The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-03-22
ing that reciprocity. was not at an
end. but held in allegiance. 1t WAS

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end, but held In aheyance. It WAS
publicly abandoned and recanted by
the leaders Of the pqyernment. l ad-
OF people supported the government.
at the last two elections. who would
not have supported 81 It he had not
been 80 clear upon this very point.
Government 1t Fault.
1T is therefore for these reasons
that cay II ID the government which
is at fault and not myself or our 9TH
er friends who oppose this policy.
We still support hspolicy which was
advocated before the people Of
Canada, and desire only that the gov
ernment shall stick. to the policy
which the government put into effect.
and which was 90 pre-eminently sue
cessful In the affairs of the country .
Proceeding. Hon. Mr.. sifton said,
that the fiscal policy Of the govern
ment had been wonderfully success
full. that 1t had improved the tra1a Of
the Dominion In every direction, hoth
foreign and inter-prov'ncial, to such
an extent that the trade had Jumped
from 330.o00,000 to- 100000, 900 in
fourteen years. while Canada had be-
come one Of the most prosperous
countries Of the world. And after
doing all this, and seeing the won-
derful prosperity OF the country,
what would you expect to be the nat
ural policy Of the Eovernment," ask
ed Mr.. sifton. "World It not be well
to say that now everything was 20
Ing so we'll, with business increasing
and population growing by leaps and
bounds, the country should sit with
It's vast natural resources and adopt
the policy which would enable us to
have this northern half Of the con-
tinent q nation witch would avoid
the mistakes Of other countries, elm
mate poverty. unemployed, and those
other dtstresses which are so COM
mon in other places7 Our policy
would have been, knowing what had
happened In other countries, where
natural resources had been wasted
and destroyed, to advise policy for
greater care and judgment In their
disposition"
There were plentiful problems to
be solved, but the government had
instead Of graphing, with these prob
lens. turned to q treaty for recipro.
city, saying it would add to the pros.
per1ty of the people. :. During the past
twelve years. Canada had gone alone
without anything approaching hard
times, despite occasional fiurries
which had failed to produce an,
panic or general distress, but the
United States had during that time
had no less than three serious panics
When the panic strikes the States,
said Mr.. Sifton, I'VE. shall have the
honor and pleasure, of sharing tina,
panic instead Of going on our way al
now."
| Fears Domination.
;, Then, said Mr.. Sifton, it was claim
ed the reciprocity agreement woult
increase the. immigration from thu
United States. Il ON conceive" h,
said, nothing more ,tndesirable thar
:. a sudden rush Of ouls friends to th,
northwest. which would put them in
to the position of the dominating fac
tor of the affairs of those provinces
Il have been in politics for z:
years." continued Mr.. Sifton,: "bu
never. before: have l seen govern
ment bring down an important meas
ure@ In parliament and so -entirel!
fail to make good in argument as tn,
government has done in this case.
T.. The government has totally failet
to put before parliament OF. befor,
the people of Canada fair, compre
hensive state Of the statistics which
are necessary before anyone can hav,
q fair, comprehensive view of thi,
question.