Show CANADIAN TARIFF american twine and coal oil longed for or by Blue bluenoses noses Ott ottawa aiva ont nov IL 11 clr I 1 Alin minister lister of u trade and commerce has returned to lo the city and during tile the remaining lemal lema ining portion of oc the week lie mil ho be engaged with clr lr fielding Ilin liter of finance and mr patterson rat terson controller of customs in preparing tor for tile the meeting ot of the llie tai haild lit ishill la Is to lo come to toronto next week tile intention is 13 to nimit hit tile the leading centers or of industry industry y in canada east or of the great lakes bilth a view by personal inquiry aal contact with merchants manufacturers rs find and importers to a ascertain what their v ashes and n d acus gee t an abug tons are regarding the e C which the government I 1 li 14 pledged to introduce into parliament ent next session for or tile the reduction and oi of the larell in the meantime all the boards of trade throughout the country have been communicated still and to lo forward to lo the iho department of 0 trade anti and such hurh suggestions as an they alicy may think should lc be embodied in the barill 1111 it Is significant that the deards of 0 trade of 0 and of bolher her points in the nor thweat territory where here the iho c largely predominates are arc in faor of a sweeping reduction in III the bailit the chief articles they are urging tile ali government to nice action upon are arc agricultural coal oil ill tin ottra 4 under r twine As regard i the duty or on bil milder I 1 ler mine mille imah halh the dominion covert government 1 ment at Ring keneston Kl neston penitentiary and the ontario at the provincial prison lit in toronto have if ave had to estah fish the plants for the purpose of manufacturing mine lit in is order to render the larmer and independent of the iho combine ilitch hitherto thorlo lil Cotro llod the canadian Ca nadlin output the farmers at 0 canada are arc anxious to in see hinder twine front from tile the united states enter the he canadian trial macket ket on equal terms alth s ith the llie homemade home made product anti and they are satisfied it if the hairier Is tl thiron iron down kt win will louse to their benefit then thi ii in regard to the stern hem of to oil chile alle the oil producing industry of western ontario Is a very cry I 1 important one and the different comps compan I 1 luK es exercise great political leal influence yet et on oil the other liand hand it cannot 1 be aits nits s at I 1 hat in all the leading cities and towns the american product Is 1 pre preferred forred by tile the canadians on account of its U superior quality but there Is riot not a point in Cana canada daFt at which the emst arst american can be procured tor for less lesi than SO cents and when the canadian people hear ot of the best oil being beine purchasable at 8 or 9 cents a lallon gallon in tile the united SL baates atea it sets thorn them longing for the time 11 1 I lien there v will lit be tree trade in oil so far as the two countries are concerned the canadian government however does not intend to touch the lie in to of or three items only the ministers are pledged to sweeping reductions all along th the line to bring it do down n to a tariff for only the that th the lumber duties dutie are arc likely to ie he restored has created con sider alite un uneasiness eIness in this section hut but vette the ole present ministry is 13 pledged to endeavor to 0 secure a reciprocity theaty nith the united states slates on equitable terms if such cannot be 10 obtained and congress Cons resa passes cl a high tariff meas measure public sentiment here Is 19 trending trend lne in ith direction of reprisal the newspapers are already talking of 01 an export duty on both saw baw logs 1099 and pulp wood |