Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 April 1909 — CANADA DOESN’T NEED OUR TRADE [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

CANADA DOESN’T NEED OUR TRADE

American Merchants Told Annexation Idea Is Dead. BLAME IS PUT ON TARIFF Representative From Toronto, Says to Members of Conference: “It Is Your Move” —Says His People on Account of Legislation In the United States Suffered and That They Were Forced to Find New Markets—Former Governor Herrick Made Chairman. Detroit, April 23.—“1t is your move,” la the concise phrase in which J. A. McDonald of Toronto expressed to the delegates to the conference here on Canadian trade relations, the attitude

of the Dominion toward the movement in this country for bettering trade relations with our northern neighbor. Incidentally Canada’s representative in the conference told the 100 delegates from many cities that all sentiment in Canada in favor of annexation with the United States is dead and buried deep “beneath the industrial prosperity and commercial confidence into which Canada has come during these last dozen years.” Canada’s protective tariff was only imposed, McDonald stated, to meet the prohibitive features of the Americap tariff. “When your McKinley tariff suddenly killed Canadian trade in important lines serious Injury was inflicted on many Canadian industries. Our people then sought markets else where. They are no longer dependent on any one market. You must teach your people that trade is a stick with two ends.” Former Governor Myron T. Herrick of Ohio, was chosen chairman of the conference. The speakers at the first session were Henry R. Towne, president of the Merchants’ association of New York; Chairman Herrick and William Judson. Towne argued for a permanent tariff commission. Herrick, while proclaiming himself a protectionist, declared that he had been for several years in favor of free lumber. “Every means for making the flow of trade and commerce easy should be encouraged,” he said, ad ding that the influence of such conferences as the present one is being felt as never before.

MYRON T. HERRICK.