The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-03-03

: nt,riSd THE CONFEDERATION
or THE ALASKA RIGHT or
way prLr-Hrs REMEDY FOR
THE EXISTING EVILS THAT
WORK AGAINST AMERICAN
rrAoE-rHE DISCRIMINATING i'm.
nrrY CLAUSE SHOULD HAVE
nEEN ENFORCED AGAINST
CANADA,
w,sHINGroN. D. c., March Ain
=. senate to-day. during tho consider
v. ,,a q, tho Alaska right OF way bill
s..,,or EIk!ns, OF West Virginia, dis.
',,,,d Canadian Pacific railroad mat
-, -, in relation to section 10, the bond.
~, section OF tho pending bill.
." u, rIkins cited some Interesting sta
,,,,lt, concerning the Canadian Pacific
,,,,,o,d The road extends from Hall
,r 10 vancouver, with connections.
-. -. miles, nearly 1000 miles OF which
A.. in the United States. Its connec-
non, IN this country extend as far south
'. baltimore and ST. Louis. 1t forms
-. greatest military, commercial and
snIItIral highway in tho world. 1t con-
,,,Is The politics and dictates the pol,
W. ~ Canada. II could with Its seq
l.s ~ transport $4,000 troops from
TS,sI,nJ 10 Canada In ten days. For Its
!sIe line now being built to run be-
80 southampton and Halifax 1t Will
@S subsidy OF s750,00 from Eng
,'sS and Canada; for its steamship line
fom vancouver TO the orient 1t re-
elves 100000: and from Vancouver to
australia = subsidy OF S250,O0O. The
psridc mall for carrying more mall re-
..iras from the United States only il4.-
Ca The Canadian Pacific forms the
,,T1 connection OF n commercial and
.rI,,rr highway that spans the globe.
The Canadian Pacific receives $780,,
ma per annum In aid OF Its support and
'. s,vp n business. Since its establish
S,1t II has received from Great Brit
an in subsidies, gifts and concessions,
~; Ga0OOo, an equivalent OF $4,000. 900
vs3r, By aid OF these immense conces-
sJo,s II Is enabled to take trade from
American railroads and does It openly
and deaaHtly.
NJ, Elsins sold that the Canadian Pa
clsc had been nlcknamed by the rail-
road world 1.-THE Sitting Bull" He
said that the d!iferent!als demanded By
,ba Canadian Pacific aggregated from
thirty 10 sixty dollars per car TO cast
en- and western cities less than by
American lines and cited the fact that
IA 1921 the American railroads gave the
Canadian Pacific bonus OF, 100000 to
keen GU, o. American territory. Suisse
cueutiy the Canadian Pacific refused
10 take th!s sum and have since been
waxing a war upon our railroads. 1t Is
now cutting rates against American
railroads 10 get Klondike trade and Is
actually carrying passengers from
New York to Vancouver. q distance of
800 miles for S3S. He saIdathat II the
Canadian Pacific Is permitted to pro-
coed on these lines, 1t would Shortly
no1o2ollze the through business from
the Atlantic seaboard to the, Pacific and
all the business to and from the orient.
leaving 10 American roads only local
business making only one trans-conti-
rental line on this continent.
Mr. Elkins said the amount OF business
taken from American roads annually by
tie Canadian Pacific aggregated near
u s500Oo.000. This sum should be
sayed to the United States" said he.
10 give employment to our own peo-
PIE and as trustees OF the republic NC
SHOULD see that II Is saved,
In 1895 the Canadian Pacific hauled
eight million tons OF freight8;in 4So.67S
cars, from points in the United States
10 other points in the United States,
through Canada. These cars would
make train that would stretch across
the continent.
I'VE pay $500. $780, 900 per annum. or
NrN9,0W for every working day in the
yeas." Nr. Eikins said. ito foreign
ships TO haul what we sell and buy. our
exports and imports. England getting
30 per cent OF this vast sum. Ninety
PER cent OF this should be saved to
Americans. We once had 'lninety-two
per cent Of our foreign trade carried in
American ships and now have only
about l. per cent. Americans have SUI
isFed the great humiliation OF being
driven from the sea. And to make this
humiliation more moral and emphatic
England and Canada seem determined
10 make the Canadian Pacific the only
tFans-continentai line and to monopo-
lie the carrying by rail- OF large share
OF our tEans-cont!nental line commerce
and all o. our trade 60 and from the
orient"
hF. Elkins said that seemingly there
was little help for our condition, foreign
influence being too powerful, notwith-
standing the tact that the st. Louis
piauo:m, the Presidents letter OF nc
ce2taHce and his inaugural address all
favored discriminating duties. When
nose utteranceS were made there was
y '.N't"aoiaSlli, pul ROW tIlc WNOlt
eonmeTcla! world Is chilled.
AS aFemedy forthe existing evils, Mr..
EiHIns said that he would first abolish
tae oont!ng privileges and consular
tea!s az Vancouver. The effect OF this
%Ouid be 10 divert trade from the orient
!" san Francisco. Secondly he would
compe! obedience to Interstate COM
mstce statutes by all lines connecting
VIA The Canadian Pacific. Thirdly, he
moa!a enforce section %, OF the present
,t.iH law In accordance with its mean
Ing and as It reads. n,
t., Nt Eiklns explained that the bond
~. privilege had grown up simply as
.A'9m Under permission OF the treas
W. department.. il was not authorized
Wy Ge treaty OF Washington and Is not
~ S,si!ahted by any law or any treaty
az az Een read opinions OF c1-President'
, ... ex-presIdent Harrison, the
a. "a secretary Window, ex-Secretary
NTs.les Foster and cx-.Attorney General
r ,nnte', IN support OF his position. He