Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-01-28

Sir Charles Topper to Come to washington
From CanadA.
zIs VISIT n PROBABLY FoR HONE POLITICAL
EFFECT oNLr-rHK roRY scHEMI OF nEcH-
PRocIrY NOT LIKED HERH-xo TREATY LIKELY
TO FOLLOW.

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TO FOLLOW.
Aspecial dispatch to New York paper this
morning states that Sir Charles Upper is COM
ing to Washington for the purpose of negoti-
ating a reciprocal commercial treaty between
| the United States and Canada.
This news, if, indeed, it be accurate, is very
interesting, when considered in connection
with the fact that Canada is now on the eve Of
general election, for which the most elaborate
preparations have been made by both Of the
great parties Of the Dominion.
The STAR is able to state With positiveness
that whatever movements are about to be
made by Canadian politicians toward reci-
procity arc quite without any corresponding
moves on the part of this government.
Indeed. no intimation whatever has been re-
ceived here Of the inception of plan that in
cludes any efforts on the part OF Sir Charles
upper. representing, OF course, the great tory
party OF Canada, to secure even a hearing at
the State Department on this vastly important
matter.
The fact is parliament is about to be dis
solved prior to q general election. There is a
necessity for urgent efforts on the part of
the office-holding tories to retain their
place in public estimation. Sir John Macdon-
reputation Of being adverse to the general
reciprocity scheme his record being that Of q
persistent obstrnctionist in the way Of a COM
mercial union between the two countries.
| LIMITED ovEnTunEs.
He has, however, made certain overtures to
this government looking to very limited reci-
proeity which covers only natural products. A"
Such a proportion is, Of course, extremely
distasteful to the United States,
for in it there is no chance for
the admission Of the manufacture of this side,
hrfhp oh. H. H. Il
OF the United States, be given an equal oppor-
tnnity with the agricultural products Of Cam
ada The latter, it is thought, are not needed
here.
DIsrBUsTfuL OF TUPrEk
With these facts in mind il is not difficult to
perceive how distrustful the United States will
probably be Of any advances made by the great
tory, Upper, which would be made only too
apparently for the purpose of inau-
encing popular opinion in Canada at
this interesting time. To be sure Upper has
probably the right to come. and is most likely
armed with authorities that will gain him ad-
State Department, but the impression is all too
strong here that the VISIT if made, is for
home consumption" only, to make it very
likely that there will be any serious attempt on
the part OF the United States to negotiate a
treaty.
Why should this ''bfuff' by the Canadian
Tories be made? This question is but a natural
one and quite easily answered. Canadians. as
q rule, are anxious for closer union with the
United States, whether political or commercial
RECIPROCITY POPULAR IN CANADA.
Reciprocity is just now a popular theory
there, not the limited. one-sided reciprocity
OF the tories, however, for the shrewd
Canadian sees that the United States
is not favorably inclined to such
plan, and that without the favor of this gov
eminent the scheme must fail But they
want the liberal sort of reciprocity,
termed liberal because it is advocated
by that party, and in view of the present con-
dition of the public mind on the other side of
the line it is very polite on the
part Of the tory managers to affect great
eagerness for that broad scheme of reciprocal
commerce that is now SO popular. II Sir
Charles Upper can make his home constitu-
ency believe that his efforts in this
direction are given the cold shoulder by the
United States, his end may be attained even
though there Ia ho move made toward q
treaty.