The daily morning Alaskan., 1902-04-30
A BONDED WAREHOUSE.

some time past been earnestly advocating the establishment Ot SI<agwav of oOnced warehouse for the storing of Canadian goods destined for the Interior, and points out the immense advantages such an estab- llshmsnt would be to Canadian whole sllers who would thus be enabled to locate in Skagway, cary immense stocks in bond and at all tines be ready to supply their customers on the inside with goods on very shor, notice.
 The Alaskan also points out that by such an arrangement American goods would be driven from the Canadian mar ket and the Yukon would be supplied by home manufacturers.
 The scheme of the Alaskan appears plausible on i,s face. and lf it was the only course available for our merchants to escape the onerous and dlshesrtenlng burden Of having the larger portion of their business capital tied up iu freight charges we should heaTtily endorse It.
 But 'here Is a more practical way 10 at tain this end and at the same time eneour- age Clnlsilns to do business in C'nsda instead of in a foreign country, and that Is by the establishment of not bonded ware house, but a large supply depOt at White Horse, where merchants could leave their goods stored without paving freight ehages upon them until they were ready for teliyery to the r,t ilers or other GUS toners.
 CBut in the establishment of bonde . warehouse at Skaway or a supply depot at White Horse there are several things to be first considered and among them Is the ex- pense of maintenance. IL the costS of rGn- ming such an institution are found r amount to more than the interest on mon eys tied up in frisght rates bv our mer' chants. lt would manifeS,lv be poor eusi- ness judgment to enter Into such a scheme for the use of money Is regulated by its lh' tereS, bearlng qualities.
 fl Is found, however that it Is prae- tleable and a money saving scheme for the Canadians. why not have it located In Canadlln territory at White Horse, under the supervision of Canadians. instead of at Skagway In American territory and under American superyislOnl If it will ee a good thing for them it will De equally a good thing for us.-Star.
 There Is nothing now to interfere with the storing of Canadian gOOts in White n rse, Dawson, or any other Interior point. But before the goods are s'ored in these warehouses the freight must be pad upJn them In SkSgwsy. moreover, the goods need not be carried by interior mer- chants as the Canadian wholesalers will hold them here in stock. The proposition would be a seif-evldent beneht-and a great one-tothe Yukon. But incidentally it would benefit Sklgway and there's the rub with spirit that breathet the foregoing Into the columns of the Star. White Horse Is at the head of the Yukon and has all the benefits of her position but she can not have the benefit vf being situated at the head of Lynn canal. SkSgway asks tha, Canadian goods be allowed as free re- entry into Canada as United Stated goods arc allowed free re-entry into the United States. It Is but a fair demand. To ae- cord it will benefit and to deny lt will work Injury to the Yukon. Its denial will also be an Injury to Skagwav. But why should the Yukon work Injury to herself In order to lnjure Sklgwayl Were the Canadian government as liberal in the matter of readmltting her goods as Is the United States, the question of warehouse would not enter the case. So long as Canada reeiprOeates ,o Skagway the bene- fits she Is SO freely accorded at Dlwson, no one need care wha, means her officials take to proiee, her az inst a fraduleni entry of American goods In Canadian packages. wrappers or other disguise. Sksgwsy will attain these ends so directly oenedclal to the Yukon and as incidentally