The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-04-28
view Of the varieties Of our climate than
they can have in Canada.
Cotton, Corn and Hogs.

does. or course. they raise none in
Canada.
oh corn and with tho exception OF a
small part of the acreage OF Canada, IN
Ontario. it is not possible to raise corn
AT all i'll the Dominion.
With respect 10 wheat and barley and
oats, conditions differ in different parts |
of Canada and in different parts OF the
United states. CHASING them together' |
as on the whole, The conditions are SUD
stautially the same. In prices OF farm |
land the differences arc no greater pc
between the different states in the United |
States. In the matter Of farm wages. |
on the whole they are the same.
1T is said that this is an agreement |
that affects agricultural products moro |
than manufactures That Is true. but "
we are to have an Interchange Of prod
ucts between the two countries oi any
substantial amount the chief part of ~
must necessarily be in agricultural prod
uCts.
LAS Il, is. wc export 10 Canada more
agricultural products than We receive
from her. and Il will be aftcrward
The effect is not going. IN my Judgment
10 lower tho specific prices Of agricnl-
tural products in our country: 1t Is go
ing 10 steady them, and H. is going To
produce an interchange Of products ~
a profit which viii be beneficial TO Doth
countries.
III objection can be made to the treaty
on the ground that "A particular class de-
rvcs less benefit from II than any Other
class. then II is the manufacturer oil the
country who ought 10 object because
the treaty in its nature VIII not enlarge
his market much as II VIII that OF
Effort to Mislead Farmers.
81 am aware thai, from one motive OF
another, a great deal OF effort and money
have been spent in sending circulars 10
farmers to convince them that this Cana
dian treaty. il adopted, will do them IN
jury. | do not know that 1t Is possible
to allay such fears by argument, pending
the consideration of the treaty by the
senate,
But there is one way-and that q con-
elusive way-that of demonstrating the
fallacy. the unfounded character OF their
fears. to the farmers or 10 any olher
class that believes itself TO be unjustly
affected by this treaty and tnat is to try
IL on:
ton to continue the reciprocity arrange
mcnt any longer than IL desires. and II III
he found by actual practice that there Is
an injury, and a permanent injury. TO
the farmers of this country everybody
knows that they can sufficiently control
legislation To bring about a change and
a return 10 the other conditions Ihose
OF us who are responsible for the Cana
dian treaty are willing and anxious 10
subject 1t to that kind of a test.
another and a conclusive reason Tor
closing the contract is the opportunity
which IL gives us to increase the supply
OF our natural resources which. with The
was,efulness OF children, we have want
only exhausted. The timber resources
of Canada. which Will open themselves
to us inevitably under the operation OF
this agreement. are now apparently mex
haustible and we may derive ample sup
plies OF timber from Canadian sources
TO the profit OF Canada and for our own
benefit.
There are other natural resources
which / need not stop to enumerate which
will become available to us as II our own:
II we adopt and maintain commercial
union with Canada
Greatness of Canada.
But there are other-evcn broader
grounds than this that should lead TO
the adoption OF this agreement, Can
ada's superficial area is greater than that
OF the United States between the oceans.
or course, it has n good deal OF waste
land In the far north. but IT has enormous
tracts OF unoccupied land, or land settled
cupIed. which in the next two or three
decades will rapidly acquire a substantial
and valuable population.
Canada has now ~ between ;ooo,gOo
temperate, persistent race brave, lntelll-
gent and entsrprisine
They are good neighbors; we could
any nation with whom they have sympa-
thetic relations, and with them ii is prof
table for them 10 deal. constantly in
creasing market and an evcr-lncreasinS
trade.
"As between Canada and the United
States, the trade and the mutual benefit
from the trade will increase.
at is amusing. and i am not sure thal
il has not some elements Of consolation
in 1t, to find that all the buncombe and
all Of the eNaggeration and misrcpresen-
tation in politics and all OF the political
ghosts are not confined TO our own coun-
try. There has entered into the discus
sion in Canada, as reason for defeating
the adoption of this contract by the
Canadian parliament. a fear that we de-
sire 10 annex the dominion; and the
dreams OF Americans with irresponsible
imaginations. who Ike TO talk of the
pole, are exhibited by the opponents of
the Canadian treaty In Canada as the
declaration OF real policy by this coun-
try and as an announcement Of our pur-
pose TO push political control over our
neighbor OF the north,
Says Annexation Talk Is ''Bosh.
81 am not an anti ti-impcrialist, but l
have had considerable experience in the
countries over which we have assumed
temporary control. l do not know when
that control will end, but do know THAT,
In respect to those countries, we nave
taken over heavy duties and obligations,
the weight of which ought to destroy any
temptation to further acquisition oil ter
rltory.
1T would he invidlous TO institute a
comparison between the government of
Canada and this country, but there is
one part OF our jurisdiction and that OF
Y
close TO enable the Canadians and our
selves to realize that the sample OF gov
eminent that we exhibit is not allurlns.
refer TO the control Of Alaska as compared
with the control by Canada OF her north
west territory, The talk OF annexation Is
bosh. Everyone who knows anything
about il realizes that 1t is bosh.
Canada is a great. strong youth. anX-
ious 10 test his muscles. rejoicing In
the race he is ready to run The United
States has all 1t can attend to with the
territory il is now governing and to
make the possibility OF the annexation
of Canada TO the United States as
basis for objection to any steps toward
their greater economic and commercial
union should be treated as one of the
Jokes OF the platform and should not
enter into consideration OF serious men
engaged In solving serious problem.
why should not we have closer
union with Canada? Think Of the alb;
Minneapolis by as great a distance as
Providence intended that their separa-
tion socially and commercially should
only be that OF their geographical dis
tancc.