Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-27
'RAS WIMAN IS HERE
Prepared to Make His Plea for Com
mercial Union With Canada.
he is OPPOSED TO ANNEXATION.
The Millionaire Makes Point in Favor
of Combinations,
AND PRAISES THE GAME OF BASEBALL

Mr.. EraStus Wlman, OF Staten Island,
who will address the Chamber of Commerce
on the subject of commercial union with
Canada, is at the Duquesne. Mr., Wiman
is a crank on baseball, and one of the
easiest men to approach. In appearance he
resembles Chauncey Depew, and is not far
behind thespostprandia al speaker in the free
use of his tongue. He is very lucid, enter
tanning talker, and his statements are in
variably clear and to the point. In the
course of very pleasant chat last night
Mr.. Wiman said:
am here for two things: the first to try an
experiment with the McAuley coal economizer
at Moorhead Bros. mill in Sharpsburg to-
morrow The machine pulverizes coal as fine
as powder by counter currents of air. 1t is the
principle of the cyclone practically applied. In
the experiment 1 wilrattempt to reheat ton
of iron with 400 pounds of coal, at cost of less
than so cents. To do this work it would take 81
worth of natural gas. You see, the machine
makes the coal slack so fine that it is trans
muted into heat easily and at once, making the
hottest kind Of fire.
NO BOUNDARIES NEEDED.
Then IN the second place 1 am interested in
tbe obliteration of all commercial boundaries
on the American continent; but then do not
care to anticipate my speech too much. am
opposed to annexation, but do favor conf
mercia union. The two countries united
would be too big. Leave Canada alone in this
respect. They enjoy as much freedom under
England as we do. free people The Ameri-
can Revolution taught the English rulers a
lesson, and they have kept their hands off
Canada to great extent.
The country north of us possesses more
wheat producing territory than the United
States They have coal, iron, copper and other
minerals in abundance; in fact they have the
iron ore that Pittsburg needs. This is the
reason why am going to try 10 interest Pitts
burgers in this subject of commercial union.
l want the people OF this city to unite with 9th
ers in giving Canada an invitation to trade
with us free and without duty. 1t is only
S5,0O0,SO0 per year stands in the way, and
this amount divided among the people would
only be the loss of good cigar to everybody,
but for it we would have the privilege of ex-
changing commodities without restrictions
with the Canadians; that is l am anxious to see
Canada accept Pittsburg products free, and
put duty on Birmingham's.
NOT FOR JOSEPH.
When Joe Chamberlain was in the country
told him that, five years from now. when he is
Prime Minister, would be one of a committee
to ask the Queen and him to sign Canadian
bill giving the people the privilege of exclud-
bringing in American products and man
ufactured articles, or, in other words one
part of the kingdom will legislate against an
other part in favor of a hated rival.
"Well, said Chamberlain, Il will entertain
you any time when you come to see me: but l
don't want you 10 come on such mission"
People should remember that altitude, not
latitude, determines the climate. 1t is four
degrees warmer in the region OF the Hudson
bay than along Lake Superior. What an enor-
nous amount of wheat growing territory, there
fore, lies in British America, and some day it
Canada has not developed fari passu with the
United States. Immigrants naturally turned
to the States. As soon as they land in Castle
Garden they feel that they are sovereigns,
while in Canada they would not have such
feelings.
Yes, belong to the great English salt syn
dictate. There is money in it for the producers,
and the combination
WILL MAKE SALT CHEAPER.
1 am surprised that the Pittsburg salt men
refuse to join. Why, 1 jumped at the chance.
Well they can remain outside, but they will
have gigantic cencern to fight You know have
a theory that competition does not make cheap
prices. The people have to pay for it. The
Standard Oil Company has reduced the price
of oil. as the Western Union Telegraph Com
pany has lowered telegraph rates. can't say
on the other hand. that 1 believe in
combinations altogether but yet 1 feel sure
they do more good for the people than the rage
for competition. This thing of cutting throats
never helped anybody,
THE other day l entertained at dinner on
Staten Island II salt men who own three
fourths of the entire salt interests in America
From the windows they watched the New York
team down PittSburg. All. my boy it is great
game and that little backstop of yours is a
corker."
And here Mr.. Wiman went off into the air
in rhapsodies over the national game, and
before he landed on terra frma once more
the reporter had quietly slipped away.