TREATY WITH U.S.A

Evening Post, Volume CXX, Issue 123, 20 November 1935, Page 11

TREATY WITH U.S.A

RECEPTION IN CANADA

APPARENTLY FAVOURABLE

PRESS OPINIONS

United . Tress Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. OTTAWA, November 18. Canadian producers, like American ones across the border, were preoccupied today studying the reciprocal trade treaty to determine just how much individuality and collectively they will gain or lose through the new schedule rates. The general Canadian reaction appeared favourable to the treaty, although Conservative newspapers indicated that a minority of the party might attempt' to. block ratification by Parliament Such action is considered as only a forlorn hope, however, in view of the preponderant Liberal majority. The maritime provinces and western Canada, with their large agricultural, fishing, and lumber interests, are expected strongly to support the treaty, while formidable opposition, if it develops, will probably come from manufacturing centres in Quebec and Ontario. Producers of finished goods are not universally against the treaty, however. For example, Mr. Ross McMaster, president of the Steel Company of Canada, declared: "The objectives of the treaty find general : acceptance. The interests of our primary producers -are all-important." The Conservative Toronto "Mail and Empire" declares that the treaty "endangers some major Canadian industries." On the other hand, the Montreal "Gazette," generally considered the organ of important, financial and business circles, in general approves the treaty. "It will undoubtedly be materially helpful to this country," it says.