New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-07-30
4 RULING THAT BENEFITS CANADA.
CHINESE TRAFFIC IN TRANSIT FoRB1DDEN By
THE GOVERNMENT.

THE GOVERNMENT
TO the Editor Of The Jrfoune.
Sir: dispatch from Washington announces tna' 'no
Treasury Department has had under consideration 'he
request OF some American railroad aud steamship
managers to be allowed take number of Chinese
es passengers I'm transit from San Francisco 10 ''o
West Indies The Solicitor gives his opinion 'ha' no
finds nothing in the law TO prevent but the SECRETARY
rules otherwise and thus prevents the transit VI
Chinese across the territory To foreign country o'
some reason. the nature of which can only pe oon
jecture0 The consequence is that the Canadian ran
ways and steamers have agreed to take the Chno7o
by way of Halifax II may have been urged that
some OF the passengers I'm transit might stray OH a"u
get left in the United states. TO meet th's W"
ngency the transportation owners offered TO gVc Do'
for the departure Of the same number ana inc sam
persons at one port which entered at the other inns
being the direct and natural route TO and from On'''
was desired TO cultivate the traffic.
What Is the resutl The Canadian roads and stealn
ships arc found glad 10 take the business. and VIII
haul the passengers from the British Columbia terminus
along 1900 miles of frontier to Halifax ana hen'o
to the wost Indies by steamer. If any Of them aro
disposed to evadc exclusion law. here Is inc w
portunity. for It is next TO impossi6iy to prevent
Cinnamon from crossing our northern Doruer "o
chooses 10 do So
Is this good National policy to say nothing OF inc
requirements of international comfy BY what
right TO bar the way across our domain against
the subjects of nationality and admit all Diners
and thereby turn the business over TO foreign ho'
and against those Of our own pcOplei vi course II
VIII provoke retaliation against Americans in emma
and although we may for the time be able TO deN 'nc
Chinese Government, fooishly and needte'tshSS
stirring up strife with the most populOus II Ho' "'o
most powerful nation OF Asia. ,.. a.
The Secretary is responsible for private daln9S, 90
well public Injustice The Canadians have areaui
by means of liberal subsidies. taken away tue Yea a
silk trade on the Pacific Ocean In one dhecuoh at
the coarse cottOns going I'm the other direction lnc
Exclusion act of Congress takes away the Omn's,,
passenger traffic which formerly coming anu
going the United States and what remains Oh II y
illegitlmaiely done by way of Vancouver lho
Treasury regulation shuts down on the transit uav raw,
To crown ALL shOrsigted policy denies to ihc sllp
adequate pay for mail carriage. The steamers mus
have subsidy as paid to the canadian llIc, OF, va" AZ
costs us nothing. must be allowed TO conduct ms
West India Chinese through traffic. Perhaps tul,
latter would enable them 10 keep alive DepriVei OF
both the steamers must stop; our nag may a. Wen D
Withdrawn from the only ocean where W" have nau!h
advantages, and the whole of our business Win
Asiatc counties b. done under the British nag. 1Ils
policv 0pcnlE advocated by some, has yet TO be
formally adopted the policy Of the American people
and we are reluctant TO believe they will sanction H.
New York, July 10. 1889 a