Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-03-13
THE RESULT IN CANADA.
A Decided Relief to the Administration
in Mashington.


A Decided Relief to the Administration
in Washington.
WASHINGTON, March 13.-It can be
authoritatively stated that the success
of Sir John Macdonald's Conservative
party in the recent elections in Canada
is decided relief to the administration
Had the Liberals succeeded in electing a
house Of commons pledged to unrestrict-
ed reciprocity with the United States it
might have been embarrassing to our
government to deal with the Canadian
problem. AS it is now, Mr.. Tupper and
Mr.. Thompson will come to Washing
ton to propose ON the behalf of Canada.
in the name Of her majestys imperial
government, restricted reciprocity, and
they will be cordially received, patiently
listened to and their proposals respect
fully declined,
\ We,I-Pcstcd MAN. Views.
A gentleman who has given this sub
ject careful attention, says:
The United States, in the Judgment
of those who control our government.
would not be benefited by reciprocity
with Canada, whether restricted or un-
restricted, and for the very simple
reason that Canada cannot Ieciprocate
The products of Canada are, without
exception, such tha5 their admission to
our markets would IMPLY enable them
to compete with our own products.
There would be no market i'll Canada
for our farm and pastoral products
But it would be great boom to the
farmers of Ontario and Quebec if the
markets of the United States We're
thrown open to them
"Our manufacturers, if they could
prescribe the tarif which Canada should
impose on the products Of the manufact-
uring establishments of the British
islands might lie benefited, but it is not
to be expected that ngland would per
NIT one of her colonies to discriminate
in favor Of the producers Of the United
States to the detriment Of her manufact-
urerS.
'In raw material Canada has nothing
to offer us which would be an eqUiva-
lent for what we would have to give in
return.
Thereto. e, a fair trade being impos-
sible we will not attempt tc trade with
our Canadian neighbOrs This may be
very unsatisfactory to Canadians, but
they must grin and bear. or become part
y
Cerned about their welfare; neither are
we anxious to take them in If they
want to come to us they must apply in
due form and satisfy the congress Of the
United States that their admission
would lie to our advantage.
Sir John Macdonald is perfectly well
aware that the negotiations which he is
about to have opened with the United
States will be fruitless, but he saw very
clearly that the annexation feeling was
growing so rapidly among Canadians
that in a few years ii would sweep
everything before it. The overthrow
of his government was inevitable if he
did not make his appeal to the people
immediately The grand schemes of
his friends who are interested in the
Canadian Pacific railway would be
knocked on the head by the triumph of
the Lib rails, and to save these friends
and to gain few Years more of
power he determined to go to the coun-
try He has succeeded by slender
majority, while disclosing the fact that
the two most pOpulous provinces
Ontario and Quebec are in favor of
annexation
"ucspite all Sir John can do to the
contrary, the annexation party in these
two province will continue to grow
He has made g cry Liberal leader an
anncNat omst before the re ent con
test tliS was far from Icing the case.
BY the vindiCtiye course Sir John and
his followers pursued in the Camia'g IN
lust concluded an impossible gulf has
been opened between TIE c0nteudlag
factions. An implacable feud has teen
started, The ranks Of the opposition
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