The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-12-12

money and moneys worth from the Canadian
people sum OF Sll5.OO0.00o When the Inter
colonial is transferred the gifts to 1t will reach
Sic. 100000.
This may not 10 all. II It should start fast
line from Halifax to Liverpool In connection
with the In,ercolonial II will Get at least
s5O0.0O0 nor annum OF n subsidy-this is the
figure semi-oflicially put forth-and probably
S750o00 Then II has bright possibilities In
the antipodes. ms tho owner OF third steam
ship limo which Is to run between Nancou-
yer and the Australasian colonies Of Britain.
In n work prepared by tho Dominion Govern
ment for use ut the Colonial Exposition held
In London q few years ago. tho importance
OF the Canadian Pacific rs an imperial
agency In that part Of tho world was
described In earnest words. This line.'
said the writer. with the 1ntercolonial
forms an imperial work OF great Importance.
not only to Canada but to tho British empire.
Tho imperial character OF the great line which
thus Joins the one ocean to tho other warrants
q fuller statement OF tho views entertained OF
its great value. 1t is the future highway be-.
tween Great Britain and most OF her important
colonies in the Pacific Ocean. It is tho short
est and best route from England to China.
Australia. and New Zealand. and over the road,
in the near future. must military and postal
communications be maintained between the
home Government and its leading Dependent
cies."
The Grand Trunk. controlled from the FIRST
by q private company. with it's feet at Portland
and its head at Chicago. was always intended
to be an International road looking for traffic
in the United States as we'll as in Canada. The
Canadian Pacific. on the other hand was. rs
already said. designed as the second and last
link In the all-British route from Halifax to
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ut Halifax. its summer ports at Montreal and
Quebec, and an attempt was ostentationsly
made at the time OF the original charter to ex-
clude American influences even from the man
agement 1t was soon found. however. that
these conditions were impracticable. Operated
as q road traversine British territory
and none other. 1t would have speedily
landed in bankruptcy Its main line
from the Ottawa to Vancouver serves
q region in which. according to the census OF
1901. there are not moro than $4,000 whites.
men. women. and children. Accordingly the
policy was adopted OF letting loose the road
into tho United States to forage as best 1t
might while still preserving its character and
mission as an imperial and military highway.
American directors were placed on the Board.
Mr.. Van Horne was brought from Wisconsin
or Illinois, tentacles built in part with Cana
dian subsidies were pushed across the Maine
frontier. New York and Boston became At
lantic termini. connection was made with Min
neapolis and Duluth. and so on. Nevertheless
the road remains what 1t has been from the
beginning. q British military and political
route. except that now the American people
are good enough to help maintain 1t.
Both the Graad Trunk and the Canadian Pa
cihc are accused Of Systematically violating
the Interstate Commerce act The Dominion
Railway act certainly affords them easy means
Of doing so. 1t provides that any railroad in
Canada. in fixing or regulating its tolls. shall
conform to a prescribed classification OF
freight except in respect to through traffic
to or from the United States" again. while
there is to DO no unfair discrimination between
localities, still mo discrimination between
localities which by reason Of competition by
water or railway 1t Is necessary to make to
secure traffic" is deemed unfair. These en-
actments virtually permit the two Canadian
roads to do as they please with traffic carried
in competition with American roads. The
Toronto Glote showed tho other day
that Ontario apple shippers are pay
ing SO cents per barrel BY the Cana
dian Pacific to Minneapolis and ~ cents
to Winnipeg: also. that the same road carries
apples from Collingwood. Ont. to Indianapolis
for 20 cents barrel less than is charged to
Montreal. about half the distance. 1t is q
standing complaint OF the Manitoba settler
that the Canadian Pacific salts" him in its
wheat rates in order to be In a position to
charge low rate from Minneapolis. whore 1t
Is striving for American business: and contra
wise. that it charges him much more for bring
ing merchandise from Eastern pointa than It
charges the man at Minneapolis: and this not
withdrawing that he Is paying through the
nose as Canadian taxpayer for its gigantic
.L,.l "a
rebound to the advantage OF Minnesota and
New England. but they are grossly unjust to
the Canadians and anything but fair to Amer
lean railroads. built not with subsidies but
with private capital The Canadians arc help.
less in the matter. for the Canadian Pacific
dominates Parliament.
The Canadians set great store upon tho
bonding privilege. That privilege had it's ori.
gin. as almost every one knows. in the treaty
between the United States and Great Britain
OF 1894. which provided inter ALA that no
duties shall be payable on any goods which
shall merely be carried over any Of the port
ages. or carrying places on either SIDE for the
purpose OF being Immediately reHmb arked
and carried to some other place or places" In
1910 the united province OF Upper and Lower
Canada tnow Ontario and Queeecl obtained
the privilege Of sending goods in bond to
l ulteu Clul'b ports on TUG Atlantic anu OF re-
ceiving goods from Europe in the same way.
This part OF Canada Was then entirely cut Off
from the seaboard in winter by the freezing OF
the St Lawrence. and until the privilege in
question was granted merchants were obliged
to bring to Montreal in the fall goods enough
to last their customers until the following
spring. On the com pletion OF tho Wclland
and St Lawrence canals Canada made haste
to concede like privilege to Ameri-
can citizens. that Is. they might send
goods to Europe and receive through
the Canadian canals and the port OF
Montreal. This is commonly known ns tho
foreign transit trade and is Of great value to
Canada. We're it abroGated. Ontario mer-
chants would be compelled to use tho long
and dreary Intercolona route to Halifax in
winter. and rates would GO up accordingly.
Tho domestic transit trade. or the shipment
OF goods from one point in the United States
to another through Canada. was established
in 1855 on the bridging Of the Niagara River