Alberni Pioneer News
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
issued: 2024-04-09
issued: 1911-08-26
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note: T \JtLAy Alberni Pioneer ijp Volume 5. Port Alberni, B.C., Aug. 26, 1911. No. 3 "WHAT IS BEST FORCANADA" Lieut-Col. MacPherson on the Reciprocity Agreement with ''Uncle Sam." In an article on the Reciprocity issue contrasting present conditions with those existing at the time of the former reciprocity treaty, Lieut-Col. J. Pennington Macpherson, Sir John A. Macdonald's nephew and biographer, says: Undoubtedly, there is a strong desire amongst all classes of the community to thoroughly understand this auestion of reciprocity, and as I am one of the older generation who can speak from personal experience of the occurrences of the last fifty years, it may be that I can convey a clearer view of what is involved in the present proposed agreement than younger men who have to rely upon old records and party newspaper files. Whatever knowledge I have is most sincerely at the service of my countrymen, but the subject is too wide to be exhausted in a Single letter, and must be dealt with in chapters, the first -going back about half a century. The policy of reciprocity between Canada and the United States has been the policy of both the Conservative party and the Liberal party in years gone by. Consequently neither can lay claim to it. The question is purely national, and, in considering it, every elector should ask himself, "What is best for Canada?" This is the stand that many of Sir Wilfred's old friends and political supporters have taken, and they have considered it their duty to their country not only to press their views upon him, but also to hold public meetings in the great commercial centers to protest against the carrying out of the agreement. These meetings have been presided over and addressed by some of the most prominent men in the Liberal party, and the enormous crowds that have attended them evince, in the most unmistakable rnanner, how deeply the country is agitated over the prospect of a change in our fiscal rela tions with the United States. As Sir Wilfrid…
note: Alberni Pioneer News ran from 1907-08-17 to 1912-02-24. The name was changed to Port Alberni News starting 1912-03-02.
has type: Newspapers
spatial: Port Alberni (B.C.)
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0441106
language: English
lat: 49.234444
long: -124.805833
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Port Alberni, B.C. : R. J. Burde
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