The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-08-12

WASHINGTON, Aug. U.-The attorney
general. n ar opsnicn 70 IRE secrsf&ry
Of sA# treasury. rendered today, eartGea
t1st goods and productions Of foreign
county Aos contiguous 20 the Tinted
stsfss xnfeh are regularly imported iEtc
canaaa sad Afterwards exported ts sAe
isitsss sssfes. sFe suss@st &c the ciscvsrn-
mating duty II fG PEE cent, provided
for 81 tae new sarsd anG. an1 also that re
method of canxeyszcs. WHISTLER by water.
mai 81 otherwise. ~ nol material
CHICAGO A21. IA trasnload %
Js.s2a ira. whtcts recently reached here
~ Canadian Pacsze cars. from Vancouver.
y. G.. has bees Seszec by Collector OF Cas-
snzss Russell. for payment OF The daey %
% is@s cent levied By section 2 OF TIE
DlrRlsy tariff t4~ on All goods, wares
os merchandise y aIca shall be imported In
vessels nos Of ths Tn.ted 5fstss. or which
sssns The production or manufacture Of
any country Rot contiguous 10 the United
States shall come ifsEc the United States
from such conssgz ogs country This viii
DR. - test case under the law. aai II A.
s0rasy-G<neFzi Aeksnra sasizins tbs col
iertor. . ssyr-s blow Will be struck 81 the
Canadian Fselse railroads Assatic buss-
ness. Mr.. Meseeuaa has ordered the re-
lease Of tsss tea o. tie promise o.. the M
postsrs 20 pay the duty in case his decision
sisagiG require 81.
The Canadian Pacific has made spe-
esaisy CT Assasic business for the United
dtatas siGee II established les own line. and
nas secured and holds large proportion
% such business through iss traffic connec-
items With United States railroads.
Freight In sent across the boundary 10 sts
destination In the United States In bo,.6
urslSr consular seal. and thus the CAM
dian Pacific and Soasd trunk reads en-
tae inso competition with American rail-
.aads without being subject To the inter-
state eou<nrree Law: In fact. the Canadian
FsetAc has obtained the supremacy In
sush business Frequent complaints OF
this composition have been made by the
tseaat Northern. operating in connection
VIII the Nippon YEssn kaisha at Seattle.
1an Northern Pacific, with It's terminus ut
Tacoma. aud the Occidental ard Oriental
assa Pacific Mail Steamship Companies.
operating In connection with the Southern
Pacific az San Francisco.
Some idea Of the value OF the imports
breuxn, TO the states BY the Canadian
roads can Re obtained from the published
customs statistics during the fiscal year
ending June 49, 1885. the imporsations from
the eastern provinces of Canada agsre-
gated 80 .sss. 80: from British Columbia.
f5.hE.ssI, or total OF t3s. rs esss. OF this
amount. xzs Sc AZ was carried by the rail-
ads. the Canadian Pacific and Grand
Junk. American vessels carried s.
.sss and foreign huils the balance.
sch OF this enormous trafgic will be
ped out SO far as lie Canadian roads
are concerned, IL the attorney general de-
t.aes the D.nxley Law operates against
shipping imports from Europe and Asia
through foreign ports.
MONTREAL. Aug. 1.-THE officials of
the Grand Trunk railway system and the
Canadian Pacific railway are not disturbed
BY the uphesvai 10 be caused by the en-
feycement Of the new tariff law. Ass!s-
sant General Manager Logan OF the Grand
Trunk system was quite surprised and
sSfrswhaf amused when told that Il had
81 been discovered that the new tariff
,aId require the breaking of seals and
- Inspection OF all freight from foreign
runtries coming into the United States.
ts said We have not heard anything OF
ats. We have lad no trouble thus far.
ard do not expact any as our bonded ears
have gone through all right, and the mat
ter Is greatly exaggerated