The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-09-05

OTTAWA. Canada September T. IHs7.--
write fhfs letter IN the capital az BIZ
ish Arner4ca. Prom this point almost
oue-thlrG Or thu North American ccEJt-
nent IS governed. Queen Victoria has
aboat az much land on this side Of the
Atlantic as we have. II you should take
California ssaY from the United States.
The two e01n-Faes would be- OF Just about
tho saEBe size. ard in this include Alas
IA n our territory. The British part of
the North American continent is a very
valuable piece 81 property. There are
Millions OF aeres q wheaS land which
have not been opened up. and there is a
large agricultural region which has not
yet been penetrated BY railroads The
Canadian cannot understand why IL IS
that the immigrants pass their country
b. ard - 70 tire United States. They
have lots II land open 20 settlement. and
they offer II addition 20 fs9 acres. a pre-
MUM ~ about s. an Immigrant, 70 induce
them 20 settle north Ct our boundary
Notwithstanding this. Uncle sam gets the
Lulk n the foreigners. and Canada. af-
ter al these years has row only about
one-afieenth many people as We have.
she has all told. 0nly about ive millions
by the census Of 1881 and her population
8 creeping upward slower than the pace
81 a tortoise up "A mountain road. ] have
net dozen different Canadians who
have said g. me that their day had come.
8Cw that he United States was filed up.
II 50. lts sun Is not bright enough set
10 show the world the fact Times are -
hard here "a ia the United States. money
is tight and wages are lower
They Are sna at the Tariff.
The Canadians do not Ike tho new tar
in J have not heard one friendly word
ln favor 81 the Mckinley government
aiDce 7 came here. I called on a high
cflclat thts afternoon and asked him for
some facts about Canadian trade, say
ias that this letter would be read in ev-
efy part Of the United States. He re-
piiad:
II don't care blank for the United
Slater. { don't want 10 spread news con-
eeruing Canada ia the United States.
7 De two countries should have less TO do
alth each other than ever since the pas
sage of the tariff act. We are going 10
discriminate in favor Of Great Britain,
and We viii make market there Tor our
products instead Of sending them 20 you.
we are already doing this. ! have an
apple orchard and ship several thousand
barrels every year. used 10 send them
to New York I now export to London
and set better prices than / did when /
sold 20 you Yankees"
The lumher men are especially angry
az the tariff. Canada Is q big lumber
market. Her forest productions are
tifnated 20 BE- worth about eighty million
dollars a year and almost half Of this Is
LEFT on this continent and a biz part of
her income has been from the logs and
lumber shipped across 20 the United
States The new tariff practically kills
this Industry as II does also that Of the
s1o6 pulp mills. which. ! am told have
been furnishing a large part Of the print
ine paper used by our newspapers. These
Things make the people very bitter. and u
Is largely due TO them that the rigid reg
uiatlons IN regard 10 mining on the Klon-
dixie are being adopted.
Canada and the i>iondiLe.
Speaking Of the Klondike. Canada pro-
poses TO hold every inch Of gold territory
she can for her own uses. There Is no
sympathy here whatever with American
miners and the regulations will De fur
Their restricted n the gold output proves
10 be az large "a II has been represented
The size ~ tie claims VIII be- reduced
and additional percentages may be de-
manded. As IT Is now. according To a
paper which I got az the Interior DEPART
meut this afternoon. the entry fee for
each claim VII be SIS. and for every year
after the first year the government viii
demand a rental OF 800 apiece for the
claims This Is without regard 10 the
amount which the claims produce. Then
there f. the royalty Of 70 per cent on all
gold mined and OF - per cent for all
claims which run over 500 per weex
TITS means that IN case Of any blk strike
the Canadian government is bound % get
cre-ffth OF a. and that without doing any
work except collecting the amount due
them The provision that the claims be
worked continuously IL a very hard ONE
II "a claim IS left Idle for more than three
GAYS Il IS considered abandoned and may
o. iumped ard there are other reguia-
ueus as 20 fees by which Canada viii
sques 20 money out of the miners IN diff
tefeut ways. , do not say that these pro-
visions are made rs retaliation 10 Tn,
tariff bust it Is fair 10 presume that they
nave bern somewhat affected by &.
what the Surveyors say.
caiird at tho museum 81 the Canadian
geological survey this afternoon 20 gather
WRIT Inform tlon ! could about the Klon-
ofbe tta3da hns "a wtii equipped gooioEi-
e7} survey 8ad ste always keeps "A num-
her ~ exploring parties in the neId onr
et th~ eaief surveyors as regards fhe * iofl-
ekr r. Mr. William Oaihie who j. uovv
az work in the Yukon territory. and an
either IS tr. George NJ Dawson tire head
81 ihe stvvsS. pT. Dawson and Prof
oetvtc frara "a tegother through a part
AZ tte Yukon "a few wears ago nr paw
sen trtir nr ttat There is na douht fhe
eonatN contains vast dea' ~ gold ma
saws tAat he fa1ud miners r~ospertfrr
through ais parts 81 the Yukon country
frh wears aeo hat none AS YET had made
h"t iarrs HHiE TIE predicts that ths-a
VII te many disappointed men ar,iorr
t0e thousands Who are NOW thern saw.
there "a absolutely nothing IN the c,un-
tFv in TIE way % food ans thinks That
fhtre wu~t - great suffering during the
coming winter VITA Dr Dawson I
hooked over a iarwe numher ~ photo
graphs covering parts % fNs Yukon ana
kiandikA TIA doctor thinks that tfa
white fV-s Will be she favorfse psss
tstheF than the C'hllkoct pass He saws
that q Sood rssa could ~ c1sssrtl..te,s
along 81 and that g. - comparatively easv
- ARGENT In the meantime there fs 4
strong possibility ~ a railroad being
eHiit nersaa frOFn tAe Canadian pa,le.
into tha NakaN country. A branch A..
VFsdv ruus - Etsooufnn ana rrers, here
e - sak3 tha1 a roas etui1 BE ttftt which
would make the k1osi3lka of ,sraps~afi,ss
3 Easy access.
what = H1dse@ BAY Nan saw.
cN@ste4 last nigat witA a rss1 W,
f3r years had Travelled through BRITISH
AFueSsca as a. eHnricye - TIRE Hudson
Nay cameanv. BE toIi ne CHAR ore
cula easily set through "a che vrks-
frem thts side ~ the mountains TIE sail
BE voui3 80 FIRST % Edmonton by rs1
Teen - TaSe Athahsska ~ vrarsss ana
thfrce ca - ths Lesser SsHvr lake frer-,
where - ouit pack hls gods hy f~s3
fe th@ Nelson river sod "a 20 IRE retus
RIVER 1ni fAc~cs riEht on to IRE prftv
F.frr aa1 3oza - The klcnGske ffe saws
Sre-e are a8aug nesr2gs the whsle q tatz
raHte good pack traits which have h~ee
tSsa ssr yesrs by the Huthsen lay c,Fa.
tH w. FaAraSM &D1 frM4~Nz Tee ~ nsfa IFS