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Excerpt from Canada and the Preference: Canadian Trade With Great Britain and the United States
It may be argued that it would have been highly impolitic on the part Of Canada to refuse to discuss tariff matters with the United States when for the first time in her history she was invited to do so. TO this there is no adequate answer, particularly as the two countries have many important international matters to settle from time to time. Though as regards the tariff Canadians cannot forget that the whole history Of the Dominion has been fought out in the face Of a singularly hostile legislation on the part Of the United States, resulting in a tariff admittedly sharpened to force Canada into commercial union with her. 0 It is too soon to forget it. And recently the remarkable publication by President Taft Of an inter change Of views with Mr. Roosevelt on the probable effect 'on Canada Of closer trade relations with the United States serves to confirm susceptible Canadians in their fears. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
