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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. Wellington.-President Tafta reel priM-ity iigieemetit with Caiiadu. aup ported by all but a handful of llemo-ctuts llemo-ctuts and optsiavl by a majority of Ihn Kepubllcalis, passed thu House of Itepri senlalHcs I'rlday nfiernoon by a vote of :(, I to hi. Willi nearly 2uu ll'-niix rats In control con-trol ami their nctloii endorsod by many llepuhllciina, the bill was adopted with no nmoiidm;ntn and In almost Identically thu form In which It passeil the house Inst session. Thn bill seeks lo put In'n eft'l-t the formal agreement renched between President Tn ft and members of the Caniidlnn cnhlnet for a reduction of tariff rates on many artli lea and friHt I rude In many olhera aerosa the liorder of Canada. Added to II by Ihe Democratic lenders la a section which "authorizes nnd requests" president Tuft 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 thn bill marked the close of a tight that had raged In the house for six days. In that time the safely of the measure waa at no tlrae threatened, but the Democratic and Republican leadera, working for Its passage, conredvd all the opportunity dealred by Us oppouenta for debate and protest. |