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Show DID CANADA DRAW A PRIZE? If the Canadian knew bow many men on this side of the line are exulting over their defeat of the reciprocity treaty," thty might conclude that possibly they put their foot in it when they decided de-cided that they would have no near business rela-tiona rela-tiona with the Yankees. When the Canadian parliament meets we shall surely hear aome lively debates and not a few criminations. On' thia side we hope there will be no more efforta to frame reciprocity treaties, except with tropical or semi-tropical countries. We raise ev-eything ev-eything that Canada can, we manufacture everything every-thing that Canada can, and on even terms a reciprocity reci-procity treaty -with her ought to be to her advantage advan-tage instead of ours. Many people on thia side favored fa-vored the treaty only on the belief that through uueh treaty some combines, like the paper trust, might be forced, to cease aome of it extortions. There is one funny truth in thia connection. The winters in Canada average a montk longer than on thia aide, the very told weather averages two months longer, but the live stock men on thia aide. Almost tb a man, are exulting that the treaty haa been killed, though across the border it costs 12 per cent more to turn out fat steer or sheep or pig in the spring than on thia aide. Poaaibly the nieat trust and tha paper trust and some others on thia side supplied gur Kanuck frienda with trifle of money to help them defeat reciprocity, bnt if they did it only shows two thinga. One ia that a little nioni-y goea a long way in Canada, and the other ia that the sternly patriotic Britiahera on the other side sold out (heir manifest advantagea at a ahock-ingly ahock-ingly low figure. ' ' ' I |