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Show HOUSE APPROVES AGREEMENT Reciprocity Treaty Will Now go. to the Senate In Almost Identical Form it Came to the House. Washington. President Taft'a reciprocity reci-procity agreement with Canada, sup ported by all but a handful of Demo crats and opposed by a majority of tlie Republicans, passed the House of Representative Friday afternoon by a vote of 2b4 to 88. With nearly 200 Democrats In control con-trol and their action endorsed by many Republicans, the bill was adopted with no amendments and In almost Identically the form In which It passed the house last session. The bill seeks to put Into effect the formal agreement reached between President Taft and members of the Canadian cabinet for a reduction of tariff rates on many articles and free trade In many others across the border of Canada. Added to It by the Democratic leaders Is a section which "authorizes and requests" President Taft to make further efforts to secure still freer trade relations with Canada Can-ada In the form of additional reciprocal recipro-cal relations. The passage of tho bill marked the close of a tight that bad raged In the house for six days, la that time the safety of tho measure was at no time threatened, but the Democratic ffftT Republican lenders, working for Its passage, conceded all the opportunity desired by Its opponents for debate and protest. |
