The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-11
IN OUR OWNLICHT
A Speaker at the National Reel
pr0city Convention
Points Out the Mistakes Made
by the United States.
CANADA GROWS WEARY
Of Allowing This Country the
Best of the Bargain.
Frank ID. Payey Discusses Reel
prOcitY With Cuba.

Detroit, Mich, Dec. 11.-Reciprocity
with Cuba shared with Canadian reel
procity the attention of the delegates to
the National Reciprocity convention at
their session today.
Cuban Reciprocity was discussed by
Frank d. Pavey, of New York. Eugene
N. Foss, of Boston, made an address on
Canadian Reciprocity The report OF
the committee on resolutions will be
made tOGay-
The resolutions will. it is understood
ask for the ratification of the reciprocity
treaties negotiated by John A. Kasson;
ratification of the Hay-Bond New
foundland treaty, and will declare for
the adoption of reciprocity treaty with
Canada to be negotiated, either through
the reconvening of the joint high com
mission or such other way as seems
best
Eugene N. Foss was the first speaker.
After referring to the introduction of
Canadian reciprocity an issue into
the last congressional campaign in Bos-
ton, Mr.. FosS said:
The idea of reciprocity is received
everywhere with enthusiasm. The bust
ness men l find to be practically a unit
in favor of doing something to bring
about better relations with Canada. II
is true that when we app Oach questions
of details it will become increasingly
difficult to preserve the apparent uni~
nirnity which now exists; but our be-
lief is that the prime. necessity just nor-
is to convince the people upon genera
lines of the deSirability of extending the
reciprocity principle leaving the details
to be discussed later when public senti~
ment shall have crystallized in favor Of
the general proposition. In our various
presentations of the subject in public
therefore we have avoided the specific
in view of the larger.
IF we can bring it close home to
every --Oter that it is an unfair cOndi.
fInn when Inv Of LARGEST
capita customer only 40 percent of
what we sell her: that upon her side
there is a natural and worthy determi-
ma ton to close her markets against rs
in the advancement of her own manu- =
featuring interests: that the loss of or
Canadian trade threatens the closing OF
our mills and factories: that the policy
of give and take in our trade and com
merce is the only policy that promises
sta bility, that the nation at the north
exhibits possibilities relative if not
actually as great as our own, and that
it is a mistaken economy to substitute
an artificial trade barrier for a compre-
hensive scheme of commercial co-operd.
tion-if, in a word. we can impress upon
the people that fundamental business
principles are being violated by the neg
lect of our politicians, that the outcome
can be only loss and Disappointment
then we shall expect real progress with
this cause.
In the United States I am convinced
it is political fear rather than the mer-
it's of the case that stands in the way
of Canadian reciprocity
1.-The danger to the American mechan-
ic and farmer is not to be found in free
trade with Canada but in the systemat-
fc policy which has so alienated Cana
dian good will that the Dominion is try
ing to ignore her American neighbor
and divert her trade to foreign markets.
Canada's next step, we may naturally
expect will be to raise her tariff to rhe
prohibitive point against Us and al
though this may not be done iHmedi-
ately it is the action which Canadian
manufacturers are urging upon the Dc
minion government with increasing Wig
or every year.
From all the circumstances Of the
case it would appear that an arrange
ment with Canada on a basis Of free
interchange of raw materials and food
products and moderate tariff on 2 rea
sonable protection to manufacturers on
both sides would be 6esira BILE"