The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-29
CUBA
COMES CANADA
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UUMLJ uANAUA
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was ten billions OF; dollars is probably
a conservative estimate. We paid the
price, and we had the experience
President Roosevelt is known to
favor Cuban reciprocity and undoubt-
Hedly he will use his best efforts In that
but the chances are thai. the
members Of the house, who are Jealous
of their prerogatives, will talk the
matter to death.
Prominent American statesmen are
averse to expressing their opinions as
to just what should be done on this
reciprocity question. Senator Thomas
@. Plat was asked a. day or two ago
what his views were on the question q
reciprocity Canada and what
stand, in his opinion, the republican
party should take in the matter. He
replied: II regret to say that have
not had stime3.to give this matter the
consid eration necessary to arrive az
an Intelligent and. conservative express
sion of opinion, and5you must, there
fore, excuse me for not answering your
question directly at this time"
Fairbanks Foxiness.
The same question was. put to sena-
|.tef Charles w. Fairbanks, the. pros
ipective candidate for the vice presi-
sdencY on the republican national tick
ct. His answer was: s.1"The subject
you PROFOUND is an important one, and
one which was submitted by the United
and Britain to the joint high commits
sion. II would not feel free, as you can
appreciate, to discuss the subject at the
present time. = n
Several other senator's and some
representatives referred the writer to
|, their speeches on the general question
or reciprocity and declined to say
where they Will stand when it comes
to a show Of hands. :
Were the democrats in power Ca
madam reciprocity would have plain
sailing in the present condition of af'
fairs, but as the republican high pro-
tectionists are still strongly In
| trencI1ed, the outlook for the arrange
ment is rather dark. 4
f. Argument Against Reciprocity.
An opponent of reciprocity Of every
kind says: a This time it is not alone
our friends iinS the free-trade schoo
who wish TO monkey with the tariff
| but 1t happens curiOusly that very
Considerable number Of our own friends
|.afd coWoEkers take the. same tone and
Fte1lsthe same story Prices are toe
highi they must go down - some body
is making too much money. This
time the tariff is attacked from a new
QUAR- IN the belief that we can In.
crease our wealth by parting with
7: some Of our prosperity for the benefl
of foreigners, and under the spectou'
plea that if we would sell we must buy
In the last five years we have. sold
more than we have bought, to an Eex
tent averaging more than $500, 000,00t
Epar year, Under. the: specious plea re
7 ferred to we are told that we must nov
| concern ourselves with giving the out
side world a chance at this great mar
ket. They. call it reciprocity. I
Emeanss as they view it, that in return
HforT the necessaries which they pur
abundance and have the cheapes
prices, and only for that reason, W,
must accept from foreigners guam
tity greater or less, as the case may be
of competitive articles; articles which
enter into competition with our owl
] domestic production. 81
.'fsWe' are, however, on, the eve 0
the reopening Of the Dingley tariff
That IS the present aspect of the ques
ton. The advocates of reciprocity; ar
Egoing to force the issue. That seem
to be plain. It then remains for th
sf.level =feadeds people of this countryt
determine to what extent the systet
\ of protection should be interrupted
T relaxed or perhaps totally destroye
| in the name and under the mask 9
I reciprocity" =. E
fiDemaild for Reciprocity With Ganad
4 A number of influential commercis
q bodies Lon the American side of ! tn
boundary have expressed themselve
1..stronglys sa11d Enthusiastically in fave
. of reciprocity, and a leading CONNER
t. cial writer says that the ideal situa
ton from the Canadian viewpoir
4 would. be thetfree interchange Of com
modities between this country and tn
Dominion. Such interchange, b
thinks, would be as beneficial to Car
ada as is similar Interchange betwee
, any twoh.of our own states. BIZ
!. Cana dians,@fles says, need not be tol
thatSsuc privilege is reserved f
members Of, the family, and the
! know that7iits is not for them. 1t mus
& ALSO be.recognized that the people <
T 1.-THE, Domini on are2not in favor Of ar
: rnexat ii on to the United States; thu
3 they are thoroly loyal to the BIRTHS
s crown; that their ambition is to MAR
+ tain their present political positio
4 and deve1op ti1eirsi1and to its fuile,
extent,Sss. The trade question is til
only one open to- Consideration an
the problem is to discover the polio
which will best serve the interests (
the country.
: : What Shall We Trade?
S:zThe: same authority says that IL
, dominating principle of successf
4 trade is that 1t shall be profitable
: both parties. If the advantage is a
ways on one side, the business W
-1not be permanent. So it is with nj
4 tons as well as with individuals, TT
! United States has much to offer, Can;
Al da in the way of a market for. practi
Ell ally everything that she produces. Fl
Ell products, should come into this coul
81 try free of duty, or at least on tt
Y payment of a greatly reduced tar
!. than the one now prevailing. H
4 coal, her iron ore and pig iron shon
leone in free, as raw material and I'll
+ products of her soil might be admi
:. ted upon the best terms we can max
: this country securing in return col
!. sideration for our manufactures. It
!, the admission of our manufactures I
i Favorable terms that is going to troub
= our neighbors, for it must not be TO
lgotten that they,:,as well, as ourselve
are building up Infant industries
4 However. the fact that there is fr
trade between the various states Of tt
e union does not prevent successful ma
Eufacturing in each:saIld every one
Il them. Why, therefore, IL reciproc
{ ffavors are esta.blish should Can
y dian manufacturers suffer It certain