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pro1Scts II to the above enumeration coulc
Be adied-as doubtioss there might In tim,
oats. OF cattle, horses, and sheep, the boQr
would have been 80 complete as 70 leave n9itn.
Ing else TO DO desired by the average CANADIAN
1T has been the expectation that some such
Soy Of as s hss 81
sng ToEg Psssg n. n their SSSs hSd
tRins SRsa cRsfsotsr S that has induced The Govern
mont Of tho country e enforce an interprets.
nS 10 he spirit Of the ase and IN such
ssrng eontrss with y that a.. which psryadsa N
policy has carried in its train. Reciprocity,
s the Lser on mon.S
In ths Hsad rd aTard adjusted ss the
money
each S y who i9r this
what. is now, considered to be a principle Of
priceless, yalue.a principle Involved In tthe
s ssasaSSs' ass 0fsfs0ps Is ssuea taH
81 % canadian ess psSauo 4 baS $ ever free been sohss
price for all the hshing PRIVILEGES that capads
most gladly granted. Hence the change to an
Administration Numerically opposed to the
S this so Il % hi sro na
voluntary breaking down n the customs bar bar
out at the same time giving free admission to
Hmerican, ,mannfaetnres % into Ganada; ppstaeEe b a
cries question on the lines projected by the Ca
nadan Government, seconded by the English
Edministratiop. and Intellectually urged BY Mr.;
ths Senate OFT Of the Gnitsa States IN rsfusins % to
ratify the treaty has been confirmed by the
of the peacenbe adjustment Of this yexed aues-
Sa t6 Gn 81 81 Ss ss SoS
lEe 70 have settled Chan mt there 5 y the free
The change Of Administration Is, there-
The, future may well pc anIiously considered
Sy ass Ths sSs the
either one or tho other, and 1t will not be at all
which has already had to take water on more
than one occasion. will find 1t necessary to
tom io Ss bas IN 1n to
that OF closer commercial connection with
the Hnitsd ststs ,Sa anmotss the Canadian Gov
ernment is that known as the national pol
Icy, which sets up barrier s not only to the
manuiaeturer Of Enslnnd and makes the the "a farms ane
ers. the lumbermen, the fishermen, the miners
and the vast numbers dependent upon them
Involving nine-tenths of the community-pay
remaining fraction Of one. tenth. It is impossl-
ent upon natural products that have only Q
market In this country will rest content with
being completely smut out fr9m v the chance N 81
The agitation for q commercial union between
the two countries by which the manufacturers
Of the St. Lawrence and the lakes. has been
popular on both sides Of the border, because
The hs TSgd w would
products In value and volume 100 times creator
than The pr prodhncts; duet, 9f tho protected manufae-
What are Canadians talking about nowr
The question Of union between the two
thr9pRhout Canada. It is growing one oven
anee AZ @ and % good naIured indifre%renee % which pre
wallis here In relation TO the whole question Is
Which she BE- croaed Is the sSbeSe ii sss oi anSe
Those Who are loyal to BritisS Connection IN II
to connection Of any Kind. They Would Ike 10
shut themselves up entirely. and have the most
a fear that the British conneetion might BE- I'M
solpte necessity Of deyelopme9t Of Canada.
splt from commercial connection with the
sates urge o,S HPiO9
neeessarliy' disturbing the political ' con.
dition OF either. It is claimed by these that all
YOU'D Ooea unon Se
cured by commercial partnership, ut any rate
for the time being. II commerce were, Just as
Pennsylvania and Ohio the merchants OF Cleve-
land and Cincinnati would be iuet as well of as
were politically united. Certainly II Minnesota
and Manitoba could trade with each other as
as rades with
matter OF no importance SO lar as traffic and
profit are concerned. on the other hand the
question in he United States believe TT that POS pos
litical union Is necessity: while within the
81 is ~ ssdr scs q that t6s
Is very great
kaHIssntiy as you are the groposs
tee Of the United cd Sta States Senate to inyts neRo-
tiatons with Great Britain for the admission
OF Canada into the Union on the basis OF tho
No conclusion was ever reached, but sufficient
was deyeoped to INDICATE % that # was being
Seon inor@ed Of the fact haSs In the Iass
few months discussed with remarkable
acerbity the question OF political union. While
q ho 81 seek ses
the Ss1Sa
test against the disloyalty Implied In desire
All this goes to snow that agitation in relation
TO political union is prevalent; and It is very
clear that II an invitation should be made In
the terms OF Senator Sherman's proposal, a
large number Of Canadians will be inclined to
favor 1t. while 1t would greatly crafty and full
i'll the wishes OF the American people. who
naturally and very properly consider that no
country like Canada could advantageously re-
sign the attractive forces which bind together
the Commonwealths Of the republic.
"B But there are barriers to o political union
OF very serious character. In England 1t
would be Interpreted as a step toward repub-
heanism that would be considered almost fatal
ada the opposition Of the Roman Catholic
Church and the ultra loyalty of the rank and
file OF the people would make tho progress Of
tho growth OF the sentiment very slow one.
On this point have before expressed AN .opin-
country In tho world 80 loyal to its mother
country rs Is Canada; that In the hearts OF the
great body OF her people Is imbedded q senti-
ment OF loyalty that even material advantages
will not tempt to change. Possibly as tho re-
suit OF q closer commercial connection on as
might take place but so long as the
country is contented under its present political
institutions, there is little temptation afforded
10 change its political conditions. Meantime
the United States get no advantage from what
otherwise would flow from the breaking down
OF the barriers between the two countries. The
productions OF this country are far In excess OF
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