The Portland daily press., 1863-02-21
COMMUNICATIONS.

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To the Editors Of the Press:
Tn n previous article gave the resolution
hv the Maine % Ieois,ssnre ef last wear .oa;nst
tpa pac;nroci,v 3ras,y a. .iso . nassaca Sro,n
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Mr. Mard. As nat report Srings grave ehar-
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ac.ion ol heI ,lnance nln'se., ule reasonaole
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hha rsnort ~ he F;nsnce M;n;ster
3. TIE teri Of the Reciprocity treaty
4. A Adispatch of Lord Lyons to Lord Monk.
the Governor General, conveying copies Of the
Congressional report and OF the memorial of the
Chamber Of Commerce against abolishing recip-
Hocity.
.. The memorial OF the said Chamber of
Commerce.
8. The said Congressional report Of Mr.. Ward,
which was read and ordered to be printed, and
reeommitted to the Committee on Commerce,
Feb. S, 1862.
This pamphlet therefore contains both sides
of the question-the complaints urged against
the treaty and the manner of observing it by
the Provincial government. and their official
replv tn the same. The whole question il tbus
nresented in \ very comnact and accessible
form + a. Maine f.;rlv ,rderst.nd ho,h s;das
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p-s.;,a;.i S,are.ay =, 0,a,ao no,s;os -. .,.s
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Pee eau oniy cover she ques.'oh M part
IL may oe said IN the beginning, that while
the Finance Minister denies numerous ale
gauons Oh tne report, ana oissents from It's
,easonings ana conclusions on various points,
ne discusses tne question win courtesy ana
harness deserving sincere respect. Inc state,
ment COPIED rom una, report IN my iast, ana
gwen III suvstance ~ .ne message VI uo'erh-
9. Oonurn, Mr. uait hectares =, as applied 70
himself, or tne Governn'en' OF oanada' ~hoay
twa@spdote. he says
To allege that the policy Of the Government
has been ayowedly to damage our neighbors, is
an imputaton which scarcely was 10 nave been
expected from the representatives. OF nation
whose commercial policy is itself so exclusively
hauonal ana restrictive. u wIi, however, De
neiealeer snown INA. .ne poncy oi Cansua, oo!n
~ rssa,as .ne imPos'u9n .. aases anu also 10
she, ~ .sa rU;, ~ So. - md ~ Na v ",.,,
ths III. ~ ,;tara,v snd tha, II comn,o;n, oo,, on
Justly be made of the infractons of he sn;r;s
and K NAV he added letter Of the Treaty n resfs
,cifh Canada 10 be he complainant. The mutu-
al advantages derived from the operation of the
Treaty are, however, SO evident, that Canada
has never sought to disturb il; and the Commit
tee of Commerce appear also to have fully ap-
preciated its benefits to the United States, and
TO desire not its abrogation, but its extension,
desire which is fully reciprocated by Canada. II
may, however, clearly be shown that. according
TO the accepted principles Of political economy,
the very results which are indicated by the trade
returns, are ProQ 81 gains to the United
o's'es' equai AZ ieast win oahaaa.
The first point worthy OF notice Is that, un-
der the Reciprocity treaty, the trade between
Canada and the United States has greatly in
creased. The exports from the United States
TO Canada In 1851 were $S 1866, ,764 in 1852,
SS,417,693; giving for the two years sum
total Of $l6,S43,451 The imports from Cana
da to the United States In 1851 were - J01l :
544; and In 1852, $6,2S4,520; in all for the
two years, $40, S56,064. In those two years,
before reciprocity, the Canadas purchased of
us o, ,4S7 ,392 In value more than we purchased