Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-08-04
CONGRESSIONAL MATTERS
CANADIAN RAILROADS AND
 AMERICAN TRAFFIC.
A Full InvestigatIon Asked For of tho Canadian Transportation Naturally
 Belonging to the United States

Belonging to the United States.
 WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 In the Senate MT. Cullom (:ep., Iu.) offered resolu- tion instructing the Committee on Inter- State Commerce to make full investiga- tion into the relations of the Canadian rail- roads with tho transportation across the continent of commerce which naturally be- longs to the United States; and he made Q long uspeech to show how by the aids and subsidies granted by the British and Canadian Governments to railroads and steam ships the Canadian lines are obtaining control of commerce and especially of the trans portation of tea--42 per cent of the tea business now being carried on through Canada.
 Mir. Cullom said that he had, some days ago. offered a resolution in the same line, but that ho had since then concluded that the investigation should have wider scope than was therein proposed. He would not undertake to say In ad- vance what the situation was fully, but he had investigated the subject enough to satisfy him that the commercial inter- ests of the United States (aud he might say it's honor) demanded that something should be done to protect American inter- ests against the encroachments of Ca nadian corporations. The Canadian Pa citic Railway ran from Halifax and and Quebec (skirting the St. Law renee River and the northern border of the United States) to Van Couver on the Pacific and was reaching Into the United States by the purchase or building of railroads in this country for instance, lines from Sault Ste Marie to Duluth and Minneapolis, which were to be feeders to the Canadian Pacific. In addition to all that, the British Government or the Ca nadian Government had recently subsidized a line of steamers to China and Ja- pan for the purpose of securing the com mercs between those countries and the United States and Europe. Whatever might be the facts in these matters, Sena- tors would agree that, whatever could be done consistently with the relations between the two Governments, and under the Constitution of the United States oug ht to be done, 50 that the commerce be- tween China and Japau and the URited States, shall be carried on American roads instead of Canadian roads His purpose in offering the resolution and having an investigation of the subject was that some legislation might be recommended to Sc cure to the people of the United States the advantages which they ought to have in this transportation. The purpose of the recent subsidy of 60, 900 pounds year to tho line of three steamships on the Pacific from the western terminus of the Canadian Pacific was to give the Canadian Pacific the busi- ness which would naturally come to the Union Pacific, the Northern Pacific, or tho Southern Pacific; and tho result so far had been that 4ss per cont aof the tea con- { eumed in this country was Carried by th0 Canadian Pacific
 nlr. Hoar Rep. Mass.) lnquired as to the fact of the subsidized steamers being convertible Into snips of war,
 Mr. EdMald9 lRanA VI. 1--The British Guvernni6f fs 6 a1s svay 8 r6 fuires that @
 Mr. Mitchell {Rap., Or.} }--I can give axa- other item. This-snhaidized-l line of steam sers ia bring Chinese at the rate of 4ooo a mansh, and they are pouring down in a great variety of streams into the United States through British Celumbia.
 Mr. Cullom's resolution was adopted.
 In the House after private business ! had been dispensed with, the House 1 went into Committee of the Whole (Mr. i Springer of Illinois iu the chair) on the Deficiency Appropriation Bill.
 l The speaker laid before the House at Washington letter from Gov ernor Green, of New Jersey, pre- ssntlng to Congress, in the name of the State of New Jersey, statues of Richard in statusry hall iE the Capitol. On motion 1 of MT. Phelps of New Jersey, a resolution was adopted assigning Tuesday, August 2l, for the consideration of a concurrent resolution accepting the statues and re- turning thanks to the State of New Jersey therefor.