Evening star., 1911-08-30
WORK ON NEW TACK
Canadian Anti-ReCiproCity Men
in Losing Fight.
RAISE CRY OF DEPRESSION
Claim Dominion Is Prosperous and
States Impoverished.
ANNEXATION TALK DISCOUNTED
Loses Potency as Bugaboo in Fight
Against Pact-Lively Cam
paign on in North.
Special From a stan Correspondent.

Special From a STAFF Correspondent.
MONTREAL, Quebec, August 60
From the sensational dispatches from
the United states published in Cana
dian newspapers opposing reciprocity
one would infer that my beloved coun-
try is on the verge OF ruin. You must
be actually suffering for pork and
beans down home. and the hundreds OF
thousands of workingmen standing IN
the bread lines cannot be computed.
/ reckon all of us visiting Yankees
ought to hurry home to see the family
is not lacking bread.
Alongside Of these terrific accounts
of industrial depression in the states
are published glowing reports OF
Canada's prosperity, with the admoni-
tion that Canadians should not throw
down the bars to allow the Yankees
who are down on their luck to get IN on
Canada's prosperity.
The western men in the United states
Congress who fought reciprocity
should be a bit perplexed over this
situation Their objection to reciproci-
ty was based on the contention mat
with the tariff removed the western
farmers in the states would De the
sufferers, so you see what lot OF
false alarm and misrepresentation
there is among the politicians on poth
sides the line. .
Above the heads of the factionists IN
the states and those in the Dominion
who tried and are trying to defeat rec
iprocity tower the two great ngures
of President Taft and Sir Wilfrid
Laurier, each. with far-seeing eyes and
high -mindedness. trying to WORK
,1or NH iot, al SfofQSmAnSnlD
convinces them will be better in the
| long run for the people OF both ma
| tions-people OF kindred blood, ike
| ideals and close neighborliness, who
are separated from broader commercial
| intercourse only by man made tarin
the work Of political parties.
Contend With Special Interests.
Each of these statesmen has had to
/ contend with and is contending with
narrowness Of view among those seek
ing special interests and arguments
based upon the supposed welfare of 9
community. a faction or an industry
! as against the common veal OF two
| great nations living side by side under
/ English institutions. / read q dispatch
i in an evening paper from far st. Johns
| New Brunswick. depicting the pathet.
| ic figure Of Sir Wilfrid Laurier stand.
| ing in the bow of q little boat as she
| pitched across the rough waters Of thu
/ Bay. of Funday, his shoulders droopet
| with the burden of seventy years. bu'
his face patient and resolved as
he thought Of the task before hin
| in addressing the twelve Thousand
| who attended the meeting that nigh,
and Of pointing out to them the broad
| er benefits of reciprocity. The scene
| represented the spirit of patience, firm.
/ ness and wisdom with which this grand
| old man is directing the affairs OF his
country against the clamor of fac
tionalism.
Think Government Will Win.
All reports which come to this politica
and business center continue to brinl
prophecy that the government will vii
the election by a reduced majority, ant
that parliament will ratify the pact
Many fair-minded men among the opposi
| ton with whom I have conversed admi
| that this is the situation today. Wha
| the next three weeks may bring forth II
| the way Of developments to change TIN
results, of course. no man can say.
| One notices. however. very significan
| feature of the campaign at this stage
| which tends to bear out the forecast, an
| that is the desperation with which tn
| opponents of the government are tight
ing as against the more conservative
| campaign methods of the government
| 1t has very much the appearance OF TIT
last desperate stand of the party will
| its back against the wall. The bugabo
| of annexation at some far day does no
seem to be having as much effect II
| frightening the voters as i'm an earle
stage of the campaign. At the night.
meetings and speechmakings the crowd
| do not seem to warm up quite as mucl
as they did before, especially when tn
\ suggestion is put forward that after al
the United States cannot annex Canad;
| unless the voters of Canada are willing
| and that the people always have 1t il
their power to act upon this question
Have Torchlight Parade.
So this may account for the new tac
which is being taken Of working up tn
Industrial depression in the states an
contra sting it with Canada's prosperity
Monday night the anti-government force
invaded Montreal and held rousing bi
meeting at which Mr.. Borden, their hero
was the principal figure The argument
presented were along the lines l hav
heretofore portrayed, and of course tn
| enthusiasm was property attended It.
lust as we do it in the states.
Meetings are being held nightly in ever
province and the dispatches to the metro
politan cities are being worked up to
high pitch of interest. 4 torchlight pro
cession of 600 torchbearers was featur
of Sir Wilfrid's reception last night an
the visiting Yankees there must hav
been reminded of earlier days in tn
states. l miss one picture familiar in Oh
| campaigns the cart-tail orator harangu
ing from the street center and the so
tcialist from the store box on the corner
Otherwise 1t is a jolly good campaig
which a Yankee politician can readil.
| understand n. -. NJ.
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