Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1911-08-04
REciPRoclTy-sTs POSSIBILITIES

now tAac the senate mas passed the
reciprocity bill and Taft's signature is
certain the resulting consequences of
this great change IN our relations with
Canada are OF pre-eneninent import
ancs to Us all There are two results
which reciprocity viii have brought to
this nation The first is negative re-
suit and 10 many Students OF the trade
relations Of the United States with our
northern aeighbors it is the more in
portant result This result is negative
In that :. prevents condition between
Canada and the United States which
would have inevitably followed had
relations been strained through the re-
fusal OF this country TO enter into
friendly trade agreement 1t prevents
Canadians from starting a tariff war
against the United States and in favor
OF closer trade relations with England.
The importance Of such a condition
viii be appreciated more and more as
years 90 On Had We checked the
tendency to closer relations now, the
succeeding years would have seen Can
ada more and more unfriendIy, more
and more disposed TO give England
trade preferences and cement the So
called imperial federation between
England and her great producing and
consuming colonies. The vast, almost
1ncalc1lab.e injury done us by such
policy can only be estimated when we
think that today Canada is the great
est, most valuable and easiest of access
OF all the markets of the world No
other foreign market compares with
the Canadian.
Wipe of the map Of the United Sta.
es our great northwest and see the
trade injury which would result to tho
nation as whole. A refusal of reci-
procity on our part would have just as
the entire Canadian northwest 1t
would have forced Canada to yearly ad-
yances OF its tariff wall, driven the
Canadian to make friends with Eng
land and gradually but surely would
have monopoliZed the greatest market
and raw material reservoir the western
hemisphere will boast OF in the next
fifty years With reciprocity we will
see more and more friendly intercourse
between the countries until a practical
free exchange of products results-a
condition which is the only final, logic
al and inevitable trade relationship be-
tween the two countries.
The positive results are important
and numerous Our commercial cen
tiers, Minneapolis, Duluth, Chicago,
Spokane and Seattle will become what
they should have been for years COM
mercial centers for Canada as we'll
In the give and take of trade, in the
growth and prosperity OF our commerce
iaI cities, in the increase and progress
of our manufactures, we OF the north
west are bound to profit. Our local
ton viii be on the great pathway OF
commerce between the two countries.
Devils Lake is directly in line for traf-
fc between the Canadian northwest
and the Twin Cities. Our branches
north will inevitably be extended to
tap the Canadian territory. Our ter
ritory as Wholesale and jobbing point
will be greatly increased. New rail
roads are already planned and some oil
this activity must pass thru Devils
Lake, Wait and see. There are bene
fits to come from reciprocity, strong
as some of the arguments against il
may appear to the western farmer. No
the least good to come from it will bt
the honest, Thoroughbred complete tar
reform which the west will now de
mand and secure when she no longe
owes allegiance to the trust controlled
and tariff pampered east