Arizona republican., 1911-02-16
IT'S PURELY
 COMMERCIAL Relation Sought By Canada
 and Uuited States ENGLAND LOSES NOTHING
Secretary Knox Shows Why the People of the Domin- ion and This Country Would Benefit by Pro posed Arrangement.

Chicago. Feb. 15.-Though the peo-
 pie of the United States and Canada
 are "a substantially homogeneous
 people" with deep moral and racial
 reciprocities," the benefits of the pro-
 posed commercial reciprocity with
 Canada ought not to be obscured by
 the fear of relations too cordial and conceivably dangerous to the great
 Canadian loyalty to England" is the opinion of the secretary of state,
 Philander C. Knox, who addressed the Chicago Association of Com merce here tonight.
 Mir. Knox declared that while mi grations proceeded as constantly and as freely between Canada and the
 united States as between two states or this country. and while the two peoples have been welding together Tor two centuries. there is not the slightest probability that this racial and moral union will involve any political change or annexation or ab
 sorption''
 Tt is an ethnoIogical fact that mo- litieal units of the English speaking people never lose their autonomy said Secretary Knox Like bees they give off their swarms. who set up Tor themselves independently but they do not make political cumbina- tons among themselves. Since tbs n
 disturbed peace and amity between the two countries, and however gov ernmental changes may have been orulted Tn the past. it is probably more true today than ever beTore that the weight of sentiment and opinion both fin Canada and the united States. while desiring closer relations in all other respects. is crvs- tallized in a 8elief that the present political separation is desirable an6 Will lead to the best deveIopment of each nation aSi to better and more satisfactory relations between them.
 Tn the higher atmosphere and broader aspects of the situation if IS certain that if there should be any great world movement involving this continent. Canada and the I-nitad states would, as a matter of course. act Tn the most perfect concert in defense of the common rights of common blood and civilization"
 Declaring, however, that the reel procity proposition was economic not political" Mir Knox asserted:
 The United States recognizes with satisfaction that the Dominion of Canada is permanent North Ameri- can political unit, and that her au- tonomy is secure The United States appreciates the advantage to tbe common welfare of the continent that Canada contributes her own strength plus the strength of Great Britain"
 Secretary Knox prefaced his argu- ment allaying fears of Canadian an- nexation with an outline of the trade relations between the United States and Canada to the work of the pres ent administration. and then remarked that Tor more than half century the statesmen of Canada. of Great Britain and of the United States have by repeated effort testified and reaffirmed an abiding and funda- mental belief in the principle of Americana Canadian reciprocity"
 Sketching briefly the negotiations between Canada and the United states from the time of the passage | of the reciprocity treaty of 1854 and its abrogation in 1866. Mir. Knox spoke of the subsequent efforts on | both sides of the line to promote re- ciprocal trade. the Canadian pilgrim | ages to Washington. ''the cold re- ception given the eminent Canadians who made those pilgrimages and the | appeal to imperial and political sen tlment by their opponents at home"
 Our task was. despite all this" continued MT. Knox, ito submit to the people of the United States and | to the people of Canada an oppor- tunlty to cement the commercial links which it is decreed shall unite LIS. The agreement submitted to congress by the president is the result. Ii is | comprehensive in principle and avoids the objection which was one cause of the abrogation of the Elgin- Marcy treaty of 1S54-that is. it is not linn ited to one class of commodities It is meant for the conditions of today | and the conditions of the future"
 Recognizing the condition which exists in our own country and without | to define the causes which have led to the increased cost of living. the agreement seeks to give our millions of wage earning consum- CTS the benefit of drawing npon the surplus food supplies nearest at hand If seeks hv nrovidinQ for tba fraaSt