Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 30, 1904, Winnipeg, Manitoba Every Fla except men took press company Perinot Telephone Boit orial Burines Job York Henry Temple Chicago Tonca Berrr 7012 Schiller Freedom in Liberty in religion Equality in civil mat the increased railway rates from the South but As railway sooner of professing to bold his control of rates As a sacred Trust for the should surely be expected to fix rates upon the basis of what the people the people of Mani Toba do not such a of affairs As is disclosed in regard to Binder twine and lumber in the dispatch of our Paul they do not want George general freight manager of the Ana Dlan undertaking to bar out United states Binder twine and Lum Ber from this province As effectively As 4f he had the Power of building a a Legley High Tariff and Binder twine and lumber Are Only two things out of a certain proportion of freight must come the and the burdening of it with the important dispatch which the Csc solve Ranfis is practically the same free press publishes today from its so far As Tjie Manitoba consume correspondent in Paul contains a or is As the imposition of an Complete and crushing refutation of excessive customs the Roblin control of the Cana Stock to be if Yte said it was Worth giving Are liable to the same mis but if you remember that there Are Only fort live million dollars of of company has the fight to sell at the outside about the or the Are require to is Worth of which under the most Liberal construction of the charter they if you take of stack Oil the arid look at the obligations which they have to discharge on the How much is that Stock going to realize what comes ahead before a Dollar of interest can be paid upon that Stock Jim have 10 pay the j working pay in on the first government guaranteed you have Tor pay est on the second Bonds guaranteed by the you have to pay the rental of the Eastern Divis Ion an then Only Coues in the inter est upon this which our Friend thinks is such a valuable i venture this statement i think i am quite sate in saying that if the promoters of this company and the company United could get the attempted defence of the increase Start Hern Means silly that t6e sixty cents on me Dollar Tor Niaj de freight rates from the South on the own think h was a pretty Good tiie 3 per Bonds of the Dominion of government controlled Canadian Roblin has of late been hearing that As put Forth some Home truths in this connection for certain gentlemen who Are and who by no financial difference in the Roblin governments was that the Canadian Northern was helpless in the that the rates to themselves represented by the in were fixed on the other and that creased Canadian Northern the an absolutely sold the other Day in the Money Market 90 cents on the Dol if these gentlemen could get 60 cents on the to liar for their 000 Worth of i fancy nobody would have an Opportunity of Titei the Canadian Northern could do Noth particular Brand of government Coni Illg the amount that would tool we have had in this province produce about just enough ing but acquiesce and take its pro upon the Road the portion of the advanced the closed As the free press pointed out that the plea Troi which the Dominion government company if they Are fortunate advanced three years ago by Rob has established by Means of the rail enough to be Able to Lin in defence of the action of his Tea with its extensive j that having is a vastly different built the Road and placed the rolling government in crowding the Iso Rufern in connection we tithe Stock upon with All their other of Pacific out of Manitoba and of turn Rand to say 1gations to be the ing Over the Northern Pacific system nothing of the a Pacual provisions in the Pujue to and North of the Boundary to the charter made in the Public various financial obligations to be Dis the commission will not have its Way they have for their blocked by any such legacies of con Tor protecting them Dian Northern and heavily burdening Rise Are lit of the province by the con i for the purpose of a cures the credit of the us serv arive Rule As the ten per of recompense no them for tract Reade with uie latter in the designed i the discharge of these functions Only was that it would All mean reduced i to secure against government control of the common Stock of be solemnly promised of in View of Hannaford As the result of the control of rates which he declared he was securing for the in his capacity authoritative announcement of the explicit statement in regard to the responsibility Lor the increased rates 011 the Canadian and his As railway commissioner of would the rates of the Canadian Northern he pledged himself again and again that there would be reductions All he said he would enforce Competition Between the Canadian Northern and the and absolutely control the rates on both these systems Aid that the province would have a third string to its Bow in the North Ern Pacific those who were not ready to hold up Bolh hands and proclaim that his railway Deal was j not an advantageous one to the pro Vince he denounced As spiritless readiness of the Northern Pacific to cooperate in reestablishing the old the Canadian Northern