Show PRESS PARAGRAPHS Again reciprocity with Canada is a theme for the newspapers e If Chicago News r Now that the United States has come to realize the great Importance importance im- im e of the closest possible relations with the dominion it is to be hoped that results of Immense value will follow ow through painstaking efforts In Washington Washing Washing- ton and Ottawa to Improve conditions under which commercial tr transactions are carried on between the people of ot the two countries Indianapolis News r There is no doubt that the will fight ity It Is just as well The stirrer stiffer and more stolid their opposition to all change th the more radical will be the change when It comes If it tho the people cannot get reciprocity with Canada they will and perhaps in the not distant future demand demand de do mand and get free trade Buffalo Commercial If the Republican can party leaders at Washington are wise if they comprehend the drift of public opinion In the United States to today today to- to day they will not treat these mutual advances toward a a better commercial understanding with Canada with coldness or indifference but with hearty good will The country approves the presidents president's en enlightened en- en lightened views on this important sub sub- I Troy Times Reciprocity with Canada undoubtedly Is to be desired provided the arrangement shall be fair to both sides Canada has no right to exact terms that would be Injurious to American Interests while on the other hand there Is neither authority nor inclination among our own officials to ask for more than this country country coun court try Is entitled to claim New r York Journal of C Commerce I If President Taft has an earnest desire t te make good his assurances to the governor governor governor gov gov- general and the finance minister of the dominion of Canada and to accomplish accomplish push anything substantial In the way of readjustment of ot trade relations on on broader and more liberal lines he will simply have a to assert rt himself lm f take the f nf rth initiative and z make h his appeal to the public sentiment of the country Detroit Free Press President Taft Is vigorously trying to o bring about true reciprocity with our neighbors That he will be able to frame a satisfactory agreement to this end may be taken for grant granted d awkward as the subject is of adjustment to the wishes of ot both parties But the difficulty In Jn realizing such agreements agreements agree agree- ments merits has seldom lain with the administration administration adminis adminis- in this count country Congress Is al- al most always th the obstacle and arid on congress con conr gress the tho sentiment of the country must be brought to bear if reciprocity Is tp come into being Boston Advertiser There is no question Question question ques Ques- tion tion- whatever that Canada could furnish cattle In numbers large enough to to bring prices down to a normal level without any real injury to the business of the cattle raisers of the west If It the profit of the Canadian cattlemen were to be expended In Increased purchases of American manufactures this c country would benefit doubly by the President Tart Taft surely deserves the loyal loal support of all the people In In- his efforts to secure some such arrangement with Canada for he Is working in the In interests inter inter- ter- ter ests eats of the whole nation Philadelphia Record While there Is a strong and growing sentiment In favor ol ot complete reciprocity on both sides of the St. St r Lawrence a wrence It is likely that the reactionaries reactionaries reactionaries and tariff mongers of both countries will be able to defeat it for a along along along long time to come not merely with re regard reo re gard to manufactures but to foodstuffs and raw materials of production Possibly Possibly Possibly bly an arrangement may be reached for forthe forthe forthe the free exchange of potatoes onions beans and a few other articles of food but not without vehement opposition at Washington as well as Ottawa |