The record-union., 1898-09-21
Held a Short Joint Session at Que
bee Yesterday,
AdIaurning UatiI Tomorrow on Account Of
Champlaln Monument Ceremonies.
American Commis sioners Listen to
Arguments of Representative
of United States Fisheries, and
To-Day Interests of American
Farmers Will Be Heard.

QUEBEC, Sept 20-The Interna-
tlonal Commissioners met in Joint ses-
sion for half an hour this afternoon.
ana adjourned to meet again at 1879
d. m. Thursday. The announcement
over tomorrow is taken because of
ceremonies attending the unwilling of
the Champlain monument, in which the
members of the High Commission are
TO participate
The American Commissioners met as
usual at o'clock this omrning, and
again at p. m. They listened to the
arguments of Messrs. Babcock of New
York and Fallon of Ohio, who represent
the interests of the United States fish
cries. AS usual, all of the PROCEEDINGS
We're behind closed doors. but so far.
as the fresh water fisheries are con-
cerned, it is understood that the Amer
leans 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 pro-
posed treaty will readily be disposed
Of
Tomorrow the interests of the Unit
ed States farmers will be 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. Worthy Master of the
grange, and Secretary John Trimble of
Washington have notified the Commits
sioners that they desire to be heard. 1t
is presumed that they will protest in
a general way against the reduction or
removal of the tariff on Canadian agri-
cultural products, especially barley,
hay, oats and potatoes
The indications are that the Cana
dian Commissioners are going to take
a very determined position on the lum-
Der question. Hon. A. S. Hardy, Pre-
mier of Ontario, and George w. Ross,
Minister of Education, arrived here to-
day, and represent the Ontario Govern
men in the lumber question. They de-
clare unreservedly that no concessions
VIII be made on the part of the Cana
dian Government in the way of per-
hitting 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 law that no logs cut on crown
lands by American lumbermen should be
tdheH IiDlO the united states to be
sawed into lumber in American mills.
This law was no doubt a. result of the
~ duty put upon all Canadian lumber
in the Dingley law, but has been a dis
astrous law to such of the American
lumbermen as own large tracts of
crown timber lands in Ontario. These
lumbermen contend that the Canadian
Government knew when it sold the tim
hnr 10 he A
sawed in American mills, and, having
this knowledge, the Government has no
right on which 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 Cana
dian Manufacturing Association. also
arrived here to-day for the purpose OF
comforting with the Canadian Commits
sioners. He counselled the Canadian
Commissioners to stand by the present
protective duty upon certain manufact-
ured goods sent into Canada from the
United States. Textiles and manufact-
ured iron implements are the prnci-
pal articles upon which he urges that
no reduction be made He says the
Canadian manufactures are all the time
growing, and American free importa-
tons will paralyze them.
G. M. Hayes General Manager of the
Grand Trunk Railroad Company, has
been in consultation with both the
American and Canadian Commissions
ers, and states that probably there will
be little difficulty in settling the bond
Ing question, the alien labor question
and other matters in which the rail-
roads are concerned.