Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1911-04-28

there has entered into the discussion
in Canada. as a reason for defeating
the adoption OF this contract by the
Canadian parliament. fear that We
desire to annex the dominion; and
the dreams Of Americans with IRE
sponsible imaginations, who like to
talk of the starry flag floating from
Panama to the pole. are exhibited by
the opponents of the Canadian treaty
in Canada as the declaration of real
policy by this country and as an an
nouncement of our purpose to push
political control over our neighbor OF
the north.
Canada is a great, strong youth,
anxious to test his muscles, rejoicing
in the race he is ready to run. The
United States has all ii can attend TO
with the territory it is now governing,
and to make the possibility of the an
nexation of Canada to the United
States q basis for objection to any
steps toward their greater economic
and commercial union should be treat
ed as one OF the jokes of the platform
and should not enter into consider
alton of serious men engaged in solv-
ing serious problem.
Canadians have furnished us a
large number OF our best citizens. We
are giving them a large number OF
the pick of our young farmers. Let
us open the gateway between us. Let
us give TO both countries tho profit
of the trade that God intended be-
tween us. Let the political govern
ments remain as they are. Let us
abolish arbitrary and artificial OBJ
structions to our association with our
mutual profit that it will certainly
bring.
Il desire to express my high ap-
probation of the manner in which
the present house of representatives
has treated the reciprocity agreement.
1t has not played politics. 1t has
taken the statesmanike course in re-
spect to 1t.
II am hopeful that the senate will
treat the agreement in the same way
and that no amendments will there
be added to the bill For the rea-
son given | think they are dangerous.
II appeal to this company, repre-
senting as it does the press of the
United States, to see to ii that 1t Is
made clear to the public; that this
contract ought TO stand or fall by its
own terms. and that its passage or de-
feat ought not to be affected in any
regard by other amendments to the
tariff law.
II think there is a general senti-
ment now in favor of revising the
tariff, schedule by schedule. and Of
making this revision dependent on
exact information as to each schedule
gathered by impartial investigators.
TO amend this Canadian contract and
to make its passage dependent or
other tariff legislation is to continue
the old method Of tariff revision char
acterlzed, not without reason, as a To-
cal issue.
Il have said that this was critical
time in the solution of the question
of reciprocity. 1t Is reciprocal be-
cause, unless IL is now decided favor
ably to reciprocity, it is exceedingly
probable that no such opportunity will
ever again come to the United States.
THE forces which are at work in
England and in Canada to separate
her by Chinese wall from the Unit
ed States and to make her part of an
imperial commercial bund reaching
from England around the world to
England again by system of prefer
entail tariffs will derive an impetus
from the rejection of this treaty. and
If we would have reciprocity with all
the advantages that | have described.
and that | earnestly believe will fol-
low its adoption, we must take 1t now
or give 1t up forever