Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-03-14
TUPPER TALKS.
Thinks Liberal Reciprocity
VIII Soon BE Adopted
BY the Governments of the
United States and Canada.

He Pounds His Argument ON Secretary
BIaine's Opposition to the Mckinley
Tariff Act, and Believes tho Treaty
win he similar to That Recently En-
tered Into with Brazil.
OTTAWA, Ont, March .4.-Sir Charles
Upper said in an interview Thursday:
81 am very sanguine that reciprocal
trade arrangements on broad and
liberal basis between Canada and the
United States will be made very soon,
embracing all such articles, whether
product of forest or of farm, as can be
arranged to the mutual advantage Of
both countries. NV confidence in that
result arises from the fact that Mr.
Blaine was known to bestrongly opposed
to the Mckinley tariff act, and he has
sought to relieve that measure Of the
natural consequence which must flow
from it by proposals for reciprocal ar
rangements with other countries,
$50 far from refusing to make any
thing but treaties of unrestricted reci-
procity, the treaty he has made with
Brazil simply embraces articles that
both countries agreed could be ex-
changed to the mutual benefit of each.
either free or at a reduced rate of duty,
leaving many other articles at existing
rates of duty. The treaty that Mr..
Blaine has made with Newfoundland is
precisely of the same character, and en-
braces the same principles, exactly as
would be included in treaty that
Canada would be prepared to make
with the United States, AS Canada
affords an infinitely better basis of sup
plies for fl heImen of the United States
than Newfoundland, there is no reason
why Mr.. Blaine should not embrace the
opportunity of ridding the Mckinley
bill of its worst features by broad and
liberal trade arrangement with Can
ada.
Mr. Blaine is undoubtedly a verv
eminent and able statesman, and follow
ing no doubt. the discussion of the is
sues between the two parties in this
country, has learned that the statement
made by the Liberals that the govern
ment party is unfriendly to the United
States, is not only entirely devoid of
foundation, but the very reverse of the
truth. MIR. Blaine, finding how entirely
he has been misled as to the real posi-
tion Of the two parties in this country
WILL | have no doubt, te prepared to
give most friendly consideration to the
wishes of the government of Canada to
have freer and more friendly trade rela-
tions between the Dominion and the
United States ] shall be greatly sur
prised if Mr. Blaine does not crown his
best efforts as a public man by accom-
plishing a settlement of all questions of
friction between the United States and
Canada on terms that will be mutually
beneficial and honorable to both coun-
trie'"
Sir Charles also said he was glad
France and England had agreed upon a
settlement of the Newfoundland ques-
ton. No measure is more calculated to
injure Newfoundland, as we'll as all
British North America, than to discover
in any way the fishing interests of New
foundland and Canada. The imperial
government will no doubt be only too
glad to see a settlement of these q'les-
tions, both as regarde3 Canada and New
foundland in their relations with the
United States, reached in satisfactory
manner as early as possible.