The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-02
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| ton of President Cleveland, to retail
ate against Canada for some imagi-
nary wrong.
The whole performance was alb
surd; but there were only two men in
the house, the gentleman from Penn
sylvania (Mr. DalzelD and myself,
who recorded our votes in the mega
tive. The bill died in the senate. If
you will look at the map of North
the lobby, you will find that on our
northern border, extending from the
Atlantic to the Pacific, distance of
over 1000 miles, is a country much
larger in area than ours. 1t is peo-
pied by the same people-that is, it
same source. They speak the same
language. They read the same litera-
f, ture as we do and have on the whole
the same system of government, at
least so far as self-government is con-
cerned. They are actuated by the
same ideals.
They are Americans just as in
| tensely as are we. Those of you who
justify the protective policy on the
ground that it protects our own peo-
pie against the competition of a lower
population, a lower standard of liv-
| ing, a lower standard of wages, can
not truly say, if you know the Cana
|
I justified in maintaining tariff wall
against them on that ground.
! (Here Mr.. Lind spoke of the re-
sources and area of western Canada.)
Future of Canada.
This immense region is destined to
raise more grain, more cereals other
| than corn, than any equal area in
the United States. But notwithstand-
| ing these conditions and this devel-
| a n O
place before our eyes, with a Wanton
| shOrtsightedness, influenced by the
| petty notions that prevail in New
England and have dictated the policy
of this great and growing nation, for
the last quarter of a century. we have
| shut ourselves by tariff barrier from
participating in the development and
! in the trade of that magnificent terri
tory.
(Mr. Lind's time having expired Mr..
Brundige yielded him twenty min
utes.)
Mr.. Lind-This region will not only
raise immense quantities of grain, but
is capable Of developing and main
| tanning as high a degree of prosperity
and civilization as we have in Iowa,
Wisconsin,, Minnesota, and the two
| Dakotas. 1t is bound to come, and
| In short time. The young men from
Iowa, the young men from Dakota, the
| young men from our state, the young
men from Illinois, are going there,
went there last year and the year
before, not by thousands but by tens
of thousands, to participate in the de-
velopment of that magnificent do
| main.
Do you blame them for going? Did
you not do the same when you came
out to the prairies in Illinois; when
you ventured to Oregon? Did not my
/ father do the same when he came to
Minnesota? Some of you before me
ventured to go to the frontier prairies
! of the Dakotas. 1t is in destiny-al-
tho I almost despise the word after
! the way it has been prostituted of
| late-but if there is any permissible
use for it in connection with politics
I say it is in the destiny of this con-
| tinent that that section shall be part
and parcel of ourselves, economically
| at least. j (Applause.)
;, Why stand in0the way? Why will
you not permit those of our own
blood, of our own language, of our
own ideals, and our own manners
in fact, l heard it said that my col
! league from the Red river district
J strayed into Canada to electioneer last
! fall. and did not discover that he had
] strayed until he was told. daughter
say, why will you not permit those
|
I OF us economically?
| Gardner Butts in.
Mr.. Gardner of Massachusetts
should like to ask the gentleman from
Minnesota whether he thinks the peo-
pie of the province Of Quebec are OF
the same standard of living and Of the
same standard of blood as the people
of the United States?
Mr.. Lind-If I understand the sta.
tistics correctly of the state from
which the gentleman halls, the stand.
ard of living, or at least the antece
dents, ST a considerable portion of the
population of Massachusetts is very
similar to the standard of living an(
the antecedents Of the people of the
= province of Quebec. (Applause.) Ant
I was very careful in my preliminary
statement to except
: Mr.. Gardner of Massachuset ts-Art
you not aware of the fact that the
standard of living is very much high
er among the people of Massachu
sets, altho perhaps some few of then
are of similar descent? Are you no
also aware of the fact that the French
population in Quebec is increasing il
far greater ratio than any other birtl
rate in the Dominion of Canada?
Mr.. Lind-E am not familiar will
the rate of increase of the population
In French Canada. I have never haC
an opportunity to, investigate. M,
acquaintance with Canadians ha
been wholly in the west, and that il
the future Of Canada, as it is OF. tn,
United States. (Applause.) Now,
said the suggestion {, has been mad,
that those people might sell a few
dozen eggs that they might sell al
J occasional mutton, that possibly the,
. might ship a little cream and an oc
casional cheese to the New Yorl
market. Surprising they do! If the,
: shipped their entire product ever,
: pound of it it would be less thai
per cent Of the American product
Now, gentlemen, do you think seri
, ously that that would embarrass on
markets? If you will consult the sta
tistics you will find that we have sol,
to Canada this year as much agri
cultural produce-yes, over 100 pc
cent more-than Canada has sold t.
! us. Our farmers and produce mer
chants have found a market in Can
!, ada during the first ten months O
1903 for $16,O0O,OOO worth Of mea
t and dairy products, breadstuffs, cot
! ton, fruit and live stock.
r The reason for that is, in part tina
} the whole Klondike or Yukon regior
the gold region in Canada, is largel
2 tributary in trade to the west coas
: Of the United States.
l am glad to see a gentleman fror
the west coast before me. I say t
\ him that if we had freer trade t.rela
tons with Canada, if we had fire
trade with Canada in natural prod
ucts, his state and his neighborin
state of Washington would supply ev
cry pound of food that goes into tn
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