The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-07-28
ONE IN FEELING AND INTEREST.

Goodwin Smith, in writing on the
conditions which should apply to COM
merce between the two great divisions
of the North American continent, uses
this language: LET any one sean the
economical map of the North Ameri-
can continent. One will see that the
continent is an economic whole, and
that to run a customs line athwart it
and to try to sever its members against
each other is to wage desperate war
against nature"
Infinitely more so today than ever
before is this true. It is peculiarly
true with reference to the Northwest.
Canadians have been making their
home in the American states of the
Northwest in large numbers at all
times within the past twenty years.
Within the past five years, on the 9TH
er hand, the movement Of population
has been more marked from the United
States to Canada.
One Of the leading subjects of dis
cussion among us today Is the exodus
OF American farmers into the Cana
dian Northwest. That movement is a.
serious one in more than one sense.
Its significance cannot be lost on the
American people. 1t is a movement Of
expansion. The American tiIler Of the
soil is in search of cheaper land, and
he can find it nowhere at hand except
in Canada.
WI
OF St Paul to the city of Winnipeg
finds no essential difference in the
habits of the people. Their mode of
life and their habits Of thought are
alike. Each is in every sense an Amer
lean city. Allowing for the different
soclal conditions attendant upon the
different plans of government, the peo-
pie of Winnipeg and the people of ST.
Paul think and act alike in all things.
The country adjacent to the city of
Winnipeg, like that adjacent to st.
Paul' is purely agricultural. Staple
products of the one region are the sta
pie products of the other. Whatever
Keeling may separate Americans and
canadians in the Eastern section of
their country, there is no sentiment
prevalent among the two races in
western America that is not common
to Canadians and Americans alike. Yet
these two peoples are made to continue
assuming an attitude of commercial
hostility towards each other.
Before protectionism had obtained
absolute control over American public
sentiment there was what amounted
TO practically free commerce prevail
Ing between the two sections. The rec
iprocity treaty Of 1854 continued in OBJ
GRAFTON between the two peoples for
eleven years. There was then practi-
caIly no Canadian or American North
west These two vast sections have in
the meantime developed in surpris-
ing degree in population and wealth
alike. The commerce Of that day was
confined to all intents and purposes to
New York nd the New England states
on the one side Of the line. and the
| maritime provinces on the other. The
article of that treaty which relates to
| reciprocal trade provided for the free
Interchange of a number of commodi-
ties, being the growth and produce Of
the aforesaid British colonies or Of the
United States" These commodities in
| cluded grain, flour and breadstuffs Of
all kinds, poultry, eggs, fruits, hides,
stone, marble, butter, cheese, lard,
ores, coal. unmanufactured lumber,
firewood, dyestuffs and many other ar
ticles. On every one of these commod-
tiles today in the commerce between