Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-09-30
MAINE AND CANADA.
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;nrocitv in dissimilar products increases |
he trade between the two countries and
benefits both, unless it discriminatcs
against the friendly countries and thus
nroritv in similar articles chiefly bene- |,
tits the country of cheaper production and /
lower scale of living and hurts the coun- |
try of the higher e, s,ahn Ga. toda, ro,,,
the .renewal' OF IL treaty with Canada |
This language means substantially the J
terms of the old treaty. But even if it
did not, the Canadians o1er no other
terms. -
ity LET us now see how we have got along
without it. There has been steady gain
in both imports and exports. but each
country has been able to discriminate in
a way to protect its own interests.
The figures show that we are doing well.
What would be thought of a merchant
who has Il growing trade with prosper
Gus customer and an annual balance in
his favor OF more than $l5.UD0,uv1, if he
should so crying about the streets that he
! was not doing nearly so well as he might
do and in spite of it he was afraid he
would lose his customer? The girl who
wept because she might get married and
might have a baby and the poor thing
might die, was shining example of res
| olution and heroism compared with such
a merchant. The average man is content
to let well enough alone; at any rate, he
\
| But it is said, we have complaints from
Canada Yes, we have, from a small
| terie Of free traders. from whom nOtohing
but complaint is ever expected; from "A
| few politicians of the Liberal party, who
sid for the votes of farmers. fishermen
and lumbermen by promising them larg-
cr market in the United States; and from
| the Canadian railroads, which seek to
carry more goods. without stopping to in
quire whether not the exchange of sim
liar articles will be profitable to the pro-
ducers. These complaints are far more
than offset by the very different kind of
complaint which comes from the mercan-
tile. mining and manufacturing classes.
whose contention is. not that the United
States duties are too high. but that Ca
ma dian duties are not high enough.
Is it true. as some of the Canadians and
their champions on this side of this line
charge, that our duties are excessive and
that we do not treat that country in "a fair
and friendly way? The large and grow
ling trade between the two countries ought
to be a sufficient answer but | will be
specific. While it is true that as a whole
theirs. yet on the business that passes
between the two countries. and on the ar
ticles which we most desire to send there,
theirs is higher than ours.
| 1t is said, on this side the line, that if
we do not give them reciprocity they will
raise their duties still higher. COM
plete answer to that is that their manu-
facturers and coal miners expressly OPP
pose reciprocity, that they have not re-
, ciprocated our folly in removing the duty
from coal during the panic. last winter
but are pocketlnS just so much addition
, al profit. and that the Canadian scheme
, of reciprocity does not embrace manufac-
, lures at all but expressly excludes them
Mr.. Foss frankly confesses that he de
SireS recipr ocity because he wishes to sci
l in Canada more OF the products of his
mills in Massachusetts. Do the Cana
l dams threaten to raise duties because We
do not by reciprocity give him that op.
| is hpCallSo
: think he sells too many goods there ant
they wish to give some Canadian the
} profit that he is making, or compel hin
to erect a branch establishment there t.
give employment to their people instead
: of ours?
E Mr.. Reed regarded reciprocity as a dis
: Guised attack upon protection and said
IF ever our system should be overturned
| it will be by such attempts as this ant
not by a battle along the whole line. s :
Whoever deprves our farmers of all tn,
American market they can occupy is falls,
! TO his principles and must meet with de
feat"
When we take into account these facts
, that Canada is not looking this way nov
but across the water: that the old reel
; procity went against us and that nothing
{ better has been offered or is attainable
= that we are having twice as large a trad
, without it as we had with it: that tn,
scheme advocated would sacrifice som,
/ industries for the benefit of others; tina
. it is a covert attack upon the nationa
|
|proSpered as never before and that it ha
f been condemned by our greatest and wis
= est StateSman-the miserable and anti
lquated proposition has not a leg to stant
on. and it ought to be true that there il
Y none so poor as to do it homage
, Other topics were: Maine at the st
Louis Exposition" by Hon. Louis 4
: Gocdall of Sanford. chairman of the
, | Maine Commissioners to the Louisiana
! Purchase Exposition. and THE Object:
! | and Work of National Conference t,
be held in Maine in 1904 by DIR. Jeff
reys r. Bracket, president of the Ma
tional Conference of Charities and Cor
q rections.
] The committee on credentials re.
ported 10 boards represented by 81
members.
E Hon. f. p. Winslow of Portland, wa!
elected president, vice Henry Lord o.
c | Bangor. The secretary and treasurer
, were reelected The election of a vice
, president was left with the committee
, on Boards of Trade. W. w. Stetson