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Show 00 WITH TAFT Indiana Senator Vigorously Vigor-ously Supports Reciprocity Reci-procity Agreement Washington, Fob. 9. The first gun in the battle over the Canadian reciprocity reci-procity was fired in the Senate today. Senator Bcveridge of Indiana, an insurgent, in-surgent, was the marksman and ho lined up on the, side of "the administration. adminis-tration. He did not make a pretense of representing others of the progressive progres-sive republican camp. Mr. Beverldge welcomed the compact com-pact as the first concrete evidence of tho establishment of such relations with Canada as he thought the United I States should maintain with a coun-1 coun-1 trv so closely adjoined physically and with a people so Intimately allied with Americans In kinship and Interest. Contending for the Importance of tho principle Involved, he urged the necessity ne-cessity for prompt and decided action. "Shall the United Stales and Can-j Can-j ada begin the policy of mutual trade ' concessions and commercial friendliness, friendli-ness, or shall we make permanent the policy of trade obstruction and commercial com-mercial hostility between tho countries?" coun-tries?" Thus asking, Mr. Beverid? said these were the real questions which must be answered in dealing with the reciprocal agreement. He continued: "If some think that the agreement is not good because of the treatmeut of a few articles, the answer Is that even if this objection Is sound as o those few details, yot It is negligible when compared with the Importance or getting this great national policy established. "If the' agreement is enacted into law, and proves beneficial to the na tion as a whole, it Is certain to be extended ex-tended as time goes on and as the two peoples experience its good effects. ef-fects. If, on the other hand, It should prove harmful tn the nation as a whole, It could be repealed quickly. ( Every element of the situation is an unanswerable argument for intimate trade relations with Canada. These olmcnts are peculiar Tnoy exist onb , and exclusively as to Canada and the ; United States." I Iu conclusion, Mr. Beverldge said: I "We do not need to protect our 1 people from the Canadian people What wo need is to make it easier for Canada to buy freely from us tho things she needs and that we produce. What we need Is to make it easy for our people to buv fiom Canada those thincs which our people need Instead of making it hard for them to do so " 00 |