The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-10-18

yam The time has passed when fusion is possible
s leVeloped interests in other directions TO which
union with the United States would be fatal HsI
canada remained commercially allied with the r-rii
s5 SI -4seLial interests would have become more
ana more identified with the Americans un,il come
ZION with the mOtfleF country wolld bav- NO., -
oarrassing and inconvenient and political seTs,i,
rendered very probable. There vas IA cCrsi55i S
merit In Canada that, while loyal in sentiment no C+
Britain, held strongly the view thai our tr1, 60
mercial destiny lay south of the line Under -,,t
conditions that sentiment would have oevelona5 49,
me hoSule and irritating policy the United stats
weaned us from such sympathies and tbat e1er~er7
nov exists hardly at ALL spea king frankly and
lLOut preJudlce TO the people the United States
Tor whom have great regard.
WIN the building of the Canadian Pacific the veyr
vas opened up and afforded market ia nor r1av,,
facturers and wholesale merchants Then csr,e ~
tllIc Inc OF steamers binding Canada with
slS ana the orient This followed by a Pa
enc cable, penny postage with the empire and a rr
1o~+ ~ d LAST atlantic line TO Great Britain. The
0It agricultural products has been greatly
eXtended IN the old country have given p s--
Geotoed preference to English goods in our own mar
kett Along with these things which have 7t,,a-15
our interests from the United States and ffa5 NE
more closely 70 the empire have been the sentimental
outbuTsts OcCasiOned by the Queens f1Ibflaa ~ -
IN south Africa and the coronation of King Edward
WINE the people OF the United States are einentI,-
practical people and strongly dominated nv ~
ambition to acquire wealth, they are at the saTre
and they can, above all people, appreciate the strr5
OF I4at factor IN building up and unifying nation.
IN addition TO large agricultural berftage ir b
northwest we have been building up iron and stasI a.
oustrles ana pulp and paper manufactures mining
industries, etc United States capital is ber- 1s-eI
invested in these. Canada is being heard Of as She
@ We DeLoIe- me people of the United states
nave suddenly developed in
your newspapers would have us believe it n ver- 6re
thing for to join hands with YOU I'VE bas I,ls
is significant. ms
we believe it would be to Canada,s int.-,+ - -,
on the best of terms with the United States In eaa+
many ways regard the true American as a O7-7sI7,
OF whom to be proud admire him and welcome
him TO visit realize that the two ,o,,,,tri
might form alliance for defensive purposes maj
would be TO the advantage both vet we believe Thai
It is to the interests of both TO rer,-n mart We
are satisfied and believe are better off as Canadians
man 10 lose our identity by being merged into mass
gre
population Too much stress has been laid on it's i'm
right sort it be great evil 1t is the potentaIit
OF tne people and not their numerical character that
counts We are content to go as we are.
1--WE Ike political institutions We believe tr
are DeIIer than yours. Even if they not better
Ihey are more suited to us and in harmony
with our traditions and conditions. While nOunaIIy-
under monarchal form Of rule our institutions are az
Hee ana our need of liberty, private and public as
great as exists anywhere under the stars and strie
We believe we democratic IN spirit than
gog are llI our government is more representative
and In closer touch with the public pulse IMAM vour
You cannot turn out government that does wrong
WIN LOur years we can turn ours out and fill it's
places in forty-eight hours compared to the king
OF england your president is autocrsc pre-
OsatLVes ne possesses Our judiciary and public
officials not dependent popular favor for their
aiiy ana with better results than possible
with the elective system In short. think we ara
going ahead last enough for good. We have
not much to brag about as the Americans hut we
don't mind that Our ambition is simply to 1--we peace
ably by the side Of our neighbOrs work out our
own salvation independent of them"
That is what Mr.. GosneH thinks Of the situation He
Is nne type OF the Canadian and his utterances will
meet with the approval Of his people. The only cr-
ucsm that VIII be offered viii be that "he didn't give
it to the Yanks hard enough The Canadian is 9a+-
ting mighty big in the chest these days talks back
to John Bull equally ne berates Uncle San,
The thing he has up his sleeve is independence FIe
claims to be compromise between the radical con-
servatism Of the Englishman and the extreme pro
gressiveness Of the American. states that he does
not intend to be dictated by buIdOzed bv the
other 1t is plain that he has made up his mind
to hoe his own GOsnel puts il very mildly Bris-
ties stand the back Of the average Canadian as
ne tens you what Is coming to pass It's all right for
him to get gait himself Goodness knows it's A
thing he has put off long enough. But II seems he Is
inclined to sing rather boy in knee trousers
Better watch out, Canada! John Bull and Uncle Sam
are indugent old souls but they've got plenty mus
Gle to lay single the seat the YOUNGSTERS
breeches If they have the provocation.