The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-08-09

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GATrax. WEDNESDAY,. AUGUST .
WaOsE on n GOnEDs
TIE Portland OregoniAn ID not dis
npsed 10 coneede that any mere con-
1nderatiou Of connmerciAl sdvantags
should - pesnittsd 10 stAsd in the
vsy a granting 70 British cslumhaa >
lsse port n sessheastssa Alas,a- Il
nys:
~The orsgontan we'll understands that
= grant The Hritznh fEss pors pxishAess
r nos1theasfern ALASKA would D. 10 turn
8 s~ay cenafderahae trade fruM TIE AM&E.
1enn cities Of PUGET sound Oregon and
California 10 the British Columbia l0Wnes
Dr4 Il rnraras the Issue as tou large 10
- 1eterutQed uc0n consSderAttone -
surely local interests. IL We owe kn&-
had any obligation Of courtesy and kood
nes9hborrh.p in this matter-~and Tia
eIre~orsan thinks We dove are not u
- excused srom II by tiea Of petty
eelasb interest.
II = ! singular fact thai. In the neEo-
tiations Tor closer and better trade reiA-
tsons with Canada. every suggestion
oerieuaay urged before the totnt high
ermnlssiou. involsin9 any Pacific coast
Interest. contsmpaated = coneessson In
hmbsr. coal. nsh or some kindred In
Anstry. Every advantage to bs obtain
a from Csnada was for the direct benz
eat a. tie East 1T The expense Of the
1acillc Northwest What wonder. then.
chat the psopis u Puget sound came 70
asok upon proceedings Of that body
with suspieboa and unsasiness. and To
Ask why the burden of promoting In
Sensational neighboritness ana good
viii WAS placed 10 heavily upon their
shoulders. The Post-Inteiligencer
scarcely cvesstases the facts when u
declares that Puget sound and San
francisco have All the Alaskan bush
nsss and Portland nose. th~ ore9oaian
% The contrary notwithstanding. The
Qnty color n claim Ia any northern trade
Portland has II that II sells some sup
plies TO Puget sound tohbess. and some
u ships through Puget sound and over
Puget sound transportation lines. But
its proportion IL quite small. and II IL
growing relatively smaller. Therefore.
Portland finds II cheap and easy
~ snake = high sounding bia6 about
our duty of preserving International
comfy and keeping on good terms with
England.
The unfair feature Of the whole free
port proposal h that. ~ far az known.
No specific reciprocal tender Of anything
n MADE. hut In exchange for a valu-
able ssft the United States u ta BE-
compensated IN giittersnx gsneraiitiss
about It's srea. generosity In promoting
mutual esteem between the United
States and Canada and England, The
orcxonlan talks vaguely about tbs
Nicaragua canal and the Clayton Rai-
wer treaty and suggests that the Amer
lean government viii then be in posi-
tien IL demand waiver Of Englani's
rights under that document. The Ore
Esnian knows. as ether well-tnforusesa
newspapers know. that 1t il prohismati-
cal II England has any rights under
that ghost Of a traty which ii has not
itself forfeited by deliberate violation
OF It's terms The controversy. IL there
ever Ia any. will undoubtedly be settled,
~ IL ought Ia be settled On its own
merits IL ls worth while recalling. tpc
that the United States was driven inso
ratification ~ that treaty by the Same
noisy ami laasfeaxShie tactics Canals
h new pursuing In regard tn tire Alas
ka boundary. Naslcna. arnlaaiiity and
tsnsldssy led the Washington govern
rseni Into aa sgrrgios,s hlander. slmpss
because England claimed to exercise the
rsgh' of professionals over tribe al
Indians On the Sscaraxusn essst The
Cnitef States has long claImea that
the Clayton Isulwer compact WAS either
void ar sosdstsle. ana she poss-tnseit.
Esneer sess ra reason why we shouts
not remain firm In that position. no,
can IL sev why Gar unaausfosi sever
eighty over the Alaska strip sao b
trafsekeA far Englands shaaawy right
IN Nicaragua
The Acknowledgements cannot cen
cefe she cervecessess 81 the position
practically taken by the oregoaSas,
that the United States aaes IL Ensl@a.
any aasy deliberately Ia ;ear down IL
own trade and bald ~ cansaa's Ma
can IL understand ehy u FREE rar
should be given On Lynn eanal~~to fsea
Hate trade between Vancouver m,
yawson-a similar demand might not y
made for q FREE sseef al Boston Ses
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