The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1895-04-05
10Y IN CANADA!
Over the British Features Of the Wilson
Bill.

| BILL.
Montreal, March 1S.-The Canadians are
happy. They haye got just what they
want. They are better off than they ever
hoped to be. The best they ever hoped for
was reciprocity, but now our Wilson rev.
enue bill has not only destroyed our own
revenue, but made free trade or allowed
Canada to keep on the tariff against the
states higher than our own tariff against
them.
The Canadians used to pay us tariff on
buckwheat, rye, oats, barley, wheat, hops,
sheep, and finished lumber, when brought
across the river at Ogdensburg. They paid
$500, 600 year into the Ogdensburg custom
house. They paid this tariff themselves.
When we put the tariff on sheep, cattle and
eggs, they went down just that tariff in
Canada. When we took that tariff off they
went up again in Canada. There is not a
resident from Niagara Falls to Quebec, on
either side, who doesn't say So
Yesterday, to settle this question official
ly, for all the politicians lie so about it, l
called at the Ogdensburg custom house.
The collector was very kind to me, and his
obliging and gentlemanly clerks gave all the
information wanted.
"How much money was received by this
custom house from the Canadians during
the month of January, 1912" asked.
The clerk referred to the books and said:
Just $22, 439; and we took in S25, AIS in
April, $24, O31 in May, S23, 40i in October,
and $50, S37 in November"
why did you receive so much in Novem-
ber?" asked.
swell, the Canadians paid $11,O on
eggs and S13,509 on horses, and sheep,
barley, etc., made the rest"
now" l asked, ''what were the receipts
under the Wilson bill?"
|. The clerk looked at the book and said:
"Just 81, 1897 for January, SOFIA for Febru-
ary."
$50 we have lost in revenue in this one
customs house." l said, from $12,0 900 to
500, 900 month";"
The clerk was silent.
"How much Canadian wool came in un-
der the Wilson bill in January, 1852" 1
asked.
''Under the free wool tariff" said the
clerk, "1O6,643 pounds, worth $22, 1923,
came in Free"
''And we got no duty at alp"
'Not cent"
4
"Well, 4,59S, S44 feet came i'm free during
January, 1896"
"And this used to pay tariff under the
Mckinley bill?"
'Why, of course. Raw logs with the
bark on came free then, but dressed paid"
$50 our American saw mills have gone to
Canada, where they have cheaper labor?" l
remarked.
The polite clerk was annoyed, but silent.
"Now," l continued, L see Canadian
wheat, sheep, and other raw material come
to us free. Do they charge tariff on SINH
lar stuff from the states?"
"Why, yes; they put tariff of $4 bar
rel OH pork lard, hams, and bacon, and two
cents on Chicago fresh beef. That is to
protect their farmers"
II see all the dramatic companies are
complaining that they can ship no advertis-
ing paper to Canada. They say that the
Canadian tariff Is higher than ours" l re-
marked.
''Yes, the Canadians charge Is cents a
pound and 25 cent ad valorem on all
printed matter. This is about 100 per cent.
The U. s. tariff against Canadian printing
is % per cent"
''This is why few American dramatic
companies are going to Canada, supposeT'
"Well, 1t seems that Canada has got the
advantage of us on pork, meat, and books.'
said the clerk; Eyes, and cotton cloth, too,
for Canada, puts two cents yard on it."
And then the customs official was silent
again.