The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-11-16

with favor. They have taken the
ground 1T is said, that they would he
gIad to reach any basis of settlement
by compromise or fair concession. but
tney view this proposition as one for
aosolute surrender on their part.
from their standpoint an agreement
10 stop sealing for one year. and then
10 negotiate for stopping il for A long
er perlor would not involve any give
and-take concessions, as they would
9e caIIed upon to give, without any
aeHnlte prospect of receiving benefit
Tor benefit Whether this will deveIon
critical issue when the diplomats get
together cannot be foretold Each
side naturally is very insistent in ira
respect, contentious as the final stage
is approaching, but this is in part at
terlputed to diplomatic maneuvering
for position
Both sides are earnestly hopeful Of n
solution. From the American stand
point, the failure of the negotiations
would affect not only the sealing 0ues-
ton between Great Britain. Canada
and the United States, but also would
con! pHcate the recent treaty between
Russia, Japan and the United States
the entire theory of that treaty he
Ing that Great Britain and Canada
would cooperate in a limitation Of
pelag1c sealing. From the Canadian
standpoint there is equal anxiety to
AVOID failure of the negotiations as
that would affect not only their Re
ring sea interests, but also reciprocity.
border immigration and the MANY
subjects on which they hope to secure
an adjustment While this general
sentiment prevails, one of the oficiaIs
participating in the meeting regret.
fully expressed the fear today that the
regulations would fail, adding. how
ever, that he sincerely hoped his feara
hQ
sue of the meeting.
Inc attitude of the administration
towards the subject of reciprocity with
canada is probably disclosed I'm the
( following statement Of a government
oInelal; The task of the government
would be made easier If the statesmen
IN congress would be controlled by the
interests OF the country at large. Some
OF them unfortunately confne their
views TO particular concession to he
optalned from foreign country for
local interest, and then desire our
compensatory concession to be made
not by their own, but by some other
locality They make Of reciprocity a
series or questions to be settled in the
interest Of particular districts We
may De able to secure ARRANGEMENTS
which viii add millions to our national
export trade; and yet it might be de-
feated by combination of a few minor
local interests, not amounting to
S1,OO0,0OO. Yet reciprocity means mu-
tual concession; without this nothing
can be accomplished. We must give a
market, If we acquire one-nOt neces-
sarily free market, but an accessi-
BILE market. Take coal for an iIlustra-
ton. By giving access to the New
England coast. we might gain access
(perhaps cOntroD in the coal market
or all Central Canada, with mutual
advantages by reason of geographical
and transport conditions. Would 1t
be wise for coal producers to antago-
niZe these natural conditions? 1t Is the
same with other articles Of commerce,
where long water transportation Is
balanced against short railway car
riage. In some things we can acquire
an almost exclusive market, greatly
increasing our exports. in exchange
for market open only to the COM
petition Of the other party. So IT ia
with some phases of the question Of
logs and coarse lumber against man
ufactures Of wool Whenever we en-
large the market of manufacturers, we
inevitably enlarge the demand for our
raw material from which they are
made, and this tends TO increase the
price paid to the original producer.
The advantages Of increased trade are
widely distributed.
III lHe mayor POI tlOH OF commercial
exchange this country is in the ex-
ceptional condition Of producing sur
plus both of raw material and Of the
manufactured products. Our policy
must take into view this situation. al
though it increases our difficulty in
negotiations which shall satisfy every
interest All that can be hoped for
is a result which, in the aggregate,
shall be clearly advantageous 10 the
nation as a unit All producers are
also consumers, and they often gain
on one side as much as they lose on
the other"