The Seattle Star Newspaper, June 19, 1905, Page 5

CANADA’ que LONG DREAM OBA DEEP SEA SHIP CANAL FROM THE GREAT LAKES TO THE OCEAN NO LONGER A DREAM—IT wit BE BUILT BY CANADA, IN FACT THE PROJECT 18 UN- per Way -WItL OUT TRANSPORTATION RATES TO ONE. THIRD AND MILLIONS OF TONS OF COMMERCE FROM THE WEST WILL BE LOST TO NEW YORK, BUFFALO AND OTHER PORTS AND TERMINALS, AS WELL AS TO AMERI- CAN RAILROADS-—-HOW THE CANAL PROJECT WORKS out 7? od es PERSE EERE EEE NE RE REE Rey y -eeee : WHAT THE NEW CANADIAN CANAL WOULD DO, the Great Lakes to al! Dut the largest of ocean ships. Sitminate all transfer or terminal charges on freight going 4a Bring the seaboard 400 miles closer to all western lake ports, Reduce the freight on grain to the seaboard to a third of the present cost of transportation, and other freights in proportion. @eeure the bulk of the 2,223,000 000 bushels of wheat, corn, oats, and rye annually carried from the agricultural territory i eer, te oe Great Lakes, & large share of which is now by rail the vitals out of New York's export trade. Buffalo of {ts greatest tndustry—the handling of grain business from the southern seaports and pulld up all lake ports, the producer of the middie west, farmer and manufac- APP ee eee eee ee ee ee of RHR R RAR RRR RATE RARE —_———_—__.. iY GILSON GARDNER. commerce of the seas, by means of & deep sea ship canal, is an old dream soon to be realized; and tn its realization will be witnessed one of the greatest economic struggties The Canadian government has designs on the greatest volume of commerce which moves on the American continent, and for the purpose of diverting that commer- cial stream from its present chan- authorized and is just survey and estimate of S GREAT AT AMERICAN COMMERCE - There are very strong reasons to A the present Laurier be sure \ administration of the Dominion gov- take It for granted. Don't ernment. Tet the beauty of the case The importance of the project lead you astray, Weak may be realized when it is stated tone and poor making that such a waterway, If ballt, would may not show right almost immediately take from the away, bot it’s there; ff railroads of the United States the will come out tn time. bulk of the vast export trade in STEINWAY rain and meats, the former aggre ng 2,.223,000,000 bushels a EMERSON and the latter 1,000,000,000 pounds. STARR Three-quarters of this traffic now moves by rail to New York, and less than ® quarter of the grain from Chicago moves by boat even to Bu falo. The recent emigration movement which is taking thousands of farm- ers from the United States into Canada, and the gemerel northern movement of the wheat growing area, is one of the causes which wi) hasten the constrection of th canal. It is the desire of the Do minion government to provide aa outlet for this grain, without its en- tering the States, preferably a cheap all-water route. A glance at any map will show that the shortest route, after th grain strikes the Great Lakes, ts by the St. Lawrence. The dip to De- troit, around the province of On tarfo, through Lakes Huron, Erie and Ontario, is extremely round- about. And. if the grain is bound for Liverpool, whose fatitude is practically identical with that of Montreal, every mile which ft travels south is a mile out of the way. The proposed canal will be re garded favorably or otherwise, o cording to the point of view of ti observer, and this ts bound to change according to the latter's geo- | graphical location. at OLD RELIABLE SPOT KLINE 4 ROSENBERG, 625 First Avenue. lis an effort by one nation to get the business of another neighbor amp Needs, Hose, ogers’ Silverware At A SAVING OF 1-3 to 1-2 ESS = soe 4 Sxi0 Tent, 8 on, 8 foot | $5.00 %-inch Green and Yellow HP Pall ........s0cer0ee BAAD] Line Best Grade Cotton Hose i Chair with ts doy veUh red eede cess 59 & ea nesisins seater . ‘S9¢ $3.00 ‘oot piece Crescent Rub- Re Folding Canvas Camp Stool ifs | Wleresersevcseeecsessss IDG hae ware Sball Fancy Croquet Set, . $2.98 ~ (with hickory mallets and balls | $159 Clone Woven Hammock, Cte MER Mie eee erewene eee + $1.59 | — with pillow and valance uly, Wh} PLO Heavy Canvas Grass Catch- | $1.50 Rogers 1847 Triple Piated ine @f With steel bottom ... Berry Spoon ...... -» DBE at Be Cresent Brand, warranted | $1.75 Heavy Plated Knife and seeeeevecs Fork, in faney box, set of six 4 200 Torrey High Grade rf one » $1.39 aye steel, warranted .. 