Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1911-09-28
MYSTERY OF cANADHs RECIPROCITY FLOP NOW CLEAR

Thanks to the unguoded utterances of the Montreal Star in
the hour Of ublation over the victory Of the Conservative
and the defeat reciprocity spite of the fact that the
conservatives long stood for closer trade relations with The
United States the mystery attending that flop is now made
clear
There and is practical collision between the leaders
of the democrats of the United States and the leaders of the
conservatives of Canada Canada to without
cost to itself through the free list and other freer trade
what Canada would have had to for in kind under repub
good democratic friends in Congress, while getting
credit for helping President Taft reciprocity measure
were manipulating things to defeat reciprocity in Canada and
thus pave the way for easier victory for themselves in 1912
Speaker Champ Clark's alleged joke about the
ton of Canada result of reciprocity joke at all but
shrewdy devised move to prevent IN" Canadians from espos
ing the very they long worked for the
list BILL and the announcement Of other later moves in that
direction hurried in the instead of the
ing regular session show they could expect
in the way Of access TO American markets later without
was thus paved for big attempt TO undermine President Taft
and the Republican party
That this plan is being faithfully carried out on both sides
OF the International boundary will be plain from few quota
tions
Speaker Champ Clark the very man who sprung anncxa-
ton DOGGY is twisting President Taft said about
the parting of the ways in currents of trade and showing that
the President and he himself largely responsible for
Canadian talk about annexation
The New York Sun up the regarding Speaker
ing the Introduction of the reciprocity measure follows:
ot When the ion Champ Clark told Canada that reel
Tocy was the first step in the direction of inevitable
assimilation he held up to Canada the appalling threat
that one country could brandish before another"
Governor Foss of Massachusetts wholly ignoring Clark s
talk of annexation attacks President and declares
Our honored President is misgrded Instead of first seek
ing reciprocity with Canada he should have first revised the
tariff Reciprocity would It supplements
liberal tariff policy and follows after it. If the President
had called for an honest revision reciprocity with Canada
would have come surely that the breaks through
the Clouds
Yet Canada accepted reciprocity Governor FoSs and
his democratic friends would have been the first claim credit for
the contamination of the project of closer trade relations between
Canada and the United States Moreover Governor Fo for
gets that democratic free list along the line
first Canada would have open its markets through
reciprocity in order to get frcer markets.
But Governor FOs attacking President Taft the fail
ure of reciprocity is simply following ont the genera"
which has been adopted by the democrats this side of the
line as well as by the conservatives in Canada.
The Montreal star which the acknowledged organ Of
the conservative opposition to reciprocity other
Mr Taft has made few friends by attempting to bring
about reciprocity and all by failing in his attempt
to do So The free list Of the democratic House of Rep
resenatives has been vetoed and the Republican party has
nothing to offer the voters year substitute for it,
Ihe free list might or might not have reduced the cost of
living but it would have been definite tangible effort
along popular lines lnrecpocated desire for reciprocity
is feeble and futile the demand for reduction
in the cost of the nccossarirS of life.
So the esteemed Star thinks that free list on
American side of the international homlar! would be along
popn"r lines in response to the demand for reduced cost OF
living Strangely enough that exactly what the democrats
are committed TO.
Blu" is also noteworthy that while the Montreal Star
iavors opening the American markets the whole world which
includes Canada not in favor of opening markets
certain degree to us return for similar concessions
Moreover the Star and its conservative friends corcm
also made by Canadians for PRODUCED Of lvinE They
not only propose keep up wall against American
products but also intend to strengthen in instances.
Why should not Canada wc as England pray work
for democratic free list in the United States in 1919,
Possibly the Star thinks Americans c
the Canadians enjoy this ughandIcd trade propositions I'M
less greatly people fully awake
ton confronting them.
The chances that Tie Canadians will find Anne
willing to let their goods this country
restrictions, while Americans still forced pay high duties
goods sold in Canadian markets.
In other words Canadian friends likely TO get
reciprocity but in exactly the which was sub
mltted to Them though the Democratic party
dream will give both Canada and the Of the world
the benefit of markets without any return
from any direction.
Americans have their eyes open