The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-09-23
Standard Oil from the first, have been
wrong, as not earned, but grabbed
HOW IT SIZES UP.

interests, specifically the big paper
trust leading, and the lumber trust al
most abreast, found il easier to work
upon Canadian fears and patriot
ism than to persuade the Congress OF
the United States to action hostile to
the reciprocity agreement. Accounts
from the campaign in Canada all indi-
Gated the expenditure of heavy
amounts of money in opposition to reci-
procity. The most OF that money prob
ably came from the United States,
and the reason for furnishing 1t was
that the monopolies and trusts on this
side of the line did not wish to he in
,erfered with by the great resources
which would be opened in the use
of the natural, and undeveloped wealth
Of Canada. Those natural resources are
beyond all possibility of present use
by the Canadians. but they would be
of immense service 10 tho people oil the
United States If we could have free ac-
cess TO them by way of release from
|monopolistic operations in this country
Hence the trusts found it to their IN
|tcrest to oppose The reciprocity agree
rnent seeing in the ratification or II d
great inroad upon their present un-
restricted power to work and loot the
people of the United States,
OF course, nothing of this kind came
out in the campaign. But the slnews
of war supplied on that account took
such form as would be most effective
in stirring the preludiccs, resentments,
and patriotic feelings of the Canadian
voters. Sir Wilfrid Laurier, the Lib
eral leader, was attacked as an enemy
of the British Empire on account of
his advocacy of reciprocity; the argu-
ment being the familiar Champ Clark
whoop that reciprocity meant annexa-
ton At the same time that Lauricr
was thus attacked ms an enemy to
Great Britain and to Imperialism IN
Canada. lie was attacked, on the other
hand. as a stalwart and offensive advo-
cate of British Imperialism; the latter
because, at the recent Imperial Con
ference in London. he came out in sup
port of Canadian navy, this being
especially obnoxious TO the French Ma
faction in Quebec, led by
Henri Bourassa, the Frcnchmen III
Quebec declaring that their French
blood and French treasure shall not be
spent "'to fight England S battles
Abroad and the damaging effect Of
this is seen in the Quebec returns,
contrastcd below And so, at one and
the same time, Premier Laurer was
both the foe and especial champion Of
British nationality.
In the rural districts of Canada,
which were expected 10 support reel
Drocity by reason of the market bene-
Ats which it would confer upon them,
the farmers were evidently frightened
by the same cry that frightened the
American farmers of the old Northwest,
that their interests and rights were be-.
ing invaded. In this country it will
be remembered that the farmers raised
an outcry against reciprocity because
The cheap farm products of Canada
would ruin prices in this country and
destroy the farm markets. This argu
ment did not seem TO have much eff
feet on our Congress, but it appears TO
have had a tremendous effect, applied
in reverse, on the Canadian farmers
They voted against reciprocity when
they were confidently counted upon to
support it, and this because thc cheap
farm products Of the United States
would ruin the Canadian farmers; and
here we have paradox working
against reciprocity in both countries
In each it was loudly 'trumpeted that
the cheap farm products of the other
would ruin the farm markets in each.
Ii is shining example of the dema
gogic cries that sometimes are so eff
fective in defeating reason, and sweep
ing the voters of their feet.
A glance AT the comparative showing
BY the Liberals and Conservatives in
he old Parliament aud in the new Ga
few returns still lacking) will show the
very great overturn which was made
by the election of Thursday.