Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-10-31
THE YANKEE TARIFF
IsFast Driving the Canadians Toward
the American Fold.
ANNEXATION A QUESTION OF TINE.
Commercial Travellers Discuss Politics in
Hotel Lobbiea
TWO PREDICTIONS ABOUT INDIANA

This Is q street corne1 and newspaper
campaign. The public is not shouting
much on either side, but is doing heap OF
reading and thinking. Peop pie apparently
are not taking much interest in politics,
yet the issues of the Presidential contest
are about the only subjects discussed just
now on the streets, In the depots and lob
bies of the hotels
Last evening an unusual soene was en-
acted in the Seventh Avenue Hotel A
few commercial men got into q debate
about the tariff, and the contest became 80
spirited that soon large crowd gathered
around the speakers The affair develops d
into small-sized political meeting, in
which all present took hand. The music
commenced about o'clock and continued
for more than four hours As the drum
mers got tired of .one position they would
move to another part of the corridor.
Discussing the Effect of Tariff
1t was noticed that the Republicans in
the crowd were native Americans, while
the foreign born, principally the Hebrew
statesmen, were Democrats. The latter
wanted free trade, but when pushed to the
wall could give no special reasons for a
change in the economic system of the
country. The Republican side was ably
represented by long-whiskered man who
was well posted on most lines of business.
Somebody asked why higher duties had not
kept up the price of wool. He promptly
explained that wool had dropped 13 cents in
England and cents in America The tariff
had saved the home farmers cut of II
cents per pound. In Canada the best of
the product sells for II cents, but in the
United States wool brings from 26 to %
cents. .'
1t is remarkable what keen interest the
W. Johns, an Englishman by birth, Can
adian by residence and New Yorker
by business connections, put up at the Mo-
nongahela House yesterday. He is Re-
publican and believes Harrison will be re-
elected. Mr.. Johns had just received q
letter from friend across the border who
implored him if he had any love for old
Canada to work for the success of Cleve-
land.
Canada Wants Cleveland Elected.
ers were in sore straits and their only sal
NdGlou 40 q NICtOIy iOI WIG OOthoSAos0'
party. The Mckinley tariff has shut them
out from the rich markets of the States and
it leaves them in a bad plight.
81 am an American now," continued Mr..
Johns, "and Republican for the very
reasons given by my friend why should
become Democrat. 1t is the duty of a
people to look after its own first The up
shot OF the American policy of protection
will be that Canada will be annexed to the
United States 1t is coming and coming
very fast 1t isn't natural that narrow
river and a chain of lakes should divide
North America, and line of custom houses
should check trade along the border For
myself Canada can't be annexed too soon to
please me. Annexation would wipe out
the French party in the Dominion, and We
are all tired of the Frenchman in politics.
The party has one-third of the voters and
practically controls the elections. They
have been pandered to and badly spoiled. |"