65¢ Set White Metal Tea Spoons, oe eeceneewnns BILOD | satin finish, set of six... 33¢ to = oe ease. i latte me # i & Hurlbut 3 ger urlbu eys ita Second and Union } fre | most unmitigated blessing. leity or citizen (not engaged In the j railroad business) west of Buffalo to the Rocky Mountains, and north lof Memphis, Tenn., would be pleased | geography would GRAB nation. Sentiments of patriotism would move Americans to resent such & move, and to meet it, as the authorities of Now York state are Preparing to do with the old Erie canal, by the construction of an ail- water route on American soll which will keep the trade which we now Peawctews, The old Erte canal, from Buffalo to Albany, where it connects with the Hodson river for New York, is to be rebuilt at a cost of $101,000,000, it was the old Brie canal which first brought the great grain traffic of the west through New York state and city. it was permitted to be- come antiquated. The cities of New York and Buf- falo have moat to lose by the con- struction of the proposed Georgian bay ship canal. Buffalo handles 148,000,000 bushels of grain annual- ly, most of it bound for foreign ex- port, and it ft to eliminate the heavy terminal and elevator charges and the cost of breaking cargo that this new water route Is chiefly de sired. The cost of carrying from Buffalo to New York is greater than the freight from New York to Liv- erpool. Tt t# impossible to say jurt how uch export traffic New York city bas at stake, but it is known that the region tributary to the Great Lakes develops 40,000,000 tons of freight a year, a large portion of which 4s destined for export and ultimately finds ite way out through the harbor of New York The Canadian promoters do not hesitate to claim that they would get 7,000,000 tons for their new canal, at @ conservative estimate, daring the first year of its opera- tion. While New York, Buffalo and Boston would have most to lone, new waterway would have its effect also on Philadelphia, Baltimore, Newport News, New Orleans, Gal- Yeston and other southern ports n which flow the foodstuffs sent to Europe by the farmers of our great middle west. Commerce flows in the channels which are shortest In its broadest / and in directions which offer least | aspect the construction of the canal | resist ance, A water route which would enable produce to reach for- eign markets from lake ports with- out breaking bulk, ls a route which every railroad’ man is willing to ad | mit will take the larger share of all “dead freight.” But New York's loss would be Chicago's gain. Changing the point of view the canal looks like an al- Bvery to find fm the canal a shorter and cheaper road to the foreign market where he sells his produce. Tho middleman, the elevator man and the railroad would be largely | eliminated, and the farmer or man- | ufacturer would be that much closer | to the actual buyer and consumer. Every western lake port would become also a sea port, open to all but the largest ocean-going veasola, and from these ports freight would move, not only aboard, but up and down the Atlantic seaboard; and, when the Panama canal is complet- ed, even to San Francisco and the Pacific ports. Lake vessel owners would wel- come a canal which would permit them to escape during the winter months when navigation is closed. ‘Three or four months of every year [this great fleet, representing mil- Hlions of capital invested, is forced to remain idie If they could get to the ocean they would always find profitable employment in the coast- wise trade. A person not familiar with this surprised to learn that the distance ' from Chicago to Buffalo via the THIS MAP SHOWS HOW MUCH NEARER THE GREAT NORTHWEST TO THE BUYING PORTS OF EUROPE THAN A RAIL ROUTE SOUTH OF THE GREAT LAKES. undoubtedly be of the ' easonahble-- ---of seasonable interest there is much at this store now. Furnishings of the kind which just fit this season---articles for Summertime comfort at home or away. Bring your list of wanted things to us, we’ll arrange for not only the entirely satisfactory filling of any order but your buying of same ‘“‘in the Standard way”’ as well---if you wish. June-July brides-- ---in every way is this the ‘‘store for the newly married’’---every Standard store feature will appeal particularly to the young couple just starting house- keeping, Not only is there the pleasure of selecting from stocks under the roof of *‘the largest furniture store in the west,’’ there’s the absolute satis- faction that goes with every Standard purchase and “‘the Standard way’”’ tohelp. ---you will always find a pleasing reference to this store from the hundreds of Seattle homes furnished completely by us. THE CANAL BRINGS < Great Lake ie practically the same as the distance from Chicago tg Montreal via the Michigan, Huron and Georgian bay canal route. The former is 900 and the latter 90% miles. It is estimated that 24 hours will be sufficient for a vessel to pass the 88 locks of the canal and river, so the voyage would be made to the, seaboard in nearly as short a time as is now required to reach Buffalo, All the reports received by the State department from consula: and others, confirm the pre+ hat the canal is likely soon to bo authorized. The cost, wi feome triffl when compared with Projects like the Panama canal, is even b than it was first up | Ppoeed, and it bas been estimated that that $65,000,000 so invested | would earn by tolls at least 4 per cent, If no more than 7,000,000 ton Of freight per annum were ever car rhea The Canadian parliament ts in session; the Laurier ministry is in Digh favor, and the men whose influence the prime minister relies are strong in their belief that the country would approve most cordially this echeme for opening an all-Canadian road from the west, a gr img a huge share of the trade