The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-06-24
Trade Relations With Canada.

OTTAWA, Ont, June 23.-Just before the
senate adjourned last night message was
received from the governor general trans
hitting further papers relating to the
extension and development of trade be-
tween the United States and Canada, in
GLIDING Newfoundland.
The correspondence consists Of dispatches
which passed between Lord Salisbury, the
British minister in Washington, and Lord
Knutsford. After the negotiations had
been going on for some time draft of the
proposed convention between Newfound-
land and the United States. which had
been privately communicated oy Paunce-
fote to Blaine for arrangement of the fish
cries question and trade regulations, was
| transmitted to the Canadian governor
general, Stanley.
The next dispatch is Lord Stanley's
cable message to knutsford, in which he
demonstrates in the strongest terms against
the signature OF the proposed convention
at Washington as it would place fish and
other products of Canada at disadvantage
in the United States market.
knutsford then, in a dispatch to the gov
ernor-general, says the present urgent con-
dition IN Newfoundland and unfortunate
feeling might be excited by the opposition
of Canada TO the efforts of Newfoundland
TO relieve its distress. ANY reciprocity
treaty between Canada and the United
States would, as previously, be framed so
as not to place the imports from this coun-
try at a disadvantage, and it is presumed
Canada would wish TO retain control over
her tariff with view to the possible ex-
tention of her trade.
In his next dispatch, Stanley replies
saying the Canadian ministers are pre-
N m 1ed nv U
the lines already laid down, provided the
representatives at Washington could be
! commissioners associated with the BRUSH
minister and empowered TO negotiate di-
rectJy instead of being mere delegates.
| Pauncefote, November IS received a dis
patch from Stanley in which the latter an
nounced that the Canadian government
| was prepared 10 arrange for commercial
relations with the United States, and
wishing that the government might be so
| informed.
| A Joint commission, such as that Of 1871,
| is proposed by Lord Stanley to deal with
| the questions at issue and prepare treaty
respecting a renewal of the reciprocity
treaty of 1854 with notifications, and the
reconstruction OF the treaty of 1883 with
respect to the Atlantic fisheries with the
elm of securing the free admission into the
United States markets of Canadian fishery
products in return for facilities to be
granted United States fishermen to buy bait
and supplies and trahs-ship their cargoes in
| Canada, all such privileges to be mutual;
protection Of mackerel and other fisheries
on the Atlantic ocean and in inland waters :;
also relaxation of the seaboard coasting
| laws of inland waters dividing Canada
/ from the United States; mutual salvage
and saving for wrecked vessels; arrange
ments for settling boundaries between
| Canada and Alaska.
| Blaine replied that the endeavor to OBJ
tain the appointment of formal commls-
| sion to arrive at reciprocity treaty would
be useless, but that the United States gov
| eminent was willing to discuss the ques-
| ton in private with Pauncefote and one or
more delegates from Canada, and to con-
| slider every subject rs to which there was
| a hope of agreement on the ground Of
mutual interests. and not to risk so grave a
step until by private discussion he had
satisfied himself good ground existed for
expecting an agreement by means of a
commission He added he would be pre-
pared TO enter into private negotiations at
| any time after March t.
The next dispatch is from Pauncefote ia
Lord Stanley, under date of January IS.
1891, and encloses draft of the conven ton
between the governments Of the United
States and Newfoundland, which was sub.
United to him by Blaine. The provisions
Of this proposed treaty are made public
and have been discussed in the newspapers.
A new aspect was put upon the situation
by the decision of the late premier TO dis
solve parliament and test the country on
the question. On March 10, after the
elections were over and Sir John Mac
donald had been sustained, the governor
general wrote to the British minister q,
Washington asking him to ascertain when
il would be convenient for Blaine to receive
representatives of the Canadian govern
ment and discuss the whole question oil
reciprocity.
The next letter 10 perhaps ths mos,
notable document in the whole series
1t is from Blaine and was transmitted q
the governor general by the British min
lister at Washington in . communication
dated April 2, 1891. In his letter Blaine
mentions the fact he wished no public men
. ton Of his negotiations made and ther
brought to his notice the fact they had beer
spoken of before public assemblases
Blaine wished it understood that all rropo
, sitiors come from the British government,
representatives and not from the Unite,
States. The four documents are telegram