Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-11-23
TRADE RELATIONS "
CANADA.
WITH

CANADA.
The discussion of closer trade reIa.
tons with Canada has been given an
other boost by the recent utterances
of J. ]. Hill. The Pioneer Press in
speaking of this matter says: eft
is noticeable that there. is greater
faith in the possibility of a successful
issue than has for some time been
manifest. Several actors have COM
bined to take the spirit out of the
reciprocity movement which a few
years ago was SO active and aggres-
sive. The death of President Nc
Kinley was serious blow, for one
thing. Not only had he clearly
shown his sympathy with reciprocity
in general by his selection of Kasson
to negotiate various treaties but his
influence in congress, especially in
tariff matters, would probably in the
end have been effectual to prevent
the slaughter. of the treaties and so
to establish reciprocity as a recog-
nized republican policy Reciprocity
with Canada would then have been
inevitable. Closely related to this
factor has been the strength of stand
patism in both branches of congress,
a strength of - numbers and 81 of
strategic position so manifest as to
discourage activity. Only a devoted
few care to spend their strength and
energy for forlern hope. Then
there was the Industrial development
of Canada. The protective policy in
stituted by the Canadians--though
their schedule was moderate com
pared with our, own--was stiff
enough to induce a large number of
enterprising American concerns to
establish branch factories in Canada
in order to escape the duty, The
Canadian market was not only found
large enough to warrant subsequent
expansion but conditions generally
were so favorable that many of these
plants have developed into huge con-
Germs. The natural effect of this
was to strengthen the Canadian pro-
lection sentiment and to render the
opposition to reciprocity more vigor-
Gus. Finally there was the evident
Discrimination of the Canadian gov
eminent to put itself again in the
position 7of asking for favors which
had been more than once refused.
! THAT attitude the Canadian gov
%ernment still assumes; but it is a
slight obstacle provided 1t does not
arise from opposition to the policy of
reciprocity. What general Canadian
sentiment in the matter is the
Pioneer Press does not know. But
there is no doubt that so far as the
Northwest is concerned the expected
has happened. The thousands of
American farmers who have fiocked
into Canada in the last few years
have carried with them their famil-
iarity with American brands, Ameri-
can makes and the ways of American
merchants. They want the goods
and the implements that have. given
satisfaction in the past, and they
have found the tariff wall rising be-
tween them and the satisfaction of
their wants. In some of the Eastern
provinces, too, there is said to be a
strong reciprocity sentiment among
the farmers, and it is not improbable
that this sentiment will exercise a
decided influence in determining the
course OF the government
mo section Of this country would
benefit more by reciprocity than Min
nesota and the Dakotas. The popu-
lation that no tariff or nominal
tariff would throw open to the pro-
ducers of this section is already
enormous, is steadily increasing and
is bound to increase as the pressure
on our own soil becomes greater -
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