The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-02-19
EDDY ON TRADE
WITH CANADA
The United States Has Taught
Her How to Save Her Home
Markets
MI. Eddy Says Reciprocity Can Be
on the Basis off Natural Prod
ucts Only.
He Tells &c the Sentiment of East
ern Canada Where Manufac-
turing Is Done.

From The Journal Bureau Room AS Post Build.
! ing, Washington.
! Washington. Feb. 19.--"I never expect
to see reciprocity with Canada unless we
are willing to negotiate a treaty covering
natural products only" said Frank NJ.
Eddy, in conversation With the Journal
correspondent the other day.
| Mr.. Eddy is probably as familiar with
Canadian sentiment on this question as
| any man in the country. EIe has Wis
| tied Manitoba and other western prov
tnces frequently during the last twenty
years and last summer he spent q couple
| of months in the eastern provinces.
| UNDERESTIMATE he continued. II am not
| opposed to such reciprocity. am hearth
| ly in favor of it, indeed l would like to
! see trade between Canada and the
! United States far as all predecessors Of
| these two countries are concerned as free
as between Minnesota and Iowa. In other
| words, think that the trade of the Do
| minion of Canada Immensely overbalances
the damages the imports from there would
| cause our business interests. AS l I'M
| derstand it. arranging reciprocity in these
days is like getting married. There must
! be mutually about it. In primitive
! times when a man wanted a wife. he
armed himself with a club knocked down
| the first girl that suited his fancy, and
| bore her to his habitation. But modern
! civilization has caused this convenient
| method of securing a hepmeet TO be dis
! carded and to-day 1t is absolutely essen
| tial that the would be benedict secure
| the lady's consent before the ceremony is
performed. 49,
| Not SO many years ago, if a strong
| nation wanted to sell it's wares within
| the boundaries of a weaker. and it re-
! fused to receive them, it would send an
armysto open the ports In this way the
| opium trade was forced on China. Mod
| ern civilization, however. recognizes the
ia rf hat ooh ton, 1,,- ,;rrl,t
make it's own traffic regulations. and
this right is protected by International
| law or agreement. Before one nation can
| enter, into reciprocal arrangements with
| another, the consent Of that country must
! be secured.
! Canadian Change Of Views.
/ There was a time when Canada was
! exceedingly anxious to arrange a rec
| iprocitX treaty with the United States
but if anyone thinks that the people who
| control the Dominion government are as
| anxious for it now as they were a few
! years ago. he has got another think com
| ing. Public sentiment and official senti-
| ment on this question have undergone a
| remarkable change. The season is not IA I.
ITO seek if one understands Canadian con-
! d1tfons.
canada's Three Sections.
The Dominion of Canada may be
roughly divided into three parasitic At
lantic slope, the Hudson Bay basin and
the Pacific slope. The Atlantic slope is
to the dominion what the eastern states
lfare to this country-the dominating power
iii finance and government affairs. There
the manufactures situated, there the
capital is located. there is found the power
that guides and formulates legislation.
This part of Canada has practically
reached the limit of it's development ex-
cept 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 into
the eastern and western divisions. 1T is
the great mineral. timber and fish reser-
vor of the world. Only the southern
fringe Of this region has been explored
, and examined; but enough has been ex-
amined 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 was originally con-
tanned in Michigan, Wisconsin and Min
nesota, and pulp wood to supply the world
for century; while, in the opinion OF
experts, the Hudson and James bay fish
! cries are equal to those Of Newfoundland
: when first discovered.
1.-The western part of this basin is q
great agricultural region, and the Pacific
slope is rich in timber, mineral and agri-
cultural lands. Few people, especially
eastern Canadians and Englishmen, real
ize the possibilities of development il
2 western Canada. The last census gave
! Canada 100000. 1t can maintain 100000
= 600 as easily as the United States car
&C, O00. 900: Emigration is going into west
l. crn Canada in food. In ten years il
will have 10000. 900 people instead of 2,0O0.-
t O0O. If there was no Canadian tariff wall
the United States would furnish practical
} ly all their agricultural. sawn1ill. mining
and dairy machinery. and a great portion
1 Of the supplies of the lumber and mill
ing camps. Think what that trade would
!. mean to this country, especially the north
west. and does any one think that the
: dominion government, dominated by east
2 crn Canadian interests. will surrender il
to the United States if they save il
i for themselves by maintaining protec-
: tive tariff?
1.-The United States has taught the
I otlier ations how to save their domestic
t markets. and I believe canada Will prom
i by the lesson.
a Canadian Emigration Project.
II London. Feb 19.--Rev. Mr.. Bars emf.
, grafton project has reached such proper
lions that he has asked the Canadian gov
eminent to reserve forty additional town
ships for the British colony. and offers
to pay the entry fees for colonists at once
and locate them within six months He
J has secured strong financial support, hay.
ing on deposit $2.500,000 at his immedia te
disposal. This request will involve the
concession from the dominion government
| for the occupation of more than 100000
: acres The force of the: examples of the
American farmers who have crossed the
frontier into the Northwest Territory has
been decisive. 1t has directed to Canada
from Great Britain most. remarkable EN-
Iteration movement at a time when South
4 African mine -owners are powerless to at
e tract workmen and Rhodesa remains {
t land of undeveloped resources.
n w. w. 1Jermane.
! FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE.
! Washington, Feb. 10.--Secretary Wilson SAID
= to-day that the British government had received
adyices from one of it's consuls in Mexico to the
! eject that foot and mouth disease had broker
E out at San Luis Potosi and that the department
: of agriculture. acting on the British representa-