The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-08-16

, under free governments, that there has
been developed among her people an in
dependence of judgment and an exhibi.
tion of courage which has resulted in
the investment in the manufacturing in.
dustries of capital to the amount of 81
500,000,000 and a distribution in wages
and salaries paid of $670,000,000 annual
ly. Around these industries splendid
body of citizens has grown up which
measured by the number of those born
of native white parentage, by the de-
gree of literacy prevailing among her
numbers, by the school attendance OF
her children, by the amount OF deposits
in savings banks, by the number OF
those owning their own homes, and
every other condition which enters into
the element of prosperity and good citi-
zenship can but excite the admiration
and respect of mankind.
Discrimination Against New England
Farmers.
"But this discrimination against the
industrial enterprises of New England
is not the only injury that this measure
intlicts upon her people, for through
its agricultural schedules it strikes a
vital blow to that class of New England
farmers who are dependent upon the
markets found in the industrial commu-
mites OF New England for a sale of
the products which they, through many
years of experience, have adapted to the
demands of such communities.
"What will result if this bill is
adopted? 1t should be remembered that
the provinces of Quebec and Ontario
produce nearly SO per cent. of the dairy
products OF Canada, for which, ever
since the abrogation of the treaty of
1854, the Dominion of Canada has been
seeking market in the United States
without being willing to grant any re-
ciprocal privileges. In the Province of
| Quebec alone there is made 70 per cent.
of all the butter produced in these two
| Provinces in Canada which are devoted
to dairy farming. Owing to the duty
heretofore existing the American dairy
man has had the American market, and
Canada has been compelled to export to
Great Britain the product of her dairies.
In 1909 she exported to the mother
country ffty-seven times more butter
than she sold in the United States and
one thousand times more cheese. In
that year Canada supplied Great Britain
with &c per cent of all the cheese that
country imported. The proposed bill re-
duces the rates on these two products
So per cent. Why? Is there any rea-
son for it except to give the New Eng
land markets to the Province OF Quebec
why open the New England markets
to the Province Of Quebec which lies inn
mediately to the north and is connected
with every industrial community in
New England by excellently conducted
railroads? 1t should not be forgotten
that this New England market alone
represents population of the Domin-
ion of Canada, and that in the three in
dustrial states of Massachusetts, Rhode
Island, and Connecticut there are alone
over five millions of consumers.
why should Canada be accorded this
advantage Why should the New Eng
land farmer be deprived of his market
Has Canada shown the slightest indica-
ton OF friendship in the matter of
trade? None whatever. But, on the
other hand, she has resolutely and con
tinually Disseminated against the pro-
duets of New England while seeking in
the industrial section market for her
agricultural and dairy products.
Canada Not Entitled to This Unasked
Favor.
Do not for a moment forget that all
the carpets clothing, collars and cuffs,
cotton print, sheets, telephone and tele-
graphic instruments and fixtures, fire.
arms, furniture, window glass, gloves,
knit goods, leather goods, leather belt
ings, sewing machines, boots and shoes,
silk goods, typewriters, ribbons, yelvets,
WOODEN blankets, flannels, cloths used in
the productions OF gentlemen's clothing.
granite, marble, slate, mill machinery. |
scales, organs, pianos, harness, harness
hardware, and others of the great lines
of production in the United States. and |
particularly in New Englad, are barred |
out OF the Dominion by the old time !
Canadian tariff wall, which imposes du- |
ties that amount upon an average to |
over 30 per cent. of the value of such |
products.
What Canada Has Compelled Us to Do. |
This policy on the part of Canada |
has compelled all of the great manufac- |
turers of the United States who desire |
to find markets for their goods in the |
dominion to establish branch factories on |
the other side of the line, where by the |
of Canadian labor and the |
use of Canadian raw material they have |
brought forth their products for the Ca |
madam market and have at the same
time built up Canadian communities. i
have seen a consular report indicating 7
that even two years ago no less than
1874 American factories had installed /
branch establishments in Canada, with
a combined capital of S233,0O0,0O0, and
that the products of these factories in
Guided agricultural implements, electric
gas engines, saws and tools,
iron and steel work, automo-
biles, and many other lines of products.
In the city of Hamilton alone there are
10 such branches, two of which employ
5000 men; in Montreal there are 10 and
in Toronto SO.
1.-THE Fairbanks Scale Co., one of Yer
nont's largest producers, has been com
PEELED to establish a branch establish
ment on the other side of the line, as
nave many Others. And it may be of
to know that while we are asked
10 give the market of our great nation
70 the lumbermen of Canada, neither an
American-made axe or saw, nor saw
mill can be sent to aid in their great
thus encouraged, without pay
ng the old-time prohibitive duty of
lbout % per cent. Do not misunder-
stand me. ! do not complain of Canada's
policy of protection, under which she is
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