Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-08-26
FOSTERS FINE WORK.
Stands Out in Every Line OF His Rep'y to
MIR. Herbert-Forbearance Ceased to
Be a Virtue and Congress Had to Be
Appealed to by the President.

MIR. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Ceased to
Be Virtue and Congress Had to Be
Appealed to by the President
WASHINGTON, Aug. 25-Additiona
correspondence with reference to the ques-
tion of tolls on vessels passing through the
st. Mary's Falls canal in transit to any
port Of the Dominion of Canada was made
public at the Department of State to-day
1t is supplementary to that given to lthe
press on the 20th inst, when the Presi-
dents retaliatory proclamation was issued,
and consists of letter written by Mr..
Herbert on the evening of August 20 to Mr..
Foster, and the latter's reply thereto under
date of August "a.
Mr. Herbert says that the Canadian Gov
ernment desires to point out that the United
States Government may be unaware that
the tolls for the WeIland and ST. Lawrence
canals are of a temporary nature only, and
that it is not intended to re-establish them
in their present form after the expiration of
the season of 1892 The features of the
present tariff giving preferential treatment
to certain routes and ports and providing
for transshipment at Canadian ports only
will not be readopted after the present
season. This undertaking, however, would
not be binding on the Canadian Government
if the President of the United States should
in the meanwhile proclaim and enforce the
imposition of tolls on the Sault Ste. Marie
canal, as authorized by the recent act of
Congress
Statement OF the Dominion's Case
The Canadian Government states that
grave difficulties present themselves to an
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present season. Contracts and engagements
have been entered into in various parts of
this country and Great Britain based on the
continuance of this tariff during the whole
OF the present season. The rights which
have been established under these contracts
and engagements cannot be interfered with
without great confusion and detriment and
apparent breach of faith They believe,
therefore, that the United States Govern
ment will recognize the Importance of the
difficulties which stand in the way of an
immediate repeal OF the present tariff and
that the assurance of its termination at the
end OF the present season will be regarded
as satisfactory evidence of the desire of the
Government OF the Dominion to remove
any ground which has q tendency to dis
turb the friendly interchange of trade be-
tween the TWO countries
Reply Of Secretary Of State Foster.
Nh. Foster. replying to the above, says:
Notwithstanding the mandatory character
of the act constraiping the President to
take action upon aseortafning the existence
of the prescribed conditions in the Domin-
ion unavoidable or discriminatory against
the United States in their enjoyment Of the
Canadian canals on an equal footing with
British subjects the President was well dis
posed to withhold for a reasonable time the
issuance of his proclamation, in the hope
that the disappearance OF those adverse
conditions might indefinitely postpone such
action on his part. The spirit of neighborly
goodwin which prompted the President to
this delay, for which the statute con-
tanned no precise warrant, Is the more
evident when the fact is considered that the
were prescribed was already far advanced.
ana the movement of grain was at its
height. so that each days delay diminished |
the effectiveness OF the remedy it was his |
desire to obtain from the sense Of Justice Of |
the Dominion Government. Being we'll |
aware that the obnoxious tolls for the Wei |