New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-07-16
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.
rerr TRADE MEASUREMENTS.

,o,,x W. p,,ssr,t,s VIEWS AS TO CANADA. Reel
pRouTy AND TRADE RELATIONS IN
SUPPORTED BY FACTS.
To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir. II Ia our purpose to call the attention or rarm-
ers and those who are generally called worAihs
people 10 some Of the statements 'some true an"
some fase) made by free traders III 'he ieau'"s
magazines in the last few months. John W. NUS
sell wants freer trade relations with the people OF
On. Domin,on In .The North American Review
n. saws 1.-The friends of tariff reform are ALREADY
preparing to fight the battle over again Inc Law
erals of the Dominion will watch their enor's VII"
eympathetic interest. hoping that the cause ""o -,
triumph was nullned for time by treachers WIN
vet prevail" when the time comes. as they oe-
I,eve Il will come they will no longer rely upon
special negotiations to secure the Dement'S OF ireer
trade"
The only traitors IN the case the free traders
who were traitors to their country's interests w.
Russelrs assertions so far true II is speciany
true that the friends Of tariff reform are prepa.ns
n fight the battle over again by misrepresentation
and faisehood
I, is also true as he says that "the statesmen OF
the Dominion see the advantage OF closer trace re-
lations with the Republic" The nearheSo on"
magnitude Of the market, together with the eNo.p
tional inducements Of profit and convenience man.
such relations In every wav most desiraoie. WI.
cannot John W. Russell see with equal ciearheS'
that his plea for the great advantage Vi VIC Peop
OF the Dominion applies with even greater io'' -,
the people OF the Republic? He wants 10 sive
the people of the Dominion free access 10 our "e
,na,re, NJ great magnitude" to sell their aeri-
cultural products at a good price. whie We sup
our AGRICULTURAL products to the markets Vi '"e
world" at a low price ,,
Mr. Russell says that political reasons, largely
Hinged by the memory of two wars. have adoeo ther
weight to such economic objections 10 reeipio,' %
.x,s,ed and that in some cases they may nave peeh
alone sufcient to prejudice the success OF the lana
dian proposals." 1.-The operation OF the r'e'.
treaty of 1854 was beneficial that the Peop'o ~,
both countries would gladly have seen IL re"e"e''
The above statements of Mr.. Russell are not true
" anv narticIlar but are grossly false. The dis
Of the Elgin treaty at the time OF It's aoro
pation shows that there was no gooo reaso" lux
its existence on our side We nave soo C"h"ua
more goods in the last thirteen years imam we u.u
during the thirteen years OF the treaty Iher
sales TO us have largely increased under the wilson
IN o., our d,sadvantage The popular feeling In
,h,s country In favor OF the arbitration treaty
shows clearly that there is no general 1eehhs VI
hostility TO the people in England or Cahaua INC
vote In the Senate also showed thar the opPos"ioh
70 that treaty not on the protectionst size oi
the chamber. but that It was confined almost ex-
cIusively 10 the free-trade side. the people OH
our side OF the line were not in favor OF renew"s
the Eein treaty because the imports OF agrlcui-
tural products hurt home market for IKE proo-
uc,s without any compensating oeneht' Inc re-
sources OF the United States are ample LOT i's
needs for consumption
There is no hostility TO other countries IN the
srincipe of protection. 1t is simply industrial IN
dependence, and its application is matter Oh
patriotism. 1t has no application IN any orec'o"
10 other countries. and does not IN any wa! oo'i-
Germ them. This talk Of retaliation by other cou"-
tries Is the hnnest of vapor If they impose duties
TO protect their markets because we do' SO much
the better for them and in the long run better for
u. In looking over the articles admitted TO our
market by the Elgin treaty we do not find one tnai
we cannot produce in o6se better barley and
wheat than we do. but ne mas no au'hoi'! io' MS
Mr. Russell says: THE protectionists are IN once
and will nave their way for the presehs' Dus
Indications may suggest TO them the precar'oT aus
PREPARED 70 assert or peope ali of the
Tine But this is true We cannot vote to have
the things that we want to consume ried il
good many times, and have never sufc aSo me
creator Of wealth and without it can be proitaby
employed there can be no prosperity, o.. srnnoss
that II the American farmer is protected against
Canadian agricultural products ne is b ne on
lean shipments which bring such good returns
abroad Sl have to meet the displaced oana baan
sent here While it is true that this argnmen mt
without the least re particle OF r Rnsse State 70
ment (arcady quoted: The nearness and mag
raie,inns In every way most desirable" completely
refutes his statement that ne AMERICAN Eisb
marker that he does In his own market, with Tree
imports from Canada. What he says OF the amer
lean market is in any sense OF the Engsn
SIS true of the English market, what Is ne iussns
about? Mir. Dngley and his friends; or Inc the
AGfs io Ensiand Our protective duties no,
IMPOSED 10 save the English market. but 10 build
up industries and with snem m our our aSrctnra
products to get the English market SO tnst
shi
Iohn w Russell and other free traders would
SIead for protection in the Dominion.
In English possessions on TINS coh neI az re
tbn whole Of Europe British America embraces over
Az 600 ON OF acres outside the organized provinces
most of which is well adapted TO the production OF
one-i fteenth Of that OF the United States Her
foreien trade is something less than $2ooVooWo am
More of her people are employed In factories mere
IN New-England than IN Cah ana r 'wstchine the
.fyorts ~ the friends of tariff reform with SYM
pathetic interest would change their policy from
INADEQUATE protection to ample Wo6 Sd np far
better home market. near convenient ana Pro ON.
able than they can get by freer trade WIN tnIs
home to swell her own population instead OF IN.
creasing that Of NewEngland. The enormous
losses Of the American people MhiGn
ings and decreased consumption IN the Iass oJ Jour
Years have all been caused by voting IN ~ S -
have the things that re s a1 70 reformers prepared
FOR the battle in 1892 by misrepresenting economic
lying They are wss wiz If sn' t sss
''''' " GEORGE W RUSSELL
Williamstown Mass. July IL. 1884,.
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