The San Francisco call., 1897-07-31
. TO COLLECT
DUTIES ON
OUTFITS
Canada Will Tighten the
Cin4ch on the Gold
Hunters.
CUSTOMS MUST BE PAID
49,. ON SUPPLIES.
Every Miner Who Enters Over
i: Chilcoot or White Pass
e.. to Be Held Up.
-: -:
PLANS FOR RETALIATION ARE
= BEING CONSIDERED.
-.
Seattle Merchants VIII Urge the
- withdrawal OF Dyea as a SUBJ
'..:...-: ..... Port of Entry.
Every Miner Who Enters Over
i, Chilcoot or White Pass
" to Be Held Up.
PLANS FOR RETALIATION ARE
: BEING CONSIDERED.
Seattle Merchants viii Urge the
Withdrawal OF Dyea as Sub
.....-:5 -. Port of Entry.


90 SEATTLE, WASH, July 3o.-Secretary
Ling Of the Seattle Chamber OF Com
meFce.. in response to a query yesterday
received the following telegram:
l. =: VICTORIA, B. C., July %, 1897.
To E.. e. Ling, Secretary Seat Chamber Of
Commeres: Duty viii be collie cted on miners
outfits in every individual case.
- A. R. MILNE, Collector.
= This settles the proposition that every
miner who goes into the Yukon country
over he@Chicoot or White Pass will be
held onth other side and compelled to
pay duty on mis- supplies. whether he in
tends to use them in the Northwest Terri
tory or whether he is bound for the
American mining district in Alaska
A mass. eeting has been called by the
merchants aud outtitters in this city TO
outline plans for retaiiatory action. The
idea is that this action of the Victoria
collector is not taken in the Interests of
collecting revenue, but 10 try to compel
parties TO buy their outfits in Victoria.
The Secretary of the Treasury will be me-
IN moTialized and requested to withdraw bis
order making Dyea a support of entry.
1t was so designated solely for the purpose
,7ali7l3L .ls4j, pas -eage4s lhe5e. No oiher
reason exists why Dyea, which is merely
trading-post, should be made port. 1t
is believed here that sound policy would
dictate that official action on the part of
the: Dominion Government, solely in
tended to -iniure, American merchants,
SHOULD be properly met by withdrawing
privilege solely designe ed to assist British
steamers in a competition with American
vessels in the carrying of American citi-
zens to port in American waters. There
is a great deaf of feeling here over the
matter; and it will probably be urged that
the bonding privileges be withdrawn and
that ali miners outfits landed IN Alaskan
ports from British Columbia be required
to nay duty. =:
The vanguard of the Alaska immigra-
ton from the East is here. All of the
hotels in. town are commencing to get
cramped for room, and guests are regis
tered from every State in the Union. at
one hotel is an Iowa farmer named Pas
call, who has 1000 acres of land, a grown
family, and who'is 55 years of age. Within
half hour after he struck town he had
his ticket purch ased for Dawson City by
the Cleveland and the river boats. The
ma jority of those who have thus far ar
rived are apparently well to do, well
dressed, have money. in their pockets and
are stopping at the best hotels. Most of
them are young, but few gray boards are
observable.
= Robert .N Noran of Moran Bros, who have
the contract for building the torpedo boat
Rowan. declined 10 talk about his request
to.the Navy Department for further time
for the. completion of this vessel. Her
hull is already completed and her ma
-chinery is being put in place. Moran,
howe yer, admitted that some of his best
men had left him to go north to the Klon-
dyke and that be was having difficulty in
filing their places.