, 1880-04-11
CANADA.

Promotion Of Immtgratton-Oattlo-
Trade with En@lund-I1urd's BILL
The Canada Pacific Railway.
Special Dispatch to Tne Chicago Tribune.
OTTAWA, April 1o.-A supplementary re-
port has been distributed, containing the
canal-statistics of 1870. The decrease in the
revenue on canals was Sl4,965. The de-
crease in the Welland was Ss2, ,Ss3, while the
St. Lawrence canals show an increase OF
$3.50, and the Ottawa Canals of s6,oss.
In the House Of Commons, amemper asked
1nent to appoint Special Agents for
the purpose of promoting the; immigsa-
ton of tenant-farlners and Others, resi-
dent in Great Britain and Ireland. to the
Dominion OF Ganada d9Ing f1e pTesendd seaId ead
the Governments had the ordinary and regu-
lar staff Of agents in the Old Country. and 1t
did not propose to appoint additlonal opeclal
Agents:
repeated his declaration Of last session, that
the Government would not encourage any
railway schemes in the Northwest which
would act in any other way than as feeders
of the Pacific Railroad. The Government
way to encourage or permit rival private en-
terprlses. For this reason the Emerson d
Turtle Mountain Railway bill had been
withdrawn by its promoters.
13e10Ft LuG GllA NO!VllLAkNoA
Committee, Mr. Lowe, Secretary OF the De-
partment, was examined with reference to
The cattle-trade with England, d,-giving the
result Of his observations and inquiries dur
ing a visit to the English cattle-lnarkets; LIE
stated that cattle Of the. Polled Angus breed
were most thought of in England, and rec
commended the breeding Of that variety. He
had ascertained from official sources that the
receipts OF United States cattle at the port
Of Liverpool were 1858 ! less o,o, lhan
ter ter Clause Of the Cattle bill; while
the imports from Canada had risen
in the great proportion stated by the Minis
ter Of Agriculture in his report Wiia di{9,oit re
to transport long distances in our climate,
owing to the alternate freezing and thaWlng
impairing its quality. He found that beef
from this country was quite equal to the
average Of that from the united statesi sta st
into the hands Of the English dealers, who
passed it off as British meat.
-" Spteta. Dispatch to The Chicago 9rsh1ne -,
oRoNTo, April 10:-Of Mr.. Uurd's, bill
Iurd has introduced into Congress q bill to
prevent the transportation Of American prod
uce over Canadian railways. II passed, it
would Immediately deprive Michigan. ILL.,
nois, Indiana, and all the western otates Or
and would leave the .grain-growers to the
mercy Of the railways that are forced to lower
freights by the. competition Of the Grand
Trunk. In order that the magnates OF tne
lines having no Canadian connections so4id
fbs Ges an arsrs aasanagf g 0xss tSe @ 8ortwet are
asked to submit to frcight-rates which would
take large slice from the price Of their gram.
For every dollar that Canadian railroads q
American farmers would have to pay fifty to
the great railroad aristocracy:. Every State
in the Union lying north OF. latitude 4oo is
directly interested IL PTSve9@fns @ the PasfSdge IS ;e
9 Ar H1ds sq1 9GS PHI @ asy afe not @ o
posed by an aristocracy, because they nave
no citizens bearing hereditary titles BUT the
President Of an American railway has fnilnltly
more power than IN English Earl; aIld RAJ.
which, viii # demanded by tue Englis1! nobility,
would cause the aristocracy to disappear
What would be said to q proposition by Brit
is Dukes that all the tr1tllc Gf tae e1ans tbs
American railway-kings ask through All;
Hurd. lie wishes geography to be Ignored a
in the interest of his clients. The bill will
hardly pass, but its Introduction into Con
gress is an evidence OF .he amng dunands duGds
The Epe1llng Tcle0run1 says: 1t is eyi-
dent that the Globe does. not approve OF ne
proposed change of policy on tue part OF Ine
str11ction Of the Canada Pacific Railway. One
of the planks in the new platform uponWh
Mr.. Blake will take his stand when he as
sulnes the leadership of the Liberal party,
will be, that the country must come TO q IL nay
It wishes to avoid bankruptcy and ruin. Ihe
position Of things at present is briefly this:
If the construction Of the road goes on, the
country will be forced into bankruptcy,-tor,
afford to spend a cool hundred million OF
dollars on a political railway. Mt Blake ad-