St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-03-21

owing to their nearness to the North
pole; While the deep frost which, during
.nS Winter, was so severe, never quite
le1t the ground. but an emulation oc-
CURED which kept the roots of the wheat
piant moist, so that conjunction was
formed of the heavens above and the
Earth beneath to make this the most
favored spot where wheat can be grown.
The fact was rather startling one that
within the purview of Canada half the
fresh water of the globe could be found,
and that the tlsh products of such re-
giOns as the Lake of the Woods, Lake
Winnipeg, AthabaSca. and such great
streams as the Assiniboine and Saskat-
chewan, could be made available for the
sustentation of life throughout the
Northwestern states.
Mr.. Wiman then detailed at length
the
ENORMOUS RESOURCES OF CANADA,
dwelling especially upon her mineral
wealth, and pointed out the fact that
Canada possesses greater stores of iron,
easier mined, and more accessible to
Eastern manufacturing centers, than
any other country in the world. That
the popularity of Canadian iron was
that it possessed qualities peculiarly
adapted to mix with the ores of the
United States. That while Southern
ores were high in phosphorus, Canadian
ores were low in that commodity;
and he stated that what the Devil
was to religion, phosphorus was
to iron, SO that the Canadian
in the absence of this Ingredient.
Speaking of copper, he said that the
north shores of Lake Superior were far
more rich than the south shores, in
which latter such development had
taken place. That at Sudbury juno
ton, readable by Pullman car from
Chicago, there were mines of copper
whose product was far greater than that
ever dreamed of in the Calumet and
Hecla mines; and that stores of nickel,
one of the most valuable ores in the
world, were here to be found ready for
development. In numerous other min
erals, as asbestos, mica, phoSphateS and
marble, and stones of great value, Can
ada was especially rich.
Turning again to the main question
of commercial union between the United
States and Canada Mr.. Wiman said that
extremely simple; a political union be-
tween the United States and Canada
was now not only impossible, but really
undesirable. The United States had
quite as much territory as it could we'll
handle, and the spectacle of 1000 bills
being presented in the first few weeks
of the session of congress indicated how
great was the strain in government de-
partmentS, without taking in another
half of continent. Besides this, the
people of Canada were unalterably loyal
to British institutions. and it was the
extremity of folly to think of forcing
any political movement of this kind
just now. Politicians South and
North would be equally opposed to
the requirement Of vast additions
to the electoral vote, while so far as
trade and commerce was concerned,
precisely the same objects could be
achieved by commercial union as by
suits of limited agitation in Canada
during the last year in favor of this
movement had been such as to
ASTONISH THE POLITICIANS,
and that it only needed an invitation
from the United States to break down
the barrier between the two countries,
to have the people of Canada vote two
to one in favor of it. He paid glow
ing tribute to Mr.. ButterWorth, who had
introduced the bill into congress to eX-
tend an invitation of this character, and
said that if Chicago and the Western
states would only insist upon the pas
sage of that bill this session, the
invitation would be SO alluring
to Canada that at the next general
election in the Dominion, parliament
would be selected that would by con-
current legislation accept the invitation,
and at once and forever obliterate the
trade barriers that exist between the
fu,r Liv,ie af
tinent. The railroad complications
which had arisen through the interstate
law prevailing in the United States,
and not prevailing in Gambia, could be
made a part of the settlement, because
the Canadians would gladly provide for
the enforcement of similar regulations,
SO far as American products are con-
cerned in their passage through Canada.
Fortunately the recent negotiation of
the treaty regarding the fisheries re-
moved the only question which
needed attention by the imperial
government; and Canada, possessing
the power, as she does, in her own par
lament, to regulate her own taxation,
can readily, if she chooses, admit every
American product and manufacture free
of duty, as compensation for the adj
mission of all her products and manu-
features into the markets of the United
States. 1t is true that a disallOwance
can act, by which England might posi-
bly, disallow this act of the Canadian
parliament; but
SHE WOULD THINK TWICE
before she would doom her greatest col
Ony to perpetual isolation from trading
with the greatest nation the sun ever
shOne upon.
The independence of Canada from a
fiscal point of view gives her an enOr-
nous advantage. and if England did re-
fuse to permit her to take the step in
the direction of unrestricted trade with
the United States, nothing could occur
in the whole history of the connection
that would so soon sever the relations
that exist. But no such thought is in
the minds of the people of Canada.
Those in Canada or England who look
deepest consider that contented, pros
porous and great people, trading with
their best customers without restriction,
are much more likely 10 be loyal to ex-
listing conditions, than apeople hemmed
in and isolated and their country for
ever doomed to be bound up in swad-
ding clothes. On. the other hand,
there are Americans who believe
ohoo Wioi Siiiei SSNt oioSiO QuO OOCiul
intercourse, and with the attrac-
tions of the great republic freely and
fully opened to this country in the
North, it could not longer resist the at
tractive forces which here prevail to-
wards political absorption. These
great problems may we'll be left for the
future to take care of. Whatever the
manifest political destiny of the other
half of the continent may be, it is not
for us now to discuss. Let us be con-
tent with
A UNION FOR THE MOMENT,
based upon the highest and largest con-
ception of commercial privileges and
commercial advantages; union which
shall be more fitting to the proportions
of the continent than that which even
now politically exists; a union that will
open up vast regions of territory for
settlement by European peoples; that