The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-03-22
, Trad. Relation. With Canada.

The Boston iduerf,-er suggests that
In Canada's case tha maximum tariff
rule ~ the PAYNE hill will hs. suspended
ann new trade treaty with.our neigh.
Dor he adopted nv uiho'hy Of Con.
Greaa. SIch treaty shoaIld have beer
made ten wears ago and such treaty
should no made NOW. Moreover. u
would he inNVossihls to make the terms
Of such convention fuo liberal 4
reciprocal arrangement with Canada has
been the ,lerirp and tho eiTuNt ofmany
statesmen. american and Canadian
since the wear 1896
recipr~sr treaty with Canada
signed June ;. 1874. went into cTcct m
March ~. 1855 Il provided that:
The articles enumerated In the srheduls
hsFeunto Ann-,ei. bring tn~ growth and TArcduc,
az the aforesaid British CHgouies ~ the InIted
ststss. shall ~ sdn'l't~d.into earn country ~.
spe~rvely free oi duy.
The schedule included the products
Of the field. the farm and the forest
mine products and the products ~ the
sea. hut M manufactured goods In
1854 the United states sOld 90 Canada
merchandise valued at sea.i57 .Bi2. and
brought from canada merchandise val
ued ~ ss.7S4n2 In operation the
treaty proved Ia be more advantageous
TO Canada than 20 the nited States
In iseI the inward and outward accounts
were equalized. each standing ~ about
S73Oon.No IN $50. when the treaty
expired a. y result If denoaIncenent by
the United States. imports from Canada
exceeded sssOnO.OOO. while exports to
Canada were only So. 5nOo0
Ths reasons for the dennnncament
waFe somewhat COMPLEX II was held
sthnt commerCislly tho arrangement WAS
A;together FOO one sided The ever
lasting fisheries question" wns tangled
w in ~ and bv il but the real cause 81
its repeal avs the Canadian historian
Sir JoHS ROURINoT. was the prejudice
~ the Northern States against Canada
90 account of IT, supposed sympathy
for the Confederate states during the
SECESSION war \ large hodv of men
in the Sorih believed that the repeal
~ the treaty would sooner or later force
Canada 80 Join tho republic. and bill
Awas actually introduced in the HOUSE of
y Representatives providing for her ad-
Sssion While This was doubtless a
Tor in the American attitude. u is
pNble that the fisheries i-slIe and the
oneeidedncss IT rhe trade adj
S earned greater weight IN the
Z. 49, In u wear the imports from
a.. 90 c,oTPed from sasooo,C"o IN
'ansdian proposals for re-
Nv raty m ISSS were reIected
NV va Means Committee with
tn~ NAen''n' Iat the United states
no longer deSi- -, -, a.,
two countries 10 trace oetw wen . me
principle ~ reciproS :.
In the next thirty : A.
sn'lnnoer "' ennrtS '" 'uime reciprocal
trade relations. but met ,,b NO succe--
and little encouragement Tn. main
diffcultv appearr 10 have b, ., C.0ada.s
desire ~ limit the exchange ..,,,-,I
products. an arrangement mt, - ,h.
advantage If Canada and a.
henefis To 'he I nited states ; 80,
Mr. BLAINE told spectral commG -
fron Canada that the Government, :
the Tinted States ~ not prepared
upon any commercial Reciprocity cor
\ hn~d 90 natural products alone n
stated that in view NJ the great develop
ment Of industrial interests If the Unite,
States and n changed conditions n
tho commercial relations NJ the W.
countries since the treaty of 1874 wa
negotiated. ~ - regarded n essen'is
importance thar \ lisi NJ manufactures
goods 10 included in the schedules n
articles for FREQ or favored eErhange.
The commissioners declared them=elve
unable for various reasons In trea
on such a basis Their deriSiOn wa
defsnsihle from Canadian point n
view hu perhaps unfortunate for botl
uouptries
SIR NILFRTD IATRTFR hecame Prpvnie
IN 100 Hs wa- orenlv de~iTO,Is ~
reciprocal trade relations he'ween Can
ala and ~. nrte,i STATES. hr ms ar,io
was effectively .""led bv his cxJerien~
A. member If 'he Joint High CommI-
scn which met ~ Oussec m August
1875. and hv tho general attitude of N.
Errted STstee toward rsciprocifv. with
Canada While 10 has ~ al times His
nisv~t the utmost cNT'itai'y and friend
ship toward fhIs COUNTRY ha has d,Irine
recent vearS repeatedly derlsr~d "
eject shat whiic Ianada - rs.ov ~ any
tirne ~ consider nov ireatv relations
eifh Tho Tni'nt State an movement in
ghat direction p,usi originate ~ thus
country
IN l9p} S-Ir WILFEIp av~rrrd thar 'he
sproisl reasous ToT unresiuet~d rel.
Tr~cI'v vi'h The Tinted States NJ longer
e1istsi fact more obyrous TO-DAY
than u vas then T. those hose opin-
ion Of Canada 10 based on the matter