The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-10-15

ing out how they can block our trade
in manufactured articles: They scheme
to get our. raw materials-ike, say,
pulpwoo d-into the states. but keep out
q growing feeling here to cut away
from tho United States. They give us
no encouragement. We are foolish to
look for anything from them. Judg-
ing from the result of the last. two con-
ferences we had. I don't think wei
accept an invitation for another. In
our opinion the United States Just
played with us in those nferences.
We are doing well without reciprocity
-we can continue.
" Now, here g the proposition we are
confronted with: The United States
is big and powerful country. We are
a small country yet, but we're grow
ing. We must protect our industries.
Let us say there, is factory in an
American, city which, running nine
mandEthe demand Of Sc, 100000 people.
Let us say there is factory in Ca
madam town, smaller, but very i'm
portant to those whose money is in
vested in it--which, running nine hours
a day, supplies our domestic demand
the demand of 100000 people. Now
take off the Canadian duty from that
article; the American factory runs one
and producing at the same rate, turns
out enough in that hour to supply the
demand of all the dominion. Where is
your little Canadian factory7
"Two weeks ago in Montreal I at
tended the convention of the Canadian
Manufacturers association. At the
banquet attended by more than six
hundred factory owners, the only ref
erence-and that was by indirection--
to reciprocity was received with blank
silence. 1t showed where we stand.
"When Americans come over to
Canada, build mills here, use our raw
material, employ our citizens, and in
that way add to the wealth of our coun.
try instead of seeking to take our
wealth into the United States. then it Is
a different question entirely. We want
them to do that, and are doing. every
thing to get them to come. and they are
coming and getting rich.''
Other Prominents Give Opinions.
G. A. Leaney of w. H. Gillard & Co..
and manager of the company's branch
at the Canadian 500, said that he
thought freer exchange of commodi
ties was highly desirable. In hi:
opinion Canada would welcome an offe1
of the United States to confer. HI
was certain, however, that if Canada
entered such a conference she woult
stick stoutly for her rights and woult
see to it that no action was taken tina
would cause a loss to any Of her estab
lished industries.
George T. Marks, conservative can
didate for parliament, declared tn
United States had frozen out Canad;
in previous negotiations on the tarif
and that you cannot get even a mi
nority Of the people Of Canada to agre
to reciprocity agreement, now:' H
added, however: 'eThere may be sew
eral things upon which we would Xix
to have free intercourse, but a genera
reciprocity treaty is out Of the ques
tion.'
President Rutledge Of the Fort VII
liam Board of Trade, Mr.. Holder an
Mr.. Matthews all were Of the opinio
that the question of a readjustment o
the tariff would loom in the politics
campaign, but all Of them declared tina
the winning party, whether liberal Q
conservative, would be willing to NJ
gotiate. The conservatives, in who's
ranks the manufacturers, as rule, ar
lined, probably would not be so fl
vorable toward reciprocity as the lii
erals, but it is scarcely likely that the
will oppose it openly in the campaign
for Canada has prospered under the lii
eral rule-for whatever reason-an
the Canadians, seeking a wider marke
for their produce, look to the Unite
States. from where they expect to &c
much in return.