, 1879-03-28

60 earnestly clamorcd, but the possession
does not seem to afford all tllo qualification
tint was expected. No class In sntisfed. Tho
Government followed tho rtblio demand and
framed Inv. aimed at tho exclusion Of
american products. This, theoretically, was
very gratifying to The anti Yankee sentiment
Of tho country; but nevertheless, when tho
blow at tho Ynnkees ia also felt severely by
oil classes Mt home, thoro Is considerable dis
content. Tho interests of tho maritime States
of the Dominion ditfor from those Of the in
torior Provinces.
Tho Atlantic Provinces export several mill
ions Of dollars worth of bitu,ninous coal to
tho United States annually, ana buy cheap
flour and othor goods in exchange. Ontario
buys anthracite conl from tho United Statcs
In making up thu new tariff a duty Is placed
on American coal takon into Oanada, but n
duty In also plaood on the American goods
which tho Noya scotians have been getting
in exchange for their coal sent to Nowfounsl-
laud. Exactly how protection protects III
TINT case Is yet to bo fo,,ud ont. Tho ca
nadian manufacturers hud as q result that
they will havc to pay moro for thoir coa1 be.
cause of tho protection, thereby adliug to
thoir cost Of production, mud tho Canadian
railways find In tho increasol coat Of coal
matser Of serious exponsc.
In anticipation Of tho change In tho tariff
tho country had been pretty generally stock.
cd with American goods, which, insteal of
bong sold at previous low prices, aro now
selling to tho Canadians nt tho advanced
prices secured by tho protection. Hardly
Ind the new tariH been declared In operation
before thoro was general advance in prices
Of evory kind of goods that ontora into
domestic usea. This advance has fallon with
especla! severity on two classos, who embrace
thrce-fourths Of tho population. The agri-
culturlsts, tho prices Of whose products aro
regulated by foreign markets, find TINT,
without any adyauco In tho price Of what
they havo to sell, they havo to pay
somo 20 per cent moro for everything
they havo to buy. Even in tho matter Of tea
and sugar, u heavy duty has beon imposed to
prevent tho purchase Of those things from
the United Stntcs. Tho working or tho
wnges class find themselves suddenly taxetl
20 per cent additional on oil tlsoy have to
huy,-that Ia, 1t now requires $1,20 to p,,r.
c4aso clothing, boots mud shoes, conf. f1lrni.
tire, woo1en and cotton cloth, which 81
would hayo bought before thu cl,nngo in tho
tariff, nnd there is no corresponding increase
in wngas. The cost of producing everything
in TIC way OF manufactures Inns boon in
creased, thereby cutting of whit foreign
trado tho Dominion has had, mud the homo
consumption must decline in proportion to
tho advance in tho cost Of production.
Tho policy of tho Canadian Government
has heretofore been explained in these
columns. II is to so incroaso the tlutiea on
American goods rs to compel tho United
| Suites to accept commercial uon.intercourso
with Canadn, or to SO reduce tho American
tariff as to establish reciprocal or uniform
rates botwcon tho two countries, Tho souti.
1nent of tho r,coplo Of Canada In, PERHAPS,
despito tho nuti-Yankce proiudicos. iu fayor
of reciprocal trade with tic United States,
especially NJ Canada sold to this country
lnrpcly in excoss of her nuychoscs. The
| Government, therefore, has nssnmed thnt
tic Canadian tariff will hayo tho effect,
costly as it may te 10 tho Cauoljnn pcople.
of cocrcing tho United States into Il trcaty
| of reciprocal freq trade or the reduction ol
tl,e Amnricnn forir In uniform rntoy will
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| 1ho ro'leJ Vi coo1e'oh III ohn ot uouottItl
succeHa. Tho United States can gut atont
! very we'll without my trotln will, f,nnaf]a
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close SO mnch OIL that tfauo rs IL NOT alroad,
| closed by tho notion Of tho Canadian Gov
orn,nent, Wa tl,ln1t spcl, n no1Icv ,vho1I,
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W." '"'''|,.' W. 'A.''N '''' "ea' 4a'e'oa'e
both countries GIN 10 promoted NY cioa'
alll intimate commercial union. tic ol,iiter
ation of ull conl,,croiuI boundaries. mud tn,
| t,au.sx.t,. H., 1,.;.:u,, nuo.,,,,u .,,,.,
.'"o o.".". -. - Wv ''''''' 'o''''eos wiz
tho 'Ii'le" stascs ~ QUO anloli Tor MI com
lnoreial PURPOSES. We hnvo looked for
l,opuJ tint o,,t of thia extraordinary autio,
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'''i'H' "o'''' pe esla'''a1cs1. Accofat1s u
~ ai'eafaheea' parties IN oaiaa''a w'l1 aooi
.dlfluh Oil kl1la very question:, ltl0 "NRt1Qfa