The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-03-12

RECIPROCITY ~ TRADE
or reciprocity ia tarins IN lsts
eanEruas denounced the rrrf pToeitY
tfvafY Or lsis under which the oufus
msren Of Canada HAD rrnsptfei
greatly. Canadian trade eas tis.
organised. whole Industries evre par
organized. whair industries were
pafulizcd. and especially IA size mart
tluH provinces ahoas Hatntaa unffs-
pat 10 BOSTON. thefu 81 susi 3 petlat
OF acute distress Thr iaisefd par
- always sieatiT mainiAiHea that
eangfraa ONLY fHauIrad lartlai treat
ment b. the Canadian EsRsrnmeut
tn urdur to secure the Negotiation
u a new teeipDeitY trrsty. For.
Is years fhis belief sau wainly fe-
spausihle for kaaplaK the Liberals
OF 20 Hawor. When. in Is4a. Sir
WIlfrrd IsanFiss hrcafus The RULER %
Canada. ne Immediately dispatched
enxuys 10 Nssniu Htan 10 renpen the
ehais matter 81 rvelrroeal trade
what tuHif reception vac has newer
tseen fully tat1. bur they returned
empty handed Ana then a strange
thing happened. Almost IN a daY
Canndlaa public opinion cfgstalikea
iu nas Idea. namely. that Canada
used expect nathinE tom tbs United
states la thN say Of a fair trade
treaty Once tissruuKliiy epuFincsd
e this. the government vas quick
= carry unt the manifest Judgment
OF fhe united country This wasI
uruhhbly the first time tnht TIE
canadian people of All races and sec,
tloua had bucuEnr conscious u their
solidarity And the experience dld
ttzafn Epad. A. once a preferential
tariff was introduced. giving I'm
parts from Great Britain a prefer
enon. which nos aguounta - N "a
pxf cent. and which has Increased
British Imports frum 81 90 GO inI
isgf to tasooa. go ~ tso1 At the
same time Canadian trade beRsn TO-
seeh permanent channels which
should place Il outside the sffrtts 81
hostile tariff The result has besn
almost phenomenal To-day the cn
madam aItltuds towards the United
States ia the matter % reciprocity IL
described ~ the Toronto Globe as
one % calm Indifference. While
fer IS years Canada aaa
ANXIOUS For RECIPROCITY
and this United States was lndifter
eut or hostile. and such agitation a.
there IL for reciprocity Is on this side
af the Tire.
George Johnson. the dominion sta
tlstician. points aut tho reason for
this. under the treaty Of 1854, Ger
tain articles we're profitable 10 can
ada because they were scarce IN both
countries. ana because ~ poor trans
psrtatlnu facilities Between 1896
aud 1904. In eight ~ the LEADING ar
tteies Of the treaty animals. butter.
wheat. oats. meat. poultry. lumber
aud eggs. the Canadian ufglua for
export rose from ~ 70 tts per head.
while the American surplus rose
from t2.10 10 s. per head. with the
two countries pooled under reciuroe-
~. there would be a joint surplus
IN these articles FOR export 81 Ao0.-
49, 60. Canada now has n steady
and constantly expanding market for
hersurplus which ia not mhje3t TO
tariffs or treaties. 80 that az this
point. reciprocity with thu United
States would be Of urohlenaucu
value.
There r. q demand IN CanadR at
the present time among al paftiss
for such tariff revision ~ VIII re-
duce or change tho unavoidable hal
ance Of trade with the United States
Aud We may expect the Ladrier gov
eminent. under
PRESSURE oFpUnLIc OPINION.
70 yield somewhat tn the direction
OF reciprocity In tariffs. unless
substantial changes are lnauRurated
I'm Washington. This r. no small
matter In ia02-8. Canada imported
from the United States tt3s. 900 900
and from Great Britain only $50 co.,
600, while the anms year the Cana
dian exports % Great Britain were
1875. 0000 900 aud to the United States
exports amounted to only Sss. 000. 900.
The balance Of trade against Can
ada and IN favor Of the United
states I'm 1909 was sT3 SOC. 0o0. while
tho aggregate balance OF trade
against Canada and In favor or the
Isl OF 20 Years Experience