The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1888-09-07

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their efforts are in vain-an evil genius is
pursuing them. They have been preaching
q new gospel, proclaiming the only salvation
for Canadians was to adopt unrestricted re-
ciprocity; but even while they were preach.
ing about better trade relations the Presi.
dent of the United States and Senate took
council together to find out the best way to
harass Canada the most with the least injury
to their own country. There was little
prospect of their getting any advantage of
it when its represen natives showed such
hostility, but he was sincerely glad at the
good the Presidents message had done in
this cou ntry. Il had evoked a national
spirit which speaks through the press and
people Q both political parties. The citi-
zens of Canada were in no mood to submit
to the dictation Of any foreign power. The
liberal Press in Toronto and Montreal are
very plain in their statements. He admitted
that the President of the United States was
a great Statesman; that he was the head of
q great nation, and that the words he uttered
were Of great responsibility. The policy of
this country should be Of great prudence
and . desire to conciliate rather than to irri-
tate; to be friendly, rather than unfriendly,
with any foreign power in the world; but
this was also q great country. All u citi-
zens did not labor at developing our re-
sources. Many Canadians looked to the
trackless sea for their living, and when the
rights of their fishermen were imposed upon
it was th cir duty to uphold their rights and
the honor of their country. All that was
held up as q reason for non-intercourse was
Canada's refusal to permit American fisher
dian rail ways to the United States. The
United States chose themselves to 20 back
to the treaty of 1918 and its provisions being
enforced. There Is nothing u%nfriendly 10
that. That their conduct in selling Amer.
lean vessels was not harsh was borne out by
the support of the British government on
inquiry into every case. The United States
in 1918 gave up the right to fish within the
three-mile limit. The American fishermen
were to have no commercial privileges on
the Canadian shore. They could not sell
their fish nor buy supplies. They could
only e nter a harbor in case of storm or to
make repairs. But the renunciation of these
privileges was bought by giving American
fsherme n the right to fish along the coast
Of Labrador and Msgdalene Island; and now
they Wish to hold or to these, while they
will not give up the old one. The means of
retaliation proposed was the withdrawal of
the priv ilege to bond goods through the
United States to Canada. This privilege
was secured to them by Article 20 of the
Washington treaty, and 1t was required that
two years notice be given before any article
could be suspended. No notice of that kind
had BEEF given, and yet Cleveland, regard
less of he sacred obligations of the treaty,
proposed to end this privilege without notice
and at q single stroke. If, as Caron, the
leader Of the opposition, said at St. Thomas
the other day, our carrying trade was going
to be m uch injured, does not that show how
great a folly it would be to have commercial
arrangements with the United States? Did
yVO OvNA eV0 y w0A WAVS "uoA llS uOuS0
was or fire, wished his house larger and also
his loss? If we make the proposed arrange.
ment, the next time we get in the whirl of
American politics every vital interest of ours
will be sacrificed to win the votes of q few
wards Ia the city of New York. The Presi-
dents message Is the interruption that puts
a fatal mark across the page of Unrestricted
reciprocity aud leads the people of Ontario
to believe after the cries of q %ruinous ma
tional policy, the policy of the development
Of this country, Of making it a united coun-
try from the Atlantic to the Pacific, a policy
which enables Canada to say: "We can live
without American railways and steamship
lines; we can live in comparative comfort,
even if the United States will not deal with
us or tra de with us at ALL" All this is q
much better policy for this country than to
hand oy er its destinies to a people to sacri-
fee thes % for their political interests.