Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-06-15
RECIPROCITY CONVENTION,
"EsoitTI0N ADOPTED ny THE
RECIPROCITY CONVENTION.
ronihent Men From All Parts of
'ne United states and Canada and
VI All Political Parties Present MT
the Gathering.

Eromfnent Men From All part. ,s
'he United States and canada and
of All Political Parties Present MT
the Gathering.
ot. Iati, June 6.-The second great
convention in favor of establishing closer
trade relations with Canada opened ar
tue auditorium yesterday, and a more
ulstlnguished group of business men than
,hose gathered in the great hall it would
"e nara TO md anywhere. They repre-
sent the pushing, energetic communities
Vi 'he Northwest. and are among the lead
ers Ill the many enterprises which are
peihS constantly undertaken for the adj
Vancement of the business and social in
terests of the section i'm which they re-
SHE. There is no politics whatever i'm the
convention. Every effort has been made
TO prevent politics becoming mixed up in
the AFFAIR oh either side of the line. Prom
ihent men from all political parties, both
III TINS country and ia Canada, will par
uclpate in the deliberations of the con-
Venton and deliver addresses. When
rock-rlbbed Democrats like L. III. Kelly
II W. NJ. Springer join hands with such
staiwart Republicans as Coy. Burke,
Mayor Wright and others on an issue of
this kind. it is very evident that there is
no politics in it.
When the delegates entered the audi
forum they found it magnificently dec
GRATED from the floor TO the dome, and
all agreed that a pleaSanter or more con-
VehlenI place OF meeting could not have
been provided. Hon. L. II. Kelly opened
the convention with a brief address CON
graduating the delegates upon the sue
cess the movement had thus far attained.
as evidenced by the large attendance and
the enthusiasm displayed on both sides of
the line. H." was followed Ey Mayor
Wright, who welcomed the delegates on
behalf of the city. after which ex-Gov.
Burke welcomed them on behalf OF the
organization.
When Gov. Burke had finished speak
ing, James Fisher, NJ. T., Of Winnipeg,
was called upon TO address the conven-
ton i'll behalf of the Canadian delegates.
Mr. Fisher Speaks.
when We met at Grand Forks less
than 4 year ago, IL was very wisely de-
termlned that Ne would only deal with
the question of reciprocity IN a general
way, and NE passed a resolution affirm
A"S AhA"N - was w. N'Giio DiS w 'iAi y
restrictions To the trade of the two coun-
tries i'll 50 far as that could be done with
q due ega 10 the essential interests OF
the two nations. Now, ut the opening of
this convention, 1t might, pernaps, be
well 10 suggest that the delegates 10
this convention desire to 90 Il step FUR
Their ana try TO indicate some scheme of
reciprocity that they can support in the
future and advocate in the two countries:
and | thought. even at this early stage OF
the proceedings il would not be amlss
just TO break the ice IA little and make
some suggestions that will assist IN the
discussion of the question.
Let me say that from the Canadian
standpoint there has never been a day
since the reciprocity treaty of 1904 was
abrOgated by your country that Canada
has not desired 10 have that treaty re-
stored, or Il wider treaty made. L should
like gentlemen from the American side
20 understand that the treaty of 1884 was
very satisfactory To Us, and while 1t was
in force our country WAS very prosperous.
Its "abrogatiOn was "A very great dlsap-
pointment TO us, and u OF the things
we felt most sorry about was this: we
felt in Canada that the treaty was abro-
gated by America, not SO much because
yOu were dissatisfied with il, hut because
you felt that Canadians aided and sym
pathized with the Southern people during
the war: and what intensified our disap-
pOintment was the knowledge that there
was no ground for that idea. 1t is quite
true that many of the youth OF Canada
left their homes and mothers III order to
participate in that great conflict; but L
venture TO say that for one man who was
found on the Southern side there were at
least twenty Oh the Northern side who
marched TO battle, to Wounds and TO
death. Great cheering.) At the same
time there was a feeling of irritation
o,,,.aI ha,apsn of tho NJ Alh1n'S raid
and more largely because of the Alabama
question, and il was for those reasons
that Won ~abrogated that treaty.
''YOu nave entere,i into treaties with
Brazil and other countries in the South.
In one year Canada buys more MANN
features from you than Brazil; cuba.
Ecuador and all those countries put
tcgether. Canada buys more from you
than all those countries put together.
and | believe stands No. 4 on the list Of
purchasers of manufactured articles.
Even with the high tariff against US, we
bought from you last year Sl2,OoO,oOO
more than we bought from England,
natural products and manufactures put
together, and we are buying more from
you than you are buying from us. The
figures | have given you are for our home
consumption. hut if you tax all our pur-
chases from YOU for the last eleven years
ending June 80. 1892, we have bought
from Won S125. 90 more than You nave
bought from us. and yet we are treating
You with all liberality in the matter of
tariff. Our tariff on manufactured
articles is not nearly so great as your tar
if is. and our tariff on raw products
is not so great against you as il is against
us. Then the duty imposed on the goods
purchased from England during the ten
yea rs lending June 10. 1891, was $4,000
900 more than the duty we imposed on
American goods. SO that we have n di-
rect discrimination against England
now.
Now what we want is a reciprocity
treaty and we are willing To negotiate
with you for a treaty which will include
manufactures as well as natural products,
and in seeking TO bring that about we
shall aim at reducing the duties on those
articles which are your staples without
interfering so much with the staples OF
the mother county. We feel that we
fought to do that as far as we can because
the mother country has never put a dol
lar duty on anything that we sell her"
The convention then proceeded to form
n temporary organization. and elected
Mayor w. III. .Eustis of Minneapolis, tenn
porary chairman.
After a number Of interesting speeches
a committee was appointed to prepare a
list of permanent officers. The owen
ton then adjourned for the day. The
committee has chosen James Fisher of