Speech #660095180

She has a soil as rich as ours. and in all her agricultural resources she surpasses us. She has greater water powers and natural resources undeveloped than we have. Her waters are full of fish to supply to the world. no restrictions upon labor. and for that reason we find the labor of the world drifting to Canada. cheap pauper labor at her hands to develop her resources. her farms are undeveloped. her agricultural pursuits are of no consequence or account. she still retains her 7.000.000. sall In the markets of the world : and this treaty says that these 7.000.000. people north of us shall have the markets of 91.000.000 people. and in exchange for the agricultural products of the farmers we shall have the great privilege of a market of 7.000.000. Now. ir. Speaker. this present treaty. although it has received merit as something new. as some great thing inaugurated by President Taft as a great blessing to our people. is not new: it is something old. something that this Nation once discarded.