Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-01-31
BRILLIANT BANQUET.
THE ANNUAL GATHERING or mSR-
CAMILLE HUe-lTEs.
Distinguished Guests-An Acknowledged
Authority ON Reciprocity with Canada.
A Significant Talk Eng lands Needs.
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ti3y telegraph 10 TIE Dispstch.l
Bos7oS, January S0.--Ihe annual banquet
Of the Boston Merchants Association AZ
the Hotel vsndome this evening was only
second In brilhanoy to that OF last year,
whom ex-President Cleveland and the late
Henry Grady were the principal speakers.
J Over two hundred members and guests
were present, among the latter beng Sir
Richard I. Cartwright. the Opposition
leader of the Canadian Parliament; Rufus
n BuIlock. president Of the Atlanta Ca
Chamber Of Commerce; s. A Whitfield,
First Assistant POstmaster-General; j. w.
Loncley, Attorney General Of Nova Scotia:
ex.Governors Ames and Bracket. Attorney
General Pillsbury, Collector A. W Beard.
President John II Inman, of the Rich
mond and Danville railroad; President
Norton Of the Louisville and Nashville;
James Swami. Of Inman. Swami Il Co.,
New York. and President John G. Calhoun,
, Of the Central Railroad and Banking Com
pany OF Georgia.
The decorations were elaborate but
tasteful and included graceful groupings
Of the United States and English flags.
POLITICAL ASIMosITTEs BASisHED.
At s:15 President j. A. Lane called the
assembly to order. and. after referring
York and TO last years famous banquet,
said that political animosities were BAN
ished from these gatherings, where none
but tho broadest themes commanded at
tention.
RFGRYTs.
J.R. Lesson. chairman OF the Executive
Committee. then read letters OF regret
from Secretary of-State Blame, Governor
Russell. Governor Campbell, Of ONO, e1;
m
Goodwin Smith. Of Toronto and Telegram
OF regret from the Atlanta Chamber OF
Commerce.
CANADA AND THE UNION.
Hon. Henry II. Sprague, president of the
State Senate. then spoke briefly. repre-
septine the Commonwealth in the COY
ernor's absence. and was followed by Al
derInan CarTuth for the city. Botn ex;
pressed their desire for closer commercial
intercourse and freer trade relations oe-
tween Canada and the United States.
CARTWRIGHT on RECIPROCITY
Sir Richard !. Cartwright was introduced
IN brief speech 10y President Lane as one
who had studied reciprocity for years ana
was the best Canadian authority on the
snbiect. The Canadian leader was greeted
with cheers and waving of haudberchieis,
was listened to with great attention. and
his arguments for reciprocity were VlgOr-
ouslv punctuated with applause. He said:
The trade Of the United States Is worth
more TO us collectively than ours Is To-
them. But free trade with Canada VIII
benefit quite as many OF the people OF the
United States az OF the people OF Canada,
and to quite as large an extent.
Man for man yod will gain quite as much
as We will.
WHAT RECIPROCITY MEANS.
Reciprocity will mean for yen the addi-
t;on of half the continent for commercial
purposes and the creation OF a complete
new tier of northern States with an enor-
NOUS area of unoccupied fertile land with
very great mineral resources, with n pres
ent population Of some hye millions. but
with capacity of maintaining fully fifty,
and certainly Gn such contingency
of very rapid increase. Per head
YOU sell more goods to Canada
than TO any other country Also
lutely we buy as much from YOU as France
does and more than any other country ex-
cept Great Britain and Germany. think,
in fact. we stand third on the list OF the
countries TO which you export your pro-
ductions. and We alone five millions as we
are. buy from you rs much as fifty million
Mexicans and South Americans do all put
together. Surely If we do this IN the teeth
of two hostile tariffs IL lsnO rude word Of
mine TO say that You cannot measure or
bound the possibilities which lie before
both countries if only these artificial walls
were thrown down
CASADAs POSITION.
Ours is very peculiar position. We are
free to DO az we see fit and no British
statesman at this time of the day would
ever dream Of attempting TO coerce us.
We stand in fashion midway between two
great English nations; we admire and re-
spect the mother country Of both OF us as
well. We entertain no idle visions Of po-
litical reinion or OF vast Anglo-SaXon
empire. but we do think that on certain
conditions and for certain common objects
firm and cordial alliance might well be
created between the several nations which
sneak the English language, which should,
humanity speaking, make 1T impossible
that they should ever again come into hos
tile conflict. And we have further ven
tured TO hope that the peculiar position
OF Canada, especially if close trade rela-
tions were established between her and
you, might enable her TO play some part IN
bringing about this contamination.
WHAT ENGLAND NEEDS.
have long felt that England needs above
all things to secure these two objects
first. TO regain the good will of the United
States, and second, to conciliate the peo-
pie of Ireland. and these two most deslra-
BE ends can hardly be attained IN either
case without the other.
In spite OF all mischievous legislation can
do TO interfere with il the progress OF
science and the mere fact of our geographic
cal position are daily and hourly forcing
us into ever closer communication even Ill
spite of ourselves.
BULLOCK ON FREE COINAGE.
President Lane introduced President
Rufus b. Bullock, of the Atlanta Chamber
of Commerce. Abiding to the silver ques-
ton, Mr.. Bullock said Il am not against
free coinage. provided the spirit Of our
people is placed on o dollars worth OF
silver. The piOus announcement now
printed on our dollar will not be accepted
by the people as security Tor missing
silver"
ANovA sCoTIAN on RECIPROCITY.
Hon. J. w. Longloy. Attorney General Of
Nova Scotia, the last speaker, spoke briefly
on reciprocity: The Canadian Liberal
party has adopted unrestricted reciprocity
with the United States as the chief plank
in its platform. That means an end to the
fishery problem. and the great natural re
sources of Canada would be available fol
the great industries of this country. Th'
ltra-Protectionist merely wishes TO pro
tect Americans from the competition O.
countries in which labor is not upon al
equality with that of the United Statos
but between the United States and Canadi
the conditions are equal. / have spoken o.
better relations: not union, but county
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