The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-11-29
THE CANADIAN QUESTION
4. Ii. R,sA. R.-eay An.ex.,.on,

IL the Right Renedy Ansexatlens
To THE EDIT OF TEE suN-sir. The edl
torinl comments OF TIE Sun upon the Cana
dian question have always been read witt
great satisfaction. THE SuN appreciates theyas
Importance and far-reachinR consequence
!, OF final settlement OF our relations Will
Canada upon tho basis OF political union
therefore 1 desire to reply to some OF Mr.
Wiman's opportunities for treaty Of unre
stricted reciprocity with his native land
through THE Sun
We have 1000 900 native-born Canadians re
siding In this country. They came hero be.
cause they could do better for themselves OF
their families than they could by remaining In
Canada. They are among our very best. most
active. enterprisinR. public spirited. ambitious
and successful citizens They represent one
third Of all the living Canadians upon this
continent. They were unwilling to wait for
political union. No one charges them with
disloyalty. not even the most rabid Tories.
Ernstus Wlman is prominently the greatest
living Canadian resident In the United States.
. broad-minded. generous-hcarted clear
sighted. earnest student OF public affairs. For
q quarter OF century he has been an active
and inspiring worker among us, always loyal
to tho bost interests Of his adopted country as
he saw them. intensely loyal to his native land.
and ever on the alert to promote its honor or
Its commercial and financial development. I
honor him for his devotion to the interests OF
his countrymen. and appreciate the magni-
tude Of the service he has rendered at his own
cost and expense to the people OF Canada.
He loves the Canadian people. SO do
!. My residence Of twenty-five years
OF their sterling worth and high character.
As have said on many other occasions. they
are our cousins and our equals. They are
Americans In principle. policy. methods and
aspiration. They are geographically and
commercially inextricably bound to us They
are separated from US by O sentimental
political tie only. It is for our best inter.
ests and theirs that tho political tie by
which they are united to another continent
should be forever severed The Canadian
question can never be finally settled until It is
severed and Canada is left free to arrange her
own future.
No living Canadian secs more clearly than
Mr.. Ntman does the imm ense value to Canada
OF free access to this market. secured for a
long term Of years. He sees. for example.
that the iron mines on the south shore OF Lake
Superior are supplying 10000. 600 tons OF orc
annually to various furnaces in Ohio. Penn
sylvania. Michigan. and Illinois: that a small
royalty OF SO cents per ton for the ore yields an
annual income Of S5OOO.OOt. or the interest at
five per cent. on $lOO.OOO.OOO: that equally
good mines on the north shore have no pro-
ductive or convertible value: that free access
to this market would place the Canadian mines
on par with tho mines on tho south shore.
He sees that in Nova Scotia the Londonder-
~ iron mines. where iron has been
made OF excellent quality for nearly
forty years. only d few miles from
tidewater at Halifax. can be bought for half o
million dollars. including blast furnaces, roll.
ing mills. &c. He sees the Nova Scotia |
coal mines close by almost unworked. He sees
near ut hand an almost unlimited supply OF |
shipbuilding timber. and he says Given free |
access to the market OF the United States for a !
long term Of years. Halifax with its superb |
harbor would become the Glasgow Of North |
America. He sees that Mr.. Blaine has laid the |
foundation for q mighty trade with Spanish |
America In tho near future in all kinds Of
machinery and railway supplies. &C.. and
that Halifax has the location and commend Of
the raw material to secure q large percentage
Ssn sans t a en- eould only SHARP in tho
that tho Londonderry iron mines and Nova
St 81 t Isus xGSs SGE5
become xreat shipbuilding and manufac-
turin gSeaport a9d that Its large consuming
& sii ths AGRICULTURAL lands 81 Nova scotia and
Prince Edward Island. He secs clearly that
e1 Coast ys
ana fhSi bgt
ton Of million It Would enormo Ss ipctease
tS%ssl lands y the f Ps9yiaos 'ns &saeS Sss
|i9p would TOW into Canada and cause s'g mar:
kinds Of real property. He understands that
tne lncrense IN population there will
VERY s rsazss Rs thy
te4s T Ssnaa t this
rymen, free access to this market f''' A'' GULL
thss 6econs as A%es1san
raet MIGRATION that would othsr vi a'e 20 40
Is e TO themselves; and that their most enter
ands. may be willing TO remain at homo. He c
a a us to adopt u policy that VII! give Can
aces &C.; and In being controlled and directed bya
am willing to give Canadians all the bene. :
Is OF American citizenship upon tho same q
they IN al The dutas
dsiond the American al f Dag and On no
sSaez Ct fFsas s sGst
ina 1 repgNkcs Not from Japan
lany. or Italy. II we could blot out the Eng v
sh navy our expenditures for navy would p
bor. We are determined to secure the lions b
lnre OF the trade of South America and the II
ritish and Spanish West Indies. To get CON y
q of i we shall como into active composition T
ith England. The value Of the trade is i'm a.
,mparatyey near future viii ssrp pna IN IN tne
,rtance the most sanguine expectations OF q
X X Blaine's most ardent admirers England II
Ill not surrender control OF her South hmer- | "
an and West Indian trade without q struggle, In
Is this prospect that justillos our expendi-
re for u navy. a.
Our most vulnerable point to-day Ia upon !l
n IN nG G t boundary With population Of q,
,pulation OF 70 100000 it would become most In
rlous without an enormous expenditure for pt
rttnlnlScatin@ns 4 Canada had population Of 81