The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1898-09-21
ARBITRATORS ASSEMBLE
Another Brief Session of the Joint
Commission.
LUMBER INTERESTS OF CANADA.

Canadians Declare That Their Com
Logs and Free Lumber or No Change
at All in the Existing Tariff.
Quebec, Sept. 21.-The international
commissioners met in joint session for
an hour yesterday afternoon and ad-
journed to meet again at 10;30 a. m. to-
morrow. The adjournment over today
is taken because of the ceremonies at
tending the unveilng of the Champlain
monument in which the members of
the high commission are to participate.
The American commissioners met as
usual at 8 o'clock in the morning, and
again at p. IN. They listened to the
arguments of Messrs Babcock of New
York and Fallon of Ohio, who repre-
sent the interests of the United States
inland fisheries.
AS usual, ell the proceedings were be-
hind closed doors, but so far as the
fresh water fisheries are concerned it
is understood that the Americans and
Canadians will agree with little trouble.
Both sides desire the better protection
of the fresh water fish, and no doubt
this part of the proposed treaty will
readily be disposed of.
Today the interests of the United
States farmers are being heard. A
number of the border states may be
represented but as yet the American
commissioners have heard only from
the national grange. Aaron Jones, of
South Bend Ind, worthy master of the
grange, and Secretary John Trimble, of
Washington, d. c., appeared before the
commissioners. 1t is presumed that
they will protest in a general way
against the reduction or removal of the
tariff on Canadian agricultural prod
ucts, especially barley, hay, oats and
potatoes.
The indications are that the Canadian
commissioners are going to take a very
determined position on the lumb ar
question. Hon. A. S. Hardy, premier
of Ontario, and George w. Ross, minis
ter of education, arrived here yester-
day, and they represent the Ontario
government on the lumber question.
They declare unreservedly that no
concessions viii be made on the part Of
the Canadian government in the way
of permit, logs to go free into the
United States unless the United States
makes some concession in the way of
reducing or removing the present duty
of 50 per thousand on Canadian sawed
lumber.
Last year the Ontario Legislature
passed a law that no logs cut en-
crown lands by American lumbermen
should be taken into the United States
to be sawed into lumber in American
mills. This law was no doubt re-
suit of the 81 duty put upon all Ca
madam lumber in the Dingley law, but
hae q ,-tp lou To pf. q. 1,o
American lumbermen as own large
tracts of crown timber lands in On
tario. These lumbermen contend that
| the Canadian government knew when
| it sold 5s p. ber 20 ne americans
that It was to be sawed in American
mills, and, having this knowledge, the
| government has no right to pass a law
of this character. But the Canadians
waive that point, and say it must be
free logs and free lumber or no change
at all.
Clark Wallace, former minister of
customs, now representing the Cam
adian Manufacturing association, also
| arrived here yesterday for the purpose
of comforting with the Canadian COM
| missioners. He counseled the Can
| adian commissioners to stand by the
| protective duty upon certain manufac-
| tured goods sent into Canada from the
| United States. Textile and manufac-
tured iron implements are the prin-
cipal articles upon which he urges that
| no reduction be made. He says the
Canadian manufacturers are all the
time growing, and American free inn
portations would paralyze them.
C. M. Hays, general manager of the
| Grand Trunk Railroad company, has
been in consultation with both the
American and Canadian commission
ers, and states that there will probably
be little difficulty in settling the bond
ing question, the alien labor question
and other matters in which the rail-
| roads are concerned. He says the
| views of the commissioners on both
sides are along the same general lines.
Although nothing is revealed to in
| dicate what progress is being made by
the commission or what results are
probable, Senator Fairbanks, chairman
of the American delegation, gives the
| assurance that the achievement sc
far is gratifying and indicative of sat
isfactory results in the end. Just how
far they have gone in the way of ad-
justing any one of the main questions
or what the prospects are for a general
rW.procity treaty, the commissioners
will not say, but repeatedly assert that
they are trying to get together" and
| hope to succeed