The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-03-31
BY n. 3. r. sRiooo

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MONTREAL, Can, Msrcnk
Every side-burned plute ID C<1
seeing red. Every greatsranl
Boston Tory is breathin<
Every loyal subject Of his mo1
is quivering with emotion.
Our Lady of the Snowss =
to be abducted. petticoats ana o
the savage Yankee, robbed
beauty by the vandais from
states," despoiled and sub5usnto
ever. ss-s q h 4
For reciprocity" means .1n
toni" X
You can prove that by readin1
conservative newspaper IN CoE
or by talking with any manufnc1
But remember that the conservu(
are the party out of power. au1 (
manufacturer may be selfishi
Montreal 10 my first stop In Co.
on little trip to find out what
neighbors think of reciprocity.
covered an interesting and suxpg1
thing long before the train re-
here.
Canadians take annexation 4
seriously!
We can see that the Beunet O.
luton in congress was simply Z =
at President Taft said q Mont
real estate man, in the smokor,
when Champ Clark. your next ~
or. talks annexation, It naeepp
ness" ;<f "a
The Congressional HnccI
Of laughter" ~ times dut104
brief remarks didn't en1l
Canada has inherited British
humor. She doesn't understand @
Clark's style. And besides, theroI
prevalent undercurrent Of t3ooIr
something like that we ourselvoo.
often show toward q visiting UnGI
man-a little feeling that expCu
itself in boasts of Canada's greo1
and superiority, In sire. fntel1lg
customs and laws. Maybe ~
caused that feeling ourselves, ~
ing too chesty. Anyhow, q suoD1o1
and Jealous attitude combin01 81
much seriousness of mind has ~
to make a wild propaganda c.
annexation" stick In the m1I
many eastern British @
French Canadians see the
smile. They are loyal enc
without any ingrowing love
British crown. But the BrlC1
adian, even though a liber1l ~
advocate OF reciprocity, takes n
alton" talk with utmost seriouo1
My next discovery WASN'T ss1o1
surprise.
Big business 10 against any re-
ton in the tariff.
Sounds quite American, doeon'k
Just the way big business foo1o<
New York, or Chicago, or UonI
about our own sacred tariff.
The Montreal Star IL Z me-.
edited newspaper. But II has [|1
ly feeling for big busines1.
Finance Minister Fielding in<u1
the reciprocity agreement at <(
the Star was shocked. It gr1SpoG
once the sinister signifcance--aur
alton, II sounded the wild alar1n 4
appealed" editorialIy over the 60
front page TO Sir wihred Laurfor<
the one man who can save Cann1I
That page editorial was reprolu(
In every newspaper In Canada q
would print IL, at advertising rate.
cost somebody q good many n
sands of dollars to stir up the patrl(
Hardly had this editorial appeoI
when It was proved true by Beun1
resolution and Champ Clsrk's -
They've been frantically waving
British Jack ever since
Reciprocity 10 cunning trap~
"the master.barsainer at Wn6NE
ton" that must Inevitably termiul
the career OF Canada as an indeD
dent nation and "debase the don
lon 10 q string of subject provinco
Quebec will become the back -
and lumber camp OF New Englau
Montreal will be ''stranglsd IN fta d
dead railway lines" Canada IN q I
parting OF the ways. The last ho>
are striking In which the seductlr
of Washington can hope to av1|
"Guns may not frown over the II
mary line that divides IN.
covetous eyes cast envious Ginm
which are infinitely more perilouo
our national existence"
Reciprocity IL but q cloak
tremendous and dominating for
which count the cost OF n special Z
gress as trivial In contrast with
possibility OF winning q half-coutfuc
10 be exploited by the greedy in>|
ests and gloried In by the sarruI1
patriots OF the American republic =
Wow!