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Show TREATY: MI WASHINGTON, Juno 2C Tho Canadian Can-adian reciprocity bill emerged from Its first ordeal In tho senate tonight unscathed. un-scathed. The Root amendment, proposing pro-posing a modification of the wood pulp and jmner section of tho agreement was defeated after Bovon hours of de bato, by an overwhelming vote. Tho frlonds of the amendment were ho satisfied of Ub defeat that a roll call was not demanded. This leaves the reciprocity measuro open to the goneral fight tbat is to follow for amendmont of Important provisions of the Payno tariff law. Sonalor La Follette announced that ho would give tho sonato a chance to pass on general tariff amendment, for free paper, free lumber and lumber products, and for reduction in other schodules. Senator Clapp also announced an-nounced his Intention of offering a freo paper amendment later, and other senators gavo evidence of their purpose pur-pose to force consldorntlon of tariff revision on the widest plane. Whole Reciprocity Measure Attacked. Attack on tho Root amendmont was Interspersed with attacks on the whole reciprocity measure In the debate which resulted In the defeat of Senator Sena-tor Root's proposal to change tho houso bill by requiring that all Canadian Cana-dian provinces should remove their export restrictions on pulp wood and Itn products, before the reciprocity agreement as applied to wood pulp and print iaper section of tho agreement wont Into effect. "I am opposed to this so-called reciprocity reci-procity legislation as a whole, because I believe It is wrong, harmful and unjustifiable." un-justifiable." said Mr La Follotte. "If It must pass. I want to see It made as nearly perfect as possible. I shall vote agnlnst the Root amendmont, because be-cause I believe It will defeat the very purpose of tho wood pulp and paper paragraph of the agreement." Senator Li Follette declared there was no Justification for any duty on print paper. He analyzed the figures of the tariff board to show what the best mills In the United States actually actual-ly could produce paper cheaper than the best mills of Canada. To con Untie a high tariff on paper, ho said was to put a premium on "inefficiency and 8lolhfuIness" and to make the protective pro-tective tariff "deaden all constructive forces;.' Iov jtlie, development, efficient effi-cient luaflhfiCrnqnL. i 4 jt .1 1 .; He criticized (hi; newspapers " for having urged thp reciprocity measure as u means of getting relief from the oppressive charges of' the print paper manufacturers. He said they had Joined with tho "packers, tho railroads, the flour millers," and others who would secure advantages through the passage of the reciprocity bill. He declared de-clared that In the testimony taken by the finance committee It would be Bhown that tho nowspapers had suppressed sup-pressed tho news of the reciprocity proceeding, but on this point Sonator Stohc, who also is a merabor of the flnanre commltle, said the Wisconsin senator was mistaken "That Is the blackest pago in the newspaper history of the United States," said Senator La Follette. "I regrot that the fact must become part of the history of this legislation. But it 1b a stubborn fact. There is no one who followed the hearings before the flnanco committee but knows that those who favored tho Canadian agreement agree-ment were given great space; but when tho agricultural Interests came before tho committee tho news filled but meager space In tho groat newspapers news-papers of tho country." "I want to interrupt the speakor," eaid Sonator Stone, "Not to defend the newspapers, but because I think his statement is riot quite Justified by tho facts. It was charged that the Associated Press, for example, had given great spaco to tho pro-reciprocity contentions, which the newspapers news-papers had greedily accepted and widely exploited. "These facts as developed show, as I understand them, that far mora Bpace was given by either tho ono or the other In favor of reciprocity. ' Senator La Follette oxprcsscd the belief that other members of the finance fin-ance committee would Bide with him In the controversy. Senator Clapp ot Minnesota opposed the reciprocity bill as a "deception, a dciuslon and a snare,'' and said the Root amendment would only make It worse. Senator Simmons, democrat, declared that the bill was not a democratic measure. Senator Townsend of Michigan Bald the paper and pulp clause of the reciprocity reci-procity bill would undoubtedly be open U different Interpretations If the Root amendment were not adopted, and that tho courts would finally have to pass on the matter. |