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WASHINGTON. Aug. lA.-Attornoy-G General
McKenna to-day heard arguments in regard to
the construction to DO placed upon section 20 Of
the Dingley Tariff act, which In effect places a
discriminating duty OF 10 por cent. on goods
carried by tho Canadian railroads through n
portion OF the United States for export. Former
Secretary OF tho Treasury John @. Carlisle APP
peared for the Boston and Maine Railroad Com.
pany, which forms the American terminus Of
the Canadian Pacific Railway, and Former As
sistant Secretary Hamlin represented the Bos-
ton Associated Boards OF Trade and the Mer-
chants Association.
Mr.. Hamlin argued that goods in transit
through contiguous countries were not intended
by the law to be classified as goods imported
into tina country and again exported, but wcro
to DO rated as goods exported from the country
originally shipping them, destined for some
other country, and merely in transit through
the contiguous country and through the United
States. He pointed out tho immense interests
that would be affected by an adverse ruling, and
said that even IL the ruling wero ultimately
overruled by tho courts, tho injury inflicted
would DO very great. He asked that the benefit
OF the doubt be given the opponents of the pro-
Joseph Simo of New York. formerly chief OF
tho Bureau OF Statistics, asked TO be heard on
ton interests between the United States and
Canada had been going on since 1S4S. Canada,
ho asserted, had deported herself not only as a
p~oration. To the craftiness Of politics she had
added the tricks of business. She had built tho
Canadian Pacific road at n cost of SOL 4, 200, 600
In order to divert American from
American ships and American railroads. He
nin9iy DEVISED sne s'a 10 suppress p% u,t tho Existing nsa oe eSils cum
Mr. Carlisle closed the hearing. He commended
that IN ve sss ss mott on f tSs Tni Gsiy s 10 goods HI i% d%osea
Senator Allison's explanation that the amend
ment made no change In existing law. except as
tig1ous territory which now escaped tariff, and
said that the old statute, while it imposed a
d disc narInsn duty ,syS on oar WSSso in , yssss,s other ST
not apply against goods brought in such vessels
through the United States.
Tho Attorney.General pointed out that the
applied to contiguous territory, must have been
Intentional IN the framing OF the section, which
goods imported from Canada.
They are not importations," the Attorney
II they are not importations. Mr.. Carlisle con.
tended, then the words "came into would have
MIR. Carlisle and Mr.. Hemlin were given until
Wednesday to file their briefs in the case, and
the Attorney.General will render an opinion
later.
BOSTON. Mass. Aug. 1.-the Chamber OF
Commerce ut a special meeting. adopted resolu'
IlOuS VIGOROUSLY pTOIeblluB az hiloJ III lnoITuC
ton placed on section 90 OF the new Tariff bill.
The resolutions are:
RESOLVED. That New England feels very
keenly the inequality Of such construction. az
she has waterways and railroads which are In
common with those Of Canada, and 1t would be
extremely difficult and. in our opinion, unwise
to abruptly terminate relations which have ex
listed for years between these two adjoining soc
lions of country.
"ResoIred. That we cannot believe such con
struftlon was clearly Understood; intoiligontly
considered. or intended by our Congress-
Congressman Mccall in an interview to-day
said that not one member in a hundred of the
House of Representatives knew of the existence
of that clause in the Tariff bill. and that its in,
sertion must have been the result OF sharp prac
tice on the part OF tho members of tho Senate
Conference Committee.