Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1894-03-10


Nova Scotia, Immense IN e,,ru, aud rich. |
nrSs Il I-'rsible output. can l." mark",'si
In New England " our duties h- s,rirken
20. n, n lra- c,~, than thu c,als " Penn. !
Hylvania. Virginia, West Virgins, aud
the coal fields ~ remo,er southern states
This In n matter q history "
THE imlnr,ations in rrreu, years show
All nri,'aH'', anil suggrs, IA, nrrcsri,y for
higher duty Instead ~ lower
Learning n lrnnon from experience
ryudica,r has alr'a'Iy l-.en fnrm-i, IN.
Guiding an"ng - projectors men we'll
known as influential IN the democratic
party, Ia Operate Canadian hcldr AMI dis
pnec ~ their prslucta in the New Eng.
land market A cnponuible firm ~
lL~,on brokers offers for sal. the lpndr
AMI stock II thus syndicat", aud as a lure
"a induce their purchase. says in i,s
widely puhlish-i circular; should ~.
United States duty II ~ cents prr ton l~
removed, II seems evident that this com.
pany will dnd a large market on the New
| England rcabuari. f,r which itH position
NJ tide water would enable Vt to cninIpt.
On advantageous terms The Canadian
! coal deposits along the line of ,h. North
Pacific railroad arr sufficient in area and
near enough in location a. supply our
nnrthwrr,nrn states Transportation by
way of the grcA, lakes gives foreign Goals
easy entry I" the MirSiSsipIi valley
Foreign vessels bringing cual ~ ballaH,
tu New Orleans And other southern ports
even now compete with the Goals II West
Virginia aud Pennsylvania, "
"Thcrr arr extensive Mexican coal
measures JUS, acrurS the Rio Grauir al
ready opened up, and coal mine. operated
only seventy miles away, ready tn fur
nish all the fuel Texas needs for it, l"cn-
motives, steamers, factories and houses T"
$50 far as the prcihc coast In con
I crru,d II already feels the riirria ~ i'm.
: ports IT coal from Australia and British
Columbia"
The development 1T the coal mines
II Vancouver Island. IN british Column.
: biA, has h'en very RAPID during the last
few years The production III 1871 was
+ .03a, 091 gross tons, against 61S, lao toms
in 1880. The production VI the Vancnu.
yer mines in 1874 WAS ~ .6OO tons. aud in
p 1878 II was 10000 tons "
"A communication in u recent issue al
the London Collirry Guardian says tina,
the markets for British Columbian cnal
ARE very important, via: The mark
= eta IL the north Pacific coast ui
= America California imported al. Oll
r tons ~ coal from Vancouver Island IN
3 lSgl. The production IL oral IN the thrive
I Pacific coast states II Washington, Ore.
= gun and California in III. census year
{ lsSg WAS l,2lI,T57 net tons, nearly all 81
n which was pr"lucrd in the state nf Wash
= ingtnn. which il separated from vRncou.
/ yer Island 10y the stra,, II San Juan Il,
o.. fucA
!. ut thus appears that IN every side ~.
i cuhar facilities arr offered to foreigner,
i Ia seize our coal trade Il the duty "n cna
n b- stricken down; AMI this simply 10y
- reason IT the dtfcrcnc" between wag,
I a',s and our own. The difference "
- cost IA the consumer from the removal ~
i tn. duty would b- slight in the first in
Y stance; Ia. loss to American labor AN,
II capital would be incalculable, and tn,
Ii loss Ia the whole people, in the last al
r alysiS, beyond measure. To put coal oi
y the free list il without reason, and indl