Show HOUSE APPROVES AGREEMENT reciprocity treaty will now go 90 to the senate in almost identical form it came to the house washington president tafts reciprocity agreement with canada sup ported by all but a handful of democrats and opposed by a majority of tho the republicans passed the house of representative s friday afternoon by a vote of to 88 with nearly democrats in control and their action endorsed by many republicans the bill was adopted with no amendments and in almost identically the form in which it passed the house last session the bill seeks to put into effect the formal agreement reached between president taft and members of the canadian cabinet tor for a reduction of tariff rates on many articles and free trade in many others across the border of canada added to it by the democratic leaders la Is a section which authorizes and requests president taft tad to make further efforts to seche still freer trade relations with can ada in the form of additional cal relations the passage of the bill marked the close of a fight that had raged in the house for six days in that time the safety of the measure was at no time threatened but tho the democratic and republican leaders worling working tor for its passage conceded all the opportunity de desired by its opponents for debate and protest |