New-York tribune., 1911-02-14
CANADA AND AGREEMENT
Many Consider 1t Too FavoraD'e
to United States.
MUCH ALARM is EXPRESSED
Protests in Dominion Being
Used to Offset Objections
Raised Here.
frrono The Trlbun. Bufesu.l

From The Tribune BneauI
Washington, Feb. l3.-An important en-
amusing phase OF the campaign Tot -
procity has arisen I'm the use or Canaoia"
objections 70 the agreement 10 onse' %
1ections on this side OF the border. hes's
lators who were vehement In their protes'''
confronted with interviews by Canadian Oh
fcials. in which much the same opJec'io' :.
made. have come 10 the conclusion w"
there are two sides to the controversy a"'
that II would be wise to discriminate
fully before expressing objections 70 'no
measure. on the ground that. as ~ is terseN
put. every knock is a boost
Some Of the more important Canaoian
protests which are being used IN taVo, - "
the agreement on this side are set 1or'h AZ
the press Of the Dominion. A leading Oh
lection seems 10 be that II will transfer 'he
control OF the grain market from Canaoa ~
the United States.
Premier Robin. Of Manitoba, IS duoteu ="
the Winnipeg dispatches as saving that '"o
agreement means q death blow 10 Canada
industry.
+ W Peters. assistant TO William "nyte'
yice-presiient Of the Canadian Pscinc ha"-
way. as quoted by THE Daily province VI
Vancouver. Is not convinced that rho oene-
dte to Canadians will counterbalance 'he
injuries
7 ! carrick, Member Of Parliament TOT
Port Arthur. in Toronto telegram 10 ne
Ottawa Press" Is quoted as saying IL
this reciprocity agreement goes into torce
we might az we'll dump all our elevator"
into Lake Superior. With free wheat OUT
grain will go TO United States miilers' ana
the vast quantities Of wheat now store1 III
rho elevators AT the head OF the lakes, ana
later shipped for export. will 20 by way oi
Duluth and Buffalo in American ooa's'
Dsnoer to Fruit and Lumber
William Whyte is quoted in a. winnipeg
dispatch to this effect: 1T means the emo
nj the former long haul 20 Port "illa'''
and Port Arthur This loss of the long
bauI is not the worst feature of the case
Tha fact is that trade will he diverted
from it's present channels east and west 10
tho channels north and south.
A dispatch from Nelson =. G. says 'na'
the removal of the duty on fruit ana gar
don products is expected 10 cripple the IN
eant fruit industry. Viii" the removal ol
the duty on lumber viii tend 10 thro" the
rrairis market into tho hands OF United
States dealers.
, In the British Columbia lazislsture res
olu,jon was introduced BY W. ". Hayward
declaring that the proposed tarin reaoius'-
ment will Re highly detrimental 10 the ast'-
cultural interests ny the flooding OF the
I Canadian markets with AMERICAS o"u
| rroduce Of all kinds. In his speech sup
nortng the resolution Mr.. Hayward said
ttat II had been possible for the British
| Columbia farmer or fruit grower 10 meet
tho competition of the United states owing
to their Industries being more highly oe-
! yeloped and specialized, 40 far as the mar
betting is concerned. Eggs. butter ana otnef
farm nroduce would he affected. hut fruit
would feel tho worst effects, because OF the
length Of time required 10 reach maturity
Tho fruit growers of ontario arc reported
| I'm the newspapers Of Toronto as opposing
the agreement because OF the advantages II
gives TO fruit growers in the United STATES
ON tho fish question The vancouver
Daily Province" quotes wen Known
Fraser River Gamer as saying that WIN
eeb ON thA free list there will be nothing N
nrevent Puget Sound packers sending their
agents with ScoNS W 'ii'
Fraser River during the height of tho run
on that stream. and by Offering slightly
hiober nrIces than rule on the river they
,n, he able to get all the fish they can
carry away
ON the general subject triple Ieadeo
,rraal was made by The Montreal star,
u,bich is one of the leading newspapers OF
the Dominion to Sir Wilfrld Laurler to
undo the work of Ministers Fielding ana
Paterson and prevent the Dominion Parlia-
rent from ratifyng the agreement. Ihe
Montreal Star" is generally understood as
representing what Is known as the British
imperialstic sentiment. In this article, In
recit,pg what is called the cost to Canada,
THE Star" said:
Ouebec will become the back yard ana
lumber camp OF New England. our farm
produce will give New England factories
cheap food for their work people without
ultimately raising the price for our farm,
ers and our forests and mines VIII reed
them with raw materials until they are
,ite of American industrialism. The exodus
Of our sons and daughters to New Eng
land factory towns which have been 80
severe drain in the past may Wen bleed
MS TO death when Montreal has been
strangled In its own dead railway lines
when the killing of the new Transconti-
mental has killed the legitimate hopes or
Quebec city. and when our other prom
ising industrial towns have found their
home market flowing merrily over the bor-
der.