The sun., 1893-10-17
UP IN CANADA.
What Farmers and Merchants Say North OF
the st. Lawrence.

| the st. Lawrence.
KINGSTON. Oct. 15-All the week have boon
| ferrying back and forth on the St Lawrence
| River-one day at Ogdensburg. then over to
| Prescott in Canada, then up to Brockville and
| Kingston. and then across to Morristown in
| the States. have been finding out from the
| Custom House officers and citizens about
! commerce across the St Lawrence. l find
that there is almost Chinese wall between
the Dominion and the States. If there are
twenty-four shutdown factories in Amster-
dam and still wheels in Little Falls. there is
| also great depression in Ontario. When
asked Mr.. Macpherson. a Brockville farmer
| II he was shipping any sheep over the line he
J said:
"Only a few. We used to ship droves OF
them in old reciprocity times. but now we
have to pay dollar and half tariff on every
eheep. and it seems hard on u.s."
But this Sl.5O comes out OF tho Yankees.
doesn't tt" l said
NO. When this dollar-and-a-half tariff was
put on our sheep in Canada. they dropped the
same amount in value here The value of
sheep did not change in tho States. We Cana
dians have to pay the tariff"
And suppose this tariff were taken off;
what then: ?"
why sheep would be worth Just so more
In Canada. or the same price that they are
worth among the Yankees in OCdensburg or
Morristown"
And about Canadian horses"
1t is Just the same with them. They are
worth Just $50 less on this side o; the river
than on the other"
DO you remember whom the present tariff
went into effect ?" l asked.
Perfectly. I've always been shipping farm
produce over to Ogdensburg.
We'll. what was the resut?"
"Whv. we Canadian farmers simply marked
down our prices to match the tariff
'' How do you count for this?"
Why. your country Is SO much bigger than
ours. There are IS. 100000 Yankees and only
100000 Canucks. You raise II 900. 900 sheep
and we only raise 100000. The compare
lively little stuff which We ship to the States
doesn't influence the American prices We pay
this tariff ourselves. II Canada were bigger
than the States. then We would control the
markets and you would pay the tariff"
And suppose our tariff on Canadian sheep,
eggs. butter and horses were taken of. wha.
would be the RESULT
why. sheep. horses. and butter in Canada
would go up the amount OF the tariff in day.
That is why we are crazy for reciprocity with
the states again"
main: still there are some exceptions When
the States put tariff OF 30 cents Dushel on
barley i did not at FIRST. reduce the price Of
reduced it Is cents. The Canadian barley is
worth 10 cents bushel more than ours.
Canada the barley market. All Ontario was
raising 1t and shippin2 1t to the States. But
this last year northern New York went into
barley.
Again. with wheat from Manitoba: AS soon
as the tariff OF 70 cents a bushel WAS put on by
the AMERICANS; President Van Horn Of the
Canadian wSdft Tseiiic came to the Rescue Of the
treal. and the Canad Ian Pacific elevators
weTe ont GfSsred 6s to @ grade Ganadan wheat
made difference Of Is cents per bushel to the
Canadian farmer.
ilnd farm property very l2w IN Canada, and
Kingston. Napannee. Belleville. and Port Hope.
saw one magnificent estate in Port Hope on
for. 100000. It is now offered ior s5 oOU
IL we should have annexation or unitization
with Canada. 1t would create q tremendous
Yankee capital lists would rush In and pick up
these beautiful country seats fronting on the
s. Es a the ebSs sbo4sss and
renee from Prescott to Toronto would treble
In value Such beautiful country is not TO
Gently opne % a Shore Re Il awsEs aons
The sound The st. Lawrence runs clear ans ~
crystal and teens with fish. With annexation
commerce. and Ontario would double in bop. bop.
uation and value in ten years
Would you like, to have utilization with
he SAID We are d dynS for f.
i Is 2 silly pride and the politicians who are
6ser.nG aps ns thpe paF Sr Is ns wba &
mossback monarchy 5000 miles away. What
we want Il homogeneous nation on this con
oWs We want % Gonsus s Mnssrs Ms enh and and USs
want to treat with foreign nations. We want
TO be a nation with a big, n and we do not
want to be u colony like Ireland and India"