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Show cussed by Democratic senators, and It is said they belisv with other friends of reciprocity that It Is an acceptable solution solu-tion of the difficulty. In. all of Ms talks with senators during the last few da vs. President Taft has endeavored to impress th fact that in negotiating; the pst with Canada, th I'nltad States' offered to put meats, flour, aTfruUuml Implements and shoes on t h f re list. C'anad a wou Id not mak like concessions. Thr saceement is eperiflc on rertahi points and cannot he varied. The rstee on ftour, meats and annas could h reduced without violating the pat. It I said, but to do so would open up th pmhim of th "most favored fav-ored nation" clause In treaties with other countries And, while the 1'nttM Rtnt would set do conrMHlon fmm t anada hy red tic ins; th rales, th application of J hen rates to other conn trie, th president presi-dent holds, might let In Argentine meat and Australian muttons, which h he-ii he-ii eves would b a real Injury to th fsrmer.eJL The onTy condition In the agreement that was not absolutely dealt with ts print paper. Th province ,nf Ontario, ynehec and New Bmnawlric closely restrict re-strict the export of sprue wood, on the theory that tHe piflp and paper should he mads In Canada. Th reciprocity agreement as negotiated provided that t'anadtan paper oould com In free only when t hese provincial restrictions were removed. Th house. Instead of Incorporating this conditional provision In the reciprocity reciproc-ity hill, gave more of a concession with the Idea of Inducing ih provinces to lift their restrictions, snd provided that all paper nisle In Panada from pulp wood not grown on lands under restrictions should he admitted free. As the duty on paper ts S.7 a ton. the house felt that f'anada ultimately would be glad to lift 'th restriction to gain the advantage of t hl resttir-tlon ANXIOUS TO HAVE TREATY PA8S8EHATE Taft Devoting Himself to Lining Up Support for the Measure. WASHINGTON, June 2 The crisis'tn ' the senate In the tight on Canadian reciprocity reci-procity Is expected to be reached when th democratic farmers' free list bill Is , offered ss an amendment to the bill carrying car-rying th agreement Into effect. That such amendment win be offered for the purpose of emnarrasslng the Democratic supporters of reciprocity seems certain. It Is toward this critical contingency that Praldnt Taft Just now ta devoting his attention. He Is holding dally conferences con-ferences st the White house In an effort to keep Republican and Democratic senators sen-ators alike In line for the pact. - President Taft Is certs In that the reciprocity reci-procity bill wltl pass the senate by a comfortable majority. If It can be, brought to a final vote without amendment. He feels that the test for the true friends of reciprocity will come In dealing with the ppessi awsarlmeats i ta be oltarari from th floor. Mr. Taft recently has bad assurances thst the bill will be reported out of the T aft's View of Amendments. According to tha "While House rlew the Root amendment to the pulp and paper schedule docs not artuslty violate the agreement, but repeals the house amendment amend-ment sod puta the paper provision again In conditional form. The houae. It la aald. would not accept tha Root amendment amend-ment or any other amendjnent carried The Ixodes amendment In resnrd to nsherlea. based. It Is said, upon the theory of a Otnadlan bounty on catchlna fish which tha Whlto tlouse holds Is Inoon- Una no committee without amendment and without recommendation. This Is what he desire. Ooea ' Not Want Amendment. The president feels thst any amend ment tn the senate will defeat the bill, and he believes that to be the purpose of some senators who hav proposed amendments. The proposed Root, Lodge snd Nelson amendments have brought the president Into sharp conflict with these senators, but he has not hesitated to express his views regarding them. Cognisant of th fact that ha must depend upon th almost solid vot of the Iemocrats in the senate to carry th reciprocity hill through. President Taft has been endeavoring to devise a fries ns to help them out of the dilemma that will he p repented when they are asked tn vote for or against the free-list bill as a rider to the eeclproctty measure. Some lemo ratic senators have told the president presi-dent frsnktv that they would vote against the free-list amendment If Ihey could he assured that tlte standpat Republicans Republi-cans would not stifle in the committee the free. list hill as It cam from the houf rtd thus deprive the southern remo.-rati senMtnrs of the opportunity In open senate properly to record their vots on the measure. President Taft appreciates the position In which the senate lemocrats And theniHclves. hut he thinks he has found s sruution of the problem. He hss sug-gegr1 sug-gegr1 that a motion by the Democrats to discharges th finance commit. from ronftldcration f the free list hill and to put it upon Its passage would sec the P irpose of the I-emocraia In making their attitude a clear one and he has further fur-ther expressed connden' e In the fslr-iM fslr-iM of i lie American people to recognise t the pijrpTiae of those who would attempt the free Hat method of defeating retl-j j ro- Ity i The p'an Ss AutHned tnn ben dls-1 siderabl and lapsing, would violate the pact and reqtirre the- consent of parliament parlia-ment before Its adoption would he consistent con-sistent with the . enforcement of th agreement. The Nelson amendment would simply cut down duties on agricultural product a Instead of abolishing them. It would upset up-set th entire agreement. It Is said at the White Ilostse. and is believed there, to hav been framed with that Intention. Inten-tion. With the sgreement once In th open senate. President Taft has said that Ita fate will depend not so much on the number of votes pledged to the measure Itself as upon the number that can be muatered to put through amendments that would prevent Its passage. Believes Democrats Sincere. President Taft feels sure of twenty-two twenty-two Republican votes for the reciprocity bill In the shape thst It has passed the house. He also feels sure of thirtv-flve or thlrty-st Democratic votes, making a total of t7 to 68 In favor of the bill to 33 to 14 against It, pairs of course reducing re-ducing these figures ss tn the total vote, hut not aa to the safe percentage of majority. ma-jority. The president lias expressed the belief be-lief that the Oemocrsts are sincere In their support of reciprocity and that thev will vote down amendments that would kill It. The farmers' free list, it is Said, would alienate Republican votee from the agreement and defeat both President Taft insists that a vote to dtacharg the fhuMiee committee from consideration of the free list bill would he luat as conclusive con-clusive a way for the Democratic senators sena-tors to record themselves In favor of thst hill ss would b a vote on a free list amendment. President Taft has told senators friendly friend-ly to reciproeitv that thev should let it be known that amendments to th reciprocity hill ran be supported only by persons not BMaWManaialBBnVnas |