Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-02-18
NEW ENGLAND THE GAMER.

Senator Sherman, when he stood up in the United States senate and pictured
 the benefits that would come to both countries from reciprocal trade relations between Canada and this country, only
 anticipated probably what must event. ually occur. Certain it is that those
 who have keen appreciation of what
 would be to the advantage, from an in-
 dustrial and commercial standpoint, of | both countries will welcome everything | that indicates a growth of public sentl-
 ment in favor of policy that would promote reciprocity. In this connection it is interesting to note some of the ben
 efits that would accrue to New England is Nova Scotia were made part of the Union.
 The peninsula of Nova Scotia lies
 almost at the very doors of New Eng
 commerce all the year round, and but
 for the imposition of tariff barriers at
 our own ports and those of the Dominion trade would flow as easily and
 conveniently from Nova Scotia to New
 England as from New England to the
 middle states. And Nova Scotia has
 much in the way of raw material that
 we need here in New England. Take iron and coal, for instance, which are
 natural products of the peninsula. If
 materials without paying the heavy duty
 on the foreign product or heavy trans
 portation rates on the home production,
 our manufacturers could compete suc-
 cessfully with the iron manufacturers of
 other parts of the United States, at least
 so far as supplying our own market is concerned. The iron manufacturing l business was once large and fourishing
 industry in New England, but the cold | furnaces and closed doors of many of our
 mills are eloquent in their tale of unpro- fitable effort. Unable to get their sup plies of coal and iron at prices which | would enable them to compete with
 the rolling mills and factories of the mid dle, western and souther states there was ! nothing to do but close up business. | There is nothing so important in the suc- cessful prosecution of industries of this character as the cost of transportation
 The natural deposits of Nova Scotia,
 rich in quality and abundance,
 would save our manufacturers this
 enormous expense of transportation and
 enable them to carry on their business at
 a profit. Pig iron can be manufactured
 in Nova Scotia as cheaply as in any part
 of the world, and if this cheap iron and
 cheaply mined and cheaply transported coal could be carried to the shipbuilding establishments on the coast of Maine or to the wharves of Massachusetts and Connecticut, it would give stimulus to
 productive industry in these sections
 The natural productions of New Eng | land are few in number and insignif- cant in value. We have, however, plenty of energy and industry and con-
 siderable capital, and if the ma terials we need can be but cheaply obtained we cannot | be surpassed in the uses we can make of 1 them. Nova Scotia would furnish us ] these materials and so place us in posi-
 ton to compete with any people on the | face of the globe in iron manufacturing 1 which is conceded to be the controlling industry.
 It would be well, in view of the great advantages that the accession of the peninsula to our union would bring, if
 those who are studying the best devel- opment of New England would seriously
 consider and endeavor to promote sen-
 timent friendly to annexation.