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Show SAYS CANADA'S TRADE WORTH LOOKING AFTER Hill Calls Attention to Preponderance Prepon-derance of Population in the North. CHICAGO, Jan 9. President J. J Hill of the Oreaf Northern road wnx In Ohl- I eogo todny. anil held extended conferences with the officials of the- Chicago, Burlington Burling-ton & Cjiilney road. 'oneernlng the re-cent Indictment of ofllclalH ot the Burlington road in connection with charges of grunting rebates, Mr. mil declared de-clared he would he giud to have the matter mat-ter brought to trial a p. odtly as possible. pos-sible. He declared that h.- was in favor "f reciprocity with Canada In order to stop the exodus of American settlers, manufacturers manu-facturers and capital lo the English province. Canada"3 Trade Counts. "Below the equator." declared Mr. Hill, "there Is but o per cent of the world's population, nbove it the D&lance of tho peoph Hir trade with Mexico and South America In trivial, but our trade with Canada Is fJOO.OOO.OGO a year, and it Should be taken care Of, It Is not growing grow-ing as It should, and wo are not ..:ily loxim; trade, hut w are losing capital an.l citizens well. American capital finds it Cheaper to export from Canada than It doeH from this country under existing laws. Boycott Is Serious "The Oriental trade will In lime adjust Itself. I hope. The people of this country will come after awhile to know the Chinese. Chi-nese. We are' unable to compete for business In the Orient now, excepting in raw material or some commodity with but little work upon It, and the latter Is soon e-ople-d by the Chinaman The boycott boy-cott Is a serious matter, and I have no way of knowing whether it will be done awuy with OT not." |