East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-01-17
CANADIAN IDEALS
INTERVIEW ON SETTLEMENT
AND BUSINESS TOPICS
Sir Thomas Shaugnessy. an Ameri-
can by Birth. Now President of the
Canadian Pacific, Says Canada
Wants Tariff Wall Continued
Americans Going Into Canada Are
Making Rapid Strides.

Consul Dudley of Vancouver. calls
attention to an interesting interview
with Sir Thomas Shaughnessy, presi-
dent of the Canadian Pacific railway.
Sir Thomas is an expatriated Amerl-
can, and was once a clerk in the
employ of the Chicago, Milwaukee &
st. Paul railroad. He was persuaded
by Sir William Van Horne, also an
American by birth. but now a Cana
dian citizen, to migrate to Canada,
but to continue railroading.
The remarkable record of these
men, their success in several lines
Of Industrial life, the opportunities
afforded to them of getting exact in
formation, and the fact that both
We're born in the United States gives
great weight to their opinions.
Consul Dudley says that Sir Thom-
as was knighted by the Queen of
England for eminent services, that
there are few men who understand
the material resources of the Domin-
ion better than he does; and that
carry greater weight at home ana
abroad than those of Sir Thomas. In
the interview referred to, when asked
what he thought Canada wanted of
the United States, he replied:
What Canada wants of the United
States is just what it has been giving
us for the past 20 or 80 years. We
want a tariff wall between the two
nations, so high that it can not climb
over it. We want to profit by the
same policy which has so aided in
building up the United States. We
believe in protection and home indus
try, and we shall keep our tariff high
enough to encourage it
American manufacturers are Sc
curing trade by coming across the
border and building branches here.
Many million dollars of American
capital have already gone into such
branches. Nearly all of their chief
Industrial institutions are establishing
them. Take the American Locomo-
tive works for instance. They are
building steam engines for this rail-
way. They put up a number for us
last year. and we shall buy more in
the months to come. We are glad
to welcome such institutions. We
want their goods, but we want them
made on Canadian soil and with Ca
madam labor.
Immigration From Western States.
Immigration to the northwest
continues. II is only at its beginning.
We are having out there what has
been going on in the United States
since your organization as a govern
ment. The farmers of the Atlantic.
when the lands became valuable.
moved over the mountains to Ohio
and took up homesteads there. As
that country was settled and prices
rose, the farmer with two or three
sons sold out and moved on to Illi-
nois, buying a block of cheap land.
when Illinois grew, the march
was on west to Wisconsin and Iowa
Your western farmers are selling out
their high-priced lands and crossing
the border to the rich wheat belt of
Canada. They can get farms there
for themselves and their children.
and they see that the same rise i'm
values is bound to take place as has
occurred in the United States. Values
have not advanced unduly in respect
to farming lands. There are many
million acres vet to be settled, and
good lands are cheap. In some of the
towns prices seem to me extrava-
giant. In Winnipeg, for instance, real
estate is higher than in Montreal"