The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1850-06-18
For the Mddlcbury Register.
Reciprocity in Trade with Canada.

FOR the Mddlebury Register.
Reciprocity in Trade with Canada.
Mr.. EDITOR -
Having waited somewhat impa
| iiently, expecting that some Of our Will
editors would speak out in condemnation o
scheme which our Canadian ncghbois arc
moving heaven and earth to accomplish
| mean the " Reciprocity Bill" as it is call
ed,-and believing the I'LL to be fraught with
incaculablc mischief to the Farmers o
| Western Vermont, especially wish briefly
10 call attention 10 the subject After the
passing of the tariff of 1916 and the conse
quent depreciation Of the price of Wool
| Our then main staple product) many OF our
farmers turned their attention to raising
grain, coarse grain principally, as in that,on
account vi the cost of transport alton the
West cannot compete with us. Our market.
were the lumber and iron districts of north.
crn New York, and although we had to be
content with less profits than formerly. it wa,
better than for all to raise wool and keen
the market gluited, with no profits at ali.
The result has been, the market has been
cleared Of wool prices have improved. and
prosperity again began dawn u1on us. With
the perseverance Of New Englandcrs, we
had accommodated ourselves tc the crcum.
stances.
The first | rccolect Of seeing or hearing
OF this Canadian movement was in our Leg
stature, at lis last session. ] lie member
from Somerset, very quietly Introduced So,
of resolutions. instructing our Senators and
requesting our Representatives in Congress
to vote for measures AS like this rcciproci-
a
measure to accommodate neirhhlrhoods
on the line But VIXEN it was unmAsl,cd,
aud the House understood the effect and
that doubtless the intention wa to enable
The Canadians to pour into our home mar
keis, the whole of the surplus products of The
Great Valley of the ST. Lawrence, it was
thrown out, fifty to one.
AT the opening Of The present Congress,
an agent Of the Canadian government was
sent to Washington 10 urge this matters soon
after his arrival, the British Minister adj
dressed letter TO the Secretary OF State,
telling him if this and some other things
were not passed, " it would have a very dis
agreeable effect on public opinion in Eng
land" Verify, this is new era in legisa-
ton II the DTCrATION Of British Minister
is 10 govern Congress. But this Rcciproci-
" bill was immediately introduced, and the
last have heard Of II is that the Blue Noses
have walked up, and they have sent an agent
on 10 Washington to tell heii Minister that
THEY, too, must have slice at brother JON
athan.
c,us;y,l, ,h,t n,r n,.,.,.e'. e. .;,,.i,.,.'l
nrodnc,s aro Le,,or ,hnu ,l'o,r, Ca. a.
am mr., and nroln.o on ,La;.s ,La o;',
of ,bo po.;nro,.;,, n',,;mr ,il -, ~
$50 ,h"mslI- Ia ,ia'5 ~ I'h',. % %
oa,s %nomoht 49, o " DII ,I ~
I;s,r;,',s ~ - avn Cl;.,,a "', T '"','~e'
nnr.Losod i, Can.da ~, - D., on a1..,.
ncr busbcl If 40 nnar,s and so,I avon viii
o.. -, ,,.;1. i, -. IT,. 49, w.
Vern,on, tarr,,. '.omlj 'o,,,,,a,o 'r;L ,t,,''
and admi,,;ng tbe;r n,ndnce rprv ,hn,'
-, rta;nl, 20 iii 7o..n,l. : thc,. arc r,;lI;r ~
take Mace in so,''ctv as law a. tho C.nsdi.
an lnborcr-our cbildccn L,on,h, m in ;n.
noronce. ourselves Int lit,lc hottrr ,Lar
l,vns and on,. I.lor;n,, MOI, ,,;ll;,,, o.v,,,I
for four and five dollars per month,
Free Trade. Recipioriiy-O vcs free
Trade beautiful is il not but Ills WAS loo
bare faced even for British innudencc With
out something TO sweeleu it. and so the free
navigation of the ST Lawrenc. is .brow, in
to catch Western votes and What i i, >
WHY. some sixty or einhtv miles of na,;,,.
ton above Montreal TO where tho river
strikes our TERRITORY. and Of tbe WelI,nd
Canal. Now. ,be law of nations olive. rs
this RIGHT. from The lake TO the ocean Dnt
if there is II difficulty npout if. and our Wr,t.
ern folks think thew must have this ou,l,t
then nav in kind the water. of onr Lean,;.
!ul lake are daily covered with Canadian
steamers. canal Lo,is and vessels or cver,
de,crintion Loaded will, Inrh.r rr,;n and
all the yarious nrolurt;ons of Con,J, srnl.
inc southern market and his to,bc .,,,;ro
eyclu.ion Of nur o,sn ,b;n,';nm nnr;na no
na,t summer these C,nadia5 vossals IaYo
been cons,,ntlv cmnlo,rd wb;le nor,;nr.
of the t;mn our. Lv Ill. in nor, Visa l.
nm inland nnyiont;9n or two or tbr,s h,n-
.dred miles within our lorJcrs un,t n, i,
hke. and mart cannl occor,In5 ~ HON, ,y;,b,
ouNlet or lindranrc' Let ono b,l,nce ,ho
Other.
\ybv arc ,yc 70 ho o,T.r.1 ~, ~ ,,o soo-
riGre 10 mako CsroJ, ,.on,sn1 v;,h Lcr v,s-
s,laoc , Unve we No, ,l,,,,s stood c,ren,"s,
in snnnort of tho arr,t Ameri1on .vs ,,'yo'