should by called upon to justify itself before the railway a reference 01 the question of these increased rates to the which has Power to summon witnesses and order the production of would unquestionably be to the Public Adan this i think that is a fair state ment of the the Sugges minions who held that we do want More and that not the i hands of Frei Erht rules Are As Low As they ought to these were goblins words it the Winnipeg Board of Trade meet ing on february same meeting at in reply to George he gave a most general that All freight rates would be pledge which has been grievously falsified by the exorbitant advances in the Cana Dian Northern rates from the the statement Given by Hanna the Vic president and general manager of the Northern to the Paul correspondent of the free press makes it Plain that responsibility for the increased rates in question rests solely with the government controlled Canadian that is to with his vaunted control of rates is a Complete Han Nifords announcement that the Pacific stands ready to join the Canadian Northern in reestablish ing the former rates puts it up to Roble to show whether his control of on the Canadian Northern is a reality or a Sham of the hollow est it is now Plain that the control of the rates from the South rests in the the lines North of the instead of the promised Competition which Roblin said he would enforce Between the Canadian Northern and the these two lines have joined hands and one of the Many results of their working in concert is this blocking of the railway so far As Manitoba is very nearly in the same position As it was before the Northern Pacific was into the a study of the Canadian Northern and schedules in Force today makes it Manifest instead of there is a working a in which the increased rates from the South play an import ant the free press gave figures a couple of weeks ago showing How heavily traffic from the South is burdened by these increases a few of these figures May Well be repeated As Fol it being remembered that the former rates included cartage at win except in the Case of while the rates at present in Force do not include which is to he amounting to 2 cents per 100 ibs present 55 47 43 75 48 48 43 8 48 48 48 48 45 30 75 75 60 36 Channel from the railway Competition is former per rate Woodenware cinder twine 42y2 roofing furniture 602 window Iron Iron pipe pipe cast Over 6 Axle grease Fence wire Green sashes and doors 23 in bags 93 in boxes 65 mixed car lots in boxes and 62 cranberries Cement 27 no sure thing for the opponents of the grand trunk Paci fic railway continue to chatter about the millions the promoters of the Road Are going to mate at the expense of the people of Canada through the Over capitalization of the the Sale of the most effective reply to these contentions that has Ever Oten made in Small Compass is contained in salons recent speech Ana we quote the passages bearing of ims to uie open mind Sifton argument will do entirely con he said what is uie position of the company first or what Are its and what Are the Sesoi fixes which Friia Iuliu proposes to put within tiie Reacie of tins com Pany for uie purpose of discharging its in me nest place they Are obliged to make a Deposit of live million Al we put mat to one because tiie Leader of be opposition said that they get the Money pack some Ana it is Only a Ciu eation or Hie Money does not have to be ultimately their next obligation is to build the Western Section of the railway and for the purpose of doing that they have first the government Bonds to the extent of three quarters and on equal Ter of their own this will Dis pose of the original construction of the then they have the obligations placed upon them to lease and operate the Eastern Section and pay the rental to equip the Road with rolling Stock to the value of Twenty million dollars to induce and to pro care that uie company should guarantee the second mortgage Bonds and float the same they enter into obligations to carry their freight by Canadian channels and to give As Good a rate As Given to ports they arrange to guarantee Sulci client shipping facilities they agree to pro vide the working capital to operate the great system of and they Are bound to do some thing else which apparently is lost sight of by those who discuss this but when it comes actually to the business of operating the is one of the most serious difficulties which railways have to railway men know that when you have built a when you have built it according to the Ordin Ary specifications when you have a Standard railway and begin to operate that is the time you begin to have to expend Money upon your let our friends look at the estimates which we have passed from year to year for the intercom the inter colonial was built and equipped and finished Long but my friends have had the pleasure of discussing several million dollars for the purpose of adding to the furnishing and betterment and the improvement of facilities upon that let them take the accounts of let them take the accounts of the let them take the accounts of even the a new Road which within a year and a half after a cer Tain portion of the line was construct was obliged to go upon