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 CAN. 
 
 The Grand Tru 
 forcing the 
 CoLnections 
 
 To JAMES BEATY, 
 Toronto in t 
 
 Gkntlkmen, — 
 
 'I'licre is much ( 
 in the North West, h 
 sleep so far as their 
 they find thcinselve; 
 u nation. 
 
 From the day tl 
 Trunk Railway autii 
 tact that those in cont 
 principles : that, in tl 
 connections with the 
 lose half its value, 1 
 of American connec 
 Railway. 
 
 Nor were the 
 Pacific Railway un 
 of securing their C 
 the G-eat Western 
 and Montreal with 
 about killing this p 
 
GRAND TRUNK RAILWAY 
 
 VERSUS 
 
 CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY. 
 
 MONOPOLY. 
 
 The Grand Trunk Railway Company ask the Government's assistance in 
 forcing the Canadian Pacific Railway to hand over all its Roi,ds and 
 CoLnections in Ontario. 
 
 ■'—' 
 
 To JAMES BEATY, Q C, ROBERT HAY, and JOHN SMALL. Esquires. Members Roresenting 
 Toronto in the Dominion House of Comroons : 
 
 Gkntlemen,— 
 
 '1 here is much ()ulcr>and talk about the supposed monopoly of the Canachau I'acific Railway 
 in the North West, but the people of old Canada, and especially of Ontario, seem to hav; j^one to 
 sleep so far as their own Provinces are concerned, and arc in danger of a rude awakei.ing when 
 they find themselves under the -jrasp of the greatest and most grinding monopoly ever put upon 
 A nation. ' | 
 
 From the day that the Canadian Pacific Railway ceased to be a government work, t le Grand 
 Trunk Railway authorities have been bitterly opposed to the undertaking. They reco^ni/xd the 
 tact that those in control were business men, and would be likely to manage the property oi. busine.ss 
 principles: that, in this view, the Canadian Pacific Railway would, as soon as po.ssible. make 
 connections with tiie business centres of Ontario, as, without such connection.s, the road would 
 lose half its value, being more or less at tiie mercy of the (irand Trunk Rail vay and 
 of American connections, and destined in time to fall into the hands of the Gra.d Trunk 
 Railway. 
 
 Nor were they wrong in this surmise. One of thr first acts of the Canadian 
 Pacific Railway under its present management was to look about for the best mean.s 
 of securing their Ontario connections, and with this view they opened ncgotiafons with 
 the G-cat Western Railway to build the C^ntario and Quebec, and so to join Toronto 
 and Montreal with the Great Western system. At once the Grand Trunk Ritdway set 
 about killing this project, with the result of the absorption of the Great Western Railway 
 
by the ^iiand 'IriiTrR^'TaiUvay. Tlie Grand Trunk Railway were much surprised to 
 find that tlii> move Iiad not worked as they liad anticipated ; that there was yet 
 •the Credit Valley Railway, and that the Ontario and Quebec was to be built even though 
 the Greut Western Railway had been absorbed. They then tried to buy the Credit 
 Valley R.iilway and the Ontario and Quebec. In this they failed. 
 
 The\ iiave since been working" ni^ht and day to so discredit the C'anadian Paeitic 
 Railway Imancially that it would not be abh- to carry out its undertakings. 
 
 THii Grand Trunk iiavi-: always hkkn willing and a:u>: now willing, to make 
 TKRMs wiiii I'liK Canadian Pacific Railway, the only condition being that the 
 Canadian Ta'-hk Railway shall hand over The Ontario and Quebec and The 
 Credit \"a!,i,i.v Rah.ways to tiilm, and for these lines thev are prepared ro 
 
 pay a BI.. I'RICE. 
 
 Whai. docs this mi:an for Canada as a whole, and for Ontario in particular ? Simply 
 that all the business of Ontario and much of the business of the other Provinces, wouhl 
 ■ be under t!ie absolute control of one Company and that Company the Grand Trunk Railway, 
 a Company that ha&.,alatays been i;njssly mismanaged ; that has a capital representing 
 many times the actual cost of the road ; a Company that unless it can devise some 
 means ol increasing its earnings out of the people of Canada, must ere long make 
 default on ><r^■\c of tlie securities upon which it now j)ays interest. 
 
