Show THE cadin how thea effect in the billel stats august 2 A special from washington sas that chairman walker of alie interstate inter state railway association in reply to letter from senator bullom asking his views on rail nay relations with canada has written aaning in substance that the canadian lines operating in the united states affect the commercial or business of certain parts of the country favorably especially new england and other sections along the border they affect business iu other parts of the country to some extent unfavorably jude walker thinks that the grand 1 ruilt and canadian southern railways Kail ways havo been the large factors iu the development of chicago and that the competition of the grand trunk baa materially aided in bringing about alie long rates of the last few years between the western and borth w extern states and eastern seaboard whether the result obtained through the entire country has on the whole been more favorable than otherwise lie declined to say it was hardly worth while to speculate on in fact says the letter it hardly seems worth while to adjust the balance the canadian railways ore in existence commercial conditions have become brinly set in their use and they are rapidly boiling their way in ether directions it is that their relations to interstate commerce in the united states can by no possibility be entirely aridi bated in the question whether alio carried from point to in the united belongs naturally to the canadian lines the letter states that somo of the canadian lines are geographically perfectly natural rome but that if the canadian lines etere not available for bervice they would be practicable for traffic to tx carried w holly within the united slates judge walker i onside rod many propositions winch leave been made at length especially regarding reK arding the long and short haul clause and closes ft apparently would not be unjust for our to require from the lines winch are employed in commerce between the dil Terent stales of tle union an en with the united government in some form and if necessary under sanction of a treaty providing that the entire trat fit of the roads composino the routed BO used shall be conducted in accordance with all the provisions of the act to regulate commerce adding suitable arrangements for the service of cesa and enforcement and collection of penalties in other words all that is re quiren would seem to bo some provision which would put the cana dian roads upon en exact par cur own |