Show I I A Double Plebiscite i. i From the J Magazine of Wall Street The con conservative ratI o victory in th the tho Canadian elections has han e. e dual aspect and ald a strange slant It is a a. hard hir slap sIal in the face lace for for- Uncle Sam and his new tariff law aw At the same sam time it Jt is not tho the source of ot much comfort for the advocates advocAtE'S of ot a British empire pro- pro system Yet tho the conservatives const have e ever beon inimical J to the United States Statu and devoted to imperial Interests On the other hand the liberals long lon ong the advocates of ot low Jow tariff reciprocal trade re- re with the United St States tes went l Into to the cam cam- with recently imposed high tariffs tarUta retaliatory aimed at the United States and strongly advocated the extension of preferential trade within the empire The Tho cons conservatives also stood for tor- or preferential trade trade trade- but jut within a a. tariff wall viall all that would protect prote-ct Canadian industries 3 amply again again British competition They wanted it Jt high enough to be hard climbing for the United States State but still sun high enough after preferential prefer n- n i deductions to make the British manufacturer think about gold bricks The Tue result is that in so far I as the economic unification of ot the British empire might night be injurious to the United States and is obstructed ob ob- obstructed ob- ob b by the conservative Ie victory to that victory Ictor is not an unmixed d evil from tho the American point of ot view On jn the other hand hand and and what Is vastly more moro important important tant now now the the conservative victory victor means a a. det determined deter deter- r- r mined and unrelenting effort to restrict imports from tho United d States Our best customer 11 is now set to get bet herself out of ot that role We have havo deliberately Invited that attitude But the matter does not end nd here The labor government gov gov- government of ot Gr Great at Britain Is toying with a a. socialistic scheme to purchase I in bulk from British dependencies all ail the tho foodstuffs and even the raw materials r required by the mother countr country Even tho the strongest supporters supporters sup sup- porters of Canada first would be tempted to make mike considerable conc concessions for sa say the tho outright pur pur- purchase cha chase e of ot the whole or or- most of ot the Canadian wheat surplus at a a. good gd price with price with the American wheat t raiser looking on from behind hi his bushel surplus and wondering what good his cent 42 tariff was with l doing South o him But the story Is ls not yet told Africa proclaiming the right of or secession from the empire and Australia A in line with Canada for tor protection with strong t teeth eth even for relatives |