RECIPROCITY.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXXII, Issue 15558, 7 March 1911, Page 7

RECIPROCITY.

. • ( • ATTITUDE OF CANADIAN COXSERI NATIVES. f United Press Association—By Electric 'l’eiegranh—Copyright. t VANCOUVER. March o. a The Canadian Conservatives will fight t reciprocity tooth and nail. They are unwilling that Canada should make an • offer to the United States until they seo u if the. reciprocity agreement passes the - new Senate. i e TARIFF REFORM COMMISSION t MEMORANDUM. (Received ''"veil 6, 10.50 p.ra.) r LONDON, March G. i The Tariff Reform Commission has • published an elaborate memorandum 1 dealing with the Canadian-American jj agreement. It includes the report of . Mr A. Matthews, London market res porter to the Board of Agriculture, who • says that free trade in meat in North 3 America may increase the price in Bri--3 ' tain. If Germany and Austria open their ports tn the Argentine, British s consumers may say good-bye to cheap ■ meat for years to come.

PRESIDENT TAFT’S ACTION. NEW YORK, March 6. The suddenness of President Taft’s call for an extra session startled, Senators, who believed that lie was not in earnest. Had they foreseen the session, it is now said they would have passed the Reciprocity Bill.