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About The monitor. (Omaha, Neb.) 1915-1928 | View Entire Issue (March 25, 1927)
I The Doom Trail I Arthur D. Howden Smith | Aether mf PORTO BELLO COLD. Etc. IH (A br Braotano'i.) WNTJ BiitIm H lu If "Master Ormerod. "this could not have been better! I wished above all things for speech with you. Corlaer. X am deeply in your debt. Ta-wan-ne ars, you have again Incurred the grati tude of the province.” "Did you receive my report from Oswego, sir?” I asked. “Certes, ’twas that—and this"—he tapped a document which lay before him on the table—"which brought me here." He proffered It 'Twas a report from a secret agent at Montreal, quoting the decision of the French fur dealers. Hoting In conjunction with their gov ernment, to raise the price of beaver from two livres, nr one shilling six pence in English currency, the pound, to the level of four livres. or three shillings, the established price then prevailing at the English trading posts. "That, mind you,” continued the gov ernor as I returned the paper to him "was the first reaction In Canada to the tidings that Murray had succeeded In legitimatizing his trade over the r>oom Trail. But come with me. It may be I shall appeal to you for first hand testimony." We deposited our muskets In a cor ner of the room, and filed Into the larger chamber adjoining, where some thirty men awaited hint. Several were gentry who were members of his coun cil. Three were officers In command of the frontier garrisons. The remain der were merchants, dealing to greater or lesser extent In the fur-trade, tie great export staple of the province. His excellency wasted no time in preliminaries or generalities. He de posited several papers on the table in front of him. and addressed himself to his task. "Gentlemen.” he began. “I have sum moned you to meet me here because a situation has arisen which is of the i utmost gravity to the welfare of the province and the larger Interests of his | majesty's realm. Recently I have been in receipt of a communication In the form of a petition signed by many of the chief merchants of the province beseeching me to abandon my oppo sltion to the retention of the free trade with Canada which Is now temporarily secured to them by the action of the lords of trade In suspending decision upon the law prohibiting the trade in Indian goods which I secured to be passed last year.” "That petition represented the sober thought of a majority of the mer chants and traders, your excellency." spoke up a prosperous-looking man. “It may be so," replied the governor “But I would suggest to you. my friends, that certain knowledge hath come to me which compels me to won der whether you would persist in this attitude were you acquainted with It Briefly, I have lately obtained definite information that the French are begin ning the erection of a stone fort at Jagara. The territory this side of the falls of Jagara Is secured to us by the Peace of Utrecht. 'Tis not only that the French have no right to construct a fort there. They have no right to maintain a trading post there. “Yet my agent talked with the off! i cers in charge. Monsieur de Jolncare and Monsieur de Lery, and they boast ed of their Intent to erect such a fort as would be a curb on our Indian al lies, the Iroquois, and divert to their posts farther up the Cadarakul lake the fur trade which now comes to us at lrondequolt and Oswego. Schenec tady and New Albany. "At the time I received word of the building of the fort at Jagara, I re ceived also this report from an agent In Montreal, announcing the doubling of the price paid for beaver at the French posts, so that now they are on a par with us.” "We can afford to pay more than we do. I,ondon will still take it from us at a profit,” rejoined the merchant . who had first spoken. “Trade is trade,” cried another. “It goes where the money Is.” “Aye. we have no fear," clamored others. "Let us suppose," resumed the gov ernor, “that the French permit you to draw supplies of furs through them. I can conceive they might do so If It netted them the prices they desire. Does that mean that you will always be safe in expecting to have your wants ao filled?" “Tr, be sure,' answered three or four men at once. “I differ with you,” replied Master Burnet. “The fur trade Is not only a means to earn profits. 'Tis a most important stake In securing military success. The nation which controls the fur trade, my masters, will have the Interest of the larger numbers of savages. The nation which owns the support of the most Indian tribes will be the nation superior In extending Its territories In time of peace and auperlor In battle In time of war." "It 111 becomes a plain merchant to tab* issue with jrour__excellencj,”_re >£*. I ■ v marked a liartT-feal ured mercnant, "bui It seems to me you attach overmuct Importance to savnge tribes and war There Is enough land In North Anier ica for French and English and tndl ans, too. Trade Is everything." “So long as 'tls rightly conducted.' amended Master Burnet. “Bear In mind, my masters, that the whole his tory of our possessions on this conti nent disproved the statement that there Is land enough for ourselves and the French. The French are the first to dispute this view. “They plan openly to drive us Into the sea. The New France they spc In the future will embrace all the settlements of the Atlantic coast to gether with the Inland wilderness.” “If you halt them sufficiently, doubt less they will seek to fight us,” assert ed a merchant. “But they know not onr English breed If they think to do so,” cried a neighbor. "Or the Dutchman, elthpr,” said a third. “Good! That Is the spirit I want to arouse," acknowledged the governor, quick to seize what he thought an ad vantage. “Gentlemen, what I desire from you especially today Is your sup port