The herald., 1897-08-13
CANADIAN
CARRIERS
Grow Anxious About That
Tea Tax
THE DISCRIMINATING DUTY
THREATENS DESTRUCTION OF
ORIENTAL TRADE
THE DISCRIMINATING DUTY
Attorney General McKenna Will Lis
ten to ents-Northern
Pacific officers Elected
Associated Press Special Wire.


| MONTREAL, Que, August 1.-THE
decision of Attorney y-General McKenna
as to the Interpretation Of the clause of
the new United States tariff which deals
with the imposition of an extra 10 per
cent for the duty on foreign goods enter
ing the United States from contiguous
country will be watched with the great
est interest in Canada.
If the clause is put into force. said Mi
G. M. Bosworth, freight traffic manager
of the Canadian Pacific Railway, its
effect will be most serious 1t will kill
all our China and Japan business in ex-
ports intended for the United States and
will kill also importation into the United
States through Canadian ports. Mont
real, in summer, and St. Johns in winter
will suffer from the adverse legislation.
The same view was expressed by Mr.
G. B. Reeves. general traffic manager OF
the Grand Trunk Railway.
STUDYING UP
| WASHINGTON Aug. 12-Attorney-
General McKenna and Solicitor-Genera
| Richards are making careful study
| of the questions involved in the cCr-
| struction of Section % of the new tariff
act. and it IS expected an opinion cover
ing the subject Will be sent to Secretary
Gage early in the coming week Tbs
main question a issue is whether teas
and other goods shipped from China
and Japan by vessel to Vancouver, B.
c.. and therce by rail in bond to the
| United States, are subject to the ten
| no i'm tipO m
by Section %. 1t is stated al the
| treasury department that very large
proportion of the tea production of
| China and Japan is, so shipped to New
England and other eastern cities al
less rate than is charged by way of
| American lines of railroad from SaE
Francisco. Many eastern exporters of
these commodities, therefore, are said
| to be opposed to any construction of
the act which would impose the adii-
tional ten per cent duty. The Boston
and Maine Railroad company has asked
| to be heard on the question, and the at
| torney general has corcluded to give
them a hearing next Saturday.
Who will represent their company be-
| for the attorney general has not been
determined, but it is understood that
either ex-senator Edmunds or Former
| Assistant Secretary Hamlin will ap-
pear in their behalf. 1t is also probable
| that some of the American transcorti-
! rental lines will be represented at the
hearing on the other side of the question
COMPETING RATES
! SAN FRANCISCO, Aug 1.-THE
Southern Pacific company issued its first
schedule of freight rates to Visalia to-
day. The Southern Pacific recently pur-
| chased the line between Goshen and vi
| salia. formerly the Visalia railroad.
This was in anticipation of the ap-
| proachin completion of the Val
| lev road to Nisaia. ii is announced
that the Valley road will have its tracks
| laid across the ST. John river and into
| the town of Visalia before the end OF
| next week and as that event Will be
| followed by the issuance of a supple
mental freight tariff by the new line,
| the Southern Pacific company has un-
| dertaken to anticipate its rates by
freight schedule of its own. Assistant
| General Freight Agent Luce explained
| today that the rates published in the new
! tariff were expected to be somewhere
in the neighborhood of the rates to be
established by the Valley road The
rates are governed by the western class
| ification.
| Traffic Manager Moss of the Valley
road is now engaged in preparing
schedule of freight rates for the Visalia
branch, but they will not be announced
until the company is ready to run it's
trains into Visalia.
ALMOST READY
vISALIA, Aug. 12.--The Valley road
bridge over the st. Johns river was COM
pleted this evning Track laying to town,
one and a half miles, commences tomor-
row.
WANTS DAMAGES
STOCKTON, Aug. III. b. Webster
has commenced sixteen separate suits
against the Valley road for damages to
sixteen lots owned by him in the Villa
addition He brings the suits separately
in order to get the damage in each case
down to the jurisdiction.
PRESIDENT MELLEN
NEW YORK. August &c. S. Mellen
was today elected Rresident of the
Northern Pacific. Daniel Lamont was
elected director and vice president.
Mr. Mellen is the second vice-presdent
of the New York. New Haven and Hart
ford railroad, and was formerly general
manager of the Union Pacific railroad.
The office of president of the Northern
Pacific was rendered vacant by the res
igna ton of Mr.. Winters. Hitherto there
has been no vice president. Mr.. La
mont, it has long been rumored, was to
fill some office in the company.
Mr.. Mellen was born August 16, 1851,
at Lowell. Mass He entered the rail-
road service when boy of Is years as
clerk in the cashiers office of the
Northern New Hampshire railroad.
From March, 1872. to January, 1873, he
was clerk to the chief engineer of the
Central Vermont railroad at ST. Adams.
Later he was superintendent's clerk
cashier, chief clerk and assistant treas
urer of the Northern New Hampshire
road.
1t is believed that President Mellen