The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1892-08-25
HEAR THEM HOWL
Canadian Papers Denounee the
Presidents Retaliatory
Proclamation.
But One Paper in the Entire
Country That Is Not Tear
ing Its Hair.

ToRoSTo. Ont, Aug. 90 The press of
Canada is bitter III its denuncaion OF the
proclamation Of the president of the United
States imposing toll on vessels passing
through the Sault Ste. Marie canal. The
Mail is theonly aper that does not join
in the general denunciation. The Empire
"a goYernment'or organ says:
The spirit in which the present action is staken
is certainly an unirierdly one and viii not tend
to increase cordialitv of feeling between tie two
countries. We doubt whether public opinion in
Canada will approve of any further concession
in the matter i'll order to secure an amicabe
ralgement with Il country which seems to have
as little regard for international comfy and
for solemn treaty engagements There will be u
tendency TO think that the government ought in
a dignified manner to hold OH to the course
they have announced even if they have for the
balance OF the season to make some arrange
ments to reimburse the Canadian shippers who
have entered into contracts which the re
taliatiou' viii dsarrauge rather than yield to
the suggestion named.
The Globe (Liberal): An attempt to strike
this blow at Canadian commerce is warranted
neither by the present attitude of our ministers
nor by the whole course of international deal
ings with reference to canals and waterways.
Canada's expenditure under this head has been
greater than that of her neighbors. She has
borne lar more than her fair share of the cost
oil completing the noble system OF navigation
from the Northwest to the Atlantic. With the
single exception of the rebate if that he an ex-
ception she has thrown her canals open to
..meFcanS and Canadians upon equal terms,
while shippers have enjoyedn no benefit whatever
from the American state canals. 1t would be
folly to deny that the step which is TO be taken
will hurt All important Canadian interest, but
: to make any further concession i'll the face OF
this thl eat would be too great sacrifice OF our
guilty and selfrespect.
AN OPTIMISTIC VIEW.
The Mail independently No doubt an inii-
nation from the Ottawa government that liz
year the rebate would surely go determined tne
president not to resort to an extreme pOlcy.
A it is, the United States simply meets our toll
with a like toll As the American toll is low
and does OF come into operation until the first
of next month, it will not a very serious
matter, and as it Wiil go off altogether whenever
rebate ceases, it viii. at the end of this
season. it need not trouble us- much. The diff
ficulty III the shape it has assumed is happily
not going to lead to reprisals.
The World (Conservative): The president of
the United States has, at the order OF congress,
closed the Sault Ste Marie canal to Canadian
vessels. Our ships must pay a toll of 20 cents
a ton. We accept the penalty. While we have
to pay It. we will. We accept this
hostile mamie station as the warmeSt tribut,
ever u neighbor rival can pay u.s. 1t is their
testimony that Canada is a, nation IN this
North American continent. 1t is the beginning
o: our history as great people Thank God
Canada can live without the United States.
THANK God we have proved that more
than once, and can prove it again, Thank
God national honor is a term still TO be found
iu the Canadian dictionary. This canal ques-
tion will settle itself i'll time. as other questions
have been settled, but one effect of 1t will be
that it has played its share i'll teaching Cana
dians that they could live without the United
States. The lesson is learned and We are the
equals OF any nationon the American continent.
The Gazttte (ConServative): The position is
b q serious one canadian vessels regularly trad
{ iIg between Superior and the lower lake ports
will have their earnings largely lessened. if they
Until the Canadian Sault canal is completed the
United States has the upper hand i'll the con-
test which it has prepared for and forced upon
The Herald Q4ibera): Those who suffer from
this retaliation can thank the aggregation that
assemblies in council at Ottawa and rules this
land They made our International relations
subserve local, personal and political ends.
Barcfaced discrimination between Kingston and
Ogdensburg as trans-shpping points for Mon
treiIi was he germ OF the present imbroglio, and
that discrimination was dictated by the mean
est and pettiest Of reasons. Next season there
should be no trouble whatever, TOR the Cana
dian canals should then be free
THE GOV ERNMENT s SIDE.
OTTAWA, Ont, Aug. 23-The En- pire
government oTgan) respecting President
harrison's proclamation, says:
The general feeling among the citizens is that
this is simply the elimination Of a. series of
neighborEy acts OH the part OF the United States
toward Canada during the past six years, and
that the dominion government ought without
the abrogatlon of article OF the treaty of
Washington. Some lawyers, however, affirm
that the Canadian government could forthwith
impose heavy tolls on American vessels passing
through the WeIla1d and st. Lawrence canals,
disregardng the treaty entirely, inasmuch us
there was direct pledge that citizens of the
United states should have the privilege of using
our canals on the same terms as Canadian citi-
Zens By article 81 the government OF her
Britannia majesty engaged to urge upon the
government oi the dominion to secure the citi-
ia limited States
Lawrence and other canals in the dominion OH
terms of equity with the inhabitants Of the do
minion. Supposing that Canada was TO double
or quadruple the present canal to Is to Ameri-
can vessels representations would be made by
the government OF the United States to Great
Britain and the home government would do the
urging which the treaty speaks OF.
The Citizen government organ): III Canadian
interests are to be made one periodical sport OF
the political parties in the United States it is
now time that we resolved to supply the means
for their maintenance such as our neghbors
chance to fail to appreciate. So long as the
United Stat governn eat is alniable to argu-
ments of diplomacy let us treat with it in a
manner that diplomatic usage dictates, but If
the only reply to our overtures for the settle
ment OF an international question is TO be an
other turn Of the screw, let US as plainly assert
our determination to do with our own as best
suits our own interests. The Washington
treaty has been pretty we'll denuded OF every
simply as a skeleton which our neighbors are
equally ready to trot out in the hope OF terror
lZllg us or TO considering us Ieau anu pucleuIor
good. The clearly best thing to do will be to
take cps at once for its formal abrogation and
to have done wit h it.
The Citizen: In limiting his retaliation to the
degree to which it is claimed our system dis
eliminates against the United States interests,
President Harrison has undoubtedly made far
better uSe from a diplomatic point OF view, of
the power conferred on him by congress than II
he had exercised that power to its full eXtenti
and it may be that having shot the little gun
which the Democratic house loaded for him, the
Republican candidate for the presidency will
think he has sufficiently, ior the present vindi.
Gated his eounter-elaim to the anti-Britsh vote,
posals in a more businesske way. But it will
not do for Canada to act upon that presump-
tion just now.
Hon. John Haggert, minister of railways and
canals, said to-day that he had issued orders to
the contractors of the canal of the Canadian
800" to rush the work thu ough to completion
without q moments delay. The impression
prevails that the government will not recede
from its position, but viii continue the rebate