, 1869-05-07
ANEW RECIPROCITY TREATY

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ANEW RECIPROCITY TREATY.
The WAYS :.nd Means Committee, some
tins, before the Adjournment of Congress,
L..d under discussion the proposition for
uvw rcc;l,soci:;; Treaty with the Dominion
Provinces. The matter was finally raferrei
tr = s':l-c,:n,n;tsce consisting Of Mess1s.
Sc,;enek. Of Ohin, and Brooks. Of New
York. TLese gentlemen were directed 10
investigate the whole subject anl report
w...the. i: VIC; advisable or uc: to negotiate
4 u-v treaty, A Washington despatch
>.v>: !:
The committee had free conferences with the
cry. a'rl it ras thought salt Con2rcss would not
-;IsoTc u! LIE ucxo:iatlou by Lac oor1mitsec,an
ci>clrtion wsa agreed upon hy the committee, and
t.n.ls with lac DoraIn,nn ol c,lnada looking to I
.rcats 8os ae r1cc navigation Of the St. L.~rence
KlvcE. the protection Of the Amr11can nshrr1es,
MID rccttiFeea! trade with the provinces The
asltsCsu;.ect Of Congress then followed. aud Sec
n:A-r Fish MAS c141rti upon hy tho Canadian
:.taoE.:rs 10 suSges: sonc p1aa for negotiation
II .r.EG tie derr OF that government u conclude
suhni, 10 Cons1rss =: Inc next session. Tnrpogt
so:ne arrangement the WayE a1a Mems Commit
Tee hare aEz.n become interested tn the subject,
aad the committee 0: soDe Of the members OF 1t
viii, during the summer, y1s1s Montreal and Ost1
"a u an otaeA caTaetty, 1or the purpose Of OBJ
Eervsiion and CONFERENCE"
Senator Fessenden, We Observe, ia In o.
tawa, the Canadian capita It is said that
be is looking into the question of reeiproci-
Is. and was present when Mr.. Gait made
his reply te Senator Chandler IN bellicose
speech.
The Canadian authorities are intensely
1n1ious for renewal Of the late so-called
reciprocity treaty, in which the products Of
the British Provinces shall have free md
unrestricted access to our markets, while a
j, heavy ta1 IS lsid Oh all American uanufao-
tures which enter the colonies. They par
2eive that treaty of this kind must be
clade in order to allay The profound discon-
tent that exists IN Ill parts of the Domin-
= ion. The American tariff bears heavily on
The Canadian turner's and lumbermen. rhs
prices Ut all kinds Of agricultural and for
est products are twenty-five to thirty per
cent lover. on gold basis, II the provinces
tl:au iii the ''S.;ltes," in consequence Of
those duties, The effect is to make farm.
in; unprontAble, and farms unsalable, and
the people Mscontented. Emigration from,
al the provinces to the United States is
unprecedented. and seems to be on the in.
crease. 4 Scw York despntch sars:
The roads 1esllag to SeEm,at are fnt! Q!
Na'-t'ns aod carts. Ecapcd With the household
rurds aad wives an'! chlrcn o.! sac unfcrfu.
Rates. Tying from r03ntry whrrc starvation Goa.
t:ns:alls tfrat.ns them IN o11 h9sptAb!t fields a7d
:nwEA tD" single sentiment Bce31< to Antn 1sr
;hcm-thaf OF JOY at t1e!f e3ca2A Canada, they
say. IL ruined, uni .,..hi1 IL. uan,r1fi,m b III
profound convection loo. of those who sealain bs
land hut the! do moi iuow how " go to work te
'''lng a''ss' :l': step they 50 ardenty desire"
i despatch from Montreal OF May ]
says that ''foar hundred and thirty French
'cu,adLrns left yesterday for Boston aud
.'Aew York" While Canala is thu
,o>il.:, industrial population, the anthori
tics are at their wits end te
stop the outAov, without resortint
= TO annexation Anything but that TO
!; them They are admirers Of the "Britis1
j; Constitute on" and love to call themselve
! British subjects, and to ape the manner
!, .nd style Of the nobility and gentr
I If the ''mother country" The
lave craving fondness for titles {
!, 2obility, and coats Of arms, garters, Eibbor
!: md stars They prize these baubles fl
!, above the materil prosperity Of Il
I provinces, md arc resolved to postpo1
!: annexation Us long rs possible, and hoI
/ to defeat it altogether. But a renewal
I the late reciprocity is siae qua non. II
!. popular discomfort cannot be allaJod Wit
4 out it. The growing and spreading desi
= fc- annexation can only be arrested l
+. securing free access to the American ms
!; kets for all the products Of the province.
!, rs ttcsc narkets the masses arc determin,
! to reach Boomer or later-if not by recipr
! city, then by annexation. Hence, the pc
kstent efforts Of the rulers of the Dominic
!, 10 iuyeigle the American Government in
renewing TINT one-sided treaty.
: Leading American Journals and state
men have proposed zo1lverein treaty, en-
!, bracing the snue scale Of duties, diyisic
i. of receipts in proportion to the papulatio
:; u the two countries, the Same rate Of inte
nal taxation ca whiskey and tobacco, post
reciprocity. free coaztwise trade and frt
c1chuu5e Of all products Of both cuunt1ie
! including fisheries, coal, lumber and man
! f"ctures- But the ruyalist press ard thelea
!, CTS Of the Dominion reject this propnsitie
i III the grounds that such commesci
y union would speedily lead to a polite
= union, which they bitterly oppose and 4
resolved to defeat at all hazards mud tn
: vii probably he successful for some tin
onge1. But one thing they may as well u
d. lefstand now as later: that the Amerie.
government will not renew the late tsea,
y ihich admitted to our markets the surpl
+. products Of CanadA and exclud
.. frsm their markets the mauufactur
i! ef the United States There il ali
i chance for any reciprocity scheme that DO
= not embrace the principles Of the Germ
Zollvereia ever finding faror in the eyes
! Congress OF the President. The best sol
: tion uf the whole matter is to let the pr,
!. ent commercial relations between the cor
lr!es s.aud just as they are for few ye!
longer, when tho n1assss Of the Douini
= people viii be ready to force their autho
ties to negotiate zollverein reciproc
/: treaty, OF. better still, treaty Of anne1ai
I und union with tie American Republic