Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1879-11-14


Great Britain during winter months,
when the Allan line steamers are COIN
PEELED TO make Portland their winter
port. A clause in the Treaty Of
Washington extended as a courtesy to
the United States the free navigation
of tao st. Lawrence, and for this sum-
mer privilege that great O country
now proposes to make ungrateful re-
turn by refusing 10 allow Canadian
cattle ea route TO England 10 pass
through a small corner Of one state. u /
similar one-side Interpretation is con-
stantly being made by United States
postal officers OF the International
Postal Convention. Books are seat
from the United States TO Canada ana
delivered without extra charges, while
| books sent from Canada to the States
| by mail are coniiscated by Custom
| House officers without giving the per
sons to whom they are addressed the
| option of paying duty. Tbs reason
| assigned for prohibiting the importa-
ton of Canadian cattle into the United
| States is mere subterfuge. 1t Ii SO
| well known that Canadian cattle are
entirely free from diseases of amy kind
that in England they are eagerly
purchased by butchers, and sold ~
nearly as high price as English beer.
! Just what the order of the Washing
ton cabinet is we are not aware and
judging from specimens we have seen
produced by our Canadian eonteIn-
porary we don't believe he knows.
Burhis temerity is such that he would
NEEDLE with it even under those
circumstances. This we do know that
r at one time d disease existed among
= American cattle in certain sections oi
this country to limited extent
r Great Britain prohibited the impoTta
r ton of cattle from America. Canada
i echoed the prohibition. Now of this
I nobody complained while the necessity
a for it existed. But when the other day
d after all danger had passed, one OF oul
$ citizens from "A section OF the country
/ where the disease never existed, with d
shipment of perfectly healthy cattle
= undertook to pass through "a SINAI
c corner Of Canada, he was stopped
II and found that the old order Of prohi
bition was still in existence, and he wa
G Obliged to turn back. Now if GU
h cousin abuses the privilege of prohibi
& ton either by continuing it after tn
'S necessity has ceased, and assumes t
,, be the sole judge of the necessity ; o
a of the existence on the part of GU
II 4, af of
- counter order occasioned by the eI
istence of disease in Canada, or Other
wise; then any effort upon the part {
our Government to relieve itself froI
the effect of perpetual order we sur
pose would be characterized by tn
= journal as 'petty Spite" and "
should expect to hear our Government
characterized as he characterizes h
* own, as an."Oligarchy," or ''the cliqu
d in power" 1t seems TO us that such
re zone sided Interpretation" withou
d any discussion or even reference to tn
If motives which induced the action +,
d our Government is as wanting in Cal
u dor as the statement that Canada
J. cattle en- route to England pa,
v through small corner of one State
to is wanting in a knowledge of geogr;
TO ply which would readily teach thu
at they have to pass through three STATE
which contain as much territory ;
as naarly the whole city of Montreal
re The statement that "books sent fro
be Canada to the States by mail are CO.
IN fiscated by Custom House Office
re- they are addressed the option Of pa
he ing duty is simply untrue. A speci
rs, provision is9nade in the regulations
in giving these persons notice and {
no opportunity to pay duties. And Il
IN order itself was made in view of Il
an fact that Canadian merchants to-
Ill advantage of a permission to send
on-. limited quantity by mail, free, to il
Ter port in small quantities by way
be- actual trade; and the occasion of al
to. order was this petty, dishonest traff
ew totally unworthy Of the citizens of a,
ell highminded, honorable nation. 1t
my grand to stand for principle, but
ac- found journalism on practice
i've advocating or defending a selfish
i've terest, prosecuted by dishonest pr
In ticeswith the aid of low, petty s
opt TEN, is-is--well, let our cou
not tell what it is.