| Show CANADIAN PACIFIC competition the american side of the story baing heard today chicago aug 4 in his before the interstate commission today general passenger agent enitia ol 01 the burlington road warned the canadian pacific that if it continued a policy toward the american Amei ican roads con grees would interfere and compel it to dearst mr austia spoke for upwards of an hour and a half in forceful language he described tho evila which he eaid had resulted from the granting of differentials to the canadian road he declared that if the canadian could not conduce business on even terms with its american Amei ican if should not be allowed to take american traffic he was interrupted several times by pronty aho asked him how weaker roada could secure a share ot traffic it they wera not granted differentials he replied that the roada handicapped by physical should compete tor cheaper lines of traffic farther catechised catechi sed on the same subject ha admitted that this nation might in a sense amount to granting differentials he denied however that riving differentials to the western roads would prove a remedy for the present troubles differential religion he said will sot bring peace to the soul of the railway american he thought the canadian pacific could compete on even terms with ita competitors it it quickened ilg time and he conceded that a share of american traffic in the east should be carried by canadian lines the canadian pacific claimed differential from boston to san francisco but there were a halt dozen roads connect leg these points which possessed greater disadvantages than the canadian pacific and could claim differentials from it when epe akine on the futility of arbitration in railway dispute sir austia digressed a moment to compliment mr mcnicoll on the shrewdness he bad displayed in desiring arbitration he said mr me nicoll knew what he wa about when he sted that course otherwise no agreement would have been attached and matters would have stood as before in making his recommendation to the commission mr eustis disavowed on behalf of western roads any desire to exclude the canadian pacific line from operating in american territory BO long as it would consent to compete on even terms with the american lines he contended that wherever tried had proven a failure and he insisted that no natural disabilities which the canadian road possess entitled it to he asked the commission to decide the right ot canadian roads to do business in the united states I 1 havo told mr mcnicoll that it be will become a fair competitor neither the western lines nor the trunk lines will object to the canadian line getting its fair share of traffic he eaid |
