The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-03-03
Canadian Pacific Takes Fifty Million
a Year From Us.
WE PAY TO FOREIGNERS
A MILLION A DAY TO HAUL
WHAT WE SELL AND BUY.
Senator Elkins In Speech Dealing
With Our Canadian Relations
Points Out Unfairness of Yielding
to New England-Grave Question
Above Party Politics.

Washington, March 2.-Senator Ell
kins late this afternoon secured the
floor and made a speech dealing with
our Canadian relations, basing his re-
marks directly upon section IL of the
Alaskan right of way and homestead
bill which gives Canadians the benefit
of the bonding privilege at Wrangel.
provided Canada grants no exclusive
privilege TO the transportation COM
panies. Mr.. Elzins said the Canadian
Pacific railroad extends from Halifax
to Vancouver. making with connections
7,129 miles, nearly 1000 miles of which
are in the United States. 1t controls
the politics and dictates the policies of
Canada 1t could, with its sea connec-
tions, transport $4,000 troops from Eng
land to Canada in ten days. For its
ship line now being built to run be-
tween Southampton and Halifax 1t
will receive a subsidy of $!5O.OOO from
England and Canada; from Its steam
ship line from Vancouver to the Orient
it receives 100000, and from Vancouver
TO Australia subsidy of S250.0O0. The
Pacific Mail, for carrying more mail,
receives from the United States only
1920. The Canadian Pacific forms
the land connection of a commercial
and military highway that spans the
globe.
VAST SUBSIDIES.
Since its establishment it has re-
ceived from Great Britain in subsidies,
gifts, and concessions $215, 900, 900, an
equivalent of s1O,000,0O0 a year. By aid
of these immense concessions it is en-
abled to take trade from railroads and
does 1t openly and defiantly.
Mr.. Elkins said that the Canadian
Pacific had been nicknamed by the rail-
road world the Sitting Bull. He said
that the deferentialS made by the Can
adian Pacific aggregated from $50 to 500
to eastern and western cities less than
by American line, and cited the fact
that in 1891 the American railroads
gave the Canadian Pacific a bonus
of $500, 900 to keep out of American ter
ritory. Subsequently the Canadian Pa
cific refused to take this sum and II
has since been waging a war upon our
railroads. 1t is now cutting rates
against American railroads to get
Klondike business and is actually
carrying passengers from New York
to Vancouver, distance of 1900 miles
for $685. He said that if the Canadian
Pacific is permitted to proceed on these
lines it would shortly monopolize the
through business from the Atlantic
board to the Pacific and all the bust
ness to and from the Orient, leaving
the American roads only local business
and making only one transcontinental
line on this continent.
Mr. Ell1ins said that the amount OF
business taken from American roads
annually by the Canadian Pacific ag- |
gregated nearly $50,000000. This sum !
should be saved to the United States, !
said he, ito give employment to our
own people, and as trustees We should |
see that it is saved"
In 1895 the Canadian Pacific hauled /
s, OOO, 900 tons of freight in 4s0,7S6 cars |
from points in the United States to
other points in the United States
Canada These cars would |
make a train that would stretch across
the continent.
WE PAY THE FOREIGNERS.
1--WE pay $500, 100000 per annum or
81 0OO 900 for every working day in the /
year" Mr.. Elkins said. ito foreign sh' ps
to haul what we sell and buy, our ex-
ports and imports, England getting 60
per cent of this vast sum. Ninety per
cent of this should be saved to Amer1-
cans. Americans have suffered the
great humiliation of being driven from
the sea. And to make the Canadian
Pacific the only transcontinental line
and to monopolize the carrying by rail
of a large share OF our transcontinental
and all of our trade to and
from the Orient"
Mr.. Elkins said that seemingly there
was little held for our condition, for
aign influence being too powerful, not
the fact that the st.
Louis platform, the presidents letter
Of acceptance and his inaugural adj
lress all favored discriminating duties.
When those utterances were made
here was great enthusiasm, but now
The whole commercial world is chilled.
AS a remedy for the existing evils,
Mr.. Elkins said that he would first
abolish the bonding privilege and con-
sular seals at Vancouver. The effect
If this would be TO divert trade from
he orient to San Francisco. Secondly.
he would compel obedience to the in
.erstate commerce statutes by all lines
with the Canadian Pacific.
he would enforce section % of
he present tariff law in accordance
With it's meaning and as it reads.
BONDING PRIVILEGE.
Mr.. Elkins explained that the bond
ng privilege had grown up simply as
| custom under permission of the
reasury department. 1t was not au-
horned by the treaty of Washington,
md is not warranted by any law or
reaty. He then read opinions of eX-
President Cleveland, ex-President Har-
1SOn, lne late secretary w iuuOnl, eA-
Secretary Charles Foster and former
Attorney General Miller in support of
lis position. He maintained that it
vas not party question and could not
n any way be construed as such.
I'm order to be conservative" said
lie, Il advocate abolishing the bonding
privilege west of the Tooth meridian.
BY making this qualification there
would be no interference with the
rade of New England" Consular seals
It Vancouver, Mr.. Elkins said. could
,e stopped in an hour by the secretary
# the treasury.
Concerning the difficulties in bring
ng about what he deemed desirable
hanges, Mr.. Ellxins said: THE only
about stopping the agrees
ions of the Canadian Pacific is that
ONE local interests in New England
nd in the northwest are subserved.
[ is unfair that one-twentieth of the
population should have these advan- .
ages and nineteen-twentieths should
lot New England has no right to get
Ter supplies cheaper and ship her goods
heaper than any other sections of the
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