The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-05-09
WHAT SHALL IT Be?
A Canadian Republic or Amexa-
ton by the United States?
his CUSTOMARY ATTITUDE"
Parnell on the Witness Stand-The Y. N. C. A.
Convention - Agricultural Colleges
The Scotch-Irish Congress.

New YORK, May S.-The Senate commit
tee investigating the workings of the inter-
state commerce law and the Canadian roads
doing business in this country resumed its
work this morning.
The first witness called was President
Charles Francis Adams, of the Union Pa
cific. Adams thought the Interstate com
merce law in many cases compelled those
who Obeyed it to lose while those who
evaded it, profited. Il should like, how
ever, to see it universally obeyed, and
given fair trial, - he said: land since Jan
uary J. really believe the law has been
better obeyed than ever before. | know,
for instance, that large shippers who here
tofore have practically dictated their own
terms, can do so no longer The interstate
commission is doing good work. The great
est service the commissioners could do the
roads in general would be to prosecute
some of the offenders. Nothing would
have better effect on the situation. =
Adams thought that common railroad
law between Canada and the United States
and the legalization of pools would be a
good thing, and would tend to bring about
a solution of the present troubles in refer
enCe 10 Oanaulan ROADS.
IF you think the inter state law a good
thing, where does all the opposition come
FROM" asked Senator Blair
you must remember that the country
has been built W. onsa system of distribu-
ton which the Interstate law shakes TO its
foundations. The long and short haul
clauses give, in effect, to smaller cities
many of tie advantages heretofore ex-
clusively enjoyed by the larger cities, and
the consequence is that in d city like San
Francisco the opposition is very strong''
President Hill. of the St Louis, Mime
apolis ~ Manitoba railroad, was the first
witness called after recess. He gave an
account of the probable route of the future
between Asia and Europe, the Canadian
Pacific road. He said they had a fast line
of steamers running from the western ter
minus to Asia and from the eastern ter
minus to Liverpool.
rs there much foreign trade, Asiatic
trade, coming over the Canadian Pacific
rOad!" asked Chairman CullOm.
Considerable. Some comes over our
road destined for Omaha
''Why does it take such round about
course!n
Probably because five or six cents a
hundred pounds is an inducement We
have differential rate, and when time is
no object it pays to take advantage of the
lower rate.
Erastus Winans spoke strongly in favor
of commercial reciprocity. Any attempt
to shut out the Canadian lines from operat-
ing in this country would be serious blow
to western American farmers and would be
badly received by the Canadian people.
''Is it policy for the American people,"
asked Senator Blair, ito help with their
resources to build up great nation with
hostile, OF at least alien, connections on
the north Of us'
''The tie which binds Canada to England
is but sentiment. The state of New York
to day in a certain sense, is
far more important than all OF Can
ada. Canada cannot stay as she is.
She must either become an independent re
public or join with the United States. There
are many forces at work in Canada. The
hopes of great party there rest entirely
upon an old man. After the death of Sir
John Macdonald will come the deluge.'i
Winans spoke at considerable length on
the various Jesuit, Catholic and Orange
movements in Canada, but said the farm
ers. fishermen, lumbermen and miners all
favored commercial union, which of itself
was step toward annexation.