Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-09-03


further towards destroying the benefits
Of Canadian competition. whether o..
not CANADIAN roads should pe nllp
trade OF The United States Il 2 muoh
broader and an altogether dlherrhi
oueatfon. Under acts Of Conafe.H
fhev are now admitted to such par t.l-
patton and whrIher this j. wise or wv.
mo reverse. IL f0f the consideration p'
Congress. or the treaty making power
and IL IL pointed out that This one
III the subjects before the Anglo Amer.
lean commission now In session at
quebec. -.
whether at the pr acni tne the NN,hn
dian Pacific 1uNht Co have 1lhelth-
Nan am the business Involved. the COM
Mission holds that the distance between
New york and san Francisco by the
canadian Pacific ia about 1000 miles ~
against g.O00 hy the direct American
routes. that the Canadian Pacific does
not Heom 10 have any business WIN inc
partcuger traffic between these points.
and that q dinercntiai should be denied
on that ground.
Bui ne canadian Pacific does not
seriously contend Tor a concession on
San Francisco business and Us rear
claim IL that the dinercnual should n'
aupIed to Portland points on 90
North Pacific coast and upon the A.
inutlc coast to eastern canada, ~"
England and the state 81 New Nufs.
between those sections the Canadian
Pacific IL o. natural ana ieAaluie
route. and should be- treated ~ tiin-
ufiit1r. The time and distance hy var
Inua routes ARE compared ana ih' eltihl
nftho Canadian Pacific that 10 ouths
10 have diffarontlal on account pi
longer time ruuaumrd la found in nav,
mao f1rrs from the fact that ID makes
much better time via 81 PAU man
over ~ main line and she pfrsuinp-
lion l. that ID could make f1.t iliu'
over the latter route. \ railroad nlu-
NOT create u disability for the sake 'l
obtaining a dinnfenuaL Efeiy uih
confederation except that ~ ume
nrainHi tho granting NJ me dlH'ig nttl'
~ imperfect phyhca ,phu'",mm' ~,
lack u connections have HH ",'h
of an these competing linca the
trneka ~ the Canadian Parlhc alone
extend from ocean trOcfan. TO ruaduel
and equipment age equal 20 any " my
be- doubted u the name OF any or "
rivals. perhaps NJ my American th.-
road IN more E"nefallY hnpNh M 'usr
out the ciyiiiaei world than - thai OF
the Canadian phCinc. when this diner.
entail was FIRST granted, business OF
Pacific coast points went largely 20
Gan Francisco. Practically none went
north b. vancouver. n n LARGELY ln
confederation u that fact that The dit-
forfnliai was then allowed.
Today this " not %. The great
volume N irafiic by these nnsth trans
continental lines IN 10 Puget Sound or
through Puget Sound o. points beyond
Ton yeats nnf w. Canadian paclhc was
0ut ~ ihf direct line NJ tranic between
the East and tho Pacific coast Today
% IL the direct line Tor % large portion
~ that trafiic. ~ location. distance.
construction, equipment, through car
service. reputation. facilities Tor ODE
talnahie business and scenic aitrtc-
tom. tho Canadian Pacific would not
~ 10 moment submit o. luf0rInliiv in
either ~ the others. Again, The u.s. OF
fIunfHutlIi " almost exclusively iHius
nnrd 10 trunk line Territory and rates
made In combination Herewith. Tho
Great Northern N nt n dlaadvlni1Fr
compared with the Northern Pacific la
the matter ~ obtaining an equal pro-
portion ~ passenger traiilc aud yet tho
Great Northern asks no difforrntlals.
30 linr. American or Canadian ought
tn Insist ton dinrrrnil1l unless U
D. az manifest disadvantage This a.
true " tho Canadian Pacific,
a Canadian Institution. built lnrrely by
government ala aud Tor government
purposes n u comes Into thf United
Stntrs a. compete for trafnc ht'wecn
United states points u should 90 con-
tNui 90 operate upon the same terms as
~ American competitors unless those
terms arr clearly unjust or unrohaun-
ahle. ~ should not insist upon a dif-
forent order of things herr unless " can
make itn title tthf demand clear be-
yond all question. The Canadian Pacific
appears. however. 10 b. entitled TO
make ~ low rate on this transconti-
mental business NJ any Americas line.
Tho commission further pnlnts Hut that
II has also suspended the long and
short haul clause f1r American lines on
and from the kntanai mining district
IN british Columbia and upon iraiiic
between the provinces ~ Quebec and
ontario and the province Of Manitoba.
Tho decision. which was wrltine by
Commissioner prduiy. then concludes
an quoted previously.