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PAGE 4. - There is one thing to the letter that is usu- ally missing in communications of this kindâ€" frankness. Mr. Cellar admits that “trade rela- tions between the United States and Canada have reached a critical stage” and says there are only two alternatives: “either higher tariffs and less trade, or lower tariffs, by reciprocity or otherwise, and more trade.” No one need be misled by any of Mr. Celler’s statements. He, or no one else in the United States who are in authority, are concerned with the loss of trade as it aflects Canada. If Canada were the only one sufiering, we should not have received any such letter. The United States is out for the United States. As a nation it has proven times without number in the past ten years or more, that the rest or the world can go hang, so long as the hanging does not in- convenience the United States. When the Hawley-Smoot tariff bill was passed the United States did not consult Canada. If the high tariff imposed by this bill is working detrimentally for the States, let them take it 03. Let them take it of! on the chance that the Canadian gov- ment: “May I, therefore, cherish the hope, as an humble American citizen, that negotiations may be set afoot to the end that Canadian- American reciprocity will soon become fait accompli 2” We have a letter before us from Emanuel Celler, member of the House of Representatives for the 10th District of New York State, and enclosing letters addressed to President Hoover of the United States and Hon. R. B. Bennett, Premier of Canada. It is a communication on reciprocity, and reading between the lines we can see it either as political propaganda for the coming presidential election in the United States, or the wail of United States business in- terests who miss more than they wish to ac- knowledge, the falling otl‘ of trade between Canada and the United States. The letter to Hon. R. B. Bennett concludes with‘ the state- 1itnation back as far as the Civil War, down through the following decades to the Dunning Budget, and then on to the later tariffs of Pre- mier Bennett, which, he says, “was directly aimed against American goods.” What would he have? Does Mr. Cellar think for one minute that when his country placed sky-high tariffs on Canadian goods that Canadians lacked the mption to look after themselves ? Surely he does not think the Dunning and Bennett tarifls ernment, which raised the Canadian tarifl for the protection of the Canadian manufacturer and agriculturist, will lower the present tariffs when they receive proof that the 'Unted States is really sincere. Apparently, however, they do not care to take any chances. They, them- selves, upset the trade relations between Can- ada and their own country; surely, then, it is their place to rectify matters if they wish a Whflmflnlm W "looâ€"Pm mat-lulu copy: by mmmmww;m1mmm mwuumnuwrxmm hummus-«um»... change. They raised their tariffs without Canada’s consent; let them lower them the same way. This seems (sir enough to us. were “retaliatory” tariffs only! They were tar- ifls forced on this country by the Hewley-Smoot bill in the United States. If they have back- Whoaoevcr in afraid of mm W quatiml, civil or religion tor the test of [m damsion,iamoreinlouwithhiumopim 2m with the Truthâ€"WA moiv. Mommnifthoirroleia nothingmorethan bdncthocat’s pawtopnllthechestnuts out of the political fire." fired on their principals, why blame Canada? It would be expecting too much to ask that in the face of the Hawley-Smoot tariff, Canadians would leave their tariffs stationary or revise There is only one answer to Mr. Celler’s communication It is not reciprocity that is bothering him so much as the loss of the trade of what the United States now admits was her thnthelossofadollar. Wecanseeinthis letter, or think we can, American politics. We donotknowif Ir. Geller is Republican or THE DURHAM CHRONICLE Thursday, January 14, 1982 RECIPROCITY AGAIN Business conditions in the United States are the worst in many years, and nothing would suit the American manufacturers better than to have the Canadian market opened to them, hence this belated cry for reciprocityâ€"an agree- ment that would continue in force just so long as it suited the United States. Since the enactment of the Hawley-Smoot tariff and the so-called “retaliatory” tariffs of Mr. Dunning and Mr. Bennett, 125 branch American factories have been established in Canada This on the word of E. W. Beatty, the President of the C. P. R. and whose word is an- thentic. These factories have located in Canada for two reasonsâ€"to cater to the Canadian mar- ket, and to secure the preferential tariffs for their products with other countries which are not now enjoyed by American firms. This shows that the United States, with its big stick meth- Ods, has been given the shoulder by more coun- tries than Canada. Trade relations formerly enjoyed by the States throughout the world are no more, and although pointed to by many as a self-contained country which could live alone in spite of the rest of us, a little over a year’s trial has shown the futility of such an idea. Germany previous to 1914 was