, 1866-02-27
CANADIAN ITEMS.
The Prc.ent Axpect-A new Question
The lumber Trndc-Flshc<1eH-Op
4v%D

The frcAcnt Axpect-A new Que*uon-
The Humber pdc-Flshc-lcs-Open-
anC o. thc &czAIon.
EEc1rRoc1rY.-Hcit1ring to the results oi
tic negotiations at Washington on tue ques-
ton Of reciprocity, the Montreal Trade nc
1:-b says;
Canat;ians hare nothing TO rcsrct IN rem
1iou to these negotiations. All thaI cou!a ~
,,itInately lie differed on our part has eeen OIL
tered And refused. Every ta3nFt WHICH WAS
right and proper 10 nuke IN onr t. lotGfesl was
made, hut without success. Inc ffoFlnces
have discharged thtir duty, aho nave now
,aa{tc l1o talcir minds 10 depend On theAse!s es.
We were lever in better position than now
10 stcrd the loss Of the treaty, willie the
United stuica '7crc hescf ~ worse one ana
flour eovcr1i;nent aud people but continue In
heir l.rrsnnt temper, the abrogatiol o. thr
,ra:y, Instead of bclng productive Of Ill ef-
lrctn must TEND materially to devclon tue
resources Of our coEutry and this, Which
.s ilIl"patl rs i 6t:i.stss s:ruac At our colu-
::.s,rci*i cSi.,tnss, will aid morc than any
.!..i::r elsc tilc fnecess and prosperity Of our
l'rorlc.
Tnr SEw urEsr1oH.-Tta Montreal 01:l4te
n iht -1st 4liIuGns tha. ti;c Executive Cnuh-
Ill at lis Lii v,lfg on IT." day 5cio7c. gave q
i.:l@e .ss;a'e a. f. a,.is;i3p 20 tf.e snlttcr o.
tiri alsc, 1a.al ,>ua r. 1a-:lc'i as nf z-r:at mo.
:ucn.. Thc ,;siu: ts.i,i-:,t:les:l} adds that
t'l(iu net ta,,...4. - a. ii! cou.Aiu iMpors-
n1t mo-. :.l:4 .i''a r. gard ~ ifsa in-snore
:i,!i2r; o!t.:.-' IL, aAEilt UniteI sSla.es Esh
rsnes :i.a.. : ."c III, a: .;Iarrh 1ie.e, the
'nr'i:;H:x .; ~, :"wcxiains rses;ons 10 lS554
Isl ;,,-in culue into 'csec.'
III. C.>->AUIA. l.gAE..h TRAnH.-Au 0.tl-
Vt. .'orTcsronl nj III lie MYn.rca IIlaess says
t!-ttt 1nc N:l%"a saw mill ownrIs trt carrying
Oh Operations this Writer as extensively as
eyer; aud tAat they c:,.crca upon the winter
"aal'silu IN The full cSs'cs.ation ai the ab7o.
:-al'"n .! iht. Reciprocity 1rca:y. The dealers
ii slw.i lumber say Thai tlie Aneffc.lns want
ihrr lumber, ard will llsye II, cos. Wha! it
,,ry. Tiny in.suti that the imp ST ~ili have
:. BE- paid l.y the .tIncTicln consumer : bat
that at any s1stc dollar and half or two
,fr.1urs p:r thousand fect w.il no: materially
:;,nbcr tn;cre1t Wilt not lie much Affected hy
II. coming c!&nyc in our relations with The
United States.
On the same point, the Toronto G'o5t Of
tac .::d sayi:
In view u the anproachin. discontinuancc
oe The Reciprocity Treaty, the lnmi,cr trade
Of Carada Las lately been unprecclentcdiy
active. American buyers have visited onr
markets IN unusually ia1gc numbers, :ud are
socks tor immediate shipment 10 tie United
States, but i'll securing contracts to be filed
1T dates anterior to the cxpiry OF the treaty.
Triccs have advanced fully Sl-5o per II.
Lumber hcins to our ncIshl,ors an article ot
prime necessity, and the forests of Mime
nud NeT York Statc being now almost exhaust
ed, aud The lllml'erln. districts If Michigan
unable to supply tl,e enormous demand
"f the Western States. the Eastern
markets lave to depend, to great extent,
i'!,!'on orr 't'-:s for their supplies. We be-
Erre, IL -~.22:e. taat we are justified in saying
I'M: ev%n should heavy duty be Imposed By
the tl!iied States upon our lumber, the trade
Ec'c will in no way suffer, whatever clcct such
~ imros' might llaye Oh the markets Of the
tEited States. That heavy duty will bo i'm
''a>es', "c do not, however, believe. In tie
;ha;1"r Of lumber, which forms 80 Important
feature in "" mechanical interests Of the
c"nutry, an1 wi.h which the industry of 50
'";i!y is Intimately connected, the Govern
ncnt dare cnot, wc think, Impose higher du-
y !!san - Yer cent, which, was The tax Ievicd
II 100, before the present treaty came into
rSi-truc:.
L.lnber1ncn If cnnada have, therefore, no
Grounds for fear. With or without reciproc-
ts, our lumber rust find liz way, a. hrreto~
tore, 10 the American uurlicts, and At full
latcs.
1nc CANADIAN FlsnE.1Es.-The Proyip-
tl:1l Journalists arr tryins to reconcile them
:"lvct 10 The situation by reminding as Of the
N:iviicEe heretofore enjoyed Of flshin. IN Brit
!.nW71ers, and ut the Same :imc derive CON
ISOLATION, t!um the ltop: that lletc:lor,A they
will self l'rcct 10 the Wes, Indies, Mexico and
'trazl. instead OF selling to middlc-mcn in the
M'ed states for expectation to those coln-
:T!cs. Tie Nova Sco1in editors dilatc with
nHriion upon the immense yield Of the 1al-
t.lcs. sccund now III Importance only to agr1-
s1,"uvc, a,d capable Of still greater expansion:
i:>t yt"r t!lc product OF the fisheries exported
.Hin Nova Scotia TO foreign countries exceed
I'd III value S3,203.009. Iu the year 1864 nearly
t!'t entire yicld Of goldfish went TO the West
indies, VI hi:c most Of he Iuackcrrl and salmon
1.nnd q market IN the United States. Our
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