New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-11-20
TELLS OF CANADA's FUTURE.

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TELLS OF CANADAs FUTURE.
Speaking on THE Industrial Future of Canada"
B. Z. Walker. president OF the Canadian Bank OF
Commerce. declared:
Beyond peradventure if you dc not open your our
doors a little more literally TO US, so that We can
nearly pay you in goods instead cL q va
drawing on London for the purchase price OF We" Voc"
she has bought from IN order 70 Pay 49, -
viii leave alternative but 10 Keep uP ,, 0
every anuactred thing sell US s. on rd the 91 s
Wits any nation which takes pay in goods so as to
lessen our payment Q; actual money to you
He gave these reasons for enthusiastic view
OF Canada's future;
What true is that the gG faqh Is nd4h Whie6
actually improve in qua4lly int ~ IL
6 0re o gGu a So 2 & bushels Of cereals and
I am not going TO be foolish as 70 estimate VIVA
tty wiz eventually be enormous other
nation although 800 many Of our friends wish to
We have iron. nickel. copper and coal enough to
rank with the greatest nations in TINS Teepef odd
WIZ " az I IL i--,-tsT+ N silver with the
C9balt camp turning out ABOUT 1880 hs TesnIted IN
our importance in breeding horses cattle and other
domestic animals is well knoyn.
The development and present condition OF Canada
in the business end commercial world were de-
scrbed by Clifford sifton, P c.. formerly Minister
OF the Interior He went in detail into railway ana
canal development. declaring that the lack of liberal
trade relations with the United States had hndereo
the growth OF Canada.
QUESTIONS IN DISPUTE.
Between the United States and Canada, went on
Mr. Sifton two classes OF questions presented
themselves we have first of all TO deal with
questions which are less in dispute said
he, and added:
The very fact that there is a dispute proves that
rights OF the parties are not clearly oeIilleI
dispute Not being clearly defined and the views
OF the two parties not being at one; even fo MT
that the consideration OF such SUBJECTS must De
h the diplomatic representatives of the two coun-
viii cast aside the idea that the h,L ! M
credit OF one party demands that II should get the
advantage Of the other and will approach the SUD
5ects in dispute with hTTn 9eieFt1iia ION a he
delays and difficulties, the ultimate result VIII prove
There is another class Of questions, OF totally
different character questions red az Two coIntTies
TO the respective commercial policies OF the Two
countries. Here I think that q totally duereht
method of treatment must be appIeo- MOI Ina l
would suggest that there should be any absence 9h
the only saIsIaCSoTs mon husfness principies
business + n aoT1nein because YOU erect
3 high tariff nearly double as high as ours Tor
the purpose Of excluding our goods; similarly you
tariff TO suit herself grants preference 70 GTeat
Or for her own advantage gives any other country
special N 6atever for either country
entertaining the idea Of retaliation 1t is purely
q question Of business interests and business ad-
Tantaees in which each country must consider
What is best for itself
JAMES J. HILLS ADDRESS.
Al the beginning OF his address Mr.. Hin de-
clared that in all things save their commercial
s,-steras the two countries were in harmony The
settlements at Quebec and jamestown. he said,
were separated by only year. The United States
daily residents.
Geography. ethnology and all the great silent
natural forces are drawing closer ali the time
he added.
The trade Of the United States with Canada, he
went on. was exceeded only by that with Ger
many and Great Britain. Some s5ooWhV0 was
being spent on the Panama Canal in the hope OF
charging trade with the west coast OF South
America yet the trade of the United States with all
the countries on both coasts Of South America was
only q little over S2oo.O000o- Speaking Of the re-
Iations that ought TO exist between Canada and
the United States Mr.. Hill continued:
It IS suggested by that common intellectual IN
herltance which has made the most scholarly
lLlLu % - l a ss ~ n Tro-7T and i1nsieT
Of the really great historians produced by the
life and genius 10 the story OF the founding OF
Canada It is taught by their parallel develop
Without committing any others here do not
hesitate 10 declare my own opinion believe that
the most natural the most rational. the
ads an6 the United states is absoIute freedom Of
trade Pending the arrival Of that, believe that
at heart should work for the establishment Of a
trade reciprocity in ali natural products ample
and generous public opinion Will approve All
ezeopment on both 1o sides Of the boundarS fead
this conclusion, entertained to-day, if it could
greater proportion Of The people Of the United
States than most men dream Of
CALLS RECIPROCITY INEVITABLE.