The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-04-23

.M\A1 THE, DETROIT
Is to0 small for amy country 10 live
90 igself az Ia die TO itself
Trade Laughs at Tariffs.
ny setting your total exports 10 Can
ada against your total imports from
Canada and calling the difference 'un-
y questi0nsbly profitable and hatterins,
il one OF the shailowest Of all econ
omic delusions, Your trade with Can
ada Is an exchange OF commodities.
but we do not send YOU nearly as much
as We take from YOU; Your tartn for
bids. What them 10 we send you
money? No Trade IL exchange OF
goods We send goods 10 Britain.
Britain sends goods ~ China ana
Japan They In tuIr send tea and
silks TO the United States. The eN-
change of commodities goes on. and
so. In the end. trade laughs at tariffs,
and the consum' - pay The duty
You are told that II would be I'M
fair 10 expose your American indus
tries to competition with Canadian
cheap labor Tell that TO the marines.
Workingmen in the cities of Canada.
and the farmers and the dairymen
whose products your tar'n excludes
live as well. dress as well, own m
good houses. and enjoy the Injuries
OF life 10 a degree equal 10 the same
classes In the United states. The
cost OF living In Canada 10 not SO nigh
because the tarif taxation Is not 81
heavy. IL salaries and wages are
nominally lower, so Is the cost OF food
stuffs and clothing. We have No
cheap labor. and our percentage OF
out-of-works is less than your own.
Remainder Of Pasanism.
Il wish you Godspeed in your work
for better trade relations between
these two countries. Socially. COM
mercially, even politically. We are
fairly civilized on both sides OF the
line. But In our International rela-
items there is still the uncivilized re-
mainder OF paganism. We have among
us. In both countries. men who think
OF nations glory in terms OF blood
and slaughter. Such men are not
good Americans. They are not cool
Canadians.
Here on this continent is exhibited
what cannot be seen elsewhere in all
the world: a boundary line OF four
thousand miles between TWO nations.
without a battleship on the lakes.
a soldier to challenge 4 stranger. Th-
world never saw its like before sees
IL now nowhere but between the Unit
ed States and Canada. Every effort
10 preserve peace and goodwill De-
| tween these TWO countries makes for
Anglo-Saxon unity, and means peacs
I on earth and goodwill 10 men Join
hands in trade and you viii not take
up the sword OF ward
Annexation Sentiment Dead.
AT the very outset OF his speech.
Mr.. Macdonald made it clear that all
I sentiment favorable TO annexation IS
dead in Canada. II Ii ever had any
real vitality the Dingley tariff killed
IL, he said, and Il is now buried deep
beneath the industrial prosperity and
commercial confidence into which
Canada has come during these last
dozen years"
The soul of Canada has come 10
consciousness in the new aspirations
OF nationhood that fire the magma
ton OF all classes In the dominion"
he added
In the opening session. Thursday
afternoon, ex-Gov. Myron II. Herrick.
OF Ohio. was made permanent chair
man. and Charles B. Sawyer. secre-
tary OF the board OF commerce. was
made permanent secretary. A com-
mittee on resolutions was appointed as
follows:
Levi. l.. Barbour. Detroit; S. C.
Mead, New York; J. l. Hudson. De-
troit; H. r. Towne. New York: w ].
I Shepard. Buffalo; Silas Adams. Por.
Huron: George Spencer. Duluth:
George II. Pomeroy. Toledo. and f. r.
Simmons, Chicago
Henry r. Towne's plea f)r a perman-
ent tariff commission, composed OF
experts. TO compile tariff facts and
keep congress informed on this sub
ject, made a deep impression on the
conference, and as a result the resolu
tons committee Will undoubtedly EN-
body In its report recommendation
10 congress that bill for the estab-
lishment OF such a commission. now
pending in congress. be passed.
Mr.. Townes address showed deep
thought, careful preparation and a
most intelligent understanding of the
intricate problem.
As showing the defects OF the pres
ent system OF adjusting the tariff. Mr..
Towne told how conference commit
tee. representing the two houses OF
congress, had fixed In Ave days tarin
law that was To serve us for the en-
suing IL years, dealing. In that brief
period, with 1000 different items and
schedules ranging from 30 TO $50 per
cent This lack Of intelligent consid-
Grafton and continuity In the work Is
a condition which the tariff commits
sion would remedy. he pointed out.
Duties Of Tarrff Commission.
The commission. as outlined by the
speaker, would combine the duties OF
a board and a bureau. II would have
power 10 subpoena Witnesses and ex-
anime them under oath In the search
for facts. but would have no power
to fix rates. as that function Is given
TO congress by the constitution and
cannot be delegated.
Following Mr.. Towne's speech. Chair
man Herrick invited discussion. Hen
ry VI. Melchers, a Detroit iumberman.
was the first to avail himself OF the
opportunity and made a hit with his
talk. He declared that the 81 tariff
on lumber had cost the state OF Mica
igan SIS, 900 900 in the last dozen years
and declared IL MI outrage that Mich
igan IL now bringing lumber from Tex
as and other far-away states at high
freight rates when IL could be had In
abundance just across he Canadian
border IL reciprocal trade relations
existed.
DR.. James Samson, OF Windsor, was
spotted in the audience and vas call
ed on for speech. He responded In