Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1874-09-23

provinces retained by Great Britain rs stra-
tegetical necessities nor give those provinces
an advantage over our sister states more dis
tant from Atlantic markets luexorable
transportation in some sort protects us from
the great praries of the West but the Cana.
das hang directly on our TANKS.
Some of the coarser and ruder manufac-
lures, il is also proposed shall be- received
| reciprocaly free Of duty, but we have been
notified that the same privileges granted to
us would be conceded 10 Great Britain, and
| thus, II there should be- anything among the
I enumerated articles that we might possibly
/ furnish cheaper than Canada we must then
stop and consider whether We can furnish
/ them cheaper than Great Britain before we
attempt 30 win the trade. At Waterloo Ma
| polcon had surely conquered Wellington, but
| Wellington and then Bluchcr finished the
worlds greatest military genius. Though
We should yauquish Canada, the Bluchcr al
lies are in the rear
Canada and Australia the most advanced
OF British colonies in intelligence and enter
PRISE repudatc the frec-tiadc dogmas of the
Imperial government, and, by protection
which does protect have started many flour
ishmg manufactures. Some of these, it is
likely, We might ,u1ass, but they would be
more easily surpassed by the British Empire
and John Bun. Satum-like, does not seem 90
shrink from deyouiing his own offspring
That may be- an agreeable operation il Can
ada can stomach IT, Let her Judge. But
what would the privilege be- worth to MS Of
contest with Great Britain for the iron trade
in Canada. or for the trade IN satinets and
twccdsY The sturk did not get much of
dinner, as | remember when invited 10 dine
with the fox.
II. however Great Britain were TO be cx-
cudrd, as she cannot be- raw materials be-
ing cheaper in Canada, taxation less, and
labor not more than siXty-nine to seventy per
cent. Of the wage, paid here, it is greatly to
be apprehended that the treaty might result
either ia reducing the wages OF labor here or
in transferring much of the capital now en-
ployed here Ia the other side Of he line. Our
manufacturers Of wool, of leather aud Of iron
and steel. could not now safely encounter
such competition at home, and much less
abroad The lumber which would come in
would be brought in more or less manufac-
turcd state Boards would soon joe planned
tuugued and grooved doors, blinds and sash.
hed-toads and chairs ready-madc; building
stone granite slate and frce-,toue, would all
have received the artisans last finishing
touch. Ruohng-,latc now comes i'm consider
able quantities from the Provinces though
charged with thirty-fiye per cent. duty. Re
move this duty, and how long would the bust
ness remain profitable in Vermont
There are many articles which ! have
long thought should be mutually exempted
from duty by the respective countries. such
as lumber and coal, but this should be- done
by the legislative action of the governments.
Just as the free-lst Of the United States was
very much enlarged in 1872 and | cannot
suppose the United States House OF Repre-
seutatiyes, after terminating with so much
alacrity the treaty Of 1851 will ever again
consent to surrender to the treaty-making
branches of the government it's constitutional
share of the power which belongs to Con
| gress, " to regulate commerce with foreign
nations and among the several states" nor
am | willing to believe that the Senate will
I attempt to invade or 20 cripple the exclusive
[ power belonging to the House. to originate
revenue bills The reciprocity experiment
/ has once been tried. greatly to our discom-
[ fort, and when it afforded the greatest profits
| TO our neighbors. when it should have been
/ to them, if ever am oveunastering argument
of ainity and Cancellation, then it was that
/ these now lamb-like neighhors were found
rampant with the national anmosities. more
| British than the British themselves and
most eager to smite under the fifth rib
/ Under the treaty of 1871 we have the
privilege TO navigate the st. Lawrence river
/ beyond where it forms the mutual boundary
| line, within the Canadian Dominions. and the
| Imperial government agreed to urge that we
/ should also he permitted to use on equal
/ terms the Welland and st. Lawrence Canals,
/ for which we have Welded absolutely the
right TO use the st. Clair Flats Canal, the
navigation Of Lake Michigan and Of the Por-
| cupine and some other rivers and We also
have agreed TO urge that the Canadian Do
| miuiou shall be permitted to use the state
| canals and to have the same enlarged I'm
addition to this, it is now proposed by the
/ Dominion government to enlarge their canals
/ and to build within six years the Caugh-
nawaga Canal, twenty-nine and half miles
/ long, and estimated 10 cost two million and
a half of dollars. When built we are to have
/ the use Of it, if we want it. by paving the
/ usual tolls. The remarkable feature of re-
/ ciprucity in canals if all should be done that
Canada proposes, is, that We grant the use Of
canals in the United States. nine hundred
and ninety-,even miles in length, for the use
OF eighty-three and one-half miles of Cana
dian canals, or about twelve for one
The Caughnawaga Canal should Of course
be built, and will be buit-treaty or no
treaty. The subject has been agitated for
eighteen years. On our side of the line we
may think the agitation disproportionate to
the length of the canal, but they have granted
a charter which, having expired, has been
renewed The capital required is not very
large, and ii bids fair to be a safe investment
although the tolls from all other Canadian
canals do not pay what it COSTS salaries Of
officers included, TO keep them in repair
This is likely to do better, however, and must
be built 1t was a part of the understand
ing, when the union of the provinces under
! one government was established, that it
should he built. They will demand it,
whether the make-weight offer TO us shall be
accepted or not. 1t is greatly needed by the
Canadians to get their timber from the
Ottawa by a shorter and cheaper route. Ii
Will not much diminish the cost of lumber to
us. ~ they will continue, and perhaps in
crease their export duty on timber and logs,
but it will he in some other respects great
convenience and perhaps somewhat increase
the through traffic on our railroads east of
Lake Champlain. The benefits TO accrue TO
the owners of Canadian timber lands, by
their increased value, will insure the build.
ing of this canal, and when built, the owners
OF the canal win gladly accept of any tolls
Tor its support, and as readily from Ameri-
can rs from their masters CRISIS,
cannot avoid the conclusion that. ON the
whole it would be mwise and thoroughly
milk-and-water craftsmanship, for the United
States TO consent TO be chained to the stake
of reciprocity for twenty-four years, happen
what may, fixed and irreyocable, however
disastrous it might prove TO many of the
great interests of the country and however
repugnant the innovation may be on the !
ancient and usual Interpretation of the CON
stitution relative to the imposition of duties /
on imports,
MORE LEARNING FOR FARMERS
There is one subject 10 which the atten- |
tion OF farmers cannot be called too often. |
nor too earnestly, and that is the subject of /
general and special education. They pay
the most taxes for It's support, and Ia pro-
portion 10 numbers, derive the least advan-
tage therefrom. They need more help on
the farm, and too seldom permit their boys,
when able to work, TO attend school in spring,
summer or autumn, and only let them browse
IN winter ON the scanty twigs of learning
supplied 10y the common school. Then, II
there is one of the family whose physical
condition Is puny and weak, so little OF the
brave that the Algonquins might have
thought not worth raising, that one often to
the exclusion of all the more robust, is
pushed forward for a liberal or collegiate ed
ucation For those stout enough to carry on
faruiuu il IL sometimes falan Ion ,,,a,,tol !