The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-01-16


tries-New Treaty With Great Britain the
First Requisite-views in Washington on
the Subject.
Washington, Jan. 15.-When the lib
efal party came into power at the re-
cent elections in Canada 1t was a part
OF its declaration and purpose to secure
more intimate trade relations with the
United States To accomplish this re-
suit a treaty with Great Britain must
f1rst be negotiated and to learn the
sentiment Of the national lawmakers
OF this country respecting such an ar
rangement is the purpose Of Messrs.
charlton and Farrar, two liberal mem-
bers of the Canadian parliament, who
reached Washington yesterday. Both
gentlemen announced that they came
IN an unofficial capacity and simply to
talk with public men to learn how far
their cooperation might be secured In
the negotiation of a commercial treaty
between Canada and the United States.
Yesterday Mr.. Farrar spoke with Mr..
Dlngley of Maine, the chairman of the
ways and means committee, with refer
SAtSS
he talked with several other members
OF the committee. To-day he and Mr..
Charlton continued their missionary
work but so far as can be learned the
results have not been satisfactory. The
objection raised by the Americans is
that the natural products of both coun-:
tries are the same owing to similar
climatic and social conditions The
members of the ways and means com
mittee, FOR example, will not agree that
even the present rate Of duty on foreign
farm products, to say nothing Of a
lower rate of duty will be permitted.
There Is an urgent demand from the
American farmers along the entire
northern border for a restoration OF
the Mckinley rate of duty on hay.
beeves horses, breadstuffs and farm
products generally. So far as these ar
ticles are concerned, no reciprocity is
possible. The same is true OF lumber.
| Under the present law the importations
of lumber from Canada have been
enormously increased and SO keenly
have the American lumbermen felt the
competition Of their Canadian neigh
1 bors that they will not only demand
the old rate of duty, but also q very
considerable increase above that.
So far as manufacturers are con-
cerned it is not believed that the Cam
adams will accept any arrangement
1 which will give the Americans prac-
/ tical control Of their market, as would
! be the case If reciprocity in manufac-
lures of iron, steel and other articles
4 were permitted. On the other hand,
4 the Canadians maintain that Canada
! will grant such concessions as will
greatly enlarge the American market.
/ While Canada could not give the Unit
ed States a lower rate of duty than. is
given to the British manufacturer, 1t 20
happens, Mr.. Farrar says, that a large
/ number of goods can be found which
might be put on the free list and from
which the Canadians would purchase
largely of the Americans, as Great
Britain cannot compete with this coun-.
4 try in producing them.
4 He includes in this list sewing ma
1 chimes, firearms, pig and bar iron, axles
4 and springs, locomotives and station
ary engines, paper, printing machines,
I and presses, gray cotton and cotton
1 jeans, clocks and watches, brass goods,
carriages and sleighs, drugs and chem
i icals, glass, boots and shoes, harness
and saddlery, refined petroleum, paints,
\ oils, rubber goods, furniture, electrical
apparatus, etc. Canada, according to
/ Mr.. Farrar, is ready to put the north
Atlantic fishery question on more
satisfactory footing and to come to a.
better understanding as regards wreck
ing on the great lakes, the alien labor
law and other matters in dispute.
The Canadian government is also
prepared to enter into a joint scheme
| for deepening the st. Lawrence route
from Duluth and Chicago to tide wa
| ter and for making the lake traffic free
| to Canadian and American vessels
alike, offering in return to give the
i United States joint control of the cam
ais. Public men to whom these con-
cessions have been outlined appreciate
the advantage, but they cannot see
how they can offer Canada any advan-
tages in return that would not offset
and probably more than offset the
concessions granted.
Some of the senators think that Can.
ada would insist as a part Of the ar
rangement upon a continuance of the
bonding privilege which is now enjoy
| ed by the Grand Trunk and Canadian
Pacific railways, and which many
Americans feels works an injustice to
American railways notwithstanding
/ the people along the northern border
in New England and the northwest de-
/ rive great benefit from their use Of the
Canadian roads. Altogether the situa-
| tion, if representatives and senators
who were spoken with to-day may be
believed, is full of certainty, with the
chances strongly against any conven-
! ton such as the liberal party in Cana
| da would like to frame. It is pointed
out that the old treaty Of 1S4S was
! largely favorable to Canada, and that
| it was abrogated on that account The
/ conditions to-day, it is thought, are
not relatively different from those
! which which existed at that time, and
the unsatisfactory working of that
treaty is cited by those who do not
give their objections in detail as their
reasons for opposing similar arrange
ment now.
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Washington, Jan. 15.-An army Off
Ger has left the service of the United