The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-02-16
to redress it. Take tito washington.
That is the Sor1n1 now"

on to say that NJ. Fielding had kept
his own coal souttle nndamaged and
the minister OF customs had sat tight
upon his own 6iscuit barrel" The
answer Of the country would be that
It ono section were to be sacrificed or
the protection on one industry re-
moved, then there should be free
trade for all and protection on no
other industry.
Mr.. Foster Challenged the state
nent that the imperial preference had
been scrupulously maintained. In
sixty-nine items on the free list thir-
ty-nine now getting the advantage of
the preference.were untouched while
in thirty cases It had been absolutely
wiped out. Tho preference had not
been maintained.
They have stricken the preference
its deathblow." Mr.. Foster said.
The prime minister had forgotten
the pledge he gave to the country and
house that the tArt6 would not be re-
vised without the; appointment Of a
commission to h6ar all the interests
that would be affected. The infor-
nation he gave to the British prime
minister and the British ambassador
at Washington. was not reliable.
With West Indies
A profitable reciprocity, Mr.. Foster
argued. would hAve been with the
British West Indies. where the pro-
ducts were tropical and they could
take Canadian foodstufIs. In the same
way reciprocity With Great Britain
would be proftabts. but the elements
Of real reciprocity could not be found
In Canada and the United States.
Trade would be sectional and fitful.
Here Mr.. Foster :e1oted James ]. Hill
to show that eveatin the United States
where there was no tariff, there were
differences in thA prices of wheat
The tariff did not make the difference,
but the cost Of transport. Today the
Canadian grain. growers had the
choice Of two markets., the miller and
the British markoE, which absolutely
controlled prices throughout the world.
The finance minister forgot to point
out that he had made it possible for
United States milfers to get possess
sion Of Canada's No. 1 hard and sat-
isfX their people. with It, sending to
the British market less strong flours,
which would lose the market in Bri-
tain. It was important that the mill
Ing Industries shopld be retained in
Canada for the sake Of the necessary
by-products.
Assails Minister'S
"Are we through with responsible
government" asked Mr.. Foster. Two
men without great business ability,
without q mandate, had entered into
pact with Washington. making a
complete change in Canada's fiscal
relations and national and imperial
ideals. They proposed that, parlia-
ment should agree, regardless of the
1cQnsequences. It amazed him to think
that mon would care to assume such
responsibilities. They had crept into
Washington with fear and trembling
and had offered a proposition which
was seized with avidity.-- The gift
had been brought back, but the mort
gage, had yet to be met. The: time
would come when the country would
curse the men who had made the
mortgage. When q man: with $1,000
capital went into business with q nan
with 100000 capital, who managed
the business? It was no position for
a young country to be In. Besides, it
clashed with the new sentiment Of
conservation in the country. =
The Best Kick
Concluding Mr.. Foster said that the
abrogation of the treaty of 1854 was
the best kick Canada ever received.
From the chaos that followed there
slowly evolved a national ideal. Can
adm resources for Canadian develop
ment, Canadian and British capital for
Canadian industry, Canadian work
men for Canadian production and
Canadian routes for Canadian trade. /"
In the face of this ideal geography
distance had been anhilated: the
croaker, pessimist and coward had
been shamed into silence and recreat-
ed into good citizens. plains were shot
with steel. mountains tunnelled, and
national ports filled with commerce.
across the seas we clasped hands
with our sister nations within the en-
pire, and surrounded with q Gordon of
defense the old empire that gave birth
to US ALL" said Mr.. Foster. "This
land is ours. We have made It, We
and our fathers. Please God we will
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ren's children to the remotest gener-
alton. We have not wrought so in
order to bestow great gift upon a
rich nation. We have wrought to
build for ourselves our national home
and a fireside and affairs of our own,
for ourselves and those that come
after us in this great far-thrown
country that God has given us for
our own"
The proposal cut square across the
national ideal. With $4,000 900 people
to the south it meant absorption and
hegemony. Mr.. Foster hoped the
meaning Of the proposal would sink
deep until there should burst from the
country a protest that the step con-
templated would be recalled.
Fruit Industry Hurt
Martin Brue'l, Yale-Cariboo, fol-
lowed. speaking strongly against the
government proposals. and especially
dealing with the injury to the fruit,
industry. He said that Canada was
abundant able to work out her own
salvation. economic and otherwise,