed-wire fencing is exempted from duty between the two countries. Mutually-reduced identical rates on secondary food products, such as fresh and canned meats, bacon and hams, canned vegetables, cereal preparations, and other foodstuffs are agreed upon. The agreement also proposes the mutual reduction of rates on a list of manufactured commodities, which includes motor vehicles, cutlery, clocks and watches, some leather goods and printing ink. Agricultural implements, such as ploughs, harvesters, threshing machines and drills, are reduced by Canada to the United States rates. Special rates are given for a small list of articles in each country. Thus Canada reduces the coal duty to 45 cents a ton, and cement to 11 cents per hundred < pounds. The duty on iron ore is reduced by the United States to 10 cents a ton, and her rates on aluminium products and dressed timber are reduced. The total amount of duties to be remitted by the United States is £070,000. The total amount of duties to be remitted by Canada is £512,000. The value of articles now dutiable, which the United States proposes to make free, is £7,902,200, equal to 70.4 per cent. The value of articles now dutiable which Canada proposes to make free is £4,301,000, equal to 10.5 per cent. The value of dutiable articles on which the United States proposes to reduce duties is £1,504,200, equal to 14.4 per cent. As regards Canada, the value of such goods is £5,174,000, equal to 10.5 per cent. The value of articles imported into the United States affected by the reciprocal agreement is £0,400,000, equal to 01 per cent.; and into Canada £0,505,G00. equal to 30 per cent. The value of articles remaining duti- ' able at full rates in the I'nited States is ' £!)54/200, equal to !) per cent.; in Canada £17,030,000, equal to 04 per cent.