The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-04-24

American bills. lumber. buckwheat. rye and
rye -four. and corn are put on the free list
when imported from any country which
admits these articles free OF duty. Canada
also offers to place apples and peas on her
free list as TO any country which does the
same; and the WILSON bill puts apples and
peas on the free list absolutely. Eggs. salt.
wool, and ores Of metals are likewise on
both free lists: and tho United States offers
Canada free oats, oatmeal. wheat, and
wheat -four In exchange for like favors."
Like favors-heaven save tho mark There
lie not an American citizen 1T to vote who
will not see that what these two artfully
dovetailcd tariffs aim at is a surreptitious
revival OF the one-sided reciprocity in raw
products which was established by the Ell
ON treaty in 1884. and which American pro-
ducers-not American manufacturers. for
they had been purposely left out In the
cold-forced their Government 10 repudlate
as gross and ruinous swindle. In 1867.
Why do we call the reciprocity in raw
products, now cunnlngly arranged through
dovetailed legislation by our Government
and that OF Canada, q gross and ruinous
swindle per3etrated on the American farm
or. lumberman. and producer OF other
raw pTOuuCJss on tnB very ClJlLeuSs Ill
other words. for whom the President and
his legislative henchmen profess such ar
dent and unquenchable affection Be-
cause their experience with the kind Of
reciprocity brought about by the EIo1N
treaty. showed the farmers Of our border
States that they could not compete sue
cessfully with Canadian farmers even in
their own American markets; for the rea-
sons. first, that land In Canada is worth
much less than land OF the same quality In
our border States; and. secondly, that the
wages OF labor In Canada are at least so
per cent lower than they are In the United
States. A careful computation has demon
strated that In order to allow the New York
farmer to compete In his own State success
fully with his Canadian rival. the average
rate Of duty on Canadian farm products
would have to be at least "A per cent, of
which IL per cent. would represent the
difference In the value OF land. and SO per
cent. the excess OF the cost OF labor In New
York. We are assured by Senator MCMIL-
Lam. speaking on behalf OF the farmers OF
Michigan, that the figures for his State
would present at least an equal discrep-
ancy in the cost OF land and labor. and
would. for fair and equal competition. re-
quire the imposition OF at least as large a
duty on Canadian farm products. But. II
our experience OF the ELGIN treaty. and
actual economical facts. prove that the
American farmer cannot survive the ad-
mission Of Canadian farm products. duty
free. to the American markets. what Is the
barren offer to admit his products. duty
free. to the petty. oversold market OF Cana
da but an insult to his intelligence?
How has 1t come about that the President
and that section of the House Of Repre-
sentauves which he controls have been per-
suaded to betray that great mass Of Ameri-
can producers whose welfare they profess
to have at heart? By what adroit and
diplomatic agency has such betrayal been
accomplished? Whom are the frequenters
OF the White House apt TO find squat at the
ear Of the Executive. pouring into It coun-
sells made insidious with dulcet adulation.
but fraught with depression and ultimate
disaster TO the producers OF American raw
products? Who Is the man whose words |
are smooth enough. but whose acts are rem |
dsring him by no means persona grdtd to |
the American peoplet Can Senator Nc
MILAN put his hand on him?