Evening journal., 1889-12-14

and Milwaukee, Detroit, Michigan, and
| Cleveland on the lakes were all
testimonies to the development of the
extreme northern portions of this great
nation. The growth Of the internal com.
merce Of these regions during the last
thirty years has been at pace so rapid
as to exceed anything that has ever hap
pened IN the history of the world. One
slight indication OF this growth and the
proportions this commerce has reached
is afforded by the traffic of the Ste Sault
Marie canal, which in the seven months
of navigation exceeded that Of the Suez
canal for the entire year. Here IN the
northern part OF North America between
! two lakes commerce had been created
within twenty five years greater than
that between two continents with com.
meree as old as civilization itself.
This also, in face Of the fact that
while the Suez canal is open all the year
round and has no competitors the Ste
| Sault Marie canal is only open seven
months and is competed with by the
most splendid railway system the world
has ever seen. The line Of demarcation
which has been established at the Dec
laration Of Independence discloses the
fact that all north of this line Is another
and foreign country, that extending from
the Atlantic on the east from Newfound-
land and Nova Scotia, stretching away
out to sea right athwart the continent
for 4, GOO miles to British Columbia. on
the Pacific, great high barrier existed
against the extension of the commerce OF
the United States any further north.
Against this impenetrable wall the
vast trade Of the United States breaks
like huge wave and rolls back upon
itself.
1T is 70 this country, and the possi-
bilities of extending tho commerce Of
the United States throughout its great
stretches, that your attention Is drawn
tonight. 1t would seem as if the United
States were asleep, so little do they
appear to apprehend the advantages that
may come from an obliteration of the
barrier that now limits their trade This
barrier consists of a barbed wire fence
1000 miles long, in the shape Of a Gus
toms line Over ehis barbed wire fence Is
collected the insignificant sum Of five mill
lion dollars year, a perfectly unnecessary
taxation, adding to the burdens of the
United States and to the burdens of
Canada. without any compensating ad.
vantage whatever. Not q loss of this
amount, but a cessation OF unnecessary
taxation to this extent, In all that is
required, while the amount in question
would be made up within ten years by
the increased revenue from the Post
Office Department.
THE gentleman on the opposite side of
the argument will no doubt tell you that
its removal will best be accomplished by
a continued Indifference on the part Of the
| United States on the one hand, or a policy
of pressure on the other. That will fetch
the Canadians to their senses, and COM
pei England to made such terms with the
United States as will eventually result In
| Canada becoming part and parcel Of this
great republic,
1.-The gentlemen who tell you this Dc
not know the spirit of Canada: they dc
not know how literally and justly-nay
/ kindly,--has Canada been treated by the
mother country, and how little insti6ca
tion there is in any attempt to throw of
the tie that binds the mother and tn,
daughter together
IF that is the case, how little iurisdic
ton is there now at this late date for
severance by forcible measures of the re
lations between Great Britain and he
greatest colony7 The severance can onl,
come--if it ever does come-by the pres
sure Of commercial fbres, by generou
, and liberal policy, and not by an antag
onistic or belligerant one.
1.-The plan BY which it is proposed Il
extend the trade Of the United States t
as far north as human life exists on th
one hand, and to permit free supply o
raw material from Canada on the other
} to create practical commercial uniol
between the two countries. 1t is pro
posed that the tariff line which now runs
athwart the continent should be lifted up
and being made of uniform height PLACED
entirely around the continent. That tn
duties collected in Montreal and Quebe
shall be precisely the same as those col
lected at New York and Boston, and tina
the political separation shall be just a
complete as it is now, but that CONNER
cially the two countries shall be one.
} "The advantage of this arrangement
to the United States wonld be that, tn
area of its commerce could be doubled
that the industries of New England
could be revivihed by an unlimited sup
ply of cheap iron coal and food; while
the mills Of Minnesota, the transporta
tion facilities of the great Northwest
could have field Of operation far beyont
the dreams Of those who founded thes
empires
The United States has already sufh
cient territory to tax the governing
capacity Of Congress; Is, 600 bills in
single session are quite as many as human
nature can stand and to double the terri
tory and to introduce new elements int
our political system would tax our assim
ilating powers to great extent.
"a much better plan would be to a
first create a freedom of trade betweei
the two countries, and if the attractiy
forces Of the institutions of the Unite'
States are such as they appear to be, tn
pressure Of attraction might draw thi
vast continent within its borders, or
what would be better. encourage TIL
creation Of great republic on the north
J 1t is clear that the first duty Of th
statesmen Of the United States is to en-
! couragesthe closest relations with Canada
because by that means, and that alone
will that country be brought into lin,
} with the progress. hberality and enter
} prise of the republic"
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