Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-06-15

internat;onr1 reciprocity convention at
Grand Forks. aud now reattirmca, OF re-
moving the tariff restrictions upon our in
ternational trade. so far as can be done
consistently with q due regard TO the rev.
enue requirements and other interests of
the two nations, may be most advantage
ously carried into effect by a treaty pro-
riding for the free interchange of those
classes of the products. both natural and
industrial. of each one. that are the most
generally in demand or usually find the
r~eadiest sale in the markets of the other.
Such a policy in the circumstances of the
United States and Canad is capable OF
being applied TO many classes of indus
trial products generally. 1t would re-
suit in giving TO Canada a market now
denied it for much of it's produce, with a
compensating advantage to the United
States. and that without affecting a large
part of their respective customs reve-
nueS."
S. A. Thompson of Duluth introduced
the following resolution on deep water
ways which was adopted:
Resolved, That the cheapest possible
Transportation is a matter of prime i'm
p0rtanre to the interest of the whole
->ot 'uIlduidu as wen as AhlttI-
can. and that we favor the improvement
of existing waterways and the construc-
ton of additional channels of communi-
cation between the great lakes and the
ocean of sufficient capacity to allow a
free passage of ocean vessels, and which
should be free of all tolls"
President Hin speaks.
Ar tho oftarppnn saSSion I I Hill mola
an address in favor OF reciprocity. He
spoke as follows:
MI. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen:
The object OF this meeting is certainly
one that every person interested IN the
growth of the Northwest must feel IA
very deep interest in. 1t is the bring
ING together OF ii people OF Il common
ancestry, speaking the same language,
living under the same laws as interpreted
by the courts, ~wofsnipping ut the same
Snrines throughout the country on both
sides of the national boundary. The Oh
Ject of this meeting ls i understand II,
IL TO interchange between the people OH
both sides OF the boundary the cominod-
tiles raised from the field and the forest
and the mines, and / might say from
the waters of the ocean; Il free inter
change of commercial relations, and fol-
lowing that, Il free interchange OF trans
portation facilities between the two peo-
pltss NJ uOuDl YOU uaNt VI Ijoit VI
less fixed in your own minds what that
would cover, and the conditions affected
by it.
IF the custom houses on the 1900
miles of in%ternational frontier between
the dominion of Canada and the United
States were abolished it would make a
pew geography, commercially speaking,
for the continent. Ii IL well-it Is vital
to the success of the work you have in
han to consider most thoroughly what
you ask for. There are on the north
o.DDO,u1 of people engaged mostly IN
the same enterprises that our ~6o,ooO,Oo0
of people are engaged ia on the south
side of The boundary, and you want TO
be careful to direct your attention TO
securing what is possible. and not TO ask
for something that is not possible, or
that will not in the natural order of
things be brought about. The removal
of our custom houses on the Northwest
frontier would of necessity change the
commercial geography of the continent.
| see no reason why the commerce that
now seeks an outlet at Baltimore, Ihlla-
delphia, New York and Boston should
not be divided. certainly equally divided,
between these cities and a city on the
ST. Lawrence river. i see no reason
why the city of Montreal should not be
the commercial rival of the city OF New
York to an extent that is far beyond any
thing hat most of US would think possi-
BILE.
Improvement of Waterways.
THE improvement of the great conti-
mental WATERWAYS would certainly, IL
carried to an extent that would permit
ocean ships TO interchange their 'lrgoes
at Montreal with the largest ships now
on the lakes. make Montreal the largest
shipping port on the continent. The
Dominion of Canada has Il large agri-
cultural area undeyclopeI. Soma of il re-
ynntn fpnn, mo Ynt nnl in thar If IA Al
mote from market it is necessary that ;he
transportation To the seao0ard shall he
furnished at rates that will enable I
farmer TO live and prosper. There is 10
other country in the world that has gole
so far in solving the matter Of cheap
transportation as the United States. When
l say that the United States has gone
farther than any other country i mean
that individual enterprise in the United
States has succeeded in furnishing trans
portation at lower rates thar il is ar
nished anywhere else in the world by
individual enterprise"
The Catering Wedge.
Our Canadian friends will remember
that L speak as one of them. They feel
equal to holding their own with any |
body, and when their material interests
are concerned they are able 10 take care
of them. and should be. For thai reason
L think II will be wise for you TO con-
slider well your plan and to ash for
something that you believe you can make
the entering wedge for something more. |
that if the commerce of the
great Northwest and West were to~ be
taken down the st. Lawrence river the
great trunk lines in which SO many
Of dollars are invested would
feel that they had something to say.
Baltimore. Philadelphia and New York
would feel greatly interested and deeply
| have no doubt. Canada has in
this respect peculiar advantages that
are her own. She has a greater capacity
for commerce than her mme is likely
10 grow TO for years to come. But before
reciprocity can be secured the consent of
a majority of the 65,0O0,000 of American
people must be secured. / know that the ]
northern line would be benefited |
by it. i know that our own state and
the states north and west Of us would |
be greatly benefited by it. AT the same !
time il is but q few months ago that
all our people We're enthusiastic and
happy because one of our representatives |
a bill TO construct n ship |
canal to the Hudson river. but il it were
to build such a canal it would |
never approach in effectiveness the nat |
ural highway by way Of the lakes and |
the ST. Lawrence if that highway were |
improved. tApplauseO Now |
/ will not detain Won longer. think /