The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-12-28
6EATTLE. WEDNESDAY,. DEC. 2S.
CONGRESS AND THE FATE OF
CANADA.


chicago, was always intended as an inter-
national road seeking traffic in both the
United States and Canada. The Canadian
Pacific was. however. originally designed
as the last link in the all British route
from Halifax to the Pacific ocean. This
original design had TO be abandoned or
the road would have gone into bank
ruptcy, for its main line from the Ottawa
to Vancouver traverses a region in which
there are not more than 10000 whites,
men, women and children. The Canadian
Pacific was Obliged to forage for business
in the United States. The New York Sun
says:
American directors were placed OH the board.
Mr.. Van Horne was brought from Wisconsin or
Illinois, tentacles bull, III part with Canadian
subsidies were pushed across the Maine from
tier, New York and Boston became Atlantic
termini. connection was made with Minneapo-
lis and Duluth and SO on. Nevertheless the road
remains what ii has been from the beginning.
British military and political route. except that
now the American people good enough to
help maintain it,
The Sun explains that the Grand Trunk
and the Canadian Pacific are both accused
of Systematically violating the interstate
commerce act. Under the Dominion rail-
way act these roads can easily do SO. for it
provides that any railroad in Canada. in Fl K
ing or regulating its tolls, shall conform to
prescribed classification of freight sex
cept in respect to through traffic to or from
the United States," again, while there is
10 he no unfair discrimination between To-
calities, still mo discrimination between
localities which by reason of competition
by water or railway it is necessary to make
To secure traffic" is deemed unfair.
These enactmcnts practically permit the
Canadian roads to do as they please with
traffic carried in competition with Ameri-
can roads. The Sun quotes the Toronto
Globe to show that Ontario apple shippers
are paying sc cents per barrel by the Cana
dian Pacific to Minneapolis and Y cents to
Winnipeg; also, that tho same road carries
applea from Collingwood, Ont, to Indian
apolis for 20 cents a barrel less than is
charged to Montreal. about half the dis
lance.
The Canadian Pacific charges the Mani
toba settler high wheat rates in order TO be
in position to charge low rate from
Minneapolis, where it is striving for Amer
lean business; and, contrawise; that it
charges him much more for bringing
merchandise from Eastern points than it
charges the man at Minneapolis.
This Is rather rough on the Canadian tax
payer who Is sweated for subsidies. OF
course Minnesota and New England are
pleased with these arrangements. but it is
rank injustice to the Canadians and unfair
TO American railroads. built not with sub
sides hut witS private capital. The Cam
allan cannot help himself, because the
canadian Pacific backs the Tory party and
dominates the Canadian parliament.
The Canadians have good thing in the
bonding privilege which had It's origin in
the treaty between the United States and
Great Britain of 1874, which provided
inter ala that mo duties shall be payable
on any goods which shall merely he car
ried over any of the portages. or carrying
places on either side. for the purpose of
being Immediately re-embarked and car
red to some other place or places" In
1919 the united province of Upper and
Lower Canada tnOw Ontario and Quebecl
obtained the privilege of sending goods
in bond to United States ports on the At
iantic and OF receiving goods from Europe
in the same way. This wa, at that
time fine thing for Canada. as
otherwise. owing 10 the freezing OF
the st. Lawrence. merchants would have
been obliged 20 bring 10 Montreal in the fall
foods enough to last their customers I'M
I'll the following spring. On the compile
ton of the Welland and ST. Lawrence
IA
like privilege to American citizens. that is
they might send goods 20 Europe and re-
cejvs through the Canadian canals and
the port cf Montreal. If this bonding
privilege for the foreign transit trade
should be abroga;ed, Ontario merchants
would be compelled TO use the long and
areary lntercolonial route to Halifax in
winter. and rates would go up accordingly.
The domestic transit trade or the ship
u,ent Of goods from one point in the
United States to another through Canada.
was established in 1855 on the bridging of
he Niagara river when American lines n
The East began TO ship over Canada lines
to Detroit and Chicago and from Detroit
ma Chicago eastward.
For this clear statement OF the present
situation re are indebed to The New York
San, which points out that the Cana liam
Pacific would starve i; deprived Of IFS
trade between Minneapolis and Duluth
and Boston aud New York, while the
Grand Trunk makes 4 deal of money cut
af the business between Chicago. Port
land and Boston. The Canadian pacsac' :
steamships 10 China anu Japan carry
American traffic almost exclusively, Brit
ish merchants preferring 20 bring their
Chinese goods by way OF the Snez canal
without breaking bulk. It's vessels be-
tween British Columbia and San Fran
e.sco are. of course, devoted altogether 70
American business.
lie absosasion Of this bonding privilege