Show in 1849 1949 the outlook for british AOA erica was so an unsatisfactory that laa annexation mami manifesto festo was sifted in ha montreal by a number of leadin leading it canadians including john A maedonald oDonald Ma oDonA david A macpherson AlO gault john rose john C abbot abbo ledgard Leio iniard tilley and george artler of th the seven named six crix were or scotch origin ani ana one yaw ax tu frejdh extraction extract loin there was waa irishman among them after 1 every one of them in spite of bax having signed the montreal Moni Mou breal treal manifesto became a minister of the crown and acid received rec elved the decoration of knighthood another hIsto historical ribal incident should be mentioned in comm Non 11 with this topic when lord lond elgin became governor governo r general of canada in 1850 he be quickly recognized liast lat the only preventive of the poRt loal union of the united states amid british mith america would be tree free access to the amerlean Amer ioan loan market for the surplus nat t ural products product a of the british proVI provinces uW 0 negotiations for a treaty which old render such access acce we pre ly begun by him at washington sylte itu a lavish expenditure of money momey that time tame the slave power was pre derant in the person of franklin fierce roe lord elgin informed the aver y leaders that either they roust must nt to canada reciprocity or else aney ey would soon have to admit into the anlon Sn lon six or seven mew free St states altes a population intensely hostile to bo palafu slavery ery the result was the aty treaty of 1854 1954 which remained in force until march 16 1866 while the hi treaty was operative the a llian canada increased at least forty per bent since the of the treaty trea ity S the population ion has grown much more ore 14 fl lowly and it is now probable that a period ot of o t has been reached A renewal of the treaty of 1864 1854 would able canada to induce and retain mi tion and prevent emigration even en a aln of five per cent in teller er population in ten years would give T canada camada a 9 total increase of lt alt oit af 6 aena who if the value of an attal i ml be put so low auw as 1000 would be worth again the contin tion of lot lo t the existing bonding orivl sieges for ten years year would secure for the gs RaIlWayS in traffic yearnings earnings there would be still another st dource lo of profit the present annual products of canadas Oa madas farms fisheries and mines and the earnings earni ings vs ot her vessels ed in the coasting trade ti cannot cain be lait ait less than yS reciprocity would secure to lithe producer in canadia canadyan Cana daan an average ini increase orease in price of ten per cent not only poll the portion exported but upon the lioni n consumed at home the anal ithial value therefore at arf the reciprocity to he ex producer of natural natu iral pro facts and to Oani adian vessel owners be not less than which uld be not mot less than which raould uld amount to in ten 1 years ars it follows that the total tobal gaim to nada anada from all of the three sources aerated would be to in ten years on our side aide we should PI ar acquire access for our manu Sac tures to a markt market furnis furnished bed by but ve million consumers oon sumers wherein we should uld faveto have to compete on an equal terms ith british and canadian sa ballets oal leTS weekly |