the Money Market for the purpose of Selling debenture Stock to increase the facilities of the to increase the station to increase the Yard and to build the Hun dred and one things that Are required As soon As the business of a railway begins to for the purpose of doing this the grand trunk Pacific coup any is provided with certain it has no other resources than the ones i am going to mention and the moneys this purpose have to be provided along cartage to be added to the present these Are Only a few out of the Many that might be As the free press has already if these rates Tad been fixed by Roblin As manager for the Canadian acting in concert wifi the management in the interest of ions haul against the Short f would be wonder with other moneys for other poses and for working now Pur what is this company Given Over and above the first and second mortgage Bonds provided for the original construction of the railway has it got in order to enable it to fulfil All these obligations that i have mentioned it has Twenty million dollars of Tion is made that they would Job that Stock that they would give it away to somebody for will any body suggest a reason Why they should do so will anybody suggest a Rea son Why the grand trunk owing of Stock of this com and being under tremendous Fin Ancial having pledged their entire financial existence upon the Success of would give away the Stock for nothing would anybody suggest anything More ridiculous than that proposition i venture to say that a More ridiculous proposition cannot be suggested than that this with 000 of the Stock of the grand trunk Pacific in the having edits existence financially to the such Cess of this Enterprise should give away the Stock practically for Nomi Nal consideration to the suggestion that the com Pany is Point to make an enormous sum of Money is one that should have a moments there is Worth of common Stock which must remain in the Possession of the grand i out the obligations that the company has in the in the first have guaranteed the Sec Ond mortgage they have entered into the contract with which we Are All familiar in regard to they Are bound to see that the work ing capital that the Neces sary betterment from time to time Are furnished and As against this they have of Stock which at the time has no value if the company Ever makes a Dollar out of that what must be done first this Enterprise from end to end must be made a Suc there cannot be one single Copper of dividends paid upon that Stock until every obligation of this company to the government of can Ada iras been let my friends take either Honi of the dilemma they they cannot Tell us on the one hand that somebody is going to make millions out of this and on the other hand Tell us that the company Are not going to discharge their the two things do not hang until the obligations Are discharged the Stock is not Worth a the question As to what the Stock is go ing to be Worth rests with the people of As to what dividend is going to be paid on the Stock the parliament of Annada and nobody else will preliminary to this con tract we have absolutely plenary Power to decide the rates of freight and All traffic arrangements on the Success or non Success of an insurance j to Promise Between the habit not insuring Public buildings and the other extreme of paying the exorbitant rates exacted by the fire insurance companies which than the real risk from fire inthe municipal it is but another Way municipal ownership is being forced inn clap cities by the extravagant charge v the the same authority says of the operations of the municipal Mutual for the first year despite the predictions to the on the part of the parties interested in Pri vate insurance has made a profit after All expenses were eighteen municipalities Are parties the formation of this com it has been says the Muni Cipal that the loss in the Case of municipal property does not exceed 8 cents on although the private companies charging from 32 cents to extremes the rates on our Public buildings Are a Happy Pittsburg proposes to insure its own a fund is to be started with the proceeds of the sate of existing estimated to realize to this the annual sum paid insurance will be added until is and when an excess of Over this amount has that sum is to be used to extinguish the City it is apparent that in Pittsburg Chey Are not expecting a Baltimore or a Toronto they appear to act on the policy of shaking hands with mephistopheles when they meet Montreal is also seeking for Powers to do its own in the Bill before the Quebec legislature they ask for the following clause the City May insure itself against risks by wholly or in in the discretion of the provid ing a sum not exceeding five per of the on the valuation be entered every year in the be put aside and capitalized As an insurance fund to tie employed solely for that insurance opinion generally is against a City doing its own insure but in the Case of a or of the whole of the important cities of Canada combining for the insurance of their Public there is a difference of mayor Sharpe is decidedly opposed to the City itself doing its own but if any arrangement can be effected whereby the chief cities of the