Apt 11 18.?The House of Com
mon* la'.e to-night, by a Vote of 100 to
7J. defeated the motion of W. S. Field
ing recommending the adoption at thla
time of tlie reciprocity agreement be
tween Canada and the t'nlted Ktates
which wae signed hi TVashington on Jan
uary 21. 1?U.
Agreeing that the moat cordial rela
tions with the 1,'nlted Htatea should be
encouraged, Hlr Henry Drayton, Minister
of Finance, declared that to tiy to put
throng!) tho reciprocity pact under pres
ent condition* might rescmblo sharp
practice. As to auggestlona that Can
ada fthould take Immediate action In
view of the Fordney bill. Sir Henry aald
he did no! think ii measure <>f retalia
tion r,*ou!d be proper. Americans, he as
serted, were merely conducting their own
buefnesu.
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NO TARIFF, PLANT CLOSES.
Failure of J*r??ectlre Harrier
Sho(? Canadian Work*.
Mo.\ti!Hai., April 13.?(>(Tl> lala of Arm
i strorg Whltworth of Canada announced
to-d?o the concern'* plant it'LoDKUoll
rt-lll b<? closed because of failure of the
Dominion Uovrrhment to give tariff pro
tection to manufacturers of locomotive
steel tlrea.
The company. which also made high
! speed anr' carbon tool steel*, la a branch
Iof the great ateel firm which operates
?he Kl*1cta Tarda on the Tyne la En?
NEW HAVEN ROAD'S
DEFICIT $4,621,505
I
Report lor 1920 Shows Drop
of 74.4.443 From Sliort
- a?c of 1919.
Th* report of the New York. New
Haven and Hartford Railroad for 19-0.
the forty-ninth jfcar
shows a net corporate deficit of f *,??.-.
