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Vol. 19. No. 962.
FREE TRADE WITH CANADA
. James J. Hill Favors Free Trade With
Canada and Would Construct
Canal From St. Louis to
New Orleans ,
. Chicago James J. Hill was the
" guest of honor at the banquet of the
Merchants' club Saturday night and
delivered an extended address upon
"Chicago's Interest ' in Reciprocity
" with Canada."
Mr. Hill was introduced to his audi
tors by Charles D. Norton, president
. of the club, who said that-Chicago
in its history had survived two great
. calamities, the first being . the great
Chicago fire, and the other the fact
that James J. Hill passed the city with
out stopping when he went to make
' his home in the northwest.
, After; outlining . the commercial
I - greatness of Chicago and giving some
. of .the reasons therefor, Mr. Hill said:
- . "Today the entire country! is suffer
ing .from want of transportation fa
cilities to move its business without
I unreasonable delay. ' The prevailing
Idea with the public is that the rail
ways are short of cars, while the facts
are that the shortage is in tracks and
terminals to .providte a greater op-
i portunity for the movement of cars."
The speaker declared the country
, today faced a transportation problem
. which only time, patience and the ex
penditure of enormous sums of money
will remedy. He asserted that there
is a crying need now for the construc
. tion of a fifteen foot canal between St.
Louis and New Orleans, and he said
that the necessity for this would in
'.. . crease ; with time. There is no more
important general work for the gov
ernment to perform, he said, than to
construct a canal capable of carrying
vessels of fifteen feet draft.
Mr. Hill recited figures showing that
; the trade with the people, .whom the
-United" States will be able to reach by
the construction of the Panama canal
amounts to only about $54,500,000 an
nually, while our trade with Canada
! is over $200,000,000 per annum.' He
.'asserted that the conversation and in
crease of. this trade is of greater im
portance than anything that will ac
crue to the United Statesi because of
ithe construction of the canal. .-1
' Concerning reciprocity with Canada,
Mr. Hill said: ! ' "
; ,,"The ,plea for more .liberal trade re
flations, is negatived oftly by-unreason-lng
. individual .selfishness.' , The con
' ' elusive argument vfor reciprocity with
r Canada always has been and must be
the ' experience of several American
states. Had it not been prohibited
, jby . the constitution, each state Pf the
union would have levied a duty on all
i commerce crossing its' boundaries. Yet
.all acknowledge now; that one, great
3 if actof Mn the development of the Unit
' tpd 5 States' has been 'the commercial
elimination of state lines. Unrestrict-.
A WEEKLY JOURNAL DEVOTED TO
POLITICS, AGRICULTURE AND HOME
Lincoln, Nebraska,
ed trade between the states has favor
ed all of them. '
"Whatever commercial policy con
fers the greatest benefits on the whole
continent will best advance the va
rious parts and this city would re
ceive and confer inestimable benefits
under a more liberal trade convention.
Canada will in any event, and under
any system, be opened up and highly
developed. Would it then be disad
vantageous for us to share in the pro
ducts of the fields of Manitoba, Al
berta and Saskatchewan.
"The manufacturing interests of
both countries are the first to raise an
alarm, but there is no danger here.
We have as much reason to dread Ca
nadian competition as Pennsylvania
has to cry for protection against North
Dakota. Canada would be no more in
danger than ; is Montana by the com
petition of Ohio.
"The time is opportune for a prac
tical movement toward better trade
relations with Canada. There has
bem increasing irritation toward our
attitude and already the fact that' our
average tariff : against the Dominion' is
49.83 while that of Canada against the
United States is 24.83 causes comment
and suggests reprisals : '
In closing, Mr. Hill said.
"What is., the first practical step?
The consummation most to be wished
is the wiping out of custom houses
alone, the northern! frontier, and the
establishment there of absolute free
trade. If the time is not ripe for that,
the least that it demands is ample
reciprocity. -There cannot be a. be
ginning until we have fixed in our
minds the desiraHlity of a free inter
change of natural" products and raw
materials, giving to the New England
manufacturer his fuel and to the farm
er of the . western plains his lumber,
ind to the makers of books and news
nqners everywhere their print paper
free from the exactions which a need
'ess tariff now permits monopoly to
imnose. From this as a beginning
work may go forward toward laer
liberty by an enlargement of markers
nd a proeress of public senthr.pit
that reciprocity once in operation will
assure."
Czar Favors . Universities
Berlin Although nearly all the dis
turbances in Russia may be traced to
college bred leaders and the govern
ment has repeatedly thought it ad
visable to close universities in various
cities, the czar is said to be in favor
of founding a second universitv in St
Petersburg, and several others , in
laree cities throughout the empire.
The University, of r Warsaw, on the
other side, will be closed forever, and
Polish students will have to go else
where to pursue their studies.
If the crar's present intentions are
to be carried out an Imperial commis
sion of college professors will be sent
to America to study the institutions
and methods of Harvard, Yale, Prince
ton and the University of Chicago.';,'
Blow at American. Trusts
! iParis-VThe operations of American
trusts will be impossible in' France
when a bill, a present before the cham-
November 15, 1906
ber of deputies becomes a law. It
will also be difficult for the stock of
American . corporations to be held by
corporations in this country, as in
England.
