The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-04-19

cereals. and fr-its can cross the bound
arv linc and he eaten FREQ OF duty by
the American people, II VIII be all over
with tbs Canadian confederation. and
even the British empire Will reel ana
rock npon It's foundations.
IF you attempt 10 prevent the peopic
from trading In natural channels, no
amount Of legislation Will accomplish that
object. but let nature alone and then The
trade VIII he carried on on Canadian llnes
Why Because have the interior
waterways and tho shortest and the bet
ter lines. Take the condition Of things
today. Winnipeg can trade with Europe
with Europe by way Of Canada. The line
OF railway from Winnipeg TO Montreal
is 1914 miles. and from Montreal 10 Liv-
GrpooI 27so miles. a total Of of 4la4 m, miles; IS
Chicago and the American
lines. the distance is 1890 miles. and from
New York to Liverpool 3o26 miles or q to-
tai distance OF 1925 miles. The American
line is 2S26 miles, the Canadian llne is
4i74 miles a distance is favor Of the
Canadian line az 500 miles.
'1s II not obvious that for very self
interest trode viii always take the
Canadian line because It is the shorter
ouco We have had experience as to what
has happened. and our experience has
channels has increased by leaps and
bounds as against the trade by the
American channels In 1900 tht totai
amount of wheat exported from Mnntreal
creased from 1000 o0G to 1850 600 bush
els. or American wheat, the total num-
Der of bushels exported to and from Mon
lrcal in 1900 was 100000 bushels. and
in l9lI that had Increased TO ten million
bushels. So. therefore there Is no doubt
on this point the Canadian line must have
the preference because the Canadian line
is the best and the shortest
Canada consumes only 90 per cent OF
her production of wheat Where is the
maas 6aaRsf to ha Epgsh market naE ise is quite a
pie enough To take the surplus produc-
tion OF wheat ir this country for many
years TO come. although We are sure the
production Will increase tenfold by-and
bye. But there are other products than
wheat which the British market cannot
absorb. or cannot absorb with the Same
convenience as the American market
can.
We have In the province OF Quebec
natural meadows which require no M
age. and upon which the best Of timothy
for one hundred years. All along the two
meadows Of Lake ST, Peter there arc nat
ural meadows. a few Inches only above
the level OF the water. which are yearly
flooded. and which. 10 the knowledge o
everyone in the province have been fo'
hundred years or more growing nay
and nothing else. The counties of Bcr'
thler. Montmorency and OF. Maurice OF
the north shore, and the counties of Nico'
let. Yamaska and RichelIeu on the south
are so situated that they have verS
considerable population VINO are GroWei'
of hay and for whom this treaty. II Il
becomes law. VIII ne q most positive
boon. Today they cannot sell any hay IL
the United States because there is dut,
OF 81 ton. Let the duty he removed
and then Immediately there will be az
immense trade In that section OF the
community, as there was some THIRTY
wears ago. The same thing applies !,
the case OF eggs, poultry and mining prod
ucts For this reason il Is to our ad
vantage that we should have not onl,
the British market but the American
market also"