 The Management of the Coinpanj'' rccogni/.e this tact, and have consequently been" 
 straining everv nerve to get control of the I'rovince of Ontario. Once accomplish this 
 and the} have ncjlhing to fear. They could, and wouKl, at once put up rates from 
 one end ■ f the coiuitry to the other. Every bushel of grain and every pound 
 of freight would be subject to largel\' increased charges ami there would be no 
 escape. A farmer in Ontario, no matter where his farm, having i,O0(j bushels of 
 grain to sell, must pay, at least, five cents a bushel more freight, — i, e., contribute 
 $50 extra to the Grand Trunk Railway. — and as there are about 12,000,000 bus'.iels 
 of barley alone grown, of which probably io,ooo,ooo arc e.Kported, and from 10,000,000 
 to 12,000,')''.! bush(.'ls of otlier cereals ex[Jorted in the shape of grain or flour, an extra 
 charge of five cents per bushel on these items alone, amounts to the enormous 
 sum of .$1,000,000 or $1,200,000. This is an amount worth fighting for, but 
 it represints a small proportion of the sum total which the Grand Trunk Railway 
 would gel should they attain their object. Once let theiTi gain the control of the Ontario 
 and Que ) and Creilit Valley Railways, and they have a monopoly indeed, and one 
 
that no g-oveniincnt or corporation ever could hope to brc^UcwwHThen no mm cn\U\ leave 
 
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 or enter Ontario except by the Grand Trunk Kailway, and at such rate as {hey chose 
 
 to ini^jo.sc ; no bushel of ^^r.ii:i, no car load of cattle or lumber, no ounce of freight, could be 
 
 handled, e.xcept on such terms as the Grand Trunk Railway pleased to charjje ; and no one can 
 
 doubt for a moment that their charges would be the hi.q;hest that could be - <acted. 
 
 It is to onTAiN this monopoly that rm: G[<ani) Tkuxk Kaii.wav iiavk ueen 
 
 FkinTiNcj nil-; Canadian Pacific Railway, and niscr<i:i)«miTT Canada for the past 
 
 rURliK VKAKS. *" 
 
 'llic rarliamciit of Canada will doubtless see that no such outi'aj^e is alluwed to be put upon 
 the people ; that no at^rccment is permitted between the Canadian Pacific Railway and the Grand 
 Trunk RaiKvav- that would have tliis effect : let them exact such terms as may be desirable from 
 the Canadian Pacific Railway to secure the absolute safety of any advance that 'he Government 
 may be calk-d ui)on to make; let them shorten by ten or fifteen yeirs the Canad an Pacific Rail- 
 way monopoly clause as one condition of the advance. When the road is coni!)lcted along the 
 ?*Jorth Shore of Lake Superior, and there is continuous rail from the North West to Montreal and 
 the sea ; then, if the Canadian Pacific Railway, havintj the shortest route, cannor com lete with 
 other roads and the all-rail connection by the south, they cannot 'lope to keep heir monopoly, 
 for the people of the North West would not submit to it. 
 
 Tlie "Globe" newspaper is controlled in the interests of the Grand Trunk Riilwa)-, many of 
 the other newspai>crs are afraid to s[)eak out, for they j^et large patronage from the Grantl Trunk, 
 while the Icadin., snerchants of tiiis place, and the shippers of the Province at large, dread to run 
 the risk of Grand Trunk displeasure. Kor this reason the true statL- of the case has never been 
 placed before the people of Canada, and consequently the)- have not perceived ;he dan"-er they 
 arc \\\ of b/ing placed under a monopoly worse, ten times worse, than the much talked-of 
 monopoly of the Canadian Pacific Railway in the North West. 
 
 Trusting that >-ou will take every opportunity to prss these considerations upon other 
 members of Parliament representing constituencies in Ontario, 
 
 I am. gentlemen, 
 
 Your obedent servant. 
 
 Toronto, February 14, 1884. 
 
 EDMH :\. OSLER.