. Review of reviews and world's work . rnment hasbeen militantly Conservative for almost tenyears, supi)orted by all three of the big trans-continental railways. In Manitoba, CliffordSifton was the strong man among the Liber-als; and Clifford Sifton resigned from his sup-port of the Laurier Government and stumpedthe country from one end to the other againstReciprocity, this not from sentimental rea-sons but from purely dollars-and-cents, fiscal,profit-and-loss, balance-sheet reasons. Comeinto Saskatchewan and Alberta, where 500,-000 Americans have settled in the last tenyears; and the \ote was
. Review of reviews and world's work . rnment hasbeen militantly Conservative for almost tenyears, supi)orted by all three of the big trans-continental railways. In Manitoba, CliffordSifton was the strong man among the Liber-als; and Clifford Sifton resigned from his sup-port of the Laurier Government and stumpedthe country from one end to the other againstReciprocity, this not from sentimental rea-sons but from purely dollars-and-cents, fiscal,profit-and-loss, balance-sheet reasons. Comeinto Saskatchewan and Alberta, where 500,-000 Americans have settled in the last tenyears; and the \ote was overwhelmingly infavor of Reciprocity,—9 to i, and 6 to i, re-spectively. British Columbia went solidlyagainst Reciprocity,—7 against, none for,though one of Lauriers cabinet ministerswent down in the smash. Why? Does anyone need to ask? British Columbias wealthconsists in minerals and forests and fruit andfish. Is that wealth to be developed so as tobuild up American cities, or Canadian cities? 560 THE AMERICAN REVIEW OF REVIEWS. HOW THE PROVINCES VOTED ON RECIPROCITY ^B^ Columbia voted solidly against reciprocity because her wealth consists of forests and mines, and she wants the millsand smelters operated on her side of the line. Nearly all British Columbia forests are owned by the United States lumberinterests. Alberta gave six votes for reciprocity and one against. In Alberta and Saskatchewan there are half a millionAmerican settlers who own millions of acres of land. All the timber from Edmonton to Port Arthur is owned by UnitedStates capital. Saskatchewan gave nine votes for reciprocity and one against. All the inland lakes of Saskatchewan arefished by American companies for the benefit of Chicago markets. Ontario gave thirteen votes for reciprocity and seventy-two against. Ontario is the manufacturing center of Canada. It was peopled by United Empire loyalists. It was themajority in Ontario that defeated reciprocity. In spite of the anit-U. S. cry, Ontario has
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