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Show H WASHINGTON, April 28. H -t- Anothor declaration that annox- H atioa Is tbo desired end of the -f- H Democrats In pushing reclproc- H ity; and a spoech by a new H -f member featured today's de- fl bate on the free list bill now -f H pending before the houso. -f H - B Mr. Princo of Illinois, Republican, H attacking the Canadian reciprocity H bill, sounded the annexation noto. H President Taft's speech in New York H Thursday night furnished his text. He H) aid that tho pouring of Americans in- H to the Canadian northwest and the at- H ti tude of tho controlling forces of the H Democratic party could moan nothing H loss than annexation, reciprocity and M partial free trado with Canada botng fl1 j tho initial step toward that end. M 1 Country Wants Canada. M "I 8 ay our neighbors on tho north H should not be deceived' said Mr. H Princo. "When we go into a country Hj' and get control of It wc take it. It HI, I is our history and it is right that wo HL should take it if wo want it and you Hj , might as well understand it The H speaker has said so; the party back B, I t I of him has said so, and it does not K deny that that is its desire." H r Mr Prince declared that tho reci- 1 ' ' procity bill was the worEt bargain M ever driven by one nation with an- H ' other, and that tho "Democratic farm- B ' crs free list bill" ought to bo labeled H J j the "farmers' fake bill." m The humorous incident of tho ses- H ri sion occurred wlien Representative Hi I vKent of California, a new Republican H membor who succeodcJ Ducan McKln- H lay in the house, delivered a speech on H the general tariff question, arraigning H "a revenue tariff upon necessities." H He said that with other novices in the H house he felt sure ho had absorbed Hj 1 i speeches until he "had learned much H t that cannot possibly be true," and H that the Congressional Record was Hjj filled with a mass of mathematics, M "proving what is logically absurd." H What Used to Be a Republican. H J "I am a Republican, or what used H I to be a Republican," Mr. Kent said, H j "becatiBo I believe in tho protection. H , of infant Industries that stand some H eventual chance of becoming sclf-sus- Hj taining. But many industries, having H outgrown the cradle, have not been Hr ( rpriulrod to "hustle for their livelihood H but have been carried bodily to a HI, ward in tho hospital, where our stand- H pat friends advocate keeping them H , during all1 eternity, to bo doctored, W nursed and, nourished at the public Hi expense." H 1 1 Mr. Kent said that a protective tar- H ' iff was an attempt to tax ourEelvos H rich. M "The nation cannot acquire wealth H if not merit," he said, "by unanimous- M ly consenting to the reciprocal pick- M ing of pockets by all the people." M To show tariff Inequalities Mr. Kent ' j 6ald that "Mr. Rockefeller probably M' pays less government revenue on the M food he consumes than does the av-H av-H erage hod carrier. He -would doubt-H; doubt-H; less like to pay as much, but he can't H without eating as much." Hi r Poem on Reciprocity. i , Mr. Kent read a "poem produced H I by a "laureate of my district," con- H cerning tho tariff speeches of Mr. Hj Kent's opponent at the primaries . It HI van J HI I ( '"He makes it clear to me, HI j That what 1 lose 1 gain, you see; HA And on such things as clothes and H I shoes H' J I seem to gain, but really lose. ll ' "Thus if I buy socks too low, They'll still be higher, he says so; H i it And shoes, I thought were high last fall H Were .really low shoes after all. H ' If I pay less for shoeH or hats H The maker has to lose H And it he loses, then you see ( He charges up the loss to me. M H i t "Now, when I have to pay him mora j He reckons profits to his store; H And Duncan finds a share for mo, H I In all of his prosperity. H ' "The speeches shed a radiant light, Upon them, and make it bright; H , , I merely read them o'er and o'er ' To find more'a less and less is more. l ,1 "In buying hats or coat or vest I Dear's cheap and cheap is dear at ! best; ' I f , High's low, low's high, far's near, H t I near's far, I I White's black, black's white, and thero H f ' . you arc." k4 t ' , I I OTTAWA., Ont., April 28 The de- J , termination of the Canadian govern-H govern-H L ment to refuse reciprocity was omphs- H i i i T sized in parliament today by the prlmo ' I minlstor. Sir AVllfrld Laurlcr. who do-j do-j clarcd that he would not go to England Eng-land and represent Canada at tho imperial im-perial conference or to the coronation corona-tion of King George In June, but would remain here to press the agreement, agree-ment, If the opposition persisted in obstructing ob-structing Its ratification. Tho matter was brought before parliament by Opposition Leador Borden, Bor-den, who asked Sir" Wilfrid what hlH lntertnons were In regard to tho approaching ap-proaching ovents In London. Mr Borden sugested that parliament could rise for two monthn to allow tho prime minlstor to go to London. Sir Wilfrid made no reply, but it Ms generally accepted hero that he will not go to England nnd that the fight over reciprocity will be prolonged and marked with a good deal of blt-tornesB. |