The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-06-12

capital and enterprise OF New Brunswick.
! Tho people OF the province were content to
continue to build and launch their wooden
vessels. and send them upon trading voy-
ages. which were 30 profitable that
sometimes n ships first trip would pay
for her. Importers, artisans. and farm
ers shared in the prevailing prosperity.
A farmer could go into tho woods. cut n
stick of timber. draw it to the shipyards,
and. with the $40 he might receive. go to
store and add to the comforts OF his
family. Tho city OF st. John was thriving:
her imports were larger than they have
ever been since. Now, shipbuilding has
practically disappeared, and the shipyards.
which were tho harvest field of st. John
and other seaboard towns. are deserted.
Tho Canadian tariff is II burden for which
there is absolutely no compensation in
New Brunswick.
But. of course, the destruction OF Ship
building and the consequent depression OF
industry and trade throughout tho prov
incc Is due less to the imposition by the
Dominion Government OF duties upon i'm
ports than to the restrictions upon access
to the markets OF the United States. 1t
is peculiarly true OF New Brunswick
that tho question OF markets is para
mount In politics. What the inhabi-
tanis OF the province imperatvely need,
aud need promptly. IL depression is to stop
sl ,rt OF prostration. is to got tho 50 thou
sand duty on lumber and tho Is cents q
thousand on laths thrown of; to obtain
for their fish FREQ entry into the United
States; to secure tho removal OF the United
States duty OF IA cents Il barrel on lime; to
throw open New England to the red granite
and freestone OF tho province. and.
finally. to procure free trade with their
American naighbors in farm products.
Tho attempts made to develop interpro-
yncial trade have resulted, so far rs New
Brunsw wick Is concerned, only In sending a
little fish to Quebec and Ontario. Insupcr-
able are tho barriers to the expansion OF
such q commerce. Communication with
Ontario must be by rail. and rail freights
arc costly: whereas. to the scaboard towns
OF tho United States all along the
Atlantic coast there is cheap water
carriage. II anything more than geo.
graphical position were needed to demon |
strate that the natural market of New |
lies In the States. it is found in
The official figures showing that last year |
the province sent only sl25.oOO worth OF prod |
lcts, outside OF lumber. to Great Britain, |
while. in spite OF the MCKINLEY tariff. tho
value OF the shipments to the United States,
again outside OF lumber. was million and
half of dollars. Yet the exports OF limo
we're one-third less than they were be-
ore the MCKINLEY tariff. and whereas
Aroostook county, in Maine sent away 2.275
ar loads Of potatoes. Carleton county. in
Sew Brunswick. though it lies contiguous
% Aroostoos. and contains soil quite Us fer
lie. shipped only 800 car loads. The simple
ruth is that not only has shipbuilding al
most vanished. but farm values are lower
han they have ever been before. and the
,eople are leaving the province because
hey cannot make living in it.
How long will it be before New Bruins
wick puts the blame for her present misfor-
unes where it belongs. namely. on the Do
ninion system. and recognizes that tho
emedy lies in continental union?