The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-09-04
CANADIAN VIEW
OF RECIPROCITY.

To the Editor q III, 50. Louis Repub!i-.
81. Louis. Sept. Al beg 10 take exception 10
some statements o: your correspondent. :.r
T,afieTy. IN his article. headed. 'M0niT.lI ID
vided On Reciprocity
]; il evident that your Correspondent got his
information from parties who were interested
In fnislc aiding him. We admit tina. TIE pro
hibit;Ie tariff % the United States and their
repeated refussls 20 meet US halfway In any
measure FOR reciprocity between the two csun-
tries has caused the canadians 10 become elf
reliant and confident tina; they can. without
the help Of ncle Sam. build up their ozn
country with their resources. and It Is
also evident that tho selfish oOuEs. pursued BY
tie United States towards Canada IS acting Ike
a boomerang. I must say most -mpnat.cally
tnat taIir. reciprocity and free trade.
hardly at present Issues with the Canadian
people IN iIs-.r support Of Ur opposition T. the
br.e-it ruiins Io.-r- Canada Is GOx busy
Grating traG, reiat!Ons with for-iEn nations
ana Is me. I;rs with wonderful success
Contrary 10 the opinion ,rpre.s.d b. yo1r
dams TO tie British RIM, :Ic has never teen
s,TOnE as 1t :. iOH. an; ihIs ioys.ty i hot
Gns.IT-d by msTcenary motives. bot b. a SIN
c.T- affection. tom iron the sTatItuI- Of the
-:iei, ,1ns'.iLil- fUr "a. ANA if.atH-Hy ara
Ur.at Britain has =ranied to all tee naiiOnaL-
ties living IN tHe Dominion OF canaia-
while ~e adm; tIat gia.I t. welcome
10 our country American eipItsi and American
v't-rpris-. ~. g-ny sinihstically that It IL
amlIIcan IDEAS anu American intelligence that
governing cur enter piss ana managing
our factories and Industries. Tn unI.u.ahl-
Is-t that the Canadians VINO hag. ngrat.I 10
the cnit.d states are n.arIy al. cccupyln: PROM
meat .ysitiuris vi sr.y.r tn-y ld-ste ana EHs
mos. successful business men Of tneiF G fTmus;-
ity. Is evident proof d. not net
Americans 10 Tul business. : short yisi,
TO the Provincial Exposition. 1ynich E..i te E.ia
IN Toronto In fe. days. viii convince the
Hlost .Gr.;ical American that 'ara.a has re
sources Il goat magnitude AMI i.a.stT..-, 81 All
kinds that viii MAKE h@E laIrs-ng.nt an for
ever confident that she can Iag1l. her asu
esnoe. / b@x also 10 siaae that T-!Islon dJ-s
"a
u Is carefully kept out II Is an uad.n.anie
fact ttai wherever any stctil ls Of the CON
mgn!ty has. made I-.Ision an issue. they have
invariably been defeated at the poll. The
Roman Catholics q Canaia are the most tcler
ant portion Of the population. ana time and
again counties Vn.r. th-r. - an overwhelming
majority Of C~tnciics have excited FT0tosianis
to represent tnsm In Parliament.
That the rural districts e the Province Of
quebec are the most lliterai. electorate outside
u Old Mexico. Il sIyss rIlisrcyr-seHtatioE. %
actual iact.- II !. we'll known that tie 70
hottest parts Of the Province there ar. gTo-3sE-
Jus schools AID CcfI.ert-, and that tie .--r-
c-ntaS" II population not knowing how 90 read
and write ia tue frOvifcs 81 gseSec COMPARES
world ''' -'''' % ''''
Your correspondent ha, been s;ured With an
the Liberal party had made his audience be
lev. that Queen Victoria had murdered s!r
S.iision from Ansiiaan Pfo,aisn si 10 T s'
man Catholicism. This story has no :0gnda-
.i;ion q the ss-aser 70 hi. h.nH.f. ~ .'J ;SI
lowing word. are what the s;eaker really sad
legations Of his opron.nt.
Il might as vel say TO you tina, Queen Vic
tor.i murdered with her own hand Sir John
Thompson because he became a Catholic and
you would have as much rea,nn o. believe {,
as 10 believe what nay opponent has stated
30 you" Eseryore conyersant with POLITICS
knows how easy II :, 20 misroustsue the most
!nnocen; statement. and convert a denial into
an assertion. In conrl.s!on. Nr Editor I am
free 10 state that the Canadian people a-e
lion. With he Tn,ed ia,s s sns M, ,sla
ever II VIII become EVIDENT that the Tinted
are prompted b. spirit of fairnez, and a
desire TO co-crsrs'- with u- In ls-fsistIo-
that will not hensh. at the sxper.- ~ m.
other. then the citizens % the United states
viii md US ready 20 meet them half way
CANADIAN.