the'coming commercial nation, and ruined herself by declaring war a- gainst civilization. The United States, with her dictatorial attitude, practically ostraciz‘ed her- self, and it will take many years for her to re- cover. Her plan of the survival of the fittest has somehow gone askew. Canadians are not favorable to high tariffs. This country believes in living and let live, but Canada was simply forced to higher tariffs by the actions of the United States. These higher tariffs and the looking about for other mar- kets were the birth of the Empire trade idea, and so successful has this become, despite the world-wide depression, there is little chance of going back to old conditions. Generally speaking, Canada is well satisfied with her financial position, compared with other countries, and while prosperity is not in evi- dence in as great a degree as we would like, we believe our higher tariffs and Empire trade is responsible for our present enviable position. The tariff has certainly saved the Canadian markets for Canadians, the Empire, and other preferred countries, and if the United States is not satisfied we are afraid she will have to do the same as Canadaâ€"go out and look for that which she lost through her own stupidity. She it was who kicked us out of her market, and an analysis of conditions convinces us it was about the best thing that could have hap- pened to usâ€"it convinced us we can do very well, thank you, without the American market. The world is calling for economy. Along about the first of the year it called a little louder in the inaugural speeches of the various mayors, in their addresses to the councils which they were the head. The tarifl controversy between Canada and the United States might be compared to a game of checkers. Messrs. Smoot, H'aMey Company moved first, then Mr. Dunning and Mr. Bennett. It is now up to the States to move again. Economy is a good thing, but, like Mark Twain’s weather, “everybody ts talking about it, but nobody does anything.” We have often wondered if the world really wants economy, after all. A newspaper dis- patch from Detroit the other day would con- vince one it does not. An inventor there has built an autogiro which can land on the roof of an office building, and he “can see no reason why the autogiro could not be used for com- muters’ use.” There’s the rub. We preach economy in one breath and advocate extravag- ance with the next. Where is the economy in a man using a $2, 000 car or autogiro for trans- portation from his home in the suburbs to his ;daily office work in the city? Where is the economy in tying up this amount of money for his own convenience, and then giving opinions on how to save money? Unless a man has really more money than he needs, or uses an automobile (or autoglro) 1nhisbusiness,wecanseenoeconomyinrun- ning the machine to work when he could let thessmeserviceonastreetcsr.'l‘rue,there is more comfort in your own car, but it is :economywewant, not comfort. Itmaybemore comfortable to use the private vehicle, but the 'streetcerisnottoobsdâ€"ifwewishtoeconoâ€" the interests of the Democratic party. Our line of reasoning may be all wrong, but this reci- procity xufl smells fishy to us, coming as it does only a few months before the presidential el- ection. But Mr. Cellor's idea is a good oneâ€" for himâ€"providing he can ‘get it to work. There are a lot of people who will take theircerstobuaineee ateooet ofeeouple of dolhrgendtheneompleln about omen-cent street-carton. . . mmmmmmmmmamutwm'mmmmm\ 125 eoonomyilthetltetloutglmmeomethlnghthkm. Rhwmflngfltfltdh tohlkehollt. Nonee‘fnepuetleelt. lflfihwmm‘” ”’â€" m. 3" PREACHING VS PRACTICE THE DURHAM CHRONICLE It seems more like April than January. But wait until that big blizzard now raging in the West reaches Ontario. Then it will be over- coats, overshoes, mufflers, and an additional supply of wood or coal. ulttflenmeotahootmiwit'hloadedtmm'the mambuuotthelmothflonsmnotwm. mwnyhpau'egndudlymtbeflmd- eyedOhmkshackaMeWFObuleym- There can be no objection to British immi- grants coming to Canada. We would welcome them. But they will have to be the right kind if they are to get along with us and we with them. There is no room in Canada for immi- grants who will not work. We have plenty of this kind now, and, added to those of our native p0pulation who have the hook-worm, we are quite well supplied without importing any more. We would not say that immigrants to our shores should be skilled artisans in any field, but we should demand that they be ambitious, willing to work, anxious to‘learn the ways of the country, which are not the same as they are “over ’ome”, and determined to make the best of what comes before them. Editor D. McKenzie of the Paisley Advocate will have the sympathy of fellow publishers in the death of his wife last Thursdfl. The late Mrs. McKenzie was 60 years of age and had been ill for some time. The London, England, Morning Post sug- gests in an editorial that in return for the preferential tariffs granted them, the Empire Dominions repay the British Isles by oflering to absorb the surplus population of the United Kingdom. We might do worse. The Fisheries N éws Bulletin says