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Show MERCHANTS COMrLAIN. They Demand Equal IUghts With Canadians In Business. The merchants of Skasway have Just Mgncd a petition nddresseel to the Treasury department. In which they urgo that they be either placed on an equality with e'anidlans In shipping Boods from Skngway Into Yukon ter-iltory ter-iltory or else that tikniiiiay and tho luntlguous terrltor) be. turned over to I'unuda, that the) may be enabled to transact business In a profltuble manner man-ner with tho gie.u Interior countr). Tho chief eomplilnt Is that when Hkugwii) mi lehunts ship goods Into tho Yukon trrrltoi), Cnnnll-in customs of-llcers of-llcers put upon them nn ixiesklv! vul-u vul-u itlon, or the same as the tetull prices at bkagway. Mich a valuation absolutely provents Hkngwa) men hunts fiom engaging In wholesale trade since Vancouver nnd litorla dealers euu ship goods through Skngway and Amerliuu toultury In bond iiudei Iho expensive system maintained main-tained b) the United States. The merchants mer-chants therefore lequest that they bo allowed to worehouso Cnnidlan goods at Bkngway with the privilege of returning re-turning these si oils to Cannda flee of dut) This would permit them to engage en-gage In wholesaling on nn equal basis w llh Canadians Han Prunclseo Chronicle. |