The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-11-08
C.P.R. NOT LIKELY
TO ENTER CHICAGO
"NOTHING IN IT, SAYS DIRECT
OR OF THAT LINE.
He Shows How the Road Already Has
Facilities for Handling Canadian
Wheat Thru This Country-Also
Says that This Traffic Cannot Be
Depended Upon.
Special to The Journal.

Special to The Journal. e."
New York, Nov. s.-A director of
the Canadian Pacific says, with regard
to the report that the Canadian Pa
cific railroad lines in the. American
west will be extended to Chicago:
''The plan is no part of our imme-
date future, so far as I am informed.
The supposition that 500-mile rail
haul to Chicago is a necessary part of
the milling in-bond scheme now so
much talked about is mistaken. Is
there anything to prevent the reship-
ment of flour manufactured out Of
Why should not the Sault Ste. Marie
division Of the 500 line haul the -four
to a lake ,port9 In winter, why should
it not deliver the tonnage to the Ca
| madam Pacific at the Soo7 If the
manufactured tonnage is at the dis
posal Of the Canadian Pacific, why
should the latter create new line to
take to Chicago the freight it could
get back to its old lines. just as well 2
Half the talk about this tonnage is
agination.
elbow much will there be Of this
tonnage anyway [ have heard of
about 100000 bushels Of Canadian
grain that is to come to the twin cities
for manufacture. That alone does not
amount to much. The railroad that
would, on any such basis, undertake
larly thru a country SO well served as
is the St. Paul Chicago region, would
be very foolish. Next year might
bring bumper wheat crop to the
northwest and cut out the business en-
tirely. I don't know Of anything re
markable that is being done to meet
the new situation. did not know thai
|
remarkable
Against this view may be quoted {
short but perhaps very significant re
mark made here last week by rep
; resentative of one Of the biggest mill
; ing companies in Ontario:
"They talk here as tho hereafter tn
grain Of the Canadian northwest wa
all going to come down here for man
ufacture. Now, how long would tina
States removed the duty on uncut
Canadian logs: Saginaw, Bay City AM
many other Michigan milling town
; owe their life to that. They brough
in Canadian logs by the million k1,
cut them up for shi pment. The mill
in Ontario went broke, were burne'
down for insurance, etc..
} "Then-somebody in Canada caugh
on. A bill was introduced in the Ca
!, on Canadian logs. The result wa;
Il sudden. Dozens Of mills sprang u
: all over the Georgian bay. The Ca
= madam logs were cut in Canada. Th
American millers moved their plant
over there and got to work. The pee
: pie Of Canada made the money tina
= was paid out for the cutting Of thei
. own logs.
"Just let this flour milling move
ment run little way-and see wha
happens. If it goes so far as to il
/ terfere with the Canadian mills,
u u venture to say that the Laurier go7
y eminent will, within six months afte
!. the first complaints, pass a bill thu
IL will stop very effectively the expo1
B. of grain to the twin cities for MANI
facture. 1t is idle to say that tt
% broader market for Canadian whe;
f. will make up for that. There is I
N lack Of Canadian market. They cou]
10 sell 100,000,00O Of bushels abroad t
10 day as easilv as they sell their pre-
le ent output. The farmers don't star
IL to gain-and the millers stand to los
< With the waterpower Of the Rainy riv
10 at their doors, the farmers Of tt
s. $, northwest will ultimately get plent
y of chance to sell their grain direct
millers in their own country. Loo
~ out for a progressive government po
10 cy in Canada, under which the leg
" lators will use their tariff and the
10 duties, not for revenue only, but
protect and build up each and eve
industry in the new country.'