Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-09-06
FIERCE RECIPROCITY
CAMPAIGN in CANADA
THE RESULT IN GRAVE DOUBT
BUT PACT WILL PROBABLY
WIN BY SMALL MARGIN.
RNBELT DESTAGRICULTURAL REGION

CORN BELT BEST AGRICULTURAL REGIO
Montreal, Portland and Conditions
Ontario, Quebec and Northern
Portion Of New England.
1t was interesting to observe for
few days the fierce political can
paign now taking place in the Don
inion Of Canada. There are Ut
doubtedly many differences betwee
the liberals and conservatives, but a
the present time the reciprocit
pact with the United States is tn
all important question. l tried t
get some light on the probable ou'
come of the contest by talking witt
travelling men, but as a rule the.
were so partisan l could give but lit
| Tie weight to their opinions. One o
these travelling men with whom
talked was so certain that recipro
city would be beaten, that he sa!t
he. would be willing to bet his lif$
on the result; while another was jus
as positive that it would win.
The liberals had a majority of 40
in the last Dominion Parliament
Ind Sir Wilfr.d Laurier predicts
shat they will double that majority
1T the elections to be held in a few
lays. While on the other hand the
conservatives claim that they will
gain As members. A gain Of halt
that number would defeat the pact.
From all 1 could learn incline to
the opinion that the liberals will
win by a small margin, but some
lays felt that the margin would be
lie other way.
The Canadians have nationalism
70 an intense decree, and the cry
las been raised by the opponents OF
reciprocity that it is Yankee
scheme to annex their country. 1t
is concluded that this cry will have
little influence upon progressive and
Canadians, but it will
some votes without a doubt.
it is also conceded that there will
be very many changes among the
English speaking voters at the com
ing election. Many liberals VIII
vote for conservative candidates, be-
cause they consider a closer com
mercial relation withS the Tslit;ed
STATES as a sort ofndisloyalty to their
mother country. And, on the o-her
aana, talked with conservatives
who said they We're going to vote this
year with the liberals, because. the
opportunity to secure freer trade re-
lations with ninety millions of peo-
pie must necessarily be OF great adj
vantage to their country.
l, do not believe that there VIII
se much change among the French
canadians of Lower Canada. They
.ove Sir Wilfrid and VIII vote for
him no matter Whist they may think
about reciprocity.
We rode on the same train with
Sir WiIfrd from Montreal to st
tIyacinthe, distance of thirty-fiNt
niles, where he went to attend the
funeral OF prominent member or
and had chance t.
see how the people greeted him. He
IS a tall, active man, with a Kind
face, and is about ri
years Of age. Even a casual OBJ
server would know at glance that
he was a leader Of men. He Will
hold lbs own in Quebec all rtsht,but
reciprocity is a fer reaching ques-
lion and no%one can tell what the
outcome will be in the other pro
vinces.
The Canadian manufacturers are,
and with good reason, afraid of the
trusts, and some, If not
al. of the American trusts view
with alarm the knocking of a hole
in the tariff wall. And it is openly
that the American trusts
and the Canadian manufacturers are
supplying the conservatives with all
the money they can use to eneom-
pass the defeat of reciprocity Be
this as it may, the conservatives
seem to be we'll supplied with mon
ey, and are contesti1g LIBERAL s'rons-
holds where they never tried to elect
before.
The people of the United States
and Canada are practically the
same, and they should not build ar,i-
ficial barriers e'ween them. For
that reason Sir Wilrrid has our hes
wishes
1t is 334 miles from Toronto to
and PARKWAY look at
the landscape, along the line of the
Grand Trunk Ry, between those tw'
cities, does not disclose any great
difference from a similar look at
the landscape in Delaware county.
But closer inspection shows that
this country was al covered with tim
Der at one time and that there are
few large farms Like we have
iowa. The farm homes and country
towns, however, appear neat and
thrifty, and there IS little in the
architecture, the firm methods, the
business signs or the peolle them
selves to inform a traveller from
Iowa that he is in a foreign land.
Those in search OF differences might
discover n few more StalWart broad