The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-10-09
Board of Trade CanvasSing the
Manufacturers of the City for
Signatures to a petition to be
Presented to Congress
THE BENEFITS OF SUCH
A TREATY ARE KNOWN
Petition Favors Concessions in
Duty to Canada Equivalent to
Those Which Canada Should
Grant to the United States
Other Cities Act

The Worcester Board of Trade, in
cooperation with the Boston Cham
Der of Commerce, has commenced a
canvass of this city for signatures to
an extensive petition to Congress in
behalf of a reciprocity treaty with
CaIada.
At meeting of the directors of the
Board of Trade held on Sept. 70. it
was voted to adopt the memorial of
the Boston Chamber of Commerce as
the memorial of the Board of Trade
and to transmit it to Congress. In
further pursuance Of this action the
board is now having the petition cir
culated for signatures, as it is believed
that Worcester manufacturing indus
tries would profit fully as much from
a reciprocal-trade treaty with Canada
as those of any city in the country.
h. A. Pierce, representative of the
Chamber of Commerce, is now in this
city in charge of the canvass, and a
force of men is already at work, and
when the petition is completed, it will
be sent to Washington as the express
sion of the Worcester Board of Trade
and the business interests of the civ
In other places where these petitions
nave been circulated they have been
oAe5 AANu ellAllOSl NlluOuI execution nv
all to whom they have been submitted
and no business or professional man is
intended to be omitted the influence
of whose name is likely to conduce 10
securing the desired action by Con-
Sress. From 1000 to 1000 signatures
have already been secured on a nett
ton from Boston, and in these places
the business men have signed almost
unanimously.
The action proposed by the Boston
chamber of Commerce is that the
United States government should, if
necessary take the initiative in ar
| ranging a reciprocal-trad treaty with
the Dominion of Canada, on the basis
or according to Canada equivalent
concessions in duty to those which
Canada should grant to the United
States.
The Boston Chamber of Commerce
believes that if sales in Canada are
to be maintained, to say nothing about
making an increase in them, the
manufacturers cannot afford to lose
any time in taking proposed action. as
each month of delay tends to increase
the strain which now exists between
the two countries.
Trade organizations all over the
country have fallen into line with the
Boston Chamber of Commerce i'm
adopting resolutions advocating closer
trade relations with the Dominion of
Canada. Circulars have been sent TO
all such organizations by the Boston
Chamber giving the text of the mem
orial adopted by that organization and
explaining in brief all the points nee
essary to cover the grounds, showing
the area, charactA~ of the people of
Canada, the amount and character of
trade with that dominion. the dutv
conditions, need of changes and tbe
action proposed; also extracts from
President McKinley's last speech at
Bufalo, giving his expressions along
the line of reciprocity, the most ip7
portant Of these being as follows:
BY sensible trade arrangement,
which will not interrupt our home nro9
duction, we shall extend the outIats
for our increasing surplus. A syes
TEN which provides mutual EXCHANGE
of commodities is manifestly essent;sI
to the continued and healthful grov-tb
Of our export trade.
'Reciprocity is the natural ont
growth III our wonderful industria1
development under the domestic
policy now firmly established. what
we produce beyond our domestic
consumption must have vent
ABROAD. The excess must be re-