Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-11-23
Dr.. Edwards Strong Ad-
dress at Boston Banquet.
Reciprocity Must Begin With
Our Lowering Tariff.
Calls Canada Link to Join Two
Br anches Of Anglo Saxon Race.

Boston. Nov. a2.-The prevailing
opinion in Canada, according to Dr. j.
w. Edwards. NJ. +. of ottawa, who ad-
dressed the Canadian Club at a
Peace" banquet at the Parker House
tonight, is that any step toward me-
gOtiating closer trade relations be-
tween that~country and the United
States should be preceded by a lower
ing of the tariff wall on this side to
the level of that on the Canadian side
of the line Mr. Edwards said that
no tariff treaty which promised to lead
to political union would be accepted
by Canada. He spoke in part as fol-
lows
Il am sure it is the wish of prac-
tically all the people as it is the sim
cere desire and object of this club,
that friendship shall be cultivated and
peace between the two countries so
strongly cemented that it-.can never
by any possibility be broken. We
have been rivals in the past, and it is
only reasonable to expect that we shall
be even more vigorous and active riv-
ais in the future. But it will be Il
rivalry tempered by mutual respect
and good feeling.
Canada has proved herself worthy
competitor in the commercial world /
think l am correct in stating the Argen-
tine is the only country in the world
whose trs,de increased in greater ratio
during the last 10 years than that of Can
ada. Canada's trade is principally with
this country and the motherland. and in
this connection may add that while the
United States buys from Canada 81 per
cent. more than 10 years ago. the moth
crland buys H. per cent. more. The Unit
ed Kingdom takes over half of Canada S
exports while the United States takes
barely 81 per cent. On the other hand, 60
per cent. of Canadas imports come from
this country and less than % per cent.
from the United Kingdom. The fact that
100000 Canadians buy from this cour.
try more than twice as much as the 95-
100000 of Americans buy from Canada has
led my countrymen to discard the idea
once SO prevalent that the United States
is Canada's natural market. and l believe
l am correctly representing Canadian
sentiment when I say that the prevailing
opinion in my country is that any steps
toward the negotiations for closer trade
relations should be preceded by lower.
ing of the tariff wall on this side to the
level Of that on the Canadian side of the
line
I'm 1866 it was thought by some that a
policy of non-intcrcourse would force
Canada into annexation. There is moth
ing which Canadians will more strongly
resent than any imputation of their 10y
atty, and that they will Just as strongly
resent any attempt to frame treaty
which openly or by implication suggests
political union.
Il believe the best thinking men of
the United States want to see the in
tegrity of the British Empire main
tanned. Not only is the integrity of
that empire essential to the realization
of our hopes Of universal peace, but it
is of inestimablc value to the United
States and Canada in their common
desire to keep North America a white
mans country. The remarkable de-
velopment of Japan suggests q posi-
Die menace to these two countries
when China's millions are once thor
oughly aroused from their centuries
of sleep. The disintegration of the
British Empire would not only set
back the world a hundred years and
darken the prospect of universal
peace, but would place the white mans
burden with ever increasing weight
On N" shoulders Of Uncle Sam. The
"''r"%'tN Of the Pritisi, Empire is the
"":fdS post ;suarJntt of peace and
Tue Str"'!"">t "afc.,ard which these
wv" countries can have. Sir, I be-
llcve that our loved country. Canada.
the land of the maple, with it's forests
ana fisheries. its boundless prairies
ana buried treasures, is destined to be
the link which will join the two great
branches Of the Anglo Saxon race in
to powerful coalition"
Samuel j. Elder. counsel of the limit
eo States in the North Atlantic Coast
F1sherieS arbitration at The Hague.
described in detail the transactions at
me Hague, and went at length into
the question of the boundary Dispute
between Canada ana the United
states over the northeastern line. He
was heartily in accord with the posi-
tlon taken by DR. Edwards as regards
the present relations of the two coun.
tries ana had strong word of an.
pfopatlon for arbitration in internal
tional disputes.
Prof. Charles Zueblin of Chicago
and Herbert Parker. former attorney
general o. Massachusetts, were among
me speakers. A telegram expressing
good will was ranaiva, T,o,., %