, 1866-01-31
RECIPROCITY TREATY.

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Treaty between the United States and Can.
ada one year longer, and during that wear the
President is authorized to appoint two CON.
missioners or envoys 10 negotiate a trentv
with the Provinces and Great Britain. either
jointly or severally, to regulate commerce
and navigation between the respective ter7ito-
RIGS and the people Of the said PROVINCES and
the Enited States, on terms reclprocaIly hen
eNcial.
By comparing this DRAFT with the provisions
Of the existing agreement, the reader will get
an idea Of the one-ssded and unfair character
of The so-called Reciprocity Treaty between
The two countries.
The new bill for treaty provides "that
Canada hhal repeal..au duties and tariffs on
salt, cars. locomotives, vehicles OF ali kinds,
machinery, furniture, tool, implements, SOAP,
stnsch, boots, shoes, leather, horse shoe nails,
harness, taeks, hrads, watches, mnsic and
!!sssda1ca1 Instruments, clocks, tin and wooden
ware, mousseline de 1sines, coarse shswls,
eaiinets, sheetfngs and shlrilngs, worth less
than one dollar per pound and raise her In
tefual tax and duty on spirits to at least IS
cents per gallon, wine measure.'' The last
clause Ia to prevent smuggling. Tire canudi-
IN excise on whisley Is inconsiderable.
Reducing our tax to dollar, while theirs Is
increased TO seventy-tlyc cents, makes them
SO nearly alike that the smugglers' profits
would not be enough to Justify The expense
and risk which he must incur to prosecute his
traffic.
The articles enumerated arc the very things
the Canadian people do not produce in sufH-
cicnt quantities to supply their own con-
sumption, and which We hare in abundance
for sale The Canadians want free access to
the American markets for all the surplus pro-
ducts of their fields and forests, Last wear
they Slipped and sold upwards Of thirty one
million dollars worth of their lumber,
grain and cattle, gold value, in the
ports of the United States free OF tax,
or 1mpost OF any Kind; and in re-
turn for this most valuable privilege, the
Canadian Government ie'ied heavy impost
dutS on each OF tie articles Of American pro-
duc1ion named In the above list. What we
pave Tor sale snlted to the Canadian market,
"'eu td1ea. "ha1 they have for sale suited to
our masket, eatsTea FREE Of duty; and this sort
ot 'ng-nanaleo garter or exchange, cur Cana
aIan ne'enDoss eau 1fee'proeay' and elanoF
loF .,s renewal 1os len gears longer. They are
pulu6 toetnseNss :. 10 ereat trouble to con-
smes n..sn w. tna' ! ~ vesy n,ce RECIPROCITY and
-. ~ .s,,.is Eontao'e 10 US, ano that
W.. w. ~ .sa m.ae .se sums o. mo-
-. ~ 1a.'o"' ~u'cn eney OF
.oaas.,.o - .ose. out We oo mol ask them
tSsn ~ so.s souMcc WIN US N which
AZ e.a...eNa.,e ~. eeu auo We eonupuauy getting
1 ~. - "a Ius nl san' ~ taey try 10 make
~ s,S.ss, ~. ., aon MILL 10 oFeffeach our
ou'o's ., ~ tn'S way
!ns o.l ~ oao,e congress Will suit this
eouns uuu'teiy oea9er 1aan tne Treaty,
e:.1 " eaPi's. Mnat oD>eeuons eau the Co
nuoans - oae' agans' fefhaps they may
eay tiia' !" wiz cost 1nem nSe millions Of
Is'su NJ" ootaineo W taahs American
Noaaels' 10. tne1n support the Govern
s,'aat srs ~ aa 'ne e.a'ts o. tn1s cnaon support
11sa,e -. .- esS taHn..on IN properly
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