Evening journal., 1889-12-31
ONE CENT
CANADiAN ANIMATION.
Senator's Investigate Our Re-
lations With Canada.
ruE DOMINION IS RATHER coLD-

Erastus wiman Says Its Natinn4t Cow
ernment Does Not Favor Closer Rsia-
tlons with Uncle sam-Tho Fisheries
Trouble Discussed--The BEEF Question.
NEw YonK, Dec 3l.-The members Of the.
senate special committee on our relations
With Canada met az the Federal huilding.
OF the committee Senators Hoar. Of Massa.
chusetts; Hale, Of Maine; Dolph, Of Oregon,
md Pugh, Of Alabama, were present The
three abseptees we're Voorhees,, Of Indiana,
who is sick in Washington; Allison, OF Iowa.,
pud Butler, Of South Carolina.
The Fisheries Trouble.
One OF the first witnesses examined was
Capt Fitz Jay Rabaon, Of Glouster, Mass.
who reviewed the fishing interests Of the
United States from the ratification OF the
fisheries treaty with England, in 1888, ia.
the present time. He said, during the course
of bis testimony. that be had been along tho !
Canadian coast and had talked with sbo, !
fishermen. and that they had said that they
would have no interference with the right
which they claimed OF selling bait to the
American fishermen.
The treaty Of 1918 was utterly useless, in
the captains estimation, and should be abro-
| gated, because while tho treaty granted to
American vessels the right TO touch at Capa-
! dian ports for shelter, water, wood and re-
| pairs, many OF our vessels have been seized
and fined for exercising the right granted
them by the treaty, !
Grievance OF New England Fishermen.
| The actual grievance OF the New England
| fishermen against the Canadian governments
was stated by Capt Babsou and Senator
| Hoar 20 be thie; THAT the American fisher
men are denied the right to commercial
| privileges in the ports OF Canada such as are
| granted to Canadian fishermen in United
States ports, and that the custom laws OF
| Canada are onerous, vexatious and unrea-
sonablon The remedy was said to be the
enforcement Of retaliatory measures when
ever any nation unfairly disciiminated
against American fishermen
Erastus wiman ON Commercial Union.
Erastus Wiman said that the present re-
lations between this country and Canada
are not satisfactory, and thot the national
government Of Canada Is not in favor of
closer relations with this country The
Canadian debt is held IN a great measure by
English parties, and these creditors would
like to see closer relations between this coun-
try and Canada. He thought that there
would be a strong protest against political
union by the British government, but that
commercial union would meet its approval.
The question Of annexation is not growing
, as rapidly ns it should, because the Canadian
/ senators are not appointed for life and
therefore they are the most Conservative OF
! mon. A commercial union would, Ia his
/ opinion, hasten Canadian independence.
= CanadA's Place tn Move First.
! Senator Hoar remarked that this expedien-
cy of annexation was a matter for Canada
, 10 settle, and that the United States would
I take no steps toward hastening the consum-
nation Of the idea Franklin b Thurber
. thought that the tariff was a decided bar
rier in the way OF commercial intercourse
/. with Canada. Thomas L. Greene gave the
! railroad side Of the question and Mr.. WI
/. man was afterward recalled and said that
a Canadian roads were willing to comply with
y the interstate law, and that many Of them
a we're COMP ying with 1t at present
I A sanguine Canadian.
s Francis w. Glenn an ex-member Of the
Canadian parliament said that Canada was
coming 70 the United States, and that i was
only a question Of time when the United
"a States must open its markets 10 her Canada
4 had adopted the United States school sys-
4 tom, the American system Of election and
\ other customs
a The senate Beef Inquiry.
% The committee Of the United States sen
v ate appointed to inquire into the transporta
. tion and sale Of meat products Of the United
l. States held their first meeting in this cit,
,e IN the Hoffman house Those present werl
a Senators Vest, Manderson, Plumb and Far
IA we'll number OF gentlemen largely in
n terested in the expectation OF cattle wer
a present to give their testimony. Mr. T. G
II Eastman, large cattle dealer. said ther
" was nothing 10 stimulate dealers and ship
Ii pers OF cattle in this city since the passag
Of the interstate commerce law. Ger
tain car companies get a mileag
and pay part Of that mileage L
n the shippers in the west az an inducemen
Al to ship by their roads Ia answer TO a ques
10 tion BY Senator Plumb, Mr. Eastman sai
r that the Delaware, Lackawannn and West
IN ern railroad is transporting most OF thei
n cattle In cattle cars and are paying half o
er their mileage to the companies shipping th
\. CATTLE thus in an indirect way cutting rates
shipment 20 England.
or The shipment Of cattle to England had in
a creased 4 600 head during the past year Tn
n increasing demand was due to the increas
ed In population Cattle could be raised muc
on cheaper here than in England. he did nc
IN think the quality Of beef from the yves
as good as IL was ten years ago The cattl
raisers put inferior cattle on she marke
The canned meat establishments used th
A. | lowest grades Of cattle in the market