The morning call., 1893-06-07
jim HILLS SENSE.
He Will Go in Big for
Reciprocity.
HOW TO DEVELOP CANADA.
If the Custom Houses Were Done
Away With Trade Would
Be Doubled.
Special to THE MORNING CALL.

ST. PAUL, MIMI, June 6-When the
delegates to the International Reciprocity
Convention got together to-day the officers
selected last evening by the committee on
organization were elected. Letters of re-
greet were read from Governor Russell of
Massachusetts. Hon. Wilfred Laurier of
Quebec and other prominent men. E. V.
Smalley, chairman of the COMMITTEES on
resolutions, read the report and spoke
briefly in its support.
The resolutions were substantially as
follows: We favor reciprocity, and
especially with Canada, which would, it
was held, be of great mutual advantage;
in favor of the improvement Of waterways
from the Great Lakes to tidewater so as
to admit the passage Of ocean steamers
and open competition between the rail-
ways of both countries; and providing for
committee of ten. five from the United
States and five from Canada, to lay mat
ters before the respective Governments
with the view Of securing the enactment
of necessary laws to the ends sought.
After addresses favoring the resolutions
by Hon. Joseph Martin and Hon. William
FL. Springer of Illinois. the convention
took a recess.
At the afternoon session President James
j. Hill OF the Great Northern Railroad
spoke at some length. He said that If the
custom houses along the border were
abolished it would make a new geography,
commercially speaking, of the continent.
On both sides of the boundary the people
were engaged in practically the same oc-
cupation. He saw no reason why the
m n hioh nlyc Of of
Baltimore, New York and Boston should
not be divided with Montreal. Rates that
will let the farmers 1--we and prosper are
necessary for the development of the
Canadian Northwest, and an arrangement
agreed upon between the two countries
would result in good to portion of this
country and to all of Canada. He thought
it we'll rot 10 ask for so much that the peo-
pie would feel that Canada was getting all
the advantage If it were possible to build
a ship canal to the Hudson it would never
approach in effectiveness the natural high
way by the lakes and the ST. Lawreuce if
the natural way were improved.
DR.. Orton, former member of the
Canadian Parliament, j. A. Hawne of
Minneapolis. aud Mr.. Hall of Brandon.
Manitoba. spoke on the platform. and S.
A. Thompson of Duluth spoke at length
on deep waterways to the sea. After some
further discussion the platform was uuanl-
mously adopted
In the evening mass-meeting was held
10 the auditorium. Hon. William NJ.
Springer, chairman of the Ways and
Means Committee in the last House of
Representatives. delivered the chief ad-
dress of the session.
SOrinORr said in mart. The mnet i'm
portant feature in the union of States is
the absolute freedom of trade which the
constitution secures in all the States of
the republic. To this feature OF our in
stitutions can be attributed more of the
substantial growth of our country than to
any other cause. If this trade has been so
bene efcial, what reason can we give, what
argument can we offer 10 favor of contin-
uiDg this trade among our own States
which Will not apply TO the trade between
the Dominion of Canada and the United
States? That there has not been the same
freedom of trade between Canada and the
United States seems almost mystery to
one who can view the situation without
prejudice. This restricted trade between
the Dominion and the United States has
been brought about by the individual
needed is intelligent debate, discussions in
conventions of this kind, arguments in the
public press, and more unselfish ana patri-
Otic devotion to the interests Of the masses
as distinguished from those of the favored
classes. How can we proceed to bring
about this result? 1 would favor confer
ring upon the President of the United
States authority to appoint an iDterna-
1laa ion tn
with any like commission appointed by
the Dominion for the purpose of submit
ting to the respective Governments treaty
OF reciprocity embodying as far as possible
the following points:
Provisions for the free exchange of the
products of the soil, forest and mines Of
the two countries and of the fisheries of
the Atlantic and inland waters and the
free exchange of manufactured articles,
the component parts of Which had been
produced in either country. Where arti-
ces are subject to an internal revenue tax
each country should impose tariff equal
to that tax. There might be some excep
tion to the general rules which it would be
safe to submit to the judgment of an
International commission. The advantages
which would accrue to both countries
would greatly stimulate and promote their
commerce, would develop their growth
and resources and confer upon each the
inestim able advantages which have re-
suited from the perfect free trade between
the States of our Union. Every new
change would broaden and widen the sys-
tenn until there would be nothing left to
remind us of the folly of the past except
the records Of the past Congresses. The
nearer the Dominion approaches to abso-
lutte free trade with the United States the
more satisfactory will that condition be to
Great Britain. Under that system Eng
land has developed and brought to her
people wealth which could not have been
done under any restriction to trade or
interference with the natural course of
business.
SUSTAINS THE DUBSITES.
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