The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-04-04
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sLuLr srE. MLRtR. April Am travelling
through Canada I am to-day at sault Ste.
Marie. on almost the extreme western boun-
Diary OF Ontario. On the American eide OF the
800 is sault Ste. Marie. = brisk business
town Of 900 people. while on the Canadian
side Is q struggling village OF 700 II IL the
same old story: American towns prosperous
and Canadian towns dropping. like Windsor.
Port Hope Cobourrg. and Kingston.
lind everywhere slso growing depression
in Canada where there was q buoyant feeling
after the Wilson bill passed. the House.
The Wilson bill" said n Toronto editor.
was to be an avalanche OF prosperity TO us.
Ten million dollars was stricken of oi your
revenue. AMI we were to receive the benefit.
We had our high tariff against your manrfac-
lures but you gave US free trade. Yesterday
the Ottawa ministry put 20 per cent. against
your farm machinery and "a cents against
your petroleum oil. We shut out your pig
ger can get his advertislnR paper into Canada
without double tariff. RJ yaIorsm and srsciiic
&c Door , REd fs {, cent threw s sw.y ani
we s,ill retain an average 10 per cent. tariif
but the wise heads, German. BrIce and
Hill will change things In the Senate" l snid.
Yes, that's what's Killing our boom. Your
stock farmer feels about a hen OF his that In
'iats on sitting on the limb Of an apple tree"
Why. he don't know whether the hen. will
batch nut chickens, or apples. or make q
This m ornine visited our great sault Ste.
iir s q spring ring boat from Duluth. - w.
they said, will GO through here every day
after APRIL SO many that esn AKA care 81
inc sW toward Snq 0 the se 500 Rivsr. We'll We are
building new canal twice as big as this one.
S e. y SIDE see c the FSs the
Canadian canal. and locks Going to cost
S'aIny 10 they have many boats D. I asked.
Not one where NE have hundred; What
they pay out for that canal would pay Canadian
.G W nIHass heaps S%I ssPf money S
ton should come the lakes would swarm arm. With in
S.one on s sy a ss 500 got Sny
seventy . %iiss long. but the SiG towns are al
An old Canadian farmer came into our 500
Custom House this morning. on his Z, S ray to
why do you leave Ontarioi" asked.
ever; Ssy OUR be make. s I'm e.. s:' states.
Is ssns- : busssl. Is esnss 90 Wheat b.fIe;,
hops. ST. ST. for shesP. and $50 for horses '''
VIII, 81 Pc Course. The little stun that W.
1--WE million Canadians send to your seventy
million peonie must be paid by the little ccun-
try. II the Wilson bill should pass those things
main the same in the States. so II the Wilson
bill don't tass we Canadian farmers are for
annex alton. As 1t 10 we can't make Q living.
] am tired. and am going to Dakota. whore
! can get better prfcea for my stun"
why, then. I'd 90 hack to Ontario Tor ! love
the old Domination: but those EnRlishmen mp at
Ottawa have false pride. They love Queen
will stand BY England and the old cross OF St.
George till we all aba nd on our Canadian farms
or starve. Tell en-" said the old man as he
held out s35 in one hand to pay customs duty
and pounded the table with the other, toll
in Ontario almost abandoned. said so. Yes,
tell EN- that he left the old Ontario home.
ssesd ana nns isher grave HShi h, PIN AND
and salvage from wrecked farm and started
for Dakota" ELI PERKINS.