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Show PRESS PARAGRAPHS NEWSPAPERS I'ROE REdPROCITT. 8t. Paul IMppMti'h: "President Taft snnuuiiMm t.ia hrw .oe.wkiiUm Mtmt the. r-lprorty SRiement will be a good thine for the American farmer. No one doubts th sincerity "f the president. Int It more than likely that he has studied the question, has more data at hand and is In a better position t" know than are pome of the 'farmers' friends' who are predicting disaster?" Pes Moines Kecjnter and Leader:' "It Is not ton much to predict lhat before another year has rolled around the He-puMfcan He-puMfcan press of the state will be all but unanimous as to the wisdom of expanding expand-ing markets by means of reciprocity trades. It will be fn then plainer than It Is now that the choice Is between reciprocity and general and sweplnu tariff tar-iff reductions, and that reciprocity. In addition to being a Republican policy, opens the safest door to enlarged trade." Chicago Tribune: "As It Is conceded that the bill will pass when a vote shal! have been rea-hed. the sooner one ! taken the bettor. There should t no Krofllgau waste of time In dilatory de-ate. de-ate. With reciprocity out of the way the senate can take up. If It pleases, the farmers' free (1st and wool bills." Cleveland Leader: "The purpose of the men who sre oatenslblv working for Immediate, Im-mediate, hasty and radical tariff revision Is not tariff reform, but the defeat of reciprocity. rec-iprocity. If there are exceptions to this rule thev are few. PUlce thla ts plain What can tlw most sanguine political schemers engaged In this underground attack at-tack upon reciprocity expect to gain by the course they are pursuing?" Philadelphia Inquirer: "The country Is unquestionably growing more and more disguated with the particular brand of politics the Insurgents are playing and the fact that the chances for an early adjournment have Improved is an Indication Indica-tion that they have at last become convinced con-vinced of the unsoundness of their strategy strat-egy They could not 'do a more popular thing than tn stop talking, start voting and let the session close." Run: "For th Democrats In control of the bouse there was a certain Justification Justifica-tion In an organised partisanship that had the power to work Its will and put the Republics n partv on the defensive, flirt the senate Insurgents are nggrely marplots. their onlv object being to defeat de-feat reciprocity with Canada and thereby, embarrass and humiliate the president." Washington Star: "Iowa la 'an agricultural agri-cultural state, but agriculture Is not demanding de-manding the defeat of the pact. And then the commissioner of agriculture Is an lowan. who ought to know and be active ac-tive In the Interests nf thai farmers. And he la actively for the pact, as a thing certain to benefit the American farmers along with all others.' |