The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1911-02-23
s,her View Of Reciprocity

srs very ,;tv would be bad thing for
bal re'.g of Maine. l presume they
be ''''s 49,. have good reasons for their
tbinh 'p b,,t none of them give us any
belief wv Ybst they are. Maine farmers
ds' o. barond that stage where they
taFe EV' man 5 say so. They want
t'F t.,t. upon which to base an opinion
gone ''I ~ blown about by every wind of
'na w. stretching along our northern
doc I'5 l60 miles, separated by only
5'fo. ..sosry line, with similar conditions
% la-S .sbitad by similar classes of
81 '''' par-in IS there so great a diff
te' 4afve should stand in fear of
isF'',' Have -bey so much greater op-
be- 81, much greater ability, bet
.,,rratioa facilities, than we, that
ID ,.1. ourselves in, in order to
F5 ..a..,,s from them? In what
%. Hse .,tfer from New Hamp-
' bop Jn the west, that we
a-l' rn.-a against them? Oh,
a'' 49,. H... a better market, and
u ..sUp possession of it to our
a. 9 Hampshire has a bet
D ... au ~e have, is she worry
q [..q.. la6e possession of it to
" u price of hay in New
....- f 3 higher than it is in
~, IA. Gm price of potatoes is 10
..sf.-r. cattle are from 10 to
...v, n and so it may be said
....- a4t New Hampshire does
...-. l. tering her markets.
,.-. son why We wish to pre-
~. ...-5.. aaag here from foreign
....-s..+ a.y have the advantage
.,..,.wr a1t that cannot be SO said
r.. r.u5r commands as good
-. -...-. auvely, as it does with US.
..i. ...--s5oE 40 population at far
..t-. a4r than we are; and the
...- To-. rtati0n facilities and the
,,. s... nrs Incidental to a new
mfr. ..I - long time prevent her
~. a,- .L on our markets. Her
,,-- ..- are the St. Lawrence
r,. F- Ia-lde coast, and she can
,tssee mssets III foreign countries
.,s and can reach them at
..r...r.. aJes than she can reach
-....s winch we now control.
.n -sl . ton of her produce
mil. -+urence to a foreign ma
.l she can ship it to Bos-
nd g. -- and most of it will be
T rag for but little of her
rs..-. =1th Of that river.
Ire5. ..u- ,Je price currents in the
a...s- will see that there is
f. -.... i,terence between them.
5qe ataar side of the line is
.e -aaa it is here. There is
Inference in the tariff
It's ghey tax US about the
D.. utm, and if under pres
. can sell her over four
as s.. --rm products as they sell
pr r. which is a facD wherein
i a- q. any worse position if the
lie renewed on both sides? We
n the question with the off
DE- "-a, IS some assume to do,
q. tau tlG our markets, when there
s. foundation in fact for the
TT. .oor market in Canada,
# u.. II open that we sold her last
az ",llo dozen eggs and paid
'u.g .a.u too, while she only sold
a5o-. wantieth as many? If she
595o il #ltH meat and dairy products
III s-e t, +9 sell her IL dollars worth
tl's- duets for every dollars worth
ft-0s.e g- US? We hear much about
aar-- aa,r Of horses that we buy
on a The fact is we have for
las. .T- rears been selling her from
@AtM-- -- many horses as we buy
.1a ."t ai'h danger of horses being
leap b.. rend upon her for them,
tier H- sold her $4,O97, 1852 worth
PIE a'.+s, and We bought of her
-'a-- sic. We sold her 81, 291,-
hga'4 D., g.aln and breadstuffs, and
lSol LIS iIt 81, 759, $50 worth.
'@ " Laltor, all the eggs that
snF INTO ras country from Canada all
Nj Veal ".u only furnish the people
Mali s9-4t 3ne-half of an egg each,
|T vi te year. Surely, Canada can
''f be great fruit growing country;
u Gold climate and long winters will
|. admit Vi IT, We supplied her with
''-''' p worth of fruit and fruit prod
Wy las Year, or more than 16 times as
''9 ds We had of her. Of hay we
'.s'' more Of her last year than we
ny OI' l 1903 and 1909 we sold her
s y, .oas than We had of her. We buy
'' '5 worth of peas and beans and
~ Ds' vi 2IZ worth. This is not so
T. "'ea We remember that most of
a peas Which we buy of her for less
=, .'' lo.lar a bushel, and are glad to
:, " So" for fodder, and the feeding
A. worth more than we give for
a grass nl garden seeds we bought
i. .''s'ia '7Fl ,000 worth, and sold to
4 N- G- time over $3.50. 600 worth.