Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-02-20
IE HOLDS OUT LITTLE HOPE

| Products-United States Has Taught
| the Dominion Some Valuable Lessons
in Matter of Home Markets.
| Washington. Feb 20.-'I never ex-
pect to see reciprocity with Canada I'M
less we are willing to negotiate trea-
lty covering natural products only"
said Frank NJ. Eddy, in conversation
with the correspondent the ether day.
Mr. Eddy is probably as familiar with
any man in the country. He; has Wis
lited Manitoba and other western prov
inces frequently during the last twenty
years and last summer he spent
couple of months in the eastern prov
inces.
Understand" he continued. Il am
not opposed to such reciprocity. l am
heartily in favor of it, indeed l would
like to see trade between Canada and
the United States as far as all prede-
cessors of these two countries are con-
cerned as free as between Minnesota
and Iowa. In other words. think that
the trade of the Dominion of Canada
immensely overbalances the damages
the imports from there would cause
our business interests. AS l under
stand it, arranging reciprocity In these
days is like getting married. There
must be a mutually about 1T. In prim-
litive times when man wanted wife,
he armed himself with a club, knocked
down the first girl that suited his
fancy, and bore her TO his habitaton.
But modern civilization has caused this
convenient method of securing help
meet to be discarded, and today II is
absolutely essential that the would be
benedict secure the lady's consent be-
fore the ceremony is performed.
Not so many years ago, If strong
nation wanted to sell its wares within
the boundaries of weaker, and 1t re-
fused to receive them, it would send
an army to open the ports. In this way
the opium trade was forced on China.
Modern civilization, however, recog-
nizes the fact that each nation has
the right to make its own traffic reg
ulations. and this right is protected by
international law or agreement. Before
one nation can enter into reciprocal ar
rangements with another, the consent
of that country must be secured.
There was time when Canada was
exceedingly anxious to arrange a rec
iprocity treaty with the United States,
but if anyone thinks that the people
he, he 1Oor1in.op
are as anxious for it now as they were
"a fewsyears ago. he has got anothe,
think coming. Public sentiment and
official sentiment on this question have
undergone remarkable change. The
reason is not far to seek if one under
stands Canadian conditions.
THE dominion of Canada may be
roughly divided into thre parts-the At
the Pacific slope. The Atlantic slope is
TO the dominion what the eastern states
are to this country-the dominating
power in finance and government af-
fairs. There the manufactures are sit
uated, there the capital is located, there
is found the power that guides and for
mulates legislation. This part of Cana
da has practically reached the limit of
its development except in the way of
manufacture, and the only reason why
it has not rivaled New England in this
respect is because of a lack of market.
The Hudson Bay basin is divided in
to the eastern and western divisions. 1t
is the great mineral, timber and fish
reservoir Of the world. Only the south
ern fringe of this region has been ex-
plored and examined; but enough has
been examined to disclose that there is
iron ore enough to supply the world for
thousands of years, and every other
kind of metals is abundant. AS much
lumber material is there located as was
originally contained in Michigan, Wis
consin and Minnesota and pulp wood to
supply the world for century; while.
in the opinion of experts, the Hudson
and James bay fisheries are equal to
those of Newfoundland when first dis
covered
.erhe western part of this basin is a
great agricultural region, and the Paci-
fic slope is rich in timber, mineral ani
agricultural lands. Few people, espe
cially eastern Canadians and English
men, realize the possibilities of devel-
opment in western Canada. The last
census gave Canada 100000. 1t can
maintain 30000,000 as easily as the
United States can 70000,0O0. Emigra-
ton is going into western Canada in a
flood. In ten years 1T will have 20,000,000
people instead of 100000. If there was
no Canadian tariff wall, the United
States would furnish practically all
their agricultural sawmill, mining. AMI
dairy machinery, and a great portion of
the supplies of the lumber and mining
camps. Think what that trade would
mean to this country, especially the
northwest, and does any one think thai
the dominion government, dominated
by eastern Canadian interests, will sur
render 1t to the United States if they
can save 1t for themselves by maintain
ing protective tariff?
The United States has taueht the
other nations how to save their domes
tic markets. and l believe Canada will
profit by the lesson"
Canadian Emigration Project.
London. Feb. 2O.-Rev. Mr.. Barr's
emigration project has reached such
proportions that he has asked the ca
madam government to reserve forty ad
aitional townships for the British col
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