Speech #530117005

I should like to have some explanation of this matter. I shall discuss the question of our relations with Canada more at length when we come to another provision of the bill. the provision by which we are virtually to have free trade in agricultural products with the Canadian Dominion. and I shall discuss the various questions of reciprocity. of commercial union. and of political union. The Senator from Nebraska spoke about the immigration we are receiving from Canada. Why are we receiving it? We are receiving it because the condition of the laboring man in this country is better than the condition of the laboring man in Canada. we are receiving it because in Canada the laborer receives less wages than he does in the United States. we are receiving it because for years we have maintained this system of protection by which we have built up our industries. given employment to labor. and maintained the standard of wages greater ere than in any other country.