The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-11-05

ltA q St'''h h'AHNi'N "a ''a'''' ''''
other day senator LODGE again dta'iar''d
hrs position IN the matter ni our 'Faoe
relations WIN 'sha"a. n'P'F"S 'o a'''
opposing In" proPne'' Oh heilre"et'a.''e
r"SS Una, al sa|"'"''t way VI p"sos
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%, but II would In the eua damage our trade
relations There are two serious objections.
First. /, would do nothing 20 brI-n, the nltrd
states Second W" have over thirty irrHii"s "'
amity aud commerce ~''a "'hsr NATIONS ness
a" contain ""'' ! ~ "' %
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pr"dn'tS sho'iu De ao'''''e'i ''ee !" au's
ar 'ha' 'here sho'fi w sweeping 'io''-
I"htal r'd"'''"h "i ra'eS on al pr"""''s'
Canada does. however produce certain
commodities on which rates might oe
reduced or that might be admitted free
of duty with material benefit to the pep
pie Of this country and with no injury TO
any american interest. MIR LODGE de-
n,,.s this broadly n. declares that il
would do nothing to benefit the United
STATES Conner j. one of the important
rroducts of this country va, we bought
from canada and admitted duty free
about g. va no worth of copper last
wear presumably with benefit to IN.
Jnircd STATES We bouyh, from other
countries Sit 900 nOp worth of duty free
raw cotton presumably with benefit
Hides w-r, transferred to the free liz,
nr,.s,mab,, for our own benefit The
rr.. admission Of sugar from Hawaii
and ,ro, Porto Rico has bc..n n b.p..,t
,rd ,b,, i,c-.,s,. in o,,r f;sh x,pn,r DIN.
N tho .co,,isi,iop NJ Alaska has No, M,
,b. G:lo,,cas,.r f;sharn.p on, oS b,,sipess
Tho arg,,usp, thar no benefits accrue
from increased jmpor,s now bas few
Intelligent, s,nnort.rs
There wound be- far more benef, than
i,irrv ~ IN. fire.. entry ~ Canadian
conf wheat cnttl. garden and dairy
nrod,ic,s hay and sundry other articles
nroduced ny our n.ighbors The Sena-
tors second objection il mere food for
m. guI,ble Prom what favored ma
mon" would there come any perccp,ible
SUNNY # any of these commodities
Free wheat would not turn Argentina
,ron into the American market M prices
haIov ,be American crop nor would
Cnnada's s,,rplus appreciably reduce
pric.s m tins market Against, other
connection m MANY of the lines which
Can.dn would be glad to send hare in
larger s,tr,,Iv the American prodncers
are mr.. .r. te.i hv ,;iSrancs and cos,
~ TRANSFORMATION Possibly frz,,n Mr.
Ionat's noint az vi.w there has bsep
no b.p.,it in the increase Of our Cana
dian rpports from $40 90 Ooo in 1910 N
co. nm oco IN ION Waved with ynor.
hraaa,b and vrea,er ACCURACY .h., in
cre.s.d impor,ati,p has been n fartor
-, rreasureIess imnortance in ,h. in
,.-..,,x. ~ ON, sxnor,s IN IN. Dominion
from, sas Ooo 00O in 1870 To sola On, ooo
IN 1910
n IN. ra.o,;a,;or. with n,,.w,
soo, m h. und.r,.k.r mr.. 20 b.
d.terminabl. b.nefits to III. J-ni,ad