We do not wonder that the Agreement has been received
in a noticeably lukewarm spirit by Tariff Reformers in Great Britain. Great Britain obviously cannot give a preference to Canadian corn if the American and Canadian markets are thrown into one. We should of course have no regrets on this subject ourselves, for we believe that the best policy for Canada is to trade where trade is easiest. Only about three and a half per cent. of British exports go to Canada. It is only those who accept the fallacy that trade is dependent on political relations who urge the policy of linking up the Empire by artificial bonds. Our great trade with Germany proves that commerce is independent of political intimacy. If Canada gradually approaches something like Free-trade with the United States all round, so much the better.
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