New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-08-18
RATE AGREEMENTS NOT KEPT
c. P. HUNTINGTON HAS LITTLE FAITH IN
THEM.
HIS REASONS FOR THINKING THE NICARAGUI
CANAL WILL NEVER BE BClLT-Hio SIM
PArHIEs WITH SPAIN.

HIS REASONS FOR THINKING THE NICARAGUA
CANAL. WILL NEVER BE BUILT-HIs SYM
PArHIEs WITH SPAIN.
There is little probability that the southern fa-
cinc Railroad will be represented at the coming
,ao,,rg NJ tho railroad presidents, who will assem-
BILE for the purpose OF increasing freight charges
As c. p Huntington. the president OF the roao eN
presses IT, he lis not much OF mana al at'eno'',e
such meetings" Speaking further about the SUD
ject he said the other day: 49,.
"As TO the effect the meeting will have upon 'he
rates I prcsume they will be increased Ana
somebody will break them the next day; II not '"'
next day, 1t is only matter OF ''f'e anu oppo.
tunity when II will be done. Ihere Is no iea'o
to EXPECT that human nature is any more hoie'' "
day than 1t has been IN the past Al pun We"
formed the plan might succeed. legal poor ar
,aon,a,, would no effectual The small trader
"a n do nothing toward securing a cut IN rates ioi
himself 1t is the man with ov cars VIM 'o'
along and breaks the rates Wheh sue" ia, @
trader is at hand, somebody is pouhu u se' ms
custom and somebody Is going to break 'ne RATS
No other company has kept up the rates as 'he
Southern Pacific mas done. l believe IN reoa'e
saw of l or 2 per cent, il man has 100 cars. But
LOT n he done openly The man with 800 cars de-
cares that he will ship where he Will get the lowest
rate and he will always find somebody TO accom-
modate him..
THE TOLL RATES HIGH
Giving his reasons for believing that the Nicara-
qua Canal would never be built Mr.. huh'ins'oh
said: I'VE have three four billions OF collars
in Eastern and Western railroads In the ohi'e"
States which can do the business contemplated by
way of the canal better than its can be done IN any
o,her wav Besides the fact that tolls would be
exorbitant for the canal passage because OIL inc
large amount Of to be paid in the cost OF
construction we must bear in mind the extreme lid
portance Of the question of insurance OF vesse anu
carpoes The freight to San Francisco Is only
about one-ffth the insurance on certain INES VI
goods around the Horn.
.Tbe business of the Suez Canal and the i'm
portance Of that artificial waterway furnish no
ought not to have cost over $oV"cWI neie' %;
Eastern Asia. of the Mediterranean and OF Western
Europe enrches the Suez Canal Inc grea. I c,res
along their banks, have built up the trade which iGi
passes through the Suez Canal Inere Is no al,
be so north offer no material tion are
with The e trans al the To ,he Nicaragua Canal The
tolls be high in the latter HeTn that These wO ee
be cheaper to go around cape hnS The Ncaragua
some of the reasons why t'ihh INC 4>Ne
Canal will never be built
REPUBLICS NOT UNDERSTOOD.
Mr.. Huntington's views regarding the South
American republics and the States OF Central amer
lea as well as Of Mexico. were expressed as ioo"s'
II told them on the other side that they ola not
understand
treated fairly and the attempt should not be inade
TO drive them. Go to them and ask: Wnat 40 s, On
want? / never had any trouble with thein MeNco
deals better with property rights to-day I ih ,ba,
Look at the French spoiation claims. think thdt
moi over S3 900 Of the millions due TO French WIDOWS
and orphans has ever been paid, ana ine Claims sa
a century old In Mexico they always pay Wheh
they can have great deal Of properly n Mex
leo and | think II is safer there than mere 80
Mr. Huntington's sympathies are WIN SPAN 40
against the present Cuban revolutionists ior ne
SAID on the subject: IL think tine Spanish Govern.
ment Of Cuba even such II Is Is better than thdt
az The rebels would be. What sort OF goverhmennss
would they give with the negroes IN coil'iu ~
! believe that all men should be equal peIoIe tit
law without regard to race or creea put eNpe@'
Speaking of the English people. Mr. Huntington n
said: ..They are n great people often think Wnen
I see them OF the words of Macau:ay. VINO NLoss
thai the Saxons and Danes and Normans, mMea
With the native OF the British Isles Droushf
forth the best population the woriu mas see''
think that Macaulay was right. a., , nan,
Mr. liuntington's statement tnaL MS lhi &c 90
mansion al Fifty-seventh-st: and Fntn-ave. Is ior
sale led him TO the EXPLANATION That ne eNpecueu -
make his house at Throgs Neck ms perinna shn
nccmnv the nous at Ffth-ave and FifV-seyenth-st
at all / have offered 1t for sale and nave peen aR
proached on the subject particularly Dy "a WI
known wealthy gentleman tod MN II ne Gou ~
find out what the house cost ne coulo nav as a
that price ! shall not sell 1t at cen, less esq
realjv DO not know myself what II cost Inc mouse
is built of Bedford limestone from lnna an =, ,,n 70
not patterned after any building ana Is f'oren'Ne
Archer NJ HUNTINGTON. Mr. Huntington SON w Iye
a, Thtog's Neck He will not dispose OF ms spahh,
ish library which Is said TO be the pes, na most
complete in this country.