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Show RECIPROCITY BlUT PASSKSENAIE TRADE AGREEMENT BETWEEN UNITED STATES AND CAN AOA HAS BEEN APPROVEO. The Vote Was 63 to 27, Only Three Democrats Voting Afjainat th Measure Which Hat Occupied At. tention of Two Session of Congress. Washington. I'y a volo of M to 5 tlio senate on Sutnnl.iy approved the reciprocal trade ngnemeiit between the I'lllted Htates ntld C-inada, em-bodied em-bodied in Ihe reciprocity bill that hnd proved a storm center In two sessions of congress. A majority of the Itepubllc;nia voted HKilnst Iho inensure. Of llfty thrro votes lor It thirty two were Demo crnllc mid twenty-one llepubllciiti; ot the twenty-erven ngalnnt, twenty-four were Hcpiiblican and thrco Dcirue crnllc. Thl action settled the whole Canadian Cana-dian reciprocity question sr far n congress Is concerned, and eave for executive approval and tho C'tiadlart parliament ratification, virtually mndo the puct the law of Ibo land. The reciprocity bill, having originated origi-nated In the house, must be returned thcro for engrossment and for tho signature sig-nature of Speaker Clark, while tho houao Is alttlng. The Canadian parliament luu not yet acted on Ihe oCTrcmcnt and with ono exception tho provisions of tho bill as passed by conrrrss will not become be-come effective until Iho president Issues Is-sues a proclamation that Canada has ratified the pact. Tho exception to this proreditro Is In the paper and pulp section of the bill, which It I announced an-nounced will become Immediately effective ef-fective when the president Iku the law. From the White House President Taft followed the vote on the amendments amend-ments and on the flnnl pnssngo of the bill with the keenest Interest. "I am very much gratified and delighted de-lighted that tht) bill I passed," be aald. "It Indicate the IncrcuM of mutually betietlclal relation between 1 Canada and thla country." The president received many oon- :V':,k ":'r I II III I I l . i I I 'Il I I ! I ting entirely too much credit out of r the matter and thnt Secretary Knox I really was entitled to tho greatest I praise. I |
