The sun., 1894-05-13

tney please 20 dtveIt American trafllc from our
pSr.'f d': s.'i sS tG.s sidr1 IRON .sast sSss
Is carried by Canadian 'raiiVsys 70 our Vest
ern marketa We are thus. by aiding in main
sfciency, building up the com msrcs Of Ore Great
Britain At the expense Of our oEn: The time
IL eysrg form and DIN o sHSres.oS s,
promote American .deyelopment, remove all
create in North America one vast republic. 'no
abolished without delay. Our great trans.
n avery iesitimste way by national % and M State State
LEGISLATION to divert as much Of the trafTlc be-
saT0ps snd the IssC aSEOs th; cen
ment. The ability Of the rail ways OF the United
ti2nsble. An increase In tonnage makes pos.
sible decrease In trafflc charges. A decrease
Why then permit and encourage By American
srIas jeGsspn osnsdSn s s. rsbways tS plundsr
ing whatever to create p '' "e'' U'"' "''"-
Ex-senator William L. Brown Of the Ddtlv
Ne'cs OF this city was seen at his offlce in Park
row. He was reading Senator Hills speech
on the Wilson bill. and gave the re-
porter his views as to the bonding reeu-
lations IN a few words as follows: The
supremacy OF new 1Ork as an eN-
porting and importing centre ls antagonized
Gy the s,iI9 iRIS9ndInK regulstions Their tendency
tween re TseiGc and Eafops cross % Isl. con: on
this, continent via Montreal and ysncouveri
maintained in an lcient condition II confined
Vert tc To ,her nss fhsS S
,s,w nSw maintained By traffic which originates In
our country TO another through Canada We
should protect our own railways and let Eng
sense and Justice to those who have built our
great trans.continental lines. why should we
the Canadian railways to our own people,
when our own railways are hauling tens ot
the bombing regulations wepe notG NOT Abolished he'd
long ago IL they had been the Canadian Pact
ho would not have been built, and We should
have diverted the entire traffic to and from
Europe to the Pacific across this continent
Every loaded car which crosses the continent
less than $40 OF which is espended as opcrst.
ing expenses In this country, 1t 10 already .
source OF i'm m ense income to this country. and
Why should we iogislate to transfer IT to
British aass American @ ii interests nT every cry
time" exclaimed the Colonel. while he turned
o p,ssS sume sns TesdnS ihn 81 Senator Hills tariff
Mr.. Joseph J. 0'Donohue. Cham berlain OF
the city OF New York. in his private capacity.
is perhaps the largest importer OF coffee In
this country. and is therefore deeply interest
ed In the cost OF transportation, In reply to
the Tor Ss VIEWS up0p the
In regard to the bonding reg ulations.
l. carried from one part Of the United
without the payment Of customs duties, there
cannot be two opinions among intelligent
Governme ents because they are politically and
Britain in her great struggle for com mnerciai
supremacy. Freight earnings diverted under
from tbe American to aid GPeat BTsn
In maintaining Canadian railways. We are
paying very large sums annually to Canadian
railways for the transportation OF American
products which our own railways that We m ust
support or force into bankruptcy are abundant
cost. why should we pay Canadian railways
for carrying our products to and from market
and thereby force our own railways to haul
."Those OF us who. have bsen engaged In the
years Know T from N TST experience % thS, ' railway
chsrges have decreased as the tonnage OF our
The cost Of hauling loaded car is very little
more than J that 81 & an emnty car, The general
foreign railway system To do the work for
which we have at great cost built railway
talists to invest their private means in con
struetng railways from the Atlantic to the
resources should we permit a railway built
under q foreign Gag. by Government subsi-
across this continent. to prey upon our domss-
tic commerce Most assuredly mol
Domestic GopmSrss I has grown With the
future growth is very largely dependent upon
its further extension Our true policy Is TO
tion. and to protect investments IN railways as
securely as We do Investments in farm prop-
tions are clearly antsgonistic 10 our railway
development and should De abolished"
Gen. James II. Wilson says:
u believe that | was almost the nrst person
that pointed out to the Senate through its
on Inter State Com mmercs the fal-
lacJ OF irving to regulate commerce between
present law. 30 long as the Canadian rail- |
J roads were permitted to engage in our carry |
mMinion MI couldH't be controIisd b. % any act f Of
Congress Il Il manii.stly unfair TO American
as thsir com petitors are LETT free The inius-
tice Of this Is apparent from the fact that the |
,Ssas st are GsSsy sTed t9
taxes at the rate of from $500 to 81 500 per |
mile Der annum the Canadian roads are OF
eminent or contributing one cent 10 our ma
terisl prosperity. The injury inflicted by them
in business is . violation of the
principle of our coasting laws. and would not
be permitted by any other Government In the
world. Il Is believed that II their participa-
lion In the Interstate carrying trade were
their bankruptcy would speedily
snsue and thus cause the collapse OF the entire
railway system OF the Dominion.
pointed out seven or eight years ago that
he withdrawal Of the bonding privilege would
De very severe blow against the Dominion
IL woul be one Of the most po-
ential arguments in favor OF continental
inion and taken in connection with the effect
y the agricultural schedules OF the Mckinley
bill provided tho same are not repealed. but
Sept In full force, itwoud give severe wrench
o. II not entirely sever. the connection be-
Ween the Dominion OF Canada and the United
kingdom.
"it ls difficult for any patriotic American to
Understand why the present Administration
a Washington should not perceive and i'm
rove the opportunity offered tn them now to
'Xtend protection to American interests OF the
lrst magnitude. and at the same time to bring
bout the union OF the Dominion with the
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