Show WILL REDUCE FOOD PRICES reciprocity agreement with canada expected to result in great good to americans washington within less than ten months after the initiation by president taft of negotiations with the canadian government there was laid simultaneously before tho the american congress at washington and the canadian parliament at ottawa on thursday a reciprocity arrangement which it if approved will do much in the opinion of the negotiators to enlarge trade between the united states and canada the arrangements do not take the form of a treaty and considerable time will bo be saved in the consummation of the agreement which can be made effective by a simple majority vote in each of tho the two legislatures the animating purpose of Sec secretary y knox appeared to have been to procure a reduction of the high cost of living by greatly enlarging the free list so far as it relates rel hies to foodstuffs coming from canada on tho the other hand he procured a notable abatement of ot duties on a number of american products consumed in canada prominent among these Is bituminous coal which Is now exported to canada to the value of several million dollars annually there Is also a much hotter better opening tor for american farm machinery and implements |