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Senator Higgins of Delaware In
Produces a Canadian Re-
taliation Bill.
Provisions for Levying Canal
Tolls and Otherwise Tax
ing Vessels.
wsnryoros July 15.-The following

L!t! was introduced III the senate to-day BY
senator Higgins OF Delaware.
Whereas. The Dominion o! Canada denies to
American fishermen til. right to purchase bait
ana all supplies and outfits in Canadian ports.
and limits rights oil American vessels to lie IN
Canadian ports or 20 geek shelter In Ca dian
harbors OF refuge from threatening storms. ex.
cept upon the payment OF ilwarrauted
tribute al Sl.5O per ton ship tonnage, while the
United states in conformity with the evident
requirements OF the commercial treaty
aud OF recp.oca! commercin! arrange
ments with Great Britain. giants al
these privileges Freely and without: ha-ce to
Canadian vessels OF every description. and
| whereas the dominion govern m-n, Ter in
council imposes II discriminating .oli o. cents
a Ton on American products passing through
The Weilaa. c,srai, and whereas the dom!u on
government, contrary - treaty stipulntions,
imposes discriminating entrance lee OF % cents
| upov American vessels very time they enter or
clear from a Canadian port upon the great
! lakes. while tile United states allows Canadian
| Vessels to enter ana ciear from American ports
| Oh the great LAKES upon payment OF The same
ices rs are required 70 BE- PAID by vessc.s OF the
! United states and whereas tine DOM ION gov.
i er'Iu!rnt by express statutory enactment Che
Ihi4"ay act .! 1855 IN terms exempt, Cana
| dian railroads
FROM ALI. LEGAL RESTRAINTS
| against UNJUST determinations in so lar as
! ihtr- to or from the United states or between
| points III The tnt'e4 states thus nul!ity!ug the
provisions OF the uns and snort haul clause of ths
tourthsec ion Of tv statute OF The United States.
| thtit.s' -" A.! act TO regulate commerce IN far
as ce,;,te- to irat,ic which is competitive be.
| tween railroad, o. Ute United States and OF
| tanaGai and whereas. the dominion govern
| tnent has granted subveMt!ons ami lirscsses OF
| various sorts to the Canadian Pacific railway
anu a subsidy TO It's connecting British steamer
| line plying betwe.. Vancouver, -. O., auu Il Dug
kong, CHINA. su,!! aids constitut.n gan aggregate
annuai subventiou oil about Sl2onuOU thus
creatinea discrimination to thai extent against
I American steamer lines plying bet tween Ameri-
| can ports the Pacific ocean aud Chm. aud
| japan. and against American trauscoutiuental
! railroads. and whereas, the Dominion oil Cam
ad.. a limits tea ana coffee into its ports Tree OF
| duty. except icom the United states: therefore.
! Section /. Be 1t enacted that in addition to
the duties now imposed on fish inn "rted from
torelgu countries there sltll De .eS-. collected
and paid on iish Imported from The Dominion OF
canada or III Canadian vessels or railroad cars
the following duties. VIZ: On fresh fish cents
per pound aud all fish saited .smo se, ur pick led
| or otherwise prepared or preserved three times
| the duty nov imposed by law.
\ TONNAGE TAXATION.
\ sec. =. That u tonnage tax of 90 cents per
| ton, gross ship measurement, sha.! be imposed
| upoi. q Canadian vessels every time they shall
| pass through the canal at saut ste. Marie.
Mich. watch canal is owned aud operated oy the
I, United States.
&c g. That in addition to the fees now i'm.
| posed By law upon the entrance and Clearance OF
vessels AZ the ports OF the United states on the
great lakrs there shall BE- imposed upon Ctua-
dan vessels fee o! 30 cents every time they
| llGes and 4 clearance Zee OF 90 cents every time
They c!ear from u port o; the United states on
! the great axes
Sec l. That tue provisions OF the fourth sec
ton OF the act to regulate commerce relative to
tue long aud short maui are Hereby suspended
and revoSsd. in so lar rs relates to traffic which
Is competitive between railroads oil the
United states and Canada.
Sec That q! merchandise shipped from
ports o. the United state, west o: the / 18th
meridian to points III the United states ei-t o.:
said meridian aud from points OF the Quilted
states east OF said meridian To points IN the
United States vest o; said meridian over I'll.
! tanaIian Pacific railway over Canadian ter.
!ltory, shall be duttabe AZ the rate, now I'M
posed BY avs on tile merchandise when IN
ported INTO the Cait> 1 states !com foreign
countries.
section t. Tha, there shall! be levied collected
and pad on coffee imported into the United
States from or tacou2l. the Dominion 81 aAaia
a duty OF cents per pound, and on tea imports
ed INTO The United states from or through the
Dominion eli Canada a duty OF l. cents per
other than products oil the Dominion OF Canada
mpor' 1: ~. Cpit-d Stnl-> from or through
the SAID Do;H!.n Il oi Cana t.ere shall he lev.
led, collected and paid rs The duties M
posed by !aw upon >im!!a. articles OF merchan.
disc when imported into the United States from
Not MUCH OF CONCESSION
Secretary Foster OF the state department
said to-day that the action o the Canadian
council III allowing rebates OH tolls on
grain shipped from American pors on
| Lake Ontario passing through 81. Lawrence
canals and exported from Montreal has no
particular bearing on the controversy be-
| tween this country and Canada on the sub
ject OF discriminating canal tolls. He cx-
planned that the order applies only 10 eX-
ports rom Montreal and made no change
ments INTENDED Tor exp ri from amy other
port. He added that it couiA hardly be
regarded as very much OF u cession
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