New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-04-18
CANADA'S PERPLEXI11ES.
THE UNITED STATES TARIFF CAUSING
PANIC.
CAUSES OF THE EXODUS FROM cASADA-TALS

CAUSES OF THE EXODUS FROM CANADA-IAh"
OF REMEMBERING THE DOMINION.
ev,ox orc, sIoxA1 CORRESPONDENT or THE TRIBUNE
Montreal April 1.-THE Canadians are c'o'S Wy
becoming more panic stricken over the piosp
the adoption OF the Mckinley Iarin D'ii a. 'anis,
TON which they fully realize will result IN ''a''''
and industrial if not a political crisis mere fa'n'o''
md grain dealers realize that the Increase Vi u's
ON barley will shut the present STOCK eh"cN o'' va
the American market. and they aFo 'o''
rushing IL TO the border with all ha''e' '''"s VI
thousands q bushels will be carried ACROSS INV 'o
within the next week and stored on the American
side . ,, &,
Another curious episode is the pushing Oh w,a' Is
,,ro,,o as tho Alien Labor law. This Is really al
attempt at retaliation against the United states loi us
Contract Labor law. The origin "i me measure -
this: Every year about $4,000 pleasure seekers N'
the Thousand Islands. \ few Of these Islands per
haps one;cnth Of the whole number belong 10 Iansua
But the best fishing and boating waters ana pionc
grounds are on the Canadian side and these nave
ALWAYS becn open t. all visitors. Win snch a lAeo
influx OF guest, from the United states there Is Oh
cosrsc a great demand for help. both houscho'u ser
wants and bOatmcn This demand has not pech sup
piled from the American side. and consequently nun
dreds of Canadians have every year obtained pro'-
able employment Tor three or four months Oh 'ho
American Islands Indeed. large proportion OF l''e
popula.ion of half dozen Canadian villages have iof
years depended upon this ptTona9e Tor support Inv
operation of the United states Contract LABOR ia"'
however has stopped all this. and lherc mas con
seuuently been IA loud cutlery for retaliation against
the United states. The Canadian Alien Labor Jaw
which will probably be passed. viii be similar
i'm It's pr,vsons to that of the United states, but that
1t will have any important effect is doubtful Tor inc
number of Americans who seek employ hcht III 'a"'ua
nj any point is very slight indeed.
Growing ont of this same agitation however Is a
much more important project. namely, to close tio
Canadian waters and islands of the ST. Lawrence
against American visitors. This would >huv out
fishermen from their favoritc grounds and deprive eX
cursion parties Of the pcasantest places for camping
out unless they willing 10 pay tribntc to canadian
boatmen and submit TO the restrictions imposed ny
the Canadian Government. Ii Is even proposed mat
the Dominion Government shall take possession OF
these Islands and waters and transform them into a
national park.
Public discussion Of the motion made by Mr.
Charlton III the House OF Commons some weeks
ago has by means vet subsidized lie
called attention to what he termed the
alarming exodus Of native born Canadians and settlers
In Canada of foreign birth to the United states THIS
exodus he declared had amounted in the last twenty
years to "a total loss to Canada Of more than 600.
900 peCp,c. Although his motion for select com
mittee inquire into the and possible remedy
Of this exodus defeated the matter has been taken
mp by the press ard public. trouchout me county n.y.
= lcan1g U"mh'i OF INlla'i-uN 'NPIOsH|7 ''.e
opinion that ti emigration incuilns a. IL does ma,N
IL the .best business and politicians or the
Dominion, is due 10 the fact that CANADIANS nhu
success ccult Impossible in their own country anu
to crafty their ambition must % elsewhere. No
matter hat business they engage IN the lnltcu
If they have politics, sspirstlons the case /, s1l
worse. Offices filled N Canada cnerN 10y FAVOR
itsm, and the civil Service is crowded with pr
manent appointments There is consequently ilt
a poor ella zee for the average man - se'nie P,lc'
prefcrmeIt ard thus they driven - the Stalcs
the problems Of independence. An
nexaton Reciprocity. and Commercial jnon Nlti
the Unitet state there = revived the old qnc,tp
Of Disme!nNrmcnt OF the dominion II Is now ihoT;
than twenty year, since the ccnfcierscy WIS formed
Upper d Lower Canada hal ALREADY been uafcd
since 1-41, and bv uniting the Maritime ir'Vlh'ts
under the same Government. II WAS bopei u.il tlt
tends that had existed between ontario anf quebec
would become thing Of the past. The idea NJ, th't
exclusively Of Ensl speaking pc pie and rrote>taus,
would at together haimoniOnsk. and deprive the
French Of Quebec Of their former power. Sucu seemed
10 while. bGt the old fcuds have now
broken ont more hcrccy than ever. Instead OF stand
ing By ontario the Maritime Provinces have for years
been DESTROYS 10 dissolve the mon and regain their
position B. Independent colonies. ~ for ontario aad
Quebec. they to be getting further and further
apart a1f the Drapgcnen ia the one ana the ficnfi
Catholics In The other continually on the verge 81
reclpi;t:ng a Of race, and religions. Int Nc;
OF Indemnity I, the Je-uts of Qu'bcc. which va.
passed by the Quebec Government IN Jnlf last. ahd
approved by the Lieut .nant Governor. aud which
reSultd in the Davncut last November ~ 80 900
in clean cash Ics nt~ Ot OF the pabl!f treasury.
cya.pelated the Orsngemen beyond description and
Since then ticy have been preaching verliahe sac
against the French. This in tan caused fi-.
French Catholic to t2lh more and more Ot breaking
up thr Dominion and anueNin. their own Province
OF Quebec, AT any rotc, to the United states.