All foreign corporations having a
branch in France will be compelled to
pay ad valorem registration duty on
their capital. This would be levied
on the whole capital of the corpora
tion, however small its French branch
might be, at the rate of one-quarter
per cent (if the present rate contin
ues in force.)
All such companies will also have
to publish thr.ir balance sheets in the
Journal Oflicial.
MILLS NOT TO OPPOSE BAILEY
Opponents of Senator, However, May
Put Up Old Rival
' Dallas, Texas There is no ground
for the rumor that former United
States Senator Roger Q. Mills is a
candidate for United StatfS senator
to" succeed J. W. Bailey. Mr. Mills,
old and very feeble,' is living in re
tirement oh his farm near Corsicana,
and for eight years has been' entirely
out of politics. "
The anti-Bailey issue was not in
volved in the election. The state con
vention in Dallas on August 15 unani
mously nominated Bailey as the dem
ocratic candidate for United ' States
senator and the party members of the
legislature were instructed to vote for
him.' He was, also indorsed in' the
state platform. Bailey's friends are
confident he will receive" the full party
vote. Petitions, however, are being
circulated for signatures.' asking the
legislature to defeat Bailey. No can
didate has yet been agreed upon to
oppose him, but the feeling is general
that if one is finally taken up by the
anti-Bailev opposition he will be Ho
race Chilton of Dallas, whom Bailey
defeated six years ago.
1 Italian Immigrant Robbsd ,
Perii, Tnd While Wabash railroad
evnrpss train No. 3 was standing at
the otation at midnisrht a da v coach
on the fear of the train in which were
thirty Italian inrmigran's, was entered
by two men who held a loaded revol
ver at the head of one Of the forHsm
ers standing at the door and relieved
him of his watch and $30. The rob
bers escaped. , '
' Imports of -Goatskins
Washington Goatskins to the value
of $32,000,000 were imported into the
United States in the fiscal year 1906,
against $10 000.000 worth a .decade ear
lier. These figures were gathered by
the bureau of statistics of the bureau
of commerce awl labor, and in mak
ing.thrm public it is stated that the
only important article of manufactur
er's materials showing a more ranid
train in importations is pig tin. Of
the importers of goatskins India is the
largest contributor, having supplied
$11,000,000 worth in 19fG,. 41 . ;
. Mint Director Buv3 Silver
, , Washington The director ( of the
mint has purchased . 100AOO ounces, 'of
silver for delivery at; Denver hi 71.827
cents per fine ounce, t
LIFE
Subscription $1.00
BRYAN IS OPTIMISTIC
He Reviews the Election and Sees
Cause for Democratic Hopes
In 1908 . r '
Commenting on the results of the
recent election, W. J. Bryan gets "con
siderable satisfaction in viewing the
outcome from a democratic stand
point. He regrets the' defeat of W.
R. Hearst in New York," but cannot
see wherein President Roosevelt can
find any comfort in the vote of the
Empire state. Mr. Bryan says the
president's personal attack on Mr.
Hearst was in very bad taste, and he
insists that the attack did not favor
ably impress the public. : "
j Particularly, gratifying to the demo
cratic heartsays Mr. Bryan is the re
turn of , Missouri to the democratic
fold. 1 The result in Nebraska, while
somewhat disappointing in some re
spects, gives ground for. hope.
: The- election , of: 1906 indicates a
trend in favor of the democratic party,
The details will be found elsewhere,
but they prove' that jhe democratic
party is growing stronger as republi
can, policies are 1 developed. In New
York the party has won a signal vic
tory in spite of the tremendous efforts
put forth In behalf of. the administra
tion. The republicans had all the sup
port of all the' great corporations, and
at the close they had whatever influ
ence the administration could lend.
The fact that the democratc elected
every state, officer excepting the gov
ernor shows that in the Empire state
the republican party has been repud
iated. : The defeat of Mr, Hearstthe
democratic and independent candidate
for governor, while a great disappoint
ment to his friends and; to the party,
is explained by facts which rob Mr.
Une-hps' victory of both glory and
political significance. Mr. McCarren,
whom Mr. Hearst denounced as a boss
threw his influenceUo Hughes and cut
down Mr. Hearst's vote: In Brooklyn.
Mayor McClellari, the legality of whose
election Mr. Hearst had denied, used
his influence for Mr;, Hughps and cut
dwn the , Hearst voteir New York.
Mr. Jerome, the prosecuting attorney
of New York, who ha) ; also been at
tacked by Mr. Hearst,! supported the
republican ticket, and - his influence
was felt . in Greater New York. Mr.
Croker, during the last days of the
campaign, . made an attack upon Mr.
Hearst which doubtless" weakened the
democratic candidate among the Tam
manyites. . Mr. , Murphy, . the head of
Tammany, while supporting th ticket,
could not put much enthusiasm Into
the campaign, owing to the personal
controversies which he had had with
Mr. Hearst. It is evident, -therefore,
that, Mr. Hughes owes his victory not
to republican votes but to democratic
votfs ' broueht. to him bv the very
men whom he and the republican lead
ers have been denouncing for year. ?:
''President Roosevelt5 cannot find
very much cause for rejoicing In the