The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-10-03

subject o. vast i-npcFf7uee 20 ne @ss-
n. country ard vitality affecting ssa'f'ss
trade wish she n1tf.ins; eaanE1 y tns oSfsA
district AMI @ita 81 .sast Use OF Use esf'Te
@. Bout t1sastsrn A.aF'ga - 80 be e9Flfsoste3
ri a meeting NJ iasiHess pgcn a the foosiss
~ lie Chamber Of Commerce tfis aftss-
moon.
The nsefing will re pat ~ possession OF
,,.t;alr information that has req nee scat
sic during the past two 'lays .nslest'-''g
Iaaf shs American commissioners a. etsF-
lie have about agreed 30 cpHeFes 70 tan .
EGs the territory OF which SkaE"aF %is''
pr.a are located This concession se-
aardsnx 10 .he story secured iaat Eight
nv ths Pas.~Iu: ellI%ercsi = 70 be MADE
In eons.asrstiou % Canada granting 70
American fisherman the Newfoundland
banks privileges which they have fonght
20 securs su 10 years.
Another concession which, I, IS said. the
Canadians have agreed "a make. ane which
- said 10 b. a yarf Of the same Transaction.
II Cauaea's reitaaulsf nent Of her rights
o. seal fishing t. Barring asa Practically
no information concerning tbs disposition
OF the American commissioners on these
questions h4s beer given out oIilciaii y
Nevertheless ruunra have rom time 10
time been sent .3ut fran Quebec. purport-
ing To outline ths, progress 81 ths delihera-
Cons Of ths joint commission One OF these
stories ~as recently printed IN a British
Columbia paper in which the statement
was made that "CSSaada is TO b.s given the
right OF access t. Sc Yukon country NJ
the head OF Lynn 1Enl and either fyea
or Gkagw~y will - placed under British
administration
weli known business man. who has
spent more or Iess time IN Alaska during
fhs past year. received a few days ago
private advices from the East Indicating
that ,hsre was some foundation FOR thu
statement that while the Canadians had
conceded the boundary line 10 be- located
where II SIS shown or the map. aod As
Stained by the American authorities. yet
IN consideration for valuable concessions.
tho American commissioners had evineed
willingness TO csde 10 Canada a strip %
land on which either or both Skagway and
Dyea are located.
Three or four well known Seattle business
men were Immediately Informed of tia
purrort nf the Information received by the
gentleman named. An informal conference
resulted in The circulation OF a cal for.
meeting OF business men TO he held NJ the
Chamber of Commerce nj : o'clock this
afternoon TO discuss the matter and 10
take suitable action in the premises
1T will never DO 70 give the Canadians
either Skasway or Dyea." said Seattle
business man last night Every interest
which the merchants OF Seattle have In the
trade with the Yukon mining camps de-
Ponds upon the settlement OF this matter
Of the boundary line as II should be sell
tled Seattle has controlled :he bulk OF the
supply trade with the gold fields from the
beginning Of the ruSn 10 the north four
yeas ago. American capital and Amer
iesG enterprise are doing mach To lessen
TIE hardshtps ef the journey 20 the north
American business men have scattered
themselves on the coast OF Alaska and are
do'Ee bushes. today cutstrlpping the Can
a...ns. To conceie to Canada the lands
Of. which either Skagway or Dyea stand
wouta give our British friends an sdvan-
taHe which they clearly are not entitled
~. aaS q would remove from Seattle one
of tbs factors In her constantly growing
Supremacy In this trade.
Proper resolutions should he pussed to-
day by the business men of Seattle show
irc that Ne would regard II as an outra *
for The government ~ yield such vantage
ground a. The ste ~ Skagway or Dyea
o. the Britishers. There ought tn De 40
hssitancy. no delay about a matter SO frs~
paf.ant as this