The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1890-01-03
CANADIAN ANNEXATION.
Senators Investigate Our Re-
lations With Canada.
THE DOMINION Is RATHER COLD.

Erastus wiman Says Its National Gov
ernment Does Not Favor Closer ReIa-
tions with Uncle sam-The Fisheries
Trouble Disoussed-The Beef Question.
New York, Dec. 3l.--The members of the
senate special committee ON our relations
with Canada met at the Federal building.
Of the committee Senators Hoar, of Massa.
chusetts Hale, of Maine; Dolph, of Oregon,
and Pugh, of Alabama, were present. The
three absentees were VOORHEES,, of Indiana,
who is sick in Washington; Allison, of Iowa,
and Butler, of South Carolina.
The Fisheries Trouble.
One of the first witnesses examined was
Capt. Fitz Jay Rabson, of Glouster, Mass,
who reviewed the fishing interests of the
United States from the ratification of the
fisheries treaty with England, in 1888, TO
the present time. He said, during the course
OF his testimony, that he had been along the
Canadian coast and had talked with the
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 the treaty granted to
American vessels the right to touch at Cana
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 government
was stated by Capt. Babson and Senator
Hoar to be this: 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, vexatous and unrsa-
sonable" The remedy was said to be the
enforcement of retaliatory measures when
ever any nation unfairly Disseminated
against American fishermen.
Erastus wiman on mmercial Union.
Erastus Wiman said that the present re-
lations between this country and Canada
are not satisfactory, and that 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 strong protest against political
union by the British government but that a
commercial union would meet its approval
The question of annexation is not growing
as rapidly as it should, because the Canadian
senators are not appointed for life, and
therefore they are the most conservative of
men commercial union would, in his
opinion, hasten Canadian Independence.
Canada's Place to Move First.
Senator Hoar remarked that the expedien-
cy Of annexation was matter for Canada
to SETTLE and that the United States would
take no steps toward Fastening 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
Canadian roads were willing to comply with
the interstate law, and that many of them
were complying with it at present.
A sanguine Canadian.
Francis w. Glenn, an ex-member of the
Canadian parliament said that CANADA was
coming to the United States, and that it was
only question of time when the United
States must open its markets TO her. Canada
had adopted the United States school sys-
TEN, the American system of election and
other customs
The Senate Beef Inquiry.
The committee of the United States SEN
ate appointed to inquire into the transporta-
tion and sale of meat products of the United
States held their first meeting in this city
in the Hoffman house. Those present were
Senators Vest, Manderson, Plumb and Far
we'll. A number of gentlemen largely in
terested in the expectation of cattle were
present to give their testimony Mr.. T. c.
Eastman, large cattle dealer, said there
was nothing to stimulate dealers and ship
pers of cattle in this city since the passage
of the interstate commerce law. Ger
tain car companies get mileage
and pay part of that mileage to
the shippers in the west as an inducement
to ship by their roads. In answer to a ques-
tion By Senator Plumb, Mr.. Eastman said
that the Delaware, Lackawanna and West
ern railroad is transporting most of their
cattle in cattle cars and are paying half of
their mileage to the companies shipping the
cattle, thus in an indirect way cutting rates.
Shipment to England.
The shipment of cattle to England had in
creased 1000 head during the past year. The
increasing demand was due to the increase
in population. Cattle could be raised much
cheaper here than in England. He did not
think the quality of beef from the west
as good as it was ten years ago. The cattle
raisers put inferior cattle on the market
The canned meat establishments used the
lowest grades of cattle in the marlxat