The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-09-04
" A ~DEsPONDENE.
Al Eux,ishnan's Impressions Of the Coadi.
lions Beyond the Border.

TORONTO. Sept "A VISIT. i. st terminateu'
to some Of the principal cities an. towns this
side OF tho line. has convinced me Canada Is
Tho ripe plum ready to fall into the mouth
OF Uncle Sam directly II he chose to open It."
AZ recently declared by that prince OF
literary foragers. Rudyard kipling. Ca
nadians themselves do not deny this whom
pressed to utter their honest convictions on
the subject. The truth may not be palatable
to me as an Engiishman. but / have no right to
consider my feelings while discussing facts.
The world is not going very we'll with Cana
dinns lust now. Sunshine seems to have de-
parted and left them in o state Of pro-
nounced dependency. Having no sympathetic
ear at Westminster. owing to the unnatural.
I. e.. unhlial. anti nglis trade-protectio
policy. the Dominion Government has forced
the country on to its knees. in the attitude OF
Q suppliant for Divine mercy: this. despite
all protestations to the contrary. The So
called national policy hos turned out to be q
elittering sham. 1t has enriched a few land
owners. real estate sharks. boomsters. and
railway spectators. It has drivep. and
is still driving. thousands Of native
born Canadians and nearly all incoming
strangers to cross the border. for it is
not calculated to help any one to become rich
except those who already possess abundance:
not foster individssl effort and original enter
prise. apart from the financially "ht.",
dissatisiled with the results. Their loyalty. Il
they have any, Is not w9sth q rsp. Indeed.
Canadian loyslty to . t tine Br.tis ;nr ii sS IKE sm GHi
band Of of1ce-holdine or wealth enjoying men.
who remind one strongly 81 the once famous
az alter erf French en- sway melted out Of insIorious OK
i~stence before the sturdier character of Eng
This vociierous minority will eventually
crow its head of endeay9ring to make good
however. will b. ~sl0nally fooled if she is 50 per-
dIneeM, story to He IS now doing his utmost
to pry open tho leaden bars OF the Colonial
Once. but-welll. John Bull was always a stu.
pid. don't you know. and will, never believe
such and such a thing OF Canada. until he sees
it, which may be soon. =,
that he was not going to allow the people Of
the o Dom nnh INTO to s ssn osp tims'" tS snd " tmsri mn,s
United states" these rooster: voiced loyal.
display Of public spirit against AZ
Cat whe t%r i blaine ' ssca%e p se ,H9 ' or Eot.
the trium ph ofrepublicani>m or Mt least of Nc
Kinleyisni. portended disaster to Cnnnla and.
n.n;existing patTi2tism; The area q, .Gd depth
OF tlnlulaN BTltlSnlSm. cOuiu % put IN u peit-
nut without any squeezing.
found this out in my travels. A Canadian
VII" doe not feel at heart TN! his country:
i is' a t liHs m sss's| i Sqs / EadYp SY Ea ssS.sd.
w psetiss !% capsc tsn "s" p pr ,ta nrss0iH oie SS' E EdHis.
less OF itself. even viewed in no less II search
light than It's own last census returns. and de-
spised BY America for its lack OF grit md cOn-
hcnditivoness. Canada may well he despondent,
Its cities md towns are not Gourishing- far
ior want OF industries to sustain, it's OK
nsperated poRtulati?n that its tradesmen-
itns is upon 81 s sity ether F''s and ' ShnSD sitlzeSn nsy:
destoar aa xhiie the het Wiser and k keslr ' tasinsns
faio. Gc. Its roal estate market has gone UP
higher than u kite; men who were counted As
rich a few years since are now gazing at their
shrinkage In values has been terrible. There
are 1000 q pry,h house. and stores here this
81 3 si'y pls stsl amonr a Gan4d aSa0 %eitiss! h'''ns
ton on II. Woiiand Canal snd is railway d;
to sa.i about r" 7.oS S55fin !" lev : y Sersi'Isali Time. from i''o0o
Is greater than the influx or homo increaseY.
IT.; The t trnds Of yst the s COUNTRY gd l. a09 cut t where IT. Il
ports and Exports were less In 1901 than in
previous years; The n%asiona, policy has not
neIIeu III tulN ulTSctlpu ONO iOtd.
Hitherto. Canadians have been huoyed up
with a sort OF Micswberian hope. which SO fnr
presents nothing but a vista OF unfulnlled ex-
pectations. The right thing has never turned
IN for Canada. 1t never Will: until the Stars
and Stripes displace the Union Jack. and
American capital. enterprise. and vigor come
TO- It's rescue,
vorably disposed toward Canada: among other
reasons. because, as Is well known In English
and continental diplomatic circles. tho coming
field for investment Is Morocco. o splendid ter
ritory over which France would feign SOW lily
seed. but In which John Bull. you may depend,
will plant roses or their equivalent. This land
OF the fez will DO u splendid acquisition; It has
n riprning future: and. being in the Mediter-
rancan, right in England's track to India, 1t is
So much nearer than Canada between the At
lantic and tactic oceans.
The Canadians are really beginning to SEQ
their proper course is to ally thrmselyes with
the United States. In looking to England for
commercial aid they have been. signing for
sour grapes. In neglectinG the United states
they have heen putting up what MIR. Ernstus
Wiman nptly calls q barbod- wire fence bo-
tween themselves and their natural friends.
They see II now. 1t will come ont all right.
They will! kick down the FENCE Ire ,ently. Just
as the ticur de lis WAS wiped on this continent
by q whisk. OF the lions tail. SO win british
control OF Canadian Affairs vanish hereafter.
Progress Is tho law of nations. The TWEEN
tieth century will witness Canada's absorp.
tion into the American com monwealth AZ
any rate. such Is the belief OF the many people
l interviewed during my journey