Evening star., 1897-01-08

S as Drought TO an end. Amongst Cana
ams ,nere Is a feeling OF resentment
against that form OF coercion
oPoh the treaty, imperfect as a. vas Nc
means OF intercourse Canada dId ~,
Suih OF ner foreign trade with the United
states. The moment the treaty was ahro-
ea'ed canadians went TO work 10 mn, thci-
trade with England on a bn.,orP I,,r',lI ,I,,Lr
ana TO seek new channels in this ben,i
sphere. The upshot was that a good ucal
OF the produce which had gone 10 tbe
Hnerrcah market began 10 20 TO Britain
the west indies, Newfoundland ana Sou,h
america, Where il encountered THAI 81 ,bn
american farmer. That is 10 say az tbo
aean enn'e;, farmer was relieved OF Canadian
competition at home he had to meet n
abroad, which was much the same thing
Possible Trade.
IF Canada loses by the United States
tariH she is not the only loser Between
1884 and 1866 American exports TO The Britt
ish provinces amounted to as much as ,ba
american exports TO Russia, Italy and
Austria, China and Japan. Brazil tho Ar
genuine Republic, the Central American
states and the Sandwich islands an put
toge,her. During the fiscal year ending ihe
-"o "ah 10 OF june last they amounted to s-a.-
'V'Vp uhese are the figures of the for, ign
markets section of the Department of Az
ricuiture at Washington, or equal 10 Tho
combined exports to Brazil Mexico. the
Argentine Republic, Hayti. Hawaii N,-n-
ezuela, Chile and Cuba. Canada buys fror,
me United States not only a large ouaur{ty
or natural products. like cattle corn vb,sr
hour, ne, coal and coal oil, raw cotton. tobacco.
hides. vegetables, green fru,r etc b1t
manufactures of every kind and OF corr,.-
would take far more If I'm return for Tho
removal Of the duties on some OF her
staples she were to admit certain lines Of
American goods free. The American manu-
tacturer along the frontier can talk 10 his
canadian customers over the telephone
they are people of his own race. the goods
fh.ar,a
dong business, his currency etc are The
same as theirs. and he has as cheap com
munlcation with them, thanks to the great
iahes ana the numerous railways running
10 the boundary, as with any part of his
nome market. A complete reciprocity would
In fact, be tantamount 10 an addition of
3.ooo,o~ OF English-speakias CONSUMERS to
his home market.
Canadian Tarfm.
The average rate Of duty on British
goods entering Canada is higher than the
average levied on American, because the
latter consist to a great extent of raw ma
terial. This is a discrimination against
Great Britain arising from causes beyond
control But to openly and deliberately dis
criminate against her, as for instance, by
allowing American pig iron or steel rails
IN free while taxing those from England. ia
something no self-governing colony has vet
done. Liberals insist that there would be
no discrimination against her in giving
Americans certain privileges in the Cana
dian market IN exchange for privileges =:
the American market: that Canada would
simply be purchasing favors for herself
with favors conferred by herself as SOW
ereign nations do, and England would have
no more right TO complain than France,
Hawaii or any other outsider. At the same
time, the liberal government, which has
only just got into Office. does not wish to
have to fight both the tory party In Canada
aid the British
Hence, 1t would prefer for the present that
the manufactured articles to be put into
a reciprocity arrangement should be arti-
cles which there would be no harm in MAX
ing free to Britain as well, since she could
Eot compete iE them successfully in the
Canadian market. The competition would
lie between the Canadian and the American
manufacturer. whilst the British manufac-
turer. not being barred out by any act OF
the Canadian parliament, would have no
cause to complain"