Telegram-herald., 1889-05-10
THEY FAVOR POOLS.
nslatscns OF the Canadian and
American Hoads
TIE SENATE COrgIrIEGS INQUIRY.
Cn.rles Frsneis Adams @as other Dfssf1-
s3ishse Railway Ass EzaEais.sa as
LsastA a &iF Irlal asa I1s
12tek-et1te laa feAOxxA -
segxlNa ENnnIFnar

Nav NoEk. ASy = GA resunliug its
laeoFs ~ ~ = IA, tAs Ss1ztS Comuitt~e,
- h-rA ls Investigating t-e workings ~ the
Inter state Commerce Law Esteped - TIE
I ts1m0ny of Charles Erzncis Adams. presi-
oe1, u TIE Uaion Faoidc hsiloGd ton-
pauy Mr Adams Ih0a2 ht tie Inter state
Commerce l-s Ia many cases = CTuel enc
taosv Nho ooeyed Il lost ~ l1s oi,eE atom,
Gnd those Wh0 sg2ded u lrOnleA
should 1ke. h0wessr 70 see ~ universally
o0eysd and given = TAR trial be ssla ailo
since January really believe Ihsi TIC laN
las been tStteI Obesod Than ever bSfSIe.
Publicity i q good remedy Ter Mans 81
the evils hich Ss are seeking 10 mitigate
anG tie greatest service lie Inter state
Commissioners could DO the railroads ~
general would be - prosecute some Of Tie
Cffenders" NT Adams thought that com
mon railroad law between Canada ana the
United States and q iegaliEed pool would be
q good Thing and would tend 10 bring
about solution ~ the present troubles IN
reference 10 Canadian roads
Ia conclusion The witness said that. while
nominaliy TIE president OF the Union Ia
cine railroad, he really knew but htgle OF
it, practical workings
President James Hill. OF the 81 Paul,
Minneapolis 4 Manitoba railroad, described
IL detail the subsidies ana GOyeTrmen ni
gifts OF money and land 10 the Can.
adiAn Paeific road He gave an account
CT the probable route Of the future between
Asia aud Europe. The Canadian Pacific
road. he said, had u last line Of steamers
running from its western terminus u Asia
and TrOm It's eastern terminus u Liver
pool In eighteen months, said he. Il
safN Al AsskN
York 10 Yokohama ia tao weeks" The
witness treated exclusively OF water
routes and railroad rates aud concluded by
saying that along the shallow waterways,
such as the Mississippi river, railroads could
bs constructed along the leyees which
could transport freight cheaper than the
high pressure steamboats,
Erastus Wiman testified that Il would be
detrimental 70 the interests OF the United
States 10 exclude Canadian roads The
Canadian Pacific had done great deal "a
build up the West and Northwest
OF this country, and by developing the
Canadian Northwest IL was opening a large
market foI American products Ar. Wiman
favored some mutual agreement between
the two governments TO regulate inter
national commerce. He thought CONNER
cial union was the best solution Of the
question IL would benefit both countries
rs it policy for the American people, "
asked Senator Blair, Ito help with their re-
sources TO build up great nation, with
hostile, or at least alien, connection on the
north of usg"
THE tic which binds Canada 70
England is but sentiment The
State of New York to-day in a GER
tain sense is far more important to England
than all Of Canada Canada can not
stay as she is. She must either become
an independent republic or join with the
United States. There are many forces a,
work in Canada The hopes OF a great
party there rest entirely upon one old man
After the death of Sir John Macdonald viii
come the deluge."