do minion can adopt a Mutual plan sat he will favor As will also chairman it is a ques Tion on which the Public have net yet expressed and no doubt before any change in the insurance of our continuously increasing number of Public buildings takes the Public will have ample Opportunity to make their views municipal recent conflagrations have net simplified the problem of insurance against fire what will be the fire loss in any Given future period cannot be determined by any experience of past neither can a by any Law of if such a Law or by any pro found manipulation of advise a rate or a Price for insurance that will on one hand permit of the accumulation of sufficient to meet All and at the same time satisfy the judgment of tiie business Public As to modern tendencies Are in the direction of buildings of great value Are being crowded to Gether for the obvious purpose of economizing outlay for land this concentration of wealth exposes it to liability to destruction by to sore extent is offset by improve fire Protection but of Hazard and Protection Are continuously and human skill May i3o its Best at fireproof building and fire fighting and it Wil still be found in protecting property against such calamitous combinations of the destructive elements have recently visited this some of the larger companies appear to have stood perhaps the severest test of strength to which fire companies were Ever submitted and the losses suffered have Only served to demonstrate their magnificent recuperative Powers the extraordinary Advance in their rates has made the Public discuss the Price they Are paying for insurance and fire last year the fire companies in Premium in come took from or about ten per of the Premium income for the whole do this is a tremendous tax upon preferred Stock and Twentyfive Mil for giving the matter very serious at lion dollars of common that is fort five million dollars of Stock Al together company has the purpose of enabling it to do set charge the whole of financial of it is a delicate thing to begin to talk about what Stock is if we should the Stock is Worth 25 cents on the Dollar when they Cameto do something with that Stock our statements a prot face As an lust ration of what we though the s municipal insurance and Ali Simian of the finance committee so far it has not Peen tried unused t a company has been in operation for f couple of this period can not considered a criterion of the Canadas underpaid Judi tinder Liis title hardware and one of the Best of Janadas excellent Trade discusses the Low salaries paid to our judges in these terms proof of the taken in the agitation for More salaries for the judges of the court has been ruin uned hardware and me Tal in a Tho publication of the article on the subject in last weeks several letters have been received on the subject from men Well qualified to speak on and whose views Well worthy of these will be Given in due it is Manifest that Canadian business men realize that this subject is not one of moment merely to the Legal it is one that is intimately connected with so Many transactions which affect Industrial and commercial conditions in such a material degree that All Busi Ness iii2ii Ose operations or inter ests Are of any considerable Magni tude Are keenly sensible of its import Ance and there is general recognition that it is of the utmost moment to the aver age litigant who cannot afford to pay the excessive fees which wealthy corporations Are called upon to that the ultimate court where the Law is settled for All and the court which All the provincial courts must look to for their should be composed Only of members whose judicial strength is such that no matter who the member of the bar May be who appears before them the court is not Over awed by his presence and does not feel that the bar is Superior in knowledge to the re Ault being that the poorest litigant re presented by who perhaps is appearing for the first is sure that whether his counsel takes All the Points in his favor or the Bench will be astute enough to appreciate every and not be misled by the sophistry of the Abler this matter has been before the do minion parliament several but in each Case decision regarding the matter has been the inter ests of the business apart altogether from the injustice to the judges at present in demand attention to this it More imperative that attention to it be Given at this vacancies May occur at any and the Sal Ary attached tothe office should be at once raised to a level that would at tract the most Brilliant members of the it should Ever be the Ambi the great of each Mem Ber of Tho bar throughout to As a crowning end his car to a seat upon the supreme court the matter is of such magnitude that to refer to the financial aspect of it seems if the salaries of the supreme court judges were placed at a minimum of per year for the Puisze judges and for the chief it would Only an increase of a which is a Mere Bagatelle As compared with the importance to the country of having a court the decisions of which would command respect and Confidence throughout the whole when one considers that the government reports issued a few Days ago showed a Revenue of Over 000 