St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-03-09
CANADIAN PARLIAMENT.
Shipping Of Seamen in Unitec
States Vessels---The Reciprocity
Debate.

shipping OF Seamen in UniteC
States Vessels---The Reciprocity
Debate.
OTTAWA, Ont, March SIN the house
Of commons to-day Mr.. Weldon asked
what Instructions, if any, had been
given to the shipping master in st. John,
n. B., as to the shipping of seamen i'll
United States vessels. He desired to
know if the government had received
any official notice or had otherwise been
Informed of letter of the Secre-
ztary of the treasury of the United
States, to the secretary of the state
upon the subject, in which he says:
"And should the Canadian government
approve of the action of the shipping
| master at st. John, shall deem it my
duty to instruct the officers of this de-
partment to require all shipments of
seamen upon British vessels in Ameri-
can ports to be made before United
foreign consular officers" Sir Charles
Upper, minister of marine and
fisheries, stated in 1eply that he
had not issued any instructions
on the subject and that he had not re-
ceiyed any official intimatiOn of letter
from the secretary of the United States
| treasury, The galleries were crowded
last night to hear the renewed debate
on Sir Richard Cartwright'S resolution,
calling upon the government to imme-
diately take steps to ascertain upon what
conditions the United States would be
willing to enter into unrestricted recip-
rocity with Canada. Sir Charles Tull-
per, minister of marine and fisheries,
attempted to defend the policy of the
government as that of dignity and self
respect. They were not going to WASH
ington begging for a treaty as the
liberal party would have them do. but
would stand upon firm footing and
wait until the first advances came from
the otner side of the line. The liberals
have gone wild over the little encOur-
agement they had received when the
Hit resolution was before congress the
other day and he was willing they should
enjoy themselves il they could gather
crumb of comfort from the fact. 1t would
be the duty of this government, however,
10 vote down Sir Richards resolution.
In following Upper, Mr.. Charlton de-
|. plored the stubborn blindness as to re-
suits which characterized every action
of the government in dealing with mat
tiers of trade or local relations between
Canada and the United States. The
United States was our natural market
and the efforts of the government could
not destroy it, unless their imbecility
irritated the government of the United
States into declaring the American
markets closed against the people
of the dominion. He held that
it was oppression of con-
sentative government which in
1S49 led the people of Canada TO petition
the queen to be permitted to sever their
connection with the British crown, and
throw their lot in with the people of
United States. 1t was precisely the
same state of affairs that existed then,
which Sir John Macdonalu'S govern
ment was now precipitating this coun-
try into. Referring to the continued
hostility this government had shown
toward tine United States, he drew at
tenti0n to the manner in which they had
Disseminated illegally against American
commerce i'll the imposition Of duty on
fruit packages and inhumanly selling
their fishery vessels. The one object of
the government had been to Cypress
every American interest in the hope of
driving the United States in coming to
their terms, but they were not peo-
pie to be cOerced and driven by OPP
preSSive fishery regulations, or the
harsheSt treatment the present govern
ment could direct against them. They
had it in their power. however, to re-
sent the unfriendly treatment shown
them and of bringing disaster upon
more than one Canadian industry.