The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1888-10-19
FREE TRADE IN LUMBER,
What q Former Canadian Member Of Par
Lament says About u.

What Former Canadian Member Of Par
lament Says About L.
Francis Wayland Glen. OF Brook Ign. for
many years a member OF the Canadian
parliament. furnishes an interesting tariff
talk
"Before the reciprocity treaty of 1854
was abrogated resided In Canada and
manufactured saw mill machinery
therefore understand the Views Of lum
bermen on free trade In lumber Many OF
them were In parliament with me. and
therefore am able to say that there Ii not
O manufacturer Of lumber I'm Canada who
does not believe that II lumber were put
on the free list in this country the price
Of lumber In Canada would advance nearly
or quite the full amount of the duty taken
of, and that the convertible value of
timber limits would be enormously In.
creased. ra
las the increase In the value Of lumber
In Canada would be clear profit. all lumber
men. without distinction of party, favor
free trade with the United States in that
product The amount Of lumber sent
from Canada to this market is not suf
fcient to control the price. and conse-
quently the Canadian producer. and not
the American consumer. will reap the
benefit OF the removal Of tho American
duty
1.-THE day after the free wool clause was
adopted by the lower house of congress
the leading journal Of Canada reported
the wool market as being Every much ex-
cited and quotations suspended" holders
believing that II the duty werc removed
the price in Canada. like that of lumber,
would DO advanced nearly or quite as much
as the amount Of the duty taken of.
, ''The journal referred to advocates q
tariff for revenue only and would not
have so reported the wool market unless
compelled to do SO as a faithful reporter.
The Canadians believe that reciprocity In
national products will add millions an.
nually to the value Of their exports to
this country. They are quite willing to
abandon their fishery claims for O much
less valuable consideration. Canadians
know good thing when they see it, and
are, therefore, anxious to have lumber
and wool admitted to this country free of
duty. knowing that 1t will increase the
value of. these products in Canada b.,
"a short time since Dominion parlis-
mentary election was being held in an
Ontario riding. In advocating the claims
of tho Liberal candidate tho leading four
nal (anti-protection), to show the farmers
of the riding the value of reciprocity as
advocated by the Liberal candidate, in an
editorial, quoted from late return the
quantity of grain and the number Of cat
tic raised in tho riding, and added the
American duty to each class. and declared
that the total sum (some hundreds of
thousands OF dollars) represented the
value of reciprocity to the farmers of the
riding for single year, although this
journal for the past forty years has in.
sisted that the consumer pays the duty
Leading Tories resident in Canada
during war times always argued that if
England recognized the Confederacy she
would have permanent FREQ trade oily,
because the government would be founded
upon the theory that the laborer is chat
tel, and therefore there could not be any
Industrial development or any CONNER
cial marine, consequently English ships
would carry the raw products of the
south to England and return in payment
the products of English manufactures.
And that further, England, having
her Canadian provinces on tho north and
her free trade ally on the south, could So
riously cripple, if not crush, tho indus.
trial development of the then loyal states.
What England failed to accomplish at
that time it is now proposed to secure
through united south and such north
ern Democrats as prefer party to indus
trial independence.
eff consumers in this country will study
the condition Of the markets and not the
'nlaxims and theories Of John c. Calhoun,
reiterated by Messrs. Mills, Carlisle and
the Breckinridges, and automatically re-
peated by President Cleveland, they will
soon be convinced that competition among
home producers fixes the market price in
this country Of manufactured goods, and
not the amount of duty placed upon i'm
ports, and that they are safer in the hands
of home manufacturers under protective
tariff than they would be at the mercy of
q foreign manufacturer under tariff for
revenue only.'"-New York Press.