Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-01-25
The ~ReeIproelay Treaty.
Under the seton Of the law passed

ls-ea he ua Under the scton Of the law passed. by
the last Congress giving notice of the alb
Znoeation of the reciprocity treaty between
this country and Canada that treaty ter
eli ssvts inmates within sixty days. As yet no
So 3 a q steps have been taken to replace it with
~ any other, snd unless there is speedy leg
islation on the subject our trade with Can
7Tsv ads. after the seventeenth of March next
~ ga neg will be governed by the same rules, and
3oa a restricted by the same duties, as our traffic
zoe . with other parts ofthe world. The effect of
tie abrogaticn of the reciprocity treaty will
t5s-a - be felt much more severely by Canada
aiod 2 than by this country just as, and because,
laa1a sEoc Canada has reaped vastly more advantage
a.1s- from is- operation than have we. So we
= find Canada in = ferment on this subject
and Canadian delegations beseiging the
Capitol and Congress with insidious diplo-
2 : p macy. The present object Of their efforts
seems to be to procure temporary extern
msif asj sion Of the treaty. This will fail, as it
should fail. The people of the United
StSteg Without distinction of pSrty, have
made up their minds that the old reciproc-
49, iy treaty was an imposition and a delu-
sion. TIE action of Congress in its abro-
cation is sustained by the people. Upon
this subject more than any other so re-
Gently in debate, the business men and the
u voters of the nation are of one mind. The
"a odT Canadian papers are deluding themselves
l2ss5 with the idea that this feeling springs from
some transient cause. Theya are mistaken.
The cause of hostility to this treaty is in
] rsa ! its very nature, and in the effect of its OPP
erations. Under its influence, one of the
best features of our trade with Canada has
declined steadily, until it has almost ceased
- sEi to be worth mentioning; and British
uoa trade thrives instead. We send little that
would not be sent, with or without a
treaty; we receive little that would not
81 be received were the treaty in or out of
istsssa existence; the chief difference visible con-
sistingi in the fact, that whereas our exports
enter the provincial market loaded with
. s heavy custom duties, our imports from the
Dsiet5 province come into competition with the
- -el product of oar farmers and lumbermen
upon terms peculiarly favorable to the for
eign producer.
df s1lI Z But this is not al. Bad as has been the
legitimate effects of this treaty, in letter
and in spirit, its spirit has not been faith
or sfI fully carried out by our provincial
neighbers. The financial difficulties OF
IA SA-oAANA
,wfxmade the pretext of a series of tariff
b -si = changes, which have worked and now do
.rll1 work great harm to our manufacturing
~ and commercial interest. Changes HAYES
peen made in the mode of levying duties
IA a. which Disseminated unjustly against our
~ g. importers. The same unjust discrimina-
ton has been made against our lake ship
PIN interests. The reciprocity treaty,
has therefore, both in its actual provisions
II and in the proceedings of Canadian officials
a under it, belied its name. Its not a
real reciprocity treaty, and the common
sense of the United States demands its
abrogation.
"a Whether there shall be any attempt at
r once for the negotiation ola new treaty.
= 70 which will be rcciprocally bene6cial. in
fact, and, ifso, what the main feature Of
.al hl that treaty should be, we shall not now at
tempt to discuss. We think that the
business Interests of the United States
will be on the whole benefited by the
negotiation of a fair and just treaty.
There is, however, no occasion for giving
ourselves any anxiety on the subject as
for moving with to, great haste in the
matter. Canadian interests are far more
at stake in such q treaty than ours, and
we are perfectly willing to let our cousins
across the lakes realize for 8 short time
= the effects Establishing the former unjust
agreement. When we do come to nego-
tate a new treaty they will perhaps be
more willing to coHcede a fair and just
equivalent for the benefit they receive.
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