, 1890-11-08


IS not far 10 seek. A system OF protection
such as is piracticed in the United States
develops sooner or later ii weakness winch
is very difficult to meet. FOR after the first
successes OF protection are gained, after
adverse tariffs have enabled the iron-MaS-
tens of Pennsylvania and other native cap
itali>tS to vie at home with the manu-
tacturerS OF Europe, new needs arise.
There comes a time of craving for extended
borders, OF desire for fresh markets where
III to sell aud wherein to buy,-to bny,
perchGnce, raw material, TO sell manulat-
tured articles. III the ease of countries
prdcticlng Eree-trade. this natural law Is
expansion can be easily and naturally
satisfied by a larger Intercourse wltb IS
neighbours, - an intercourse, hoW1yei.
which the American Republic has rendered
difficult for itself its own policy.
No PIOtectinnisl State can eventually
feel secure if its neighbours practice even Il
limited Free-tIade. In the interests of self
preservation, HE men OF the United States
would tam haNrall the Continent OF AmeIl-
ca Pr1ttctioliSt, or ualted III Treaties al
Reciprocity. BY such a transaction they
have turned the Sandwich Islands into a
Yankee plantation, while freely admitting
Honolulu Sugar-CancS into the UntCd
States. Recent events have suggested
the possibility Of some such dealings with
Brazil, with what chance OF success is not
clear. Certain it is that to force Canada
into a compact, to shut out for good and
all the exports of Europe, to retain the
purchasing control OF The Canadian grain
trade, to inu date the Northwest WITH
theirmanu featured goods, may well be con.
jrctureG to be among the leading motives Of
fl.. ,,,,r hJ4I[i,l.1, fT,riE4' . 4 ,,,,ino {mr tl,a.
Americans" isacly whicr is growingShIiilcr
Tor the very emergency in which the Pro-
teCtiouiStS find Themselves. Ii lies at the
roc. OF the somewhat uuaccountable des-
patches of Secretary Biaiue, OF the contest
about the Behring Straits fisheries and it
fudS a naive utleIanct in such Ingenious
orators as Senate Fry Of Maine, who told
his brothers. enatorS last July that it was
the business of England Ito bunk from
II lifaX, Bermuda, and North America at
large.
Bat it may be questioned if the time for
a successful tariff war is not over, since
Canada now knows herself to have a future,
aua England awakeuS 10 the fact. In the
{ anadian Pacific, the Dominion poSsesSesa
great outlet 10 the Asia ic countries, as we'll
as to her own distant territories. HaraSS-
ing and costly as is the American Tariff, it,
rs no long er a matter Of life and death. II
she turns her eye TO England rather
than the States, if she wcIcom 5 English
manufactures and C~onSults the needs Of
this country'S markets, the Dominion may
hope to emulate the successes Of Chicago or
Minneapolis. With the growth of the
North-West, the greatness Of the older
cities will wax rapidly, aud they must gain
an Importance imoOSSjble before. TO en-
sure success, Eugnsh capital should seek
investments in the new provinces With 4
freedom which is at present. wanting, If
London is careless OF the treasures of
British Columbia or the Central Provinces,
New York and San Francisco will Supplant
London. In the uncertainty OF the answer
lies some of the charms of the prob
lem. Yet the completion Of the route 10
Vancouver, md the rapid glOwth of the
Canadian Pacific system, are strong cyl
dpnce tLd5 EngliShmen desire to keep their
hold on North America. Unless the rival
ri S of Frenchman and EngliShman, Of
RomaniSt and Orangeman, provoke some
luckleSS SchiSm, it seems fair to hope that
the ioEebudings of former years may be laid
other, fi~ perhaps, the most real menace
TO .the unity and conservation of the
Dominion OF canada vet it is a peril likely
to be dwalfed by he vast expansion of the
STATE. Inc rivahiea OF Q Iebec with Ottawa
should grow less dCItp, When the larger
affairs or thu time are shIred with the
representatives Of younger provinces. IT
Gu.ll he the outcome. this greater harmony