The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-08-30
STEPHEN kUTH NOW
HOME FROM CANADA
He Says the Reciprocity
Fight Is Waged with
Much Bitterness.

The reciprocity fight which is now
being waged in a most bitter manner
in Canada is featured by the stand
| which the farmer and the salaried
man have taken for the treaty, and
the opposition to it by the business
| men and capitalists, declares Stephen
Kuth, who with Mrs. Kuth has just
returned from four weeks visit in
the Western Canadian provinces.
AS the situation is understood by
Mr.. kuth the farming class desires
reciprocal relations with the United
States because they use the American
machinery and consequently wish to
benefit in the reduction on the cost
price. This is their chief reason. The
| salaried class declares that such a
treaty would benefit both countries,
not only from the business viewpoint,
but also from a political standpoint.
Though the supporters of the treaty
will win a victory at the polls. Mr.
Kuth believes, he says the capitalistic
class which is arraigned against the
measure is conducting a most vehe-
ment fight, largely through the press
and on the stump. The major reason
for the opposition to the treaty, as
understood by Mr.. Kuth, is the argu-
ment the United States is attempt
ing to annex the Dominion.
Stand by England.
The plea to stand by England-the
mother country-is most frequently
heard.
The Issue is carried into the shop
and the field and all seem to be keen
ly interested. Some most peculiar
arguments in opposition were heard
by Mr.. Kuth. For example a Cana
dian horseman said that hundreds and
thousands of horses would be shipped
into Western Canada which would be
sold for $40 head, when the native
animals will bring about 5000 each.
From Winnipeg west the attitude
of the people is almost universally in
favor of the treaty. In the eastern
part where the industries are Gen.
tered, the opposition has it's strong
hold
In the western provinces, which is
the great grain country, Mr.. kuth
met several former Wayne county
people. All seemed to be prospecting.
This country is settled largely by
Americans, which probably is respon-
sible for the attitude of the people
there on the treaty question. Mr..
Kuth was much interested in the az
ricultural productiveness of the coun-
try. Such wheat and oats as he saw
there, he declared, he had never seen
before. There has been little too
much rain but not sufficient to ruin
the crop. The farmers are just a
little anxious about the cold spell, for
if frost would come early it would
damage the crops greatly. The
threshing season in Canada is in
September. He did not invest in any
land, but declared he would not hesi-
tate to do so if he so desired, because
he found it a most wealthy country
The cities, particularly those which
have been built up in the past ten
years, he found "out-Americaned"
some of the American cities in some
ways. Business is on the jump at all
times.
The purpose of Mr.. and Mrs. Kuth's
trip was purely pleasure. They spent
much time in the mountains and alto
gether hugely enjoyed their trip Some
of the leading cities visited we're Win
|nepeg, Regina, Saskatoon, Edmonton
and Calgary.