The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-09-03
CANADIAN QUESTIONS
NOT IN THE WAY OF 11r1rrp1Arr
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THE KANucK's RECIPROCITY
II Not at All the Kind Desired BY the
Business Men Of the United
States


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Associated Press Special Wire.
QUEBEC. Sept. This has teen the
busiest and most important day so far N
the history Of the Quebec conference. Dur
Ing the forenoon representatives Of four
leading interests Of the United States were
heard by the American commissioners and
lat 2 p. m. the joint session began at the
Parliament building and lasted until late
in the evening. The three important Indus
tries which were heard this morning were
the lumber industry, the New England
fisheries and the pulp paper Industry. The
men representing these industries all talked
fer the same thing, viz, that the present
duties affecting their respective industries
be not changed. They asked the American
| commissioners not to enter into any agree
ment with the Canadian government where
by their lines OF trade would be disturbed
The lumber interests are represented by
Smith Randall Of Augusta, Me-. Mcknight
OF Minnesota, and Charles ". Goodacre Of
Buffalo.
Three powerful industries Of the United
| States, by their representatives, have APP
peared praying the American members OF
the conference to make no change In the
duties now imposed upon the Canadian
products Of lumber, fsh and pulp paper.
The lumber interest Is the most Important
Of thethree and n is known that between
this and the reconvening Of the conference
active steps will be taken by the United
States lumbermen to forestall any action
on the part o fthe commission in the way of
| opening wider lumber markets in the
United States for Canadian lumber.
II the Joint high commission had nothing
to DO but settle the Bering sea question, the
boundary lines Of Alaska, the fisheries or
any group or all Of the twelve questions
enumerated in the protocol, no doubt they
could do It. but the greater question Of re-
ciproclty has seemed to force itself before
the conference and the Question will be
difficult to settle.
A man closely identified with the United
Statee government and who has followed
the work OF the conference very closely
made the following statement this after
noon:
The labor of the American members
Of the commission has been greatly In
creased by the altitude OF the American
representatives on the subject Of recaproc-
ity. I understand that they demand as
CONDITION precedent to the settlement OF the
International questions which have long
pended between Canada and the United
States an agreement Of some kind In refer
ence to reciprocity. This would not be so
difficult Of solution were It not for the fact
that from the newspapers in Canada and
from the impression Of the public men here
It Is very evident that the reciprocity which
they are willing to enter is not the kind of
reciprocity that the American people for
the past twenty years have discussed and
now unanimously favor. Since have been
here have carefully observed the situation
and I have learned that Canada expects the
United tSates to give them an exclusive
preferential duty in our market while they
propose to admit our goods only upon the
same condition that the products Of Great
Britain are admitted. The Canadian idea
is that in our market they are to have an
advantage as against the rest Of the world,
while IN their markets they Will give us
only an equal opportunity TO compete with
Great Britain. The kind of reciprocity
which the Americans favor and which the
commercial bodies Of the United States
have asked our commissioners to secure Is
the reciprocity which gives an equal adj
vantage in the respective markets In the
countries which are parties to the agree
ment and that this advantage should be
exclusively enjoyed by each country. Had
these various commercial bodies known at
the time they considered and passed their
resolutions what kind Of reciprocity Can
ada wanted 1t is doubtful II any Of them
loutside Of the Boston chamber of COM
merce would have favored or would have
presented these resolutions which are now
In the hands Of the commissioners. 1t was
then known that such great national indus
tries In the United States as agriculture.
lumber, coal and others were to be laid on
the international bargain counter, there to
be disposed Of in consideration Of securing
for a few manufacturers in Boston and
other New England cities the poor privilege
Il of competing in the Canadian markets on
an equality with some other country where
production Is carried on at a cost far be-
low the cost of production in our own
country. 1t will readily be seen that the
Boston and Canadian proposition will be
of no material benefit to American produc-
ers. In anticipation Of the appointment
Of THIS Joint high committee Canada some
time ago increased the preferential tariff
In favor Of Great Britain at 2k per cent, so
today the American goods pay Is per cent
more duty than English goods. If reel
procity between nations. especially be-
tween ten United. States and foreign coun-
tries, is to be secured in this way, then the
American governemnt should add 25 per
cent to Its present tariff in order that 1t
might make deduction corresponding to
that which Canada proposes, or in other
words, so 1t would have something to trade
on. It is because Of this attitude Of the
American press and Canada's public men
that leads me- to believe that reciprocity
with Canada is utterly out OF the question,
burt nevertheless American producers, and
especially those interested In the three
greatest of our national Industries. should
take steps to convince the American COM
missioners that the Canadian policy Of re-
ciprocity will never meet the approval Of
| she American people"
Will Visit Camp Wikcf
WASHINGTON. Sept. 2-secretary AL
ger. accompanied by Mrs. Alger, Commits
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