The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-04-24
Senator Mcmillan On Our Relations
with Canada.

Aspesoh which should be read by every
patriotic American. no matter what his
party prsdiIsctions. was delivered last
week In the Senate by Mr.. MCMILLAN OF
Michigan. Tho subject was the grievons
and wanton injury which the WILSON bill.
should 1t become q law. would innict upon
the farmer and the lumberman Of our
border States by exposing Thorn to COM
petition with the cheap labor OF the Cana
dian Dominion. To comprehend the sig
nificance Of the provisions OF the WILSON
bill relating to tho importation OF Canadian
raw products. 1t is necessary to compare
them. as Senator MCMILLAN has compared
them. with their pretended counterparts in
the Tariff bill lately driven through the
Ottawa House OF Commons by the Tory
Government Of Canada.
By such comparison two things are
made patent and unmlstakable; First. the
American producer OF food staples and
other raw materials. whom the trainers of
the WILSON bill profess to champion at
tho expense OF the American manufacturer,
has been needlessly and ruthlessly sacri-
feed to his Canadian rival. who has the
threefpid advantage OF cheap land. cheap
labor. and cheap transportation. Secondly.
this dlsgraceful surrender of our national
interests has been brought about through
Q certain mysterious influence exersed upon
the President. and through him upon those
elements OF tho Federal legislature which
are responsive to Executive pressure. The
precise source Of that influence. its channels
and modes OF operation. will perhaps at no
distant day be- made the subject OF Con-
90 ha
Informed persons in Washington will at
once identify 1t with the secret medium
through which the policy OF infamy pro-
jectsd by Mr.. CLEVELAND in Hawaii was
made known to British newspapers long
before an inkling OF 1t was vouchsafed to
tho American people by the publication of
Mr.. GREsHAMs letter. For an act i'm
measurably less misehlevous aud offensive
than the dlvulgatlon OF the Presidents in
tentlons. or the stealthy manipulation of
important features OF our tariff legislation.
. former diplomatic representative OF Eng
land-we refer. OF course. to SAoKvILLE
WEsr-was ordered not to stand upon the
order OF his departure from this country.
but TO depart at once.
Senator MCMILLAN Is the first 10 point
out the extraordinary coincidence OF the
opening OF our huge American markets TO
the raw products OF the Dominion. and the
derisory profer by the Ottawa Parlia-
ment OF ostensibly equivalent privileges to
American producers. TO whom in reality
they are hollow mockery. Place side by
side. says the Senator. the WILSON bill as
1t came from the House. and the Tariff bill
which has just passed the Canadian House
OF Commons. and it will be at once apparent
how close a secret understanding must
have existed between the eoneOcteTs OF the
two measures. The Canadians make no
concessions in their tariff on our manu-
featured articles; they were not asked 10
make any by our Executive. or by the
dominant element In our House Of Repre-
ssntatives; for the avOwed purpose Of the
latter Is TO ruin American manufacturers
and the multitude Of workmen ia our
Northern States who depend for their daily
bread ON our manufacturing industries.
But the executive and legislative spon-
sOrs OF tho WILSON bill gush ad
RGGssam about their heartfelt devotion
70 the interests Of the producers Of our raw
produeta- Let US see how they subserys
those interests. In both the Canadian and