of “the states,’ Canada ts prosperous but recent ly has undergone a general com mercial awakening, as an evidence of which the Georgian bay canal {s| but one instance American capital | is pouring into the Dominion, even | a are the wheat farmers trom the} northwest and United States. A new nation to the north is de- Yeloping fast. $29 value lor the woek $16.85 ‘This is a splendid cottage or camp outfit, arranged for the furnishing of one room completely. Outfit con- sists of a neat pattern white enameled iron bed (full or three-quarter size), good wire spring mattress to fit; one of our Standard Special Sanitary top mat- tresses; one pair good grade pillows; one solid oak bedroom chair; an oval plate mirror dresser like ple- ture. The total regular value of this combination is $29.00. We special price it for the week (only one Outfit to the person) ...cee ceseseeere sooo, 16.85 A Standard Cottege-Camp Outfit—$26.00 value, for the week $15.95. Another very good cottage or camp outfit, for the furnishing of one room. Out- fit consists of the popular pattern iron bed, with broes rails on foot and head ends, very neat pattern oval plate mirror dresser, commode, the total regular value of this combination is $25.00. We special price it for the week (only OMG GUELIL LO M POTHOR) . 6s eseveeeeceewereeenrenee were ceree ceeerees SISO all parte of the! LE PEO VT OT BAOKE PRINCIPAL FEATURES OF & THE CANAL Cont; $65,000,000. Dimensions: Depth 20 feet on the sills, 22 in the reaches; We have the agency for this Folding Bed; it’s the best of its kind. No wood is used tn its construction, being of metal throughout; fitted with a fine NATIONAL wire spring, di- vides on the top and each half This is a practical little ar- tele for the camp or small room; is 31 inches wide, 34 inches high; has drawer and side arms for towels; Hore is a splendid article for camp and outdoor use; white enamel, all metal Commode; has basin hole on top, shelf below, side 100 feet width at bottom section drops over, forming full This is the season when every Locks to take vessels 500 feet the STANDARD price ts tt or Dams very strong; the } size bed. The STANDARD } household should have a waste eg... ERIE . eewensen’. eoveneess ANDARD price is .... 85.50 price of this bs can. This is the most practical Length: 40 miles actual ca- nal; 4 miles of locks; 74 miles onen river; 307 miles open lake; total length of water. way from Georgian bay to style made, of heavy galvanized iron and strongly braced. In these sizes: ue 95 ete ee ee ee ee the Drapery Store has splendid news to tell of seasonable and bright arrivals just came; drapery stuffs, light, cool, pretty draperies 16-inch, price .. 18-inch, price Montreal, 426 miles. Number of locks, 3%. These few are apecialed for the week— 20-inch, price .. Higheett land above sea A special lot of dark colored cross striped Madras Curtains, 40 ina. level, 659 feet. Time required to build ca- nal, five years. wide, 3 yards long, in rose, olive, grass green, myrtle green, light and dark blue; regular $3.00 values; the pair this week » $1.65 Light colored snowflake Madras Curtains, white ground and fine col- ored silk cross stripes, regular values $3.50; for the week, very special, the pair .,., veee $2.00 eetee eee teeter eee eee SERRE REE RR eH) The Santa Ana sailed on Friday) night for Southeast Alaska with al colored madras by the yard mre nun of laborers for thot 52 inches wide, regular $1.50 quality, for the week very special, the jeward peninsula ) yard eee Bb gee senaggen . Rees, wife of th Striped and figured Dimity and Swiss, for bedroom curtains, in very down buys a Buck : a arnival manager, is « attractive colored striped and floral effects, 36 Inches wide; for the the, Pacitle besoltal. Mra, Recs if Week, apecial, Yard .....-ssecccsseesssesee one veaane. wichveeide Steel Range and many friends here. os Figured colored velour, a material most suitable for parlor or den lounging cushions, 30 Inches wide, very special priced the yard ......seseee ove tees “ A special showing of Indian Portieres. We week an unusually fine lot of Indian Portieres, made up of burlap and leath- you take a whole year in which to - for the week, INDEPENDENCE, Kan., June ‘The price of Western ol! was cut| 3 cents per barrel by the Standard Ol co y today. ” . today ong vag panei Br: er, with Indian bead trimmings; very artistic and fine for summer } Hay for it for Kansas oll, owing to over pro- homes and cottages; the Pall .oecsscseeve someewcoe seeeeees $5.00 duction, jeampvitincab nn unmannncroginemcnmimninnpnqomnncsatinehitbisital Get eee eeeorery Se i i i i i ee i * * rune Olandard Furniture Co * PUSH IT ALONG! *| . * & * CLE LAND, June 19.—The *# * 26 members of the Master *& * Plumers and Mantel Tile Deal- * his ds the hk “ this store extends the longest OG to Fi this store extends the longest ® ers’ association for combining *& s, rs 3 % # and charging excessive rates in * and most liberal credit— 1 o 1 om irst Avenue and most liberal credit— * violation of the state and anti- *& % trust laws. * SEATTLE BELLINGHAM ——_ TACOMA * - » KKKKAKKAERKE KKK