, 1874-07-28
RECIPROCITY.

RECIPROCITY. a.
Our Commercial Relations will
| Canada. .-
Memorandum Of tho British Commission.
ers to Negotiate Treaty..
The Toronto Globe publishoa In full tho mann.
eranaMm unlimited to tia Secretary Of State By
6lr Edward Thornton and tho Hon. George
DroTn, Who wero authorized to negotiate aud
conclude Canadian reciprocity treaty with our
01yoInment; Th9y preSent long array Of ag
rfes ~. af@Mn nTom United States SOURCES show
for sho laht fifty years has boon largely to tho
advantage OF tho United States, and thai A..
pocaaly we're NO benefited by tho reciprocity
treaty Of 1854, during tho thirl teen yoara Of ita
tlo aggregate Interchange OF commodities bo-
tween tho Republic and tho PROVINCES roso from
80 annual average Of s14 230, 7G9 In tho preyious
hf to year, s.t TO ,esS of q s9s s9st.soo
gold currency @ ~ in tha sieond %
| year Of its existonce; to e5008O. no. rnld
n lts third yoar and to no loas sum than
sa4 o65, at war pricos. n its thirteenth yoar.
41Qtn1Int1A
| actor Of tho circumstances arising from tho ~
tsteneo of civil war during considerable nortion
Of the troaty'a existence, by which tho irnporte
from tho Provinces were greatly increased in
inces as naturally reduced In quantity. lin ha,,
nnco of trade, during the existence oil Tho trcaty
was largely in favor Of tho United States. IL
tho thirteen years Of It's operation, they son-
tln!lo "the Provinces purchased from tie Ne-
public commodities nccordiug 10 thu Unitod
statc1 returns to tho value Of $346 1870. AGA, and
tho Hepubllc purchased from tho ProYfncea
ss2' 726, go, ie1yina groas cash balance IN fa-
but tho balance WAS in fsok much laronr
than this. During tho frat tan wars ~
tho treaty, tho transactions between tha
countries showed q ooar bnlenoo in favor
Of the United Statcs Of aG2 MA 54s Thot hi;
anoo appears from tho Initial 6tntoa rotmrns ~ =,
haYe beon reduced, by tho onnratona ~ H. III. -
lowing tt,roo yoarB, to tlo amount Of a9l 4Sa 3as
but this arose, no doubt. from lin infntsd
easos from tho proyeoa worn nSe aie nor sns Untea t
treaty during tho War-thoro beinr m nmato,,u sn
duty to ueosssitate ACCURACY. and oyarv tan,nta.
tlon to generalization on tho part Of tIo impofter.
British Provinces (which nro eocnrateIv pout1
tho Provinces purchased from tho Repubfo DIR.
,ug tho th,rtoen ycars In question cn,nnno1Stia.
to the aggregate value Of s3Gs Isl, ,os8, eod WI
%aton, sal IT. The Republic purchased from the
ing Us tho sum total Of tho results Of tho treatv
Of 1861 an aggregate internaIonn, t,nfo stoae{ u
$685., ,800, ,2t9, md gold balance in favor nf Tia
Republic Of S95 5,C75,957." sA'
Tho fact is also adduced tha. tho transport,-
ton traffic sent to and brourht from Sara;1,
countries by tho PROVINCES in hand ovar r.
railways aud canals and Ia tho ocean sh;ns sn;3
aeanlora trading from United Stntoa norts rnao
unlor tho operation Of tic troaty to An io,nor.
tance secondary only to The traits n II domapptio
productions; and it Is alao notnn lint hv 1;rt,o
Of that trcaty, the Canadian cana]s and fhe n"r.
gation Of tho Ht Lawrence wara trnsV,, nnsn ~
tic Ii p, ships and comno.ee et tlo Unltod ststos
Canadian people, who had spont vast sums In
their construction. As tho browning conoosaon
eniosed By us under It, we aro reminded that tho
SG Mar1 Of the priceless coast fisheries Of Brit
Coming, then, to tho ropoal Of tho ttoaty in
1866, ton tho ground that the ad7autagos from
it wore all On tho side OF the United States, tho
oournsgionere onumerate the resulss on tho |
successful efforts Of CANADA to opon now mar
kots, tho construction Of tho Intorcolonia1 Rail
road, tho enlargement Of the canalB tho i'm !
provement Of tho navigation Of, the lakeB and |
Yerte Canal to connect tic Waters ot tbs 81 Ba5 % q
Fundy and tho st.. Lawrence. the subsidlzing Of
ocean and rlvor steamship limos, aud she pro-
motion Of great p-bntlding and fishery in.
teresta. % We are told, further, that "tho
trn!tie botWeen the United States and tho |
Provinces at once fell from an average
during tho three ycara before tho rApaal
(accordng to American official statistics) of near
Y $75 o0o, 600 per anuuu,, to average Of s57,-
ooo, ,ooo por annum during tho drst three yeass
following repeal; the Act Of Confederation, too.
removed from tho category Of foreign commerce
TO that OF homo consumption tho larga inter-
changes Of commodities between tho several aoo-
Iions Of tho Dominion; aud the aggregate for
oign commerce OF tho Provinces consequently
fell ~ the first year aftor the repeal Of the treaty
to $3.50 616 from s1Go, 400 465 In the pravioua
year,. Tho trade Of the Dominion, howoyer,
speedily recovered from tho blow, and tho vol
tame Of itn foreign commerce gradually Increased
until. In tho seventh year from tho repol OF tho
treaty. Il reached the great sum (for peopls Of
900 oo0) Of s2a5, ,301, ,203-being $76,000,00o
higher than 1t had ever reached il any year Of
tho treasy's existence"
Moreover, our trado With Canada fell OF large
y after the repoal, tho proportion Of the foreign
g commerce Of Canada transaotod With tLe United
per cent In 1867: In 1863 to Il pef cent: IN ls1D