Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-11-10

downright 1906, by Frank G. Carpen-
teri
NJ EW YORK, i9O6.--I recently had
I'M a talk with one of the biggest
! men Of the British northwest.
This is Mr. William Whyte, the
second vice president OF the Canadian
Pacific railway and manager OF Its
many enterprises between Lake Supefi-
or and the Pacific ocean The Canadian
Paciic'is developing company as we'll
as transportation company II not
only has the longest continuous line
OF roads under one management ON this
continent but II owns millions Of acleg
OF lands. great tracts of timber ana vat
lIable mines, which 1t operates Itself.
ii has under way by far the largest ir-
iigatiOn project IN North America. and,
in addition. has steamship lines on the
Pacific which connect II with Japan.
China. Alaska and Australia and the
south seas. and steamships on the Al
lantic which connect II with England
The company operates its own sleep
ing cars and line OF hotels. II Is nJW
building IN Winnipeg one OF the
biggest hotels IN Canada ut cost OF
has great summer hotels in the Rockies
and at the larger cities along It's line
ii has the chief telegraph company OF
Canada, and II operates It's own express
service.
The Canadian Pacific was the first
railroad Ia open up this northwest and
its position TO certain extent IL q pa-
ternal one. 1t gives special rates ~
transportation for fine stock IN order To
help tho farmer, and not long ago when
the lumber lords were overcharging the
settlers for building materials this COM
pany brought them 10 time by threaten
ing 10 start sawmills of its own. u
threatened TO open coal mines when the
coal dealers charged exorbitant rates.
and Il now proposes TO send out educa-
tion cars TO teach the farmers grain
raising.
The head Of all these movements is
Mr.. William Whyte. and he has been
at their head for years. He has gone
over the most Of this great northwest
on horseback and In wagons examining
the soil and studying the resources with
a view to increasing the traffic OF his
railroad system, 1t Is he who mas been
largely Instrumental IN pushing out
branch lines into the wheat belt. and as
the head OF the land grants which or
t'iHptlrtb Hiutu ldilu INC
whole state OF Ohio. he has laid out
many of the towns and aided1n popG-
latlng the country.
As talked with Mr., Whyte we looked
over some maps of the new Canada and
discussed its relations to the lands
across the Pacific. Mr.. Whyte has been
several times to Japan and China. and
he has Travelled over Manchuria and ST.
IBERIA examining into those countries
as possible traffic producers. My first
question was as TO the effect of the Jap
apese- Russian war upon the trade OF
the orient.
THE FUTURE OF JAPAN.
Said Mr. Whyte: II think that the
war win greatly benefit the japanese
Those people will exploit Manchurla
and Korea, and they win then turn
their attention to China. The Japanese
already have many investments In
China, They do a large part OF the
carrying trade for the celestial empire.
and they have lines OF steamboats, on
the Japanese rivers. They are good or
gsnizers, and they realize that their
future Is to be Industrial and CONNER
cial. They are taking the best elements
OF our civilization and making them
their own, We are already trading