New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-10-06
RECIPROCITY.

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We have often suggested tha' II inc
Canadians really wish for reciprocal iree
trade with the United States, they ougnt
10 propose terms which would offer equal
advantage to both partie-, and not insist
on having the best end Of the bargain to
,hemselye,. Let them say: awe VIII
admit all your products free, it you will
admit nH ours. "and there will he something
worth considering in the offer; but as long
as thew simply ask for the privilege OF
sending us without duty articles which we
should never wish TO send them at any rate,
while they still levy an impo't on articles
which we do wish to send them, why it Is
plain that they are proposing anything but
reciprocity, and that their scheme ought
rot for a moment to be entertained.
similar view is taken by the Pays,
French journal of Lower Canada, from
which we take the following para graphs:
awe AK the Americans to establish betweeo tue tso
countries ree trade In products of the soil and tas or
est Now our eX 1ortatons 80 the States consist IN
grsln ano lumber which are the only srrcles We nave
10 s,e IN exchange tor the o1jects He nave hocd Oh
On the other hsno the United States cannot easonsoy
hox 10 send Ne the articles, aimee we nave sur
plus OF them and aimee wa export tnem NJ as' tney
have to send 10 principally the produc OF tnelr nsu
ufsctures And the tact Is thar otaeE tolnss oeihx
equal our reshbors compete with Eog'sno IN manu-
f,e.ur,s But In order 81 favor English commerce we
refuse 10 receive free OF dug the cloths that Inc ner
icsns would send US 10 exchange for our sraia ana
lumber I,s
free trade In grain and lumber, Out you have more Oh
thoGe thngs need and ss you cannon GUY any
that might send you this freedom would DC IA aa
Tantszs for you alone Do our part vs ars oso0ssoIo
receive your products VS. are willing - grint JOu
favor bui on condition that you favor US Ia return 90
40 to EBlsud at great expeoie 10 Duy CLOUDS guy ypu
can do better let our cloths enter your mThof irse
and we Will take you erAln aud lumber Ia retGEn and
We slll pay FOR them In manufactured articles
"Wbst Il our answer 30 this No Aud atter this IN.
worthy refussl we cry OUT against our nsghoor' ana
sc.,e them of in ustice But their demand Ia reason
Able They vsh 10 trade wsh us, but Ia logical man
ner We refuse their lust demand and va get angry
The Chamber " Commerce asks that, a, measure OF
Justice the country should DO CLOSED TO their msnnsc
lures Mr. Hincks seeks 10 close agsns them our Ca
pals which lhoy feed and render productive, end ths
press charges them with obs'insey 'ell'hne" Ac Ia
iacl they uit ,hink we are queer people
The Pays is right 10 these observations,
but it ought to be said in justice to the
Canadian Government, that there is
serious difficulty in the way Of that reel
procity which it describes as the only fair
and equal sort. Al present the Canadian
tariff imposes l24 per cent. upon the great
proportion of manufactured articles. taxing
English and American alike. Now reel
procity would require this duty to be abol-
ished on American manufactures which
would be equivalent to giving u better
terms than are given to England. and 10 an
Englih Colony TO boot. OF course the
Home Government would not sanction
such a measure. On the other hand 10
take off the duty from all English manufac-
lures as we'll as from all American. would be
to strike hard blow at tile Colonial reve
nue., and would open to the Canadian peo
pie the pleasant prospect Of heavy direct
taxation for the support Of their Govern
ment. This would seem to indicate that
they have already put their best leg fore
most in their negotiations with this country
and have nothing more to Oler. Verify
the way of free traders i hard.
Now if Canada were not governed by
the doctrines Of Manchester Free Trade,
and ii the preiudices Of the Manchester
system were not so powerful in the minds
of her people, she might easily extricats
herself from difficulty, and rise into real
independence and power. Let her enter
upon the sy stem Of protecting her own in
dusuy; lee her establish a policy which
will bring into use the magnificent mineral
and manufacturing resources Of her own
territory; let her make her own cloths and
establish mills and furnaces amid her farm
ers, and she will consume and not export
her grain and lumber; he will grow in
population and in influence, and have no
occasion TO ask favors either of the United
States or any other power.