Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1894-04-26


Tur Wilson bill ami The amendments re-
ported hy the senate committee throw
over all tins advantage and intritiiely
postpone political union If the Two cuau-
trie~. and ID fact establish policy - fay-
orah,c Ia the Canadian that | Should hook
% see the growing sentiment fp. auHeXt-
tlpu die out and that In the .vttratlun 10
G me We should hud rur~ryrs Hila
growing and possibly hostile rival along
onr entire Northern border. This can-ld-
Grafton alone, III the broad domain II
siate,manshiV. ought - be il Itself tile
deathhluw Of ;he hIl
propose now. Mr.. Preside; {, ~onra hat
in detail, - show where aud 10 what *
cent the offensive provisions Of this D,li
u which have alluded in thi, branch ~
the subject arr found give here table
of different articles, showing the duty uu-
der the Mckinley tn, under the House
bin, and under the bin submitted u the
Senate bv IL committee 10 BE printed at
the close Of my rrmajk-
The difference between the House bill,
a. passed BY that body, ard the biII re-
ported by the Senate committee, viii be
found in each case where the changes
made by the Senate committee are in
serted iu italics. The CORES puntiu- pro-
visions of Tie House b.Il being stricken
out. Each paragraph shows by itself the
changes made by the Senate committee.
CANADIAN COMPETITION.
ln approaching the details Of this part
OF the bill certain general considerations
bearing upon the competition Of Canadian
labor and products with ours should be
kept ln mind. When our labor is put in
to this competition with Canadian labor
it has not the advantage, IN the way Of
transportation, which it is claimed applies
to other countries.
The geographical conditions Of the
Dominion Of Canada, her great water
ways furnishing cheap transit to the sea
| coast, the long line of that coast which
includes the maritime provinces, fully
| balance any advantage which the indus
/ tries of the border belt of the United
| States might have in gaining the great
! markets of this country.
| The New Brunswick and Nova Scotia
! shipper, with his home built vessel, can
/ compete with the Maine vessel in reaching
the Boston. Providence, New York, or
| Philadelphia market, aud, Indeed can
| give odds in freight. And, in the same
! line, the system Of Canadian railways has
| been made so complete, by the liberal in
vestment of British capital and the sub
| sidizing aid Of the British Government.
that the same advantages which apply TO
| the shipper by the sea are enjoyed by the
| shipper from the interior, over the lines of
I Canadian railways.
But beyond all this the conditions Of
life throughout Canada, the different
manner of living, the different scale of
advantage enjoyed, result In different rates
OF labor paid upon the two SIDES of the
border, varying from % to 40 per cent.
| Nowhere, perhaps, in the world, Is the
consideration of cheaper labor entering
| into manufactured products SO clearly pre-
| sented to the eye as in the comparison of
| wages between the United States and
Canada.
In some parts of the Dominion the
wages paid in corresponding branches of
labor, will not vary much from one half
of those paid on this side.
Now, Mr.. Pr, sdeni, desire to make
some further comment upon some or all of
these articles. They embrace. to begin
with, almost the totality of the indus
tries of my own State aud. ia set form,
they pitilessly legislate sgainst all the
interests of the State OF Maine aud in
favor of her Canadian rival. Il do not
ihiuk that such an instance of oppres, i N
OF the industries of State by legislative
enactment, can be found In any tariff bill
that has ever been adopted in the United
States.
The House and the Senate committee
have hewn to the line, and nothing is left
Lumber. in all its civers forms, pulp
granite, fish, starch, potatoes. lime, horses,
III, ep and horned cattle. wo i, buck whea,
aud oats. hay, butter and cheese, and eggs
these, MIR. President, when to them are
added wooden, cotton, aud plush manu-.
features. coverssalmost all the occupations
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