St. Paul daily globe., 1892-08-26
A Further Glimpse Of Cores
pondence on the Retail
iation Question.
Herbert Pleads for Canada
That the Tolls Cease
With 1892.
Secretary Foster Points Out
Very Clearly the Justice
of Our Claims.
Uncle Sans Forbearance in
the Matter Overlooked by
the Dominion.

| WASHINGTON, Aug. 25-Additi0nal
| correspondence with reference to the
| question 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 depart
ment of state today. 1t is supplement-
| ary to that given to the press the Goth
inst. when the presidents retaliatorY
! proclamation was issued, and consists
of letter written by Mr.. Herbert on
| the evening of Aug. 20 to Mr.. Foster.
| and the latter's reply thereto under date
| of Aug. "a.
Mr.. Herbert says that the Canadian
government desires to point out that the
United States government may be una
ware that the tolls of the Weiland and
| st. Lawrence canals are of temporary
| nature only, and 1t is intended to abol-
ish in their present form at the
expiration of the season of
1892. The feature of the
| present tariff giving preferential treat
ment to certain routes and ports aud
providing for trans-shipment at Cana
dian ports, will not be readopted after
the present season. This. however, will
| not be binding on the Canadian govern
ment if the president of the United
and enforce the
Imposition of Tolls
on the Saut Ste. Marie canal, as author
lied by the recent act of congress. The
Canadian government state that grave
difficulties present themselves to an al
teratiOn of the tariff tolls during the
present season, Contracts and engage
ments have been entered into in vari-
Gus parts of this country aid in Great
Britain, based on the continuation OF
this tariff during the whole of the pres
ent season.
The rights which have been estab
lished under these contracts and en-
gagementS cannot be interfered with
without great confusion and detriment
and apparent breach of faith. They
believe, therefore, that the United
States government will recognize the
Importance of the difficulties which
stand in the way of an immediate re.
peal of the present tariff, and that the
assurance of its termination at the end
of the present season will be regarded
lis satisfactory evidence Of the desire of
the government of the dominion to re-
move any ground which has a tendency
to disturb the friendly interchange of
trade between the two countries.
American Eerbearance.
Mr.. Foster, replying to the above,
said that Notwithstanding the mandat-
ory character of the act constraining
the president to take action upon ascer-
tanning the existence of the prescribed
conditions of the dominion of a dis
criminatory character against the citi-
ZenS Of the United States in their en-
ioyment of the Canadian canals Oh an
equal footing with British subjects. the
president was we'll disposed to withhold
| for reasonable time the issuance of
| his proclamation. Ill the hope that the
| disappearance of those adverse condl
| tons might indefinitely postpone such
| action on his part.
| The spirit of neighborly good will
| which prompted the president TO this
| delay, for which the statute contained no
| precise warrant. was the more evident
| when the fact is considered that the sea-
| son for which the Canadian provisions
| were prescribed was already far adj
| vanced, and the movement of grain was
| at its height, so that each days DELAY
| diminished the effectiveness of the REM
! edy 1t was his desire to obtain from the
| sense of justice OF the dominion gov
| ernnlent.
Forced to Eetaliate
| Being well aware that the obnoxious
fnItG WnlIan6 I
| canals did not in terms extend beyond
| the present season of canal navigation,
| it became evident to the president that
| no present effective relief was to be
| offered on the part of the Dominion,
! and that the full measure of the dis
| ordinations imposed by the Canadian
| order of 1892 were to be continued un-
| abated during the full life of that order;
| and, inasmuch as the act of congress
| prescribed his duty in view of existing
conditions, and not of conditions which
may OF may not exist in future wears.
no recourse remained open to him but
to give immediate effect to the statute
| by issuing his proclamation.
Continuing Mr.FOster says that all that
| lSscOntemplated by the presidents proc
lamatlon is to establish in the American
| canal the same conditions as now exist
| and have existed III the Canadian canals
| for years past, and that the presidents
proclamation will remain in force no
| longer than the determinations COM
| planned of are maintained by the Cana
| dian government.
Analysis of Proposals.
Mr.. Foster further says: l NAV OBJ
| serve that the Canadian proposal en-
| braces two points, the tariff of tolls in
| the Dominion canals. and the prefer
| ential treatment given to certain routes
| and ports, and providing for lrans-ship-
ment at Canadian ports only. With re-
] gard to the first point, the declaration
is made that 1t is not intended to re-es-
tablish such tolls in their present
| FORM after the expiration of this sea-
| son of 1892, but what future form the
| tariff of tolls may take is left to the con-
| lecture and does not appear to be held
| subject to any reciprocal understand
| ing.
Such an understanding is only sug-
! geSted with respect TO the provisions
governing preferential treatment and
tranS-shipment. which indeed form
our main ground of complaint. and con-
stitute the concrete conditions of dis
| favor to citizens of the United States.
which the president was constrained 10
act upon, but this does not constitute
our only ground of complaint The sub
StitutiOn of more equally balanced
arrangement for the present. device,
whereby 81 per cent of the total Amer
ican tariff passing through the Welland