In a plan I have been considering for moderating the exit of goods to Canada. The volume reached In re cent weeks passes all reason. If per mitted to continue 'twill exhaust our supplies. It plays directly Into the hands of—” But he was not suffered to continue “Free trading I" shouted a group. ‘‘Stick by the law. governor!” warned one. “The law Is the law!" cried a third The prosperous-looking merchant stood up and made himself heard by pounding his stick on the floor. “Do I understand your excellency to mean that you would alter the In structions received from the lords of trade?” he asked. “My plan Is rather to amend the car rying out of the law by certain re strictions until I can forward repre sentations on the situation to their lordships.” replied Master Burnet steadily. “But as one of my brethren has Just remarked, the law Is thp law.” “The trouble here, sirs. Is that there Is no law," declared the governor. “We have the suspension of the law, and In the Interim there Is no provision for a substitute statute." “Tush, we want no such law,” pro claimed the hard-featured merrhant “Let us not quibble. His excellency might as well know the truth. Since Master Murray won his case we have been able to sell and buy as we chose And our coffers have swollen thereby "The law was an Ill-Judged law. It restricted trade, reduced profits. Let the French secure furs If they wish. They may do the dirty work. We will sit back and reap the profits. Better have free trade under France than limited trade under England or any other country." “You talk treason, sir," said the gov ernor coldly. “Moreover, you talk fool ishly. There Is no freedom of trade In Canada—" “Well, we have It here; and by-. we'll keep It as long as we can," re plied the merchant. “That Is not like to be very long, my masters,” announced a new voice. All eyes were turned to the door. There stood Andrew Murray, laced and cocked hat tucked under his arm He bowed low to the governor. “I must beseech your excellency’s pardon for my unheralded entrance," he said. “I am but just arrived In town, and I hastened here to present my case to you.” He swept his eyes over the room as he spoke and fastened them upon my face. “You are welcome, Master Murray,” returned the governor. "Had I known where to reach you I should have In vited your attendance.” "I am honored, sir. I venture to Intrude upon you because of Informa tion I possess which I am sure will be of Interest to you and all others who have the prosperity of the prov ince at heart.” “I am Interested," said the governor Impartially. “Pray state your caae. Master Murray." “I shall do so all the more readily, your excellency, because I am per suaded you can have no knowledge of the crimes recently committed by per sons who represent themselves to be your agents. “I see In this room three men whom I charge with the wanton destruction of a large quantity of fnrs and the murder of two of my servants and a number of friendly Indians.” And that there might be no mistak ing the objects of his accusation Mur ray pointed his forefinger at my com rades and me. Murmurs arose and hostile glances were bent upon us. “Be explicit. If you please,” said the governor. “I will, sir,” replied Murray boldly “The young man known as Harry Or merod, with Peter Corlaer and a Sen eca chief called Ta-wan-ne-ars. raided a fleet of canoes on the shore of the Cadaraqul lake near Oswego and burned hundreds of packs of valuable furs which the far-western savages were bringing In for trade.” “I have heard something of this mat ter," admitted Master Burnet. “But I understood the savages were In charge l of Monsieur de Jolncare, the French commandant at Jagara, and bound for Montreal.” “Monsieur de Joncalre waa accom panying them, 'tls true,” admitted Murray. "But the savages were bound for my own trading stations. The losa, which will run into thousands of pounds, will fall upon onr New York merchants.” The murmurs grew into an outburst of Indignation which the governor quelled with difficulty. "I shall look Into Master Murray's charges,”Jie said. “So much, at least, tie Is on11 lied to. Bill first T wist* to acquaint him with what I have laid before this gathering, all the more so because he Is more vitally Interested perhaps than any other. “Master Murray. I nm concerned over the extent to which the fur trade Is passing Into French hands, and I am bound to say my information Indicates that the French have your assistance In the matter. The quantities of trade goods going up-river have enormously Increased this summer. They are bun dreds of tons In excess of what for merly passed through Albany." “Doubtless our trading posts have profited thereby," suggested Murray blandly. "On the contrary.” returned Master Burnet tvith decision. “Our trading posts have fared worse. If anything. Aside from the Iroquois, the savages are patronizing more and more the French traders. Briefly Master Mur ray. I am canvassing the sentiment of our merchants on the advisability of suspending for the time being, to some degree at any rate, the proclamation I Issued In response to the action of the lords of trade In withholding the as sent of his majesty's government to our law prohibiting the trade in In dlan goods with Canada." Hurray took sntllT deliberately (Continued Next Week.) URBAN LEAGUE TO DISCUSS SOCIAL RESEARCH Delegates from the National Ur ban League and its forty branches are to meet in St. Louis, March 29th to April 2nd to discuss the subject, “Readjustment of Social Programs in the Light of Research.” This, the sixteenth annual conference of the Urban League, is to be participated in by leading white and colored pub ! lie welfare workers in addition to the executive secretaries, industrial sec retaries and other Urban League field workers. 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