Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1906-01-01


ing, the boy who is dared 70 ,ar,ovo
- IS ~ no immediate danger by its re.
"ialhlng on the shoulder. Canada in
resentment of our unjust treatment n
commercial way, has placed the her.
rlng-pall chip on her shoulder No
quote one OF her own authorities. Tudoo
FIouse, We have passed the hail ao+
with the full approval of the naonla
ana we shall make ourselves a Ia1ob
ing stock if we are afraid to carry if
out O''lI II
ne canadian producer and trades
man, whether he be located at ST Holm
Oh the eastern coast, at Victoria on
Lne racine, or at any OF the inferno.
ulaVe points, has for years been con.
Ironted with American competition
BEFORE Canada began paying much at
IehLion to manufacturing on her own
account, she witnessed this invasion of
ner held without much protest r.
was a good thing for her consumers
70 nave the American manufacturer
dumping his surplus stock over the
line at figures from twenty-five tn fiftv
per cent less than he was exactino
from the American consumers. In
Clne Canada began expanding in the
manufacturing line, until she also was
producing a surplus in some lines iden-
teal with those of which the American
manufacturer made specialties. Cana.
da then learned that the sluice gates of
TINS hgh-tariff dyke which the United
states had erected opened in only one
direction. They would swing free to
admit American goods to the Canadian
market, but any back flow from the
Canadian mills automatically closed
them.
The American lumber manufacturer
could ship his lumber into Canada free
OF duty, but if the Canadian lumber
manufacturer wished to get rid of a
surplus which could not easily be mar
keted on his own side of the line. he
must pay duty of 81 per thousand.
Canada has been restless over this
injustice for a number Of years. and
recently it has become apparent that
sentiment. Diplomacy will undoubtedly
straighten out the herring fishery
Isquabble, but, if it should not, it would
| be only another Illustration of the
Well-knOWn fact that commercial wars
not infrequently lead to the other
/ kind Recent events across the border
| tend to the belief that the resentment
of Canada will not be shown by ugly
methods. Instead she will fight the
| devil with fire. and we are certain to
/ get burned in the operation. Canada
/ is to practice an unpleasant kind OF
reciprocity with the United States
This will consist of the enactment Of
tariff laws fully as stringent and ham
pering as cur own.
In anticipation of such action the
cordage trust and the steel trust will
build factories in Canada. Two Of the
largest threshing machine manufacture
ers in the United States have estab-
Ilished plants in Canada, and other In
,1ustries are preparing to follow as soon
as the tariff embargo is placed on their
wares. The effect of this will be to in
! crease the cost of these articles to the
| canadian consumer, and incidentally to
Impair our own manufacturing pres
/ tige. The successful merchant never
Iantagonizes the interests Of a good
customer, but we have, by our unfair
business policy, worked up a feeling OF
resentment in Canada which cannot
+ h I'll
Iherring-bait controversy is compare
lively small affair, but the causes
which brought it about are serious
enough to demand most careful CON
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