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which is ensured to them. But let them once feel
that they are being made to pay for Imperialism
through industrial depression and lack of employment
 in the particular industry in which they are
engaged, and there can be little doubt that they will
be among the first to desire an independent Canada.
Take the other case and suppose the policy of
the Canadian manufacturers to be put into force.
A prohibitive tariff against foreigners will be
necessary to give Britain a substantial preference
that yet shall not enable her to compete with the
home-made article. But it is well known how
valuable it is for Canada to have access to foreign
markets which supply her needs so much better
than does the British market. If, then, the Western
Canadian finds that he can no longer buy at a
reasonable price those things which suit him, and
that any attempt is being made to force him to buy
English articles that do not suit him, he will be the
man who will have a grievance against Imperialism.
His independence which makes him regard the
British preference as a dole will certainly make
him resent this restriction.
Here, again, we have the views of both schools,
and the dangers which the accomplishment of
either view may engender. The ultimate fate of
the present preference is doubtful. One thing,
however, is fairly certain. The outcry raised by
those industries which are at present suffering
from British competition is too strong to be resisted,
They will have to be protected, and in those lines

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