Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-11-12
Reciprocity,

In isis, the outlook for British AM
erica was 90 unaailafactory that An
annexation manifesto was signed Ia
Montrcai by number " leading can
adams. Including John a. Macdonald.
David \. MacPheraln, Alexander
Oauit. john Rose. John G. Abbott
Leonard TIncy and George earlier or
the seven named. six wen Of Englihh
or Scotch origin, and ono was ~
Frcnen extraction. There was MOI an
freshman among them, AFTER lsNl'
every ono uf chem, 90 Hplic N MS nav
ing aligned the Montreal annexation
,ns,if.sf,l br.-tme Minister uf the
Crown. ana received she decoration ~
knishthsll. Another historical lnei-
dent should b. mentioned 10 connection
with this tortc. when Lord ElFlr bee
came goysrunr-rturrAl q Canada 20
1850. he qunkly recognized thnt the
only preventive % the plNucl union
Of The United states hta1 British Norm
America would De FREQ Access " NE
American market Tor the surplus nat
urai products ~ the British province:
NEGOTIATIONS f1r a treaty, which ahuhld
render such access possible, wcfr. pre-
seutiy. baFun by him AZ WhahlnEiun
with a lavish expenditure OF money
A. that tmc, the slave power was pre-
pBndfraut o. the person OF franhlh
Pierce. Lord Elrln informed the pro.
slavery leaders that 'thrr ihry mlN
grunt 10 Canada reciprocity or Else
shey would soon have o. admit Into she
Union rX or seven new ffce stteh,
with a population intensely hostile -
slavery. The result was she rsciprp-
city treaty % 1854. which Remained In
fOgcc until March 10. 1865 While mo
treaty was operative, The population
az Canada increased nt least ariy per
cent. sirrr fhc abllaiiun q The tNaly,
the population has grpwn much more
gieviy' ana 10 l. now probable mat q
period ~ staEnailln has been reached.
A renewal Of she treaty N 1874 would
enable Canada o. ifduce and retain
immigration aud lrFyent emigration.
Even q gain - twenty-five per cent In
her population % ton Year, would give
Cauadn total Increase OF l.-oull cll-
izens. who. " the value or hn lrllNld-
worth ST 10000 900. Again. she courn-
uatlln ~ the existing Bonding privl-
lsgps flr tau yeaff would secure Tor tho
canadian Rauways950 900 900 ir tfAil1
tarninFs. There would D. ftlll am Nor
source u prlni. The present annual
products N Cauadt.H farms, Fisheries.
forests and m.neH. and ne earnings
81 Ntf Vessels fNNih'l 81 NlN NfANtliIa
TRADE. cHurUt b. appraised 40 less than
500 600 600. Reciprocity would secure 10
the producer co. Canada an average In
erase 90 prise Of ten Per cent, not only
upon the portion exported, bus upon mo
portion consumed az home The an
nual yaluc.t therefor. of the reciprocity 20
she Canadian producer ~ natural pro-
duets and 90 Canadian vcsucl-Jwuers,
would b. NM lrrs than $500 900. which
would be- M less than 300 900 000. which
would amount 60 $500 100000 IN ten
years. u follows chat the total gain 10
Canada from all 20 the three sources
enumerated would be-, in ten years,
g. 900 900 600 on our side, wo should
simply acquire accrrs for our manu-
ftcturaa 90 "a market furnished by but
five million consumers, wherein We
should have % compete Du equal terms
with British and Canadian articles
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