The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-09-17
SHALL CANADA COME
Into the American Union
Through Annexation?
THE DOMINION IS AGITATED
Over this Important Question-A Governments
Organ Openly Advocates this Policy,
and Gives Good Reason Therefor.

Especial to THE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Dispatch1
OTTAWA, Sept. 16.-The fact can no
longer be disputed that the annexation
question is fast becoming one of the live
issues OF the day, and viii play an import
ant part in the political future of Canada.
1t matters not what part of the Dominion
one looks to-, there is to be found evidence
OF dissatisfaction at the existing state of
affairs. Leading public men have not
hesltated to call attention to the increasing
popularity of the movement for closer
trade and social relations with the United
States, in fact, in some individuals going
so far as to espouse on the public platform
political union
One OF the government organs has come
ous squarely for separation from England.
The Quebec Telegraph says: 'sIf we are
permitted to gauge current events in Can
ada we think that annexation to the United
! States is making great Roadway among the
| people. 1t is coming, and that before long,
Sir John may preach all kind of doctrines;
ne may climb up ON Johnny Bulls back
and become the last man on earth to ac-
cept the platform, but dollars and cents
will bring it about. The Mckinley biz is
passed by large majotity, and that deals
a hard blow tc the commerce of Canada.
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Canada and Newfoundland as Heligoland
| Now what can we do in this part
OF Canada without the United States! We
| are positive that at least this part of the
country would be In thriving condition if
we had America merged into one general
confederation. How would Brother Jona-
| than meet us! But with an expression of
| Joy and comfort, dollars and cents Prop
erty would boom and commerce with the
world would be carried with a ring which
would bring comfort and glory to the
masses A few days ago the stars and
| stripes were raised over the custom house
IN Montreal, and now they are flying over
the grounds of the Toronto exhibition.
| What is TO prevent them being raised over
the nation at some future period! Some
/ thing must be done, because we cannot
stand this tariff tinkering at Ottawa any
longer This country is, in plain words,
going to the Old Nick, and if at the next
general election reformeIs do not become
| aware OF the situation, we viii be starved
| out OF existence by the United States tariff
| England is neither mother nor friend to
us. We have fiattered her too much, ard
now Is the time when one of her grand
children is here, that we should talk as
plainly as possible of the situation
| IF the capitalists of London can buy up
the great stock companies OF the United
States; II they can place millions of dollars
in the wild lands of that country; if they
are scared to invest a single dollar in
| British securities then let Us annex so as to
secure their aid and hand Sir John ought
| to feel surprised at the enormous amount
OF money that Britishers are investing in
the United States"
The article has caused decided sensa-
ton here. Government officials state that
such reasonable and seditious language
should not be overlooked.