Show HOUSE APPROVES AGREEMENT reciprocity treaty will now go to the senate in almost identical form it came to the house washington president tafts reciprocity agreement with canada supported by all but a handful ot of democrats and opposed by a majority of the republicans passed tho the house of representatives friday afternoon by a vote veto of to 88 with nearly 1 00 democrats in control and their action endorsed by many republicans the bill was lid adopted opted with no amendments and in almost identically the form in which it passed the house last session the bill seeks to put into effect tho the formal agreement reached between president tatt taft and members of 0 the canadian cabinet for a reduction ot of tariff rates on many articles and free trade in many others across tho the border of at canada added to it by the democratic leaders Is a section which authorizes and requests president tatt taft to make further efforts to secure still freer trade relations rela tlona with canada la in the form of additional reciprocal relations the passage of the bill marked the close of at a light fight that had raged in the lionso house for six days in that time the safety of the measure was at no time ame threatened but the democratic and republican leaders working for its passage conceded all the opportunity desired by its opponents for debate and protest |