and a surplus Over All charges of Over in the first nine months of 1304 the expenditure of to ensure the maintenance of highest possible Standard of Judi Cial strength in the supreme court of Canada is seen to Besuch a Small consideration that the expense in will hardly be rut up As an objection to the bar the least reasonable of nor should it be necessary to con Sider the other which has been raised in the the necessity entailed of rearranging the salaries of tie judges in the other the court is essential Yin a class by itself it is not n a position Simi provincial since it is teelusywcoiiier4 the Meriest critic that wore one will not have s kick coming the the Mak ing patterns were Ink ton Bogor of stylish Isth word that i fits them plaited and Tuc toed and Light or to see the at main and fight for Canada by flavor Williah Wood president Quebec literary and historical society and Royal just out a Book for every for Sale by Mclntyre laying foundations for Law throughout the whole of and As the country is growing by leaps and Bounds at the present this work is Likely to be of the greatest import Ance within the next few the argument is a forcible and it applies in a measure also to the judges of our inferior it is a Public disgrace that in these Days when professional skill earns such Large rewards in the open the Superior court judges of Canad should be paid but a if of True that the dignity o the office is a sufficient attraction induce eminent lawyers to accept the financial sacrifice involved in Golgi on the Bench and the character ability of our Bench does not probably suffer much from the Low salaries but this is not the right Way to look at the the services which the judges Render to the Public Are Worth much larger salaries than Are paid and people of Canada Are Rich and Strong enough to give full value for work on their is this Good enough for the socialists it is True that Putter voted for the Borden it is also True that self advertised Independent news papers with socialistic tendencies have applauded the Resolution As sign Aliz ing the adoption by one of the great parties of a Long advocated we May be pardoned for that we Are inclined to think Itiat Putter gave his vote without fully comprehending the Resolution and that the who Are throwing Gar lands at Borden and have not yet read let us examine it for a it says the House is of opinion that in Stead of ratifying the proposed agree it would Semoe in the Public interest that the should As same the whole obligation necessary for extending across the continent the present government system of rail thereby completing a transcontinental railway from Atlantic to the owned by and under the control of the people of what does this mean Borden declares that the present grand trunk Pacific contract will be ruinous to the if the conservative j party is returned to it will forthwith tear up that contract into its original and instead of ratifying this accursed com it would be More in the Public interest that the Dominion should As sume the whole obligation j More than that evidently it Means i that it 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today the with Canadian political history Ani envy of the but apparently j with political affiliations of rapidly approaching her our population can at once give or for our part we cannot follow the valuable information closely of cent that we see clearly is Here no straightforward declaration in favor of nationalizing our railway if the socialists and the fanatical advocates of Public owner ship of Public utilities Are satisfied with this piece of Buncombe they show themselves capable of sustaining intellectual life upon a mighty thin a bid for the socialistic taking it for granted that Bor latest railway Resolution is a declaration in favor of government ownership of what does it mean Doea it mean on the part of the conservative members of the House of commons a change of heart and mind on subject of railway transportation any be he a an old or a who wishes to believe is at Liberty to do but the average citizen of com literal or knows perfectly Well that such an interpretation of the Borden Resolution is unalloyed so far from being a declaration of principles the Resolution is patently nothing More or less than a snare spread to catch the socialistic this being undoubtedly the the his Resolution to the socialistic vote amounts to nothing in the Rural constituencies arid in the Urban it is not for conservative leaders to bid for the vote of social revolutionists in the cities is for them to request Many of the most influential members of Tai party to take Refuge in the Liberal Ca grasping for the is Fadoir they will surely lose the seven years for May Mil convicted of was sentenced saturday to seven years in the chamberlains cough no one who is acquainted with in Good qualities can be surprised at tie great popularity of Chamberlain cough it Only cures colds and grip effectually and per but prevents these disease from resulting in it u also a certain cure for a stoop cough is not dangerous when Pis remedy is it contains no opium or other harmful and my be Given As 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