The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1897-08-28
SCORED OVER UNCLE SAM
Sub Port of Entry at Dyea a Gain
for Canadians.
lTlSAlOSS TO AMERICANS
They Do All the Prospecting and Dis
covery Work. While the Canadians
Put ON the Taxes A New
transportation Company

Scatilc. Wash. Aus BE Y. Cas-
set. president ~ the Juneau chamber
~ commerce. L. In the city He says
that thu Canadian government has
scored over tnclc sam by the estab-
lishment of sub port VI entry az
Dyca.
The order making Dyea a sun port
said Cassct. means "A loss a. Amcit-
can merchants alnady of half a mll-
lion dollars. and before the summers
rush Ia Alaska Is over the loss Win foot
up a million. The American pruspr-
tors discovered IN, gold aud the great
flnds would have remained undiscovered
hy the Canadians. va they have puI
vicious task a. III, miners. and yt cur
govsrnment gave them a sub port of
cniry To favor their merchants and
miners. Thousands nf Canadians To-
day land At DyUa, and With iheli p,c-
visions aud outfits. which come from
foreign country, gn through the United
States without on.. word uf intcrfe'-
cnce from the Americans. know ~
one case where an American. with N,s
worth of cigars was called upon by the
Canadian officers In pay $500 tax. fne
sub port orders should h rescipdcd
and the Canadians b compelled Ia pay
duty. ~ the sub port is to he c"f-
tlnued. bet Canaln agre With the
Americans that our subts'is shalt en-
iny this same rights and pri, ileges IN
the gold Fields that ar. enjoyed by the
subjects ~ Canada"
Cass.t gives the news regarding the
relative merits of the Chilcoot ard
skaguay Passes. ~. says; An enor-
nous number of ihuse at Dyea have
gone over. but those who have al
tempted To reach the fields by the
White Pass hav. not had much luck.
Il think IL safe To say that only 5
per cent have been SUCCESSFUL. IL
would have been physical impossi-
bili'y tp do much on the pass before
winner They tried Ia close th. pass
! In order to fiN n. hut failed. ' believe
that those who go to Dyea NJ once VIII
get over t,forc winter sets In In
liaus have used this pass for a hun
ind years"
company ls being formed 10 he
known M tn. Dy~a klondyke Trans
poriailon company. 1" transport sup
plies aud t,pselcrs from Salt Water ~
,.ak~ <<sp1upunuHI-SNs- equipment VIII
30 So extensive that those Who go in
the spring Nril la sure of going through
without delaN The chilcoot Pass VIII
he used exclusively From - - 10,
men VIII he Transported dailN- To-
e-thcr with their supplics, aud the
company promises that the charges
| win bc less than nnc-third the present
| rates. u Is Ia b. ready for work
4 Fob, I.
Before l.fi Jun'au." said rasset.
n had talk with Archie Shclp. who
/ told me that on the dock nj Dawson
| CITY Mas piled M gold dust In a pile
| that measured half cord II
took him half an hour to get his sack
from the pile ! saw "A letter from
William Kerr, which said that IN. last
steamer Mhirh icn there had taken
away thrc. aud u half tons of gold"
4 wharf To- ohNiaie the necessity of
landing goods nn IN" tide iioets aud
pushing horses overheard 10 swim
! ashor,. is tn u" built at Skaeuay by a
Juneau company. The wharf wt,l br
over a thousand feet long and is to
lie rushed tn completion AZ once.