. The story of the Dominion : four hundred years in the annals of half a continent ; a history of Canada from its early discovery and settlement to the present time ; embracing its growth, progress and achievements in the pursuits of peace and war. THE HON. SIR WILLIAM RALPH MEREDITH KNT. Chief Justice of the Ontario Court of Common Pleas HIS EMINENCE, ELZEAR ALEXANDRE CARDINAL TASCHEREAU. THE HON. HONORE MERCIER, Minister of Quebec, 1887-91 SIR WILLIAM CYAN HORNE. RECIPROCITY AND THE UNITED STATES CIVIL WAR 337 Our manufacturers demand that Canada shall rcston^ the scale of
. The story of the Dominion : four hundred years in the annals of half a continent ; a history of Canada from its early discovery and settlement to the present time ; embracing its growth, progress and achievements in the pursuits of peace and war. THE HON. SIR WILLIAM RALPH MEREDITH KNT. Chief Justice of the Ontario Court of Common Pleas HIS EMINENCE, ELZEAR ALEXANDRE CARDINAL TASCHEREAU. THE HON. HONORE MERCIER, Minister of Quebec, 1887-91 SIR WILLIAM CYAN HORNE. RECIPROCITY AND THE UNITED STATES CIVIL WAR 337 Our manufacturers demand that Canada shall rcston^ the scale ofduties existing when the Reciprocity Treaty was ratified, on penaltyof its abrogation. When it is considered that the duties imposed bythe American tariff of 1857 are fully 25 per cent, higher than thecorresponding rates of the Canadian tariff, the demand borders onarrogance. Nor does the claim seem to have been affected even bythe similar declaration of the New York Chamber of Commerce, onDecember 21, 1864, that: The additional duties on our manufac-tured imports into Canada are still moderate and are for revenuepurposes only ; and that, with our own present high tariff, we are thelast persons who have a right to complain of any similar procedure ;and that, notwithstanding, our manufactures find a large outlet in thatdirection. Five years before this, in 1859, when Lord Napier, th
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