The Detroit times., 1911-04-03
BY X. D. z. BRIGGS.

BY n. q. r. BRIGGS.
TORONTO, Can, April S.-Canada
i away ahead OF us In some things.
vor instance, up here they always
md crooked bank oficiais to the pen.
But Canada II twenty or thirty years
voungsr than the Unibsd Statss On two
Dn1ntss
Loyalty to Party Tags.
Tariff Protection Of Manufactures
q decade ago we Americans were
mack Republicans or hide bound
Domocrats. The typical Canadian OF
'o1ay N exactly the same-either hb-
III or conservative to the core. No
&ah way about him. There are men
he our own '-mugwumps," Of oourse,
md men who leave their party for
E)kr1ctly personal, selfish reasons. But
panada has nothing me our great
BODY Of independent thinkers and
)oterp-nor has she our newspaper In
)npendence. A Newspaper up here
imports tn party through thick and
h1n, jabs and jeers at the opposition
y every Issue, rams homo the true
0oCtr1ne all the year round.
That's why ono largely attended
Nesting I'm almost every Canadian
bwn has enthusiastically indorsed
)octprocity while another equally I'm
Iueutial gathering Of citizens" In each
)nme town has denounced II as next
hing 70 traitorism. One was liberal,
Ne other conservative-that's all
& That's Why the conservative fears
Enumeration" and the liberal scouts
oooh talk as -debasing" But both
link we're laundering to gobble up
e Likewise, because Canada and her
Dolitics are young, her protective
.nr1fI Is also. Her Infant industries"
ave gorged on the national subsidy
- Just about the extent ours had 2b
X 30 years ago. And they want more,
ut as ours did-and do.
But Canada's break from party ties
<obably viii come faster than our
I'm, because Of our example-just as
hof example may save her from q
ninful duplicate Of our Payne-Ald-
|Ich law.
+ Reciprocity has FASTENED the break
rs . much more vital and talked
bout question up here than IL 10 In
ha United States. It's q big issue.
>Aside from the small body Of fright
|nod capitalists and manufacturers,
~ majority of the people In eastern
nnada favor reciprocity
The lure Of q larger market Affects
|ome. A genuine desire for more
<iendiy commercial relations affects
1fhers. Some fishermen, some fruit
6rowers--li those Of the Niagara
1oninsuia-some farmers here and
here, are against reciprocity. But
he big majority want the opportunity
- send their fruits, butter, eggs,
Doultry, barley and other products TO
he nearest market. on whichever side
~ the line II happens TO be. Many
Hxunges are passing resolutions TO that
rect.
The workers, too. the big majority
- every city, favor reciprocity, whore
hoy take any stand at all. Trades
md labor bodies are passing reeolu-
Mems indorsing It. There II talk here
"a Canada, too, Of bondage to privi-
1odged interests." II it's bad for them,
X must be good for us, 10 growing
oontiment There is q feeling among
1ho workers that money taken from
me people BY protection II being used
10 prevent reciprocity.
The fear In some quarters that rect
Droclty meant restricted American In
Vogfment, and the closing down OF
many branch factories operating in
Canada has subsidized following posi-
live denials Of many big American
nrns. The present agreement can
have no such effect for II hardly
touches manufactured products.
9omorrow we'll visit the dominion
lawmakers IN parliament. assembled at