The Portland daily press., 1881-03-12

These figures point with emphasis to the
proper solution of the transportation question
for the Northwest, especially of the wheat
growing regions. Even if the tolls were abol-
ished, as is proposed, on the Erie canal, still
the water route Uia Canada would be the near
est and cheapest for Liverpool freig ghts. Ma
ture has opened the great highway of COM
merce, where she poured the mighty waters of
great inland lakes of this continent down Can
ldian channels to the Atlantic ocean; and
London now furnishes the capital to improve
these natural outlets, in competition with the
confederated monopolies of New York. Let
the two great money centres of the two conti-
nentS contend in competition, that the hungry
and groaning industries of two worlds may be
relieved and saved from crushing monopolies
more gigantic and relentless under so-caled
free institutions that ever existed or was possi-
BILE under despotc governments The bread
and meat producers of the new world, and the
bread and meat consumers of the old world
will be equally benefited by the enlargement
of the Canadian competition. Let London
capital rely upon our assurance that we will
stand by it with our trade, if it will stand by
us with its competition. That sofar as we are
concerned, commerce shall know no prejudice
and no nationality. If we ever had any pre-
judices, we are ashamed of them, and will con-
quer them.
beg to assure my readers that the entire
board OF managers of the Grand Trunk road,
Sir Henry Tyler, M. p. President, London,
England; Hon. Joseph Hickson Gen. Mana
GER Montreal; Mr.. l.. j. Sergeant, Traffic
Manager, Montreal and the bondhoders of
the road, understand all the bearings of the
question, and that the policy of maintaining
competition Uio Canada, against the confeder
ated monopolists of the United States as being
for the best interest of their road has been full
ly discussed and settled; and that the patron
age and good will of American shippers will be
solicited and confidently expected, ON this
ground. Who among American shippers will
say that the claim is not good, that the patron
age ought not to be bestowed, or that it is not
for their interest to bestow it? Not only this
but we should render every legislative assis-
tance and facility to encourage the Grand
Trunk road in the preparation which il is
making on gigantic scale, to do the vast busi-
ness it will have to do. The shameful and mo-
bocratic opposition of the Vanderbilt roads
to the undertaking of the Grand Trunk to en-
ter Chicago as competitor of that road is
sufficient proof that Vanderbilt thinks Grand
Trunk competition dangerous to his interests
He saw the point years ago, and failing to buy
sufficient bonds of the Grand Trunk to get
control, he fights desperately and lawlessly to
defeat the western connections of that road.
But thanks to the triumph of law.in the
courts, the Grand Trunk is now on an equal
footing with the Lake Shore road in the city
that furnishes annually 25O millions of farm
products for carriage to the seaboard.
The people of the Northwest will send greet
ing and welcome to the Grand Trunk road and
pledge to it its full share of its go millions of
freight. 1t will pledge fair legislation and