The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-12-11

the two count tries may be said to have no
natural allies. The subjugation of either
would mean infinite disaster to the other,
and to the United States Great Britain is
q buffer state, whose removal would in
all probability entail a desperate fight for
existence on the part Of the great Ameri-
can power.
LAS for Canada. her citizens measure
the colossal power of the United States
at close range, and fully appreciate the
greatness of that power. There is no feel
ing of envy In this recognition Of great
the same pathway to empire in the de-
less resources.
'They only ask to be met in the spirit
they have always stood ready to mani
fest, and it is certainly no fault OF theirs
that the relations of the two countries
have not been placed upon a more salts
factory basis.
1.-THE placing of farm products upon the
free list. has been a, bugbear to the Amer
lean agriculturist. Their fears are ground
less. The Canadian farmer desires free
trade with the United States, if he desires
it at all, not for the sake of lowering
prices in that country, but for. the sake
Of adding the duty upon articles he ex-
ports to that country to the price he re-
ceives.=s f'A So 1922 - x - 81 - III.
necessity for action III securing a chaf;ge
of that trade policy toward Canada which
has" been adopted and followed by the
United States for the last thirty five
years. The policy beyond question is alb
surd, detrimental to the interests Of both
countries and calculated most efficiently
to promote variance, llfeeling and hos
tility Of interest. "IT
1T is time that it was changed and
o1yi To f.o1
prevailing between all the states Of the
American union substituted for it, with
the certainty that the blessings that have
followed in the one case would follow
in the other -.. t 10. .... ... ..
l. Senator McMullen of Mount Forest,
Ont, followed Mr.. Charlton. He declared
with great postiveness that there was one
question that must be settled before reel
procity between the United Sta ties and
Canada is possible-the Alaskan boundary
dispute. - -
= while Mr.. Charlton says that Canada
is prepared to meet the United States
half way on the reciprocity proposition, -
declared Senator McMullen, Il say that
you must first settle the Alaskan bound
airy question:
Senator McMullen said that no one must
get the idea that Canada is seeking reci-
procity. 1T is a wrong impression he
said. Years ago before the Dingley law
was passed Canada was anxious for reci-
procity with the United States. AS re-
suit Of the passage Of that law, Canada
went to work vigorously to secure an out
let for the products that she had been
sending to the United States, but which
the Dingley law barred out: And we have
been able to secure an outlet and one
that is quite satisfactory. We in Canada
never felt the spirit. of independence as
we feel II tO-dav XVhv2 RecauS, Of tha
Dingley bill, which, We believe, either
| rightly or wrongly, was directly aimed al
Canada: Il do not want to discourage the
advocacy of reciprocity, but-I say agar
| that Canada is more independent:and less
concerned over reciprocity than ever be-
fore.'' = 49, - r ..5.cs
Senator McMullen then discussed the