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Newspaper
Cranbrook Herald
Location
Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Mar 09, 1911
Page
3
The piece argues the Canadian fruit sector may sacrifice more under reciprocity with the United States, urging strict import inspections, equal quality standards, and continued British preference while weighing national unity and self reliance against US competition. It warns against annexation talk and stresses Canada’s independent path.
Hon. Senator Cox, former bank president and current director, argues against alarm over reciprocity in a Toronto Globe letter. He praises agricultural gains, rural savings, and western settlement, asserts finance supports farmers, and predicts broad prosperity under freer food trade with the United States.
A British commentator argues the Canada United States reciprocity pact would mainly expand demand for Canadian raw products like wheat and fruit, likely lifting prices in both regions. He notes wet belt suppliers may face more irrigated American fruit on the coast, but higher grade irrigation fruit remains scarce locally.
Redmayne argues that a new commercial agreement between the United States and Canada may widen markets for irrigation grown fruit in British Columbia while highlighting contrasts with non irrigated crops. He notes eastern Canadian markets face higher prices but rely on US imports, and BC dry belt orchards stand to benefit from irrigation driven production.
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