The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-09-01
Our Tariff Walls.

Our Tariff Walls.
The New 81 ork Journal Of Commerce
makes the interesting statement that
FL evidence has been developed Of a strong
I an growing sentiment in New England
~ Ia favor Of the most liberal reciprocal
u trade arrangements with Canada, the
8. reason for which is not ma I'd to find It
j points out that New England is getting
only half the advantage OF the policy of
free trade between between he y States
ana other sections Of this country. las
Sgerts that the once flourishing iron and
4 steel industries have been crush d by the
Il necessity Of bringing ore and coal from
q pennsylvania. while co ton ms featuring
& IS feeling the serious effect Of the de-
}yelopman II OF 8thab industry}in the South.
u IN fact, adds our contemporary, the
Il growth of mechanical industry IN other
h sections Of the country, tends more and
" more to- impair the position OF New
England as the workshop Of the nation.
II she has the benefit or free trade over.
long lines OF Transportation to! the Gulf
and the Pacific coast, but ems tward is the
3seacoast and the tariff wall. and north
ward is the boundary Of a foreign coun-
81 try..i'' a5s Si
New England is beginning to inquire. II
4 free trade to the West: and South is SO
8 beneficial, why it should mot be adj
vantageo to the N ORTIZ where there
is a stretch of country similar to our
n own y with an enterprlsing, industrious
and growing population not unlike our
1 own; why she should not get iron and
Il coal from Novia Scotia and New Bruns-
wick instead Of having to go to Penn
sylvania for them; why she should not
M get timber from Ontario and Quebec
! instead Of skilnming off all her own
a forests and then going to Michigan for
1T, Y Is
Ri IN other words, Texas and Michigan
! are. geographically srsaking. more sure .
II by forel gnE territory to New Eng land than
Ontario and Quebec or Nova Scotia and
New Brun swick. Yet New England has
free trade with the States Of the Union,
however remote, while there is a tariff
wall along the line which separates her
from Canada. It is no wonder that New
Englanders are in favor Of tearing down
3 tho wall. "a #
sg85 II is equally certain that the great
majority Of people in Canada are also
& In favor Of removing the barrier, This
subject is tntelligently and instructivels
# discussed In an article written from Mon
treal for the Chicago Tribune by Johr
II r. Raftery. He says that the retail
dealers. the Jobbers and the consumer
Of Montreal and Quebec, are to a maj
favorable to reciprocity with the Unitet
States, for reciprocity means better trad
tor the merchants and lower prices 10
the consumers.
But there Is an element In Canada
email In number. but strong in influ
ence which is opposed to- reciprocity an
for very good reasons from Il
point of view. This element Is the manu-
featuring class, especially manufactul
ing lWUltH eDIhIlCIeSs
ri American trusts. Mr.. Raftery says tina
,i5 in seven years. more than $40. 00O. 900 {
American money has been invested 1
Montreal factories and that an egu;
sum of Canadian money has been pl
i * into the enterprises which originated
"a the United States; but which have bee
taken ia Montreal and installed for II
s original purpose and final purpose
capturing the Canadian market 3
EyADISG THE TARIFF. 8s
1.-THE province OF Quebec. Montreal 9
pdciaily.'. says he. lis Keen for the indu
ton OF Foreign capital. Nothing could ha
better nourished this desire than III
4 Canadianpo duty on articles OF foreii
manufacture and the prohibitive Anne
4 lean impost on stuffs made in Ganed
II Within seven years q total OF nearly So
II * 90, 011 has been invested In manufacture
businesses here TO the end that this pi
Vince, and It's tributary territory is
longer dependent upon or subseryient
~ American factories In tho lines
Guided.
Al IN Montreal II anywhere In Cana
3s you Will find that tie Dominion ms
ufaciurer Is pleased with the tariff
! structipn that the public dislikes. o.
half the factories az this great CITY
1,.ty ti0u are rms