Show PRESS PARAGRAPHS I a Q Moro More approval al of ot reciprocity with Can- Can ada Philadelphia Inquirer As for the tho idea l ca that Canada is in danger r of or a ab absorbed absorbed ab- ab In Into the to-the I the he American union assum assum- ing the success ss of the thc pending negotiations it is not worth while discussing it That auch mich absorption is a possibility of the future Is ur undeniable but as yet it far Js-far from having entered the field of practical polities politics If the Canadians are content t tt tO sta stay As s they are which seems to be the case we Americans are certainly quito quIte willing that they should and even jf If they came knocking at tho the door it is far from sure suro that it ft would forth forthwith open to their heir summons I f Philadelphia Record There is no raw ra material of Canadian export that not be advantageously M brought li into ito this country countr free of duty We Ve can pay for fOl it al all with advantage in manufactured manufactured manufactured manu manu- goods The long stretch of lake and river wate front between the states stats and th tho dominion Invites to barter harter by the cheapest form of trans trans- Thre j is similar Inducement along the thousands of miles of Interior fronta frontage e which neighbors ma may took look across and talk across Why should they not 1 trade across across' Indianapolis News Kew Canadas bl big business Is not so big bib as our bl bl- bl business business bustness busi bust ness of or course but it seems to have pretty much the same ideas of s sacrificing the th n rest st of the country to its profits There is a theory in Canada too th that t if the Canadian schedules are arc maintained d at hi high h figures American manufacturers will be forced to establish lish Ish factories in fn the dominion in order to compete with Canadian prod products THis may have an influence e on the Te result a auch as such uch competition would woud naturally be stiffer r than that which had to 10 pay pat transportation transportation trans trans- charges on Its product St. St t. t Paul Pioneer Press The farmer of western Canada glad to see sea tho the dominion dominion dominion do do- minion prosper but ho is not enthusiastic tic tie about having It prosper at his ex expense ex- ex p pense nse and that is what the pre present ent system system tem tern amounts to The manufacturing concerns in eastern Canada and most of them are American ar there because the Canadian tariff made it necessary for them to operate in Canada in order to get tho the Canadian trade If they are arc not riot charging the consumer more than he would have to pay for goods from this side of the line thE they Y would have nothIng nothIng nothing noth noth- ing to fear from reciprocity Chicago News Progressive opinion InthE in inthe the United States should vigorously support support sup sup- port the movement for a reciprocity agreement with Canada Canada- designed to promote promote promote pro pro- mote the of commodities between between between be be- tween the two countries Chicago which is so situated with reference to water transportation as to profit especially from the development of ot a large commerce active assistance assistance assist assist- with Canada should give ive ance anco to this movement ment Buffalo Commercial If f the th Canadian complaint that the present trade relations between the United States and Canada are unfair and unsatisfactory is well founded how can it fail fall to benefit benent both countries to make maw them more fair and mutually satisfactory There seems to tobe tobe tobe be more politics both provincial and British Brit Brit- ish lh in the reciprocity anti argument than common sense Pittsburg Pittsburg- Dispatch If hf the Canadians want reciprocity and Sir Wilfrid Laurier and the dominion government indicate they do they will have It If the mate mate- materia material rial ria e to draw them closer loser to this country gradually and imperceptibly until until until un un- un- un til Canadians realize that their manifest destiny Is union with us politically as well as commercially It will bo for tor Canada to decide Troy Times TimM Nothing could be bo much much more certain than that tho the Amt American rian pE people peo peo- O- O pIe pIc while entirely willing to deal justly and even liberally with Canada and other countries will not sacrifice E every very economic economic eco eco- advantage resulting from domestic conditions ii In t order to benefit outsiders There a I little doubt that even a Democratic Democratic Democratic Demo Demo- cratic house of representatives would turn down such sucha a proposition New Haven flaven Register We could have reciprocity j with Canada at least we might ht even do awa away altogether with the tariff if It were not for some objectors with selfish ends to serve For that matter matter matter mat mat- ter the root of most of our tariff troubles in general genera may be found In 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