Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-07-10
q Uiifayorab2e to Duluth.

f.55Sf l1TI4UTH. EJilly f.--SonSIelhstioi1 : WAS
caused iii marine and railroad circles
iFhere today by the 5ceeeipt blythe collector
|8of' custenls ol the lrsfept circular from
|tlse Secretary. of the treasury, announcing
!. that hereafter. ;,N shipments Of 'ile'chan-
Iiisa between points IN United States
f.territory, hv why of Canadian waters and
Eyailways.. viii be. regarded rs ordinary
im ,SoFt;ttipns from foreign contiguous
KteriitelN. The results Of this circular
S$5sWill l1asesa most luxurious effect uIoo
! the. shippii,g Interests of Duluth and the
| Nnrthw5st. As interpreted by The
customs officers kele,. it shuts of ship
mcnts from Duiath of flour ia, the
Americai, ports ofHostor and Portland
land Other places, viz l,t>as and Grand
/ prtnk ailway. II also practically winds
I nI$, fIsse3 business hereo the Northwestern
f8Ifara sla tt1s ssarlsia,
autf Of The 'Co1|ing"ood line, which carry
! Eouf almost exclusively. How great
/ This is is shown by She fact that about
! l'150,0OO barrels have already been Skipped
that way for New England points this.
season, and 100000 more were to have
been shipped this year. The yesuit Will
be that the jines mentioned will probably
tie up their boats, unless some way out
Of the coming difficulty is arrived at.
There are about 10000 barrels here now
nnd on the way from Minneapolis for
shipment by the Canada route, which
must lie turned some other route. The
| last Canadian boat with -four left today.
| This, however, is only a small part Of
| the injurious effect oi the new order. 1t
sill deprive The Minneapolis millers OF
Tie hsneH Of the Graad TruHk route for
! -four shipments aud hurt the business Of
the 81. Paul 6 Duluth road very much.
| 1t will take away a largr amount Of the
| Grand Tru ks business, and, as
prominent shipping agent said ton sht,
! will injuie every american and Canadian
! road which touches the great lakes and
Goes through business.
| The American line Of steamships at
Boston and Tie Portland lines get two
Alrts Of the flour exported by their
steamers from HE Grand Trunk, and
| thi> will al be lost TO them and turned
either to New York or to Montreal. J.
T. REESE, agent for the Coliinewood line,
thou2 ht it might possibly result in the
Grand Trunk turning lis export business
Moatreal. James smith, Dr., eX-
president of the -. Paul q Duluth, is in
the city, and when he learned of the
circular he said It's effect upon his road
would be very bad Vessel men and
railroad men have been considering the
matter all day aud have been in consul
ta>ion with the customs officers and IN
te)egraphic correspondence with chiefs
of the treasury department.. 1t is thought
BY sop1e that the Interpretation put upon
the circular IS TOO broad. Mr.. Rose
claimed that flour shipments were made
this way before the treaty Of Washington :
| was made and that the circular only
affected shipments made through by
water, then rail, then by water again,
and not transit BY boat, then by rail 10
points in the country. The secretary Of
! the treasury was asked, by telegram, if
transportation from Duluth to Collng-
wood, or SarnIa, thence to be carried by
rail to a point in the United States for
exports is prohibited. Assistant Secretary
Fairchild answered that the circular
prohibits transportation on transit
manifests in cases where the route is
partly by rail and partly by water. 1t is
confidently believed hat some way ou;
Of the diff Guilty will be found, and that
the attorney general will put & different
construction on the matter when It is
brought TO his attention.