there were more lobsters caught in 1931 than in any other year since 1917. This being leap year, 1932 should hang up a new record if the girls do their stuff. Mayor Stewart of Toronto “Strikes Econ- omy Note” at inaugural meeting of city council, says a heading in the Mail and Empire. B-sharp, we suppose. The 'best of our population came from the British Isles. They hewed homes for them- selves out of the wilderness and left us a wonderful heritage. They made good. In the case -of a “swap” of Canadian products. for United Kingdom manhood, Canada should de- mand the same as the old land insists upon in our productsâ€"quality. Mr. Mackenzie King says that Liberalism is behind the C.N.R. “to keep it independent". But isn’t that the cause of a lot of the ttouble with our two major railways now? They have been too independent in the past, and in the meantime, the trucks have stolen a lot of the business. -cy1lnda ”0. while other: “never had a chmce”.â€"Port Arthur News-Chronicle. W» to Succeed ‘workandlate toreturn has bought Earlyto manyamnnaneight While there is considerable unemployment in Canada today, there may be something in the argument of the Post that Canada cannot hope for prosperity until our population reaches the 15,000,000 mark at least, and tnat much of our present unemployment may be the result of too small a population. We acknowledge the receipt of the Province of Quebec’s 1932 calendar, sent us with the compliments of the Hon. Athanase David, Provincial Secretary. If Canada and other outlying members of the Empire are to remain wholly British, it seems reasOnable to assume we shall have to receive more British immigrants. While there is no immediate danger of breaking away from things British at present, it is impossible to pre- dict what may happen a hundred years from now if we continue to allow immigrants of foreign extraction to populate our waste places. The country certainly will not be as wholly British as it is today. Don't worry too much gabout the warm weather. It is unseaso‘nable, or course, but it will take a chill some of these days and we shall have frost and snow aplenty. Itlm’tmthuisgungonmmmhmâ€"jgu A FAIR EXCHANGE Em “Em mm OTHER PAPERS’ OPINIONS uptneughupoabem. Wand and wherefore than did the gaping list- eners of two thousand years ago who pleaded “Give us a sign.” paper when the subscription has ex- pired. When a subscription is paid to a certain time, and time expires and the paperisstoppeditlooksesitthe editor doubted the integrity of the subscriber, and nine cases out of ten the subscriber will give the editor a calling down for insinuating that his credit was no good Rather than east swarm the ‘stock «changes. 80 wags the world for another decade, and we and courage revive, bpilders conceive more daring enterprises and gamblers Still in the Dark “The wind bloweth where it listeth and ye hear the sound thereof , but canst not tell whence it cometh or whither it goeth,” said a wise teacher long ago. And we haven’t learned our lesson yet. A wave of fear and depres- sion sweeps around the earth and we feel the squeeze thereof, but there has notrisenthe wisegazabototellus what was the cause or from whence comes the cure. While yet governments strive in vain to balance budgets, and relief commissions ladle out provender to hungry thousands, the rustle of favoring breeze is observed, and we look uptothe dawnofanew era; wheat jumps twenty cents in price, in- dustry’s wheels speed up, canalence Why Lou! W is Conan-ed Newspaper subscribers often wonder why a publisher keeps o_n seqdinz a though unfavorable circumstances may obscure his victory for a time in the end the world will know what his brave hearthasknownallalongthatheis unbeatenâ€"Mount Forest Confederate. toobigforyou.thenyoushoulddo some very serious thinking. It would beapityitywwerenotalittieun- comfortable, for that would show you had not taken your lesson to heart. If, however, you have done your best, then failure is only a temporary re- sult. Do not let it spoil appetite. You shouldbeabletolaughatagoodstory, in spite of it. You should wake in the morning with a smile and go singing to your work. For a man who is doing Milli-ohm Donotttkeotuluretoheu-tuit lsduetoclrcumstuncesoverwmhyw have no control. Ityou hove toned be- Advicetothooewhom'ive u the 'mmmmcp mmsmpn 1 aoooaoomsmm‘bmu *l.’ 5' so "'1‘, 50 . t x NO HIGHED NONEYSAVINGW'E POSTEDINEVEDVN ‘- mun-nu.“ thosewbommydflnmc with the intention at mm"! “that-WMJhem than six Indiumâ€"Own: News-W. maymake thiajolu-nalinole newly andbdghter.8be-.idabehadnooom- plaintabouttbepaper.butshe idn sonalfavortothemthatmchandnwh an ltembekept outofthepaper.fieme. where everybody knows everybody .elae. itisprettyhardnottorefuaemcha request. But we are getting fed up on obligement. Candidly. we feel that we will not be a “good scout" any longer. Those whom we oblige seldom show any appreciation of our good natune. Often we declare that from this date henceforth that we will be cold-blooded and publish the news consequences and just as often does our blood get warmâ€"and binary mpeata itself. So. what’s the nodâ€"Orange E bet-WW. 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