New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-04-05

RETapRSCEEE NaSh aANtDA'
The following is synopsis of The Report Of
the House Committee on Commerce, through the
Hon. Elijah Ward Of our city, as to The opera
tons of tho Reciprocity Treaty between the
United States and the British North American
Provinces.
The Report exhibits facts and figures showing
the operation of the existing treaty, 80 far As
practicable down TO the present time.
Between ls2l and 1868, the exports of The
United States to those Provinces increased from
~. OO9. 9g5 to S3l, PSI O3O-thc domestic export
from ~, O09, $50 TO So, GO, 10, ard exports OF
foreign origin from $it5 to $2.G5l,@90
There are no complete and authentic data as
TO our imports later than 1852; but in that year
they were. from all the Provinces SO, go, 995;
in 1921, only $50, 70i.
The whole trade has increased from $500,
.9j in I-2l to $50. 81 ,0!5 in 1865.
Tie treaty came into effect fully in the fiscal
year 1866. The following is a summary OF
tie whole trade between the United States aud
these Provinces from HAT time to June 80, 1862:
F,po-s of foreign od.n.. .............." 81 5000
Export, ol domestic of -in.............. lJ'"'2i'
r.,,e,p,r.... .ssi67Ies5n
Total pprt,........................... lt'lb1e%
Bo's,ce Of osporl- in fivor......... ~2isi2HS
II is impossible that The people Of both coun-
tries would year after year have perseycred in
this vast Interchange if it had not, upon the
whole. been mutually beneficial. \ closer
ANALYSIS viii show the reasons why the treaty
ha, been regarded with dissatisfaction, aud,
throughout the greater part Of our cotcnninous
frontier with the populous portion of Canada,
the most important of all the Provinces, has
failed TO produce the friendly international rcla-
tons which were anticipated, and at first real
lied. rs the natural results OF vast series OF
reciprocal benefits or extended commercial re-
lations.
\ singular disunion exists among the Prov
/ juccy. Each of thcm-Canada, New-BrunS-
wick. Nova-Scota Prince Edward Island, and
Newlormdland-imlik our own States, has a
separate tariff against the other, and against
Great Britain also. In 1860, their pop
ulaiion was 3,253,o00. OF this, less than
700. 900 belonged to the maritime Prov
icos. aud morc than . ano onn 1910 "'''''
dians No complaint has been laid before the
COMMITTED with regard to any Of the Provinces
except Canada For this and other reasons,
the statistics OF Ihs trade are worthy Of separate
consideration.
ourezporr' 20 uada .iuce 1875, whom the -.
treaty wen. int, oPraon w'fr... ..''....T ,i.Nlb
OR mpoIt- then during the same tiuc.... i3jlHCC0
Balance IN rf.yor................... ti.ia9,.16
OF these exports, so, GGi, iG5 were goods Of
foreign origin, purchased chiefly with produc-
tions Of the United State. and yielding employ
mont moi only TO the farmer and manufacturer,
but also to the shipper and sailor, and profit to
the merchant There were 10 stpulaion5 in
the treaty with regard to them, and their
amount has been mach diminished by the spc-
cial legislation OF Canada. In $50, they
Amounted 10 - 7G9, 80; and 20 no more than
~. as. 1l3 in 1865. in 1868 they were only
half the amount they reached on The average
in each Of the five years preceding the treaty,
and even less by - per cent. than in lolJ. This
lmlavorablc change was effected by tho Cana
dams. as is well known to the public, through
exacting. since the treaty, system practically
/ dil,rculial and discriminating against this coun.
I thy by leyying duties on the value Of mereAan
disc at the place where it was last bought
which, said the Board Of Trade of Canada West
practically shuts the door to the admission
into Canada OF the leading articles hitherto pur
chased in the great markets Of the United State
and forcing Upper Canada TO import yia the 81
Lawrence or otherwise pay an enormous in
crease Of duty"
It's not unreasonable to expect that rs 'h'
=, legislation by which the United States arc in
iured also is an injury to the Canadian cus
toner, compelling him to pay increased price
for many articles, the difficulty may be re
moved by negotiation. In effect, the mer
chants Of Canada have almost entirely ceased
to be customers in our frontier cities for Amer
can manufactures, and for merchandise of for
} eign origin. BY various Canadian tariff acts
the duties have been increased, until the trad
, Of the United States throughout tho who'll
I, country, in their own manufactures and good
of foreign origin, has been very greatly dimin
, ished. In 1856, the value of the exports of on
f manufactures to Canada was nearly $5.OOO,O0O
In 1923 it was 81, 5l0,o02.
3 The year after the treaty, the trade via tn
r st. Lawrence diminished to the amount Of $l5,
/ 203, 500; and more than this amount was imme
) datoly transferred to the carrying and othe
trade OF the United States.
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