Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-10-09
Canadian Appreciation Of Republican
Prosperity.

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the country are beginning to agitate
anew their old free trade fallacies, it is
interesting to observe how foreign coun-
tries look upon the unparalleled ma
teriar advancement of our country. and
| it's large and constantly increasing
growth in the worlds commerce. With
| the United States for a competitor and
an object lesson, even old England,
the mother of free trade is in the throes
| of very general agitation for the es-
tablishrysent of protective tariff, and
| many of her most distinguished states
men, incralding her present prime min
lister. are putspoken in the advocacy of
such a chg.nge. Nowhere has the pros
perity of tine United States occasioned
| greater heart burnings than in the
| Dominion of Canada, although, per-
| force she could not help reaping sub
stantial benefit s from it. Her people,
however, can S ee no reason why they
should not enjoy prosperity fully
application of tine same wise tariff
policy. AS a result a very general agi-
tation is now in progress there for the
adoption of the american system. -
The Montreal Daily STAR one of the
leading and most influential news
papers in Canada, voices this desire
very forcibly in it's issue of September
16. At the head of it's editorial columns
in black face type are a series of very
pointed appeals for the adoption of the
American tariff system under the cap
ton Build Up Canada Its first ap-
peal is "to the government of Canada"
1t says:
Give the manufact working
men, and farmers of Canada the same
kind of tariff as that which has made
| the United States the home of the most
prosperous manufacturers, working
| men and farmers III the world"
| 1t is pleasing to be appreciated es-
| have sat upon the top rail of self
| sufciency to scott and to criticise.
| The school of experience is often stern
| one but it teaches valuable lessons.
Evidently the Rip Van Wrinkles of
Canada are beginning to awake from
their long slumbers.
| The second appeal of the Star is Ito
| the manufacturers of Canada and is as
| follows:
"Force the government to give you
az good a tariff as that which has made
the American manufacturers rich.
| When you get this tariff, pay your
| Canadian workmen American wages"
| This is interesting from the admis-
sion that the difference in the scale OF
wages in this country and Canada is
| due to our tariff system. Formerly the
| advocates of free trade and tariff for
revenue only have been wont to give
other reasons for the discrepancy be-
tween the wage scale ON the two sides
of the line.
The third appeal of the Star is ito
the workingmen of Canada" to whom
it says:
Take a leaf out of the book of the
American workingmen. Help your EN-
ployers to obtain for themselves and
for you a Canada forCanadians
tariff
1t has taken the workingmen of this
country long time to fully appreciate
| ~ ut hot ,,;f ,i,.1,
would build up home industry, was es-
sential to their prosperity; but they
| understand it now, and they know that
only in a policy which builds up the
general prosperity of the nation can
they look for their own material better
ment.
The fourth and closing appeal of the
Star is directed "to the farmers of
| Canada" To them it says:
Profit by the experience of the
American farmers, the wealthiest
| farmers in the world, who support a
high tariff and prosper under it and be-
cause of it,
No truer economic statement than
this was ever made, and yet there were
long years when many of our farmers
were slow to grasp it. That day is
past Events have taught their lesson
with convincing thoroughness. Today
the American farmer recognizes the
fact that everything which tends to the
building up of our great home market
the finest in all the world. contributes
directly and powerfully to his own
prosperity. The people of Canada are
more conservative than those of this
country. They cling with wonderful
tenacity to old methods and old be-
liefs; but there are increasing evil
dences that the leaven of American en-
terprise is working even there. They
are beginning to wake up, and as they
rub the dust and cobwebs from their
eyes they get clearer and more ap-
preciative vision of the Dingley tariff