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IM / N Si M b* a) ii It 11 () I 1 I 1 The Question of Export Duties *» •••' ' 'i.1 same people, its statements, arguments, logic and conity untrue in order to tutiiish any l)a.sis of operation, and they are intentionally mislcadiuL;- becausi^ the object sonnhf could not be securtnl if the facts were presented, it is probabiy belitlleing anyone to not ice anonymous com- munications when the author of such communications dare not make known his identity or the conditions under which he seeks to deceive the Oovernment. Prior to thi* ad\'ent of the Canadian Copper Company, the whoht of JMirope. as a market lor nickel, belonged to the New Caledonia Mines. Tli.it ( »!nr,»:iiiy jM'ckIiuc ores iiiul iiiutlt's on ih.ii l>l;iii(l ill tht' Noutlit'iii ll('iui>|)ii»'rt' oil tlic upi^tsitf side ol tin' u'l<»l'<'. It had iciiiii'ri'.'s at ilaxii' in FraiKc. at is«'rlolnit' in (rer- iiiany. at l>iniunt;haiii in Kniiiaiul and I't, or near, (iiasu'ow in JScotlaml. Tilt' painphlt't I. 11> von " Kitfiii 1\ , howevtr. tln-y have .st't'ii lit lo rhan^f tli''ir pi kc ot snn'ltinu' to tlu> sitf ot ihc miuos, luiniLdy, Nfw Caledonia This ta'i will inatciiallv losstni ihi' <'osf ol icdn.inu' thfir (U'cs, ami will make tiu'in more than cvit the coinju'iitois ol our (\urianv. why would not the plaeinu' (»l the reliuv'ries beside the sinelliiiL: works in Canada eh. ajteii the linished prodint ol' the Sudlniry Mines ' 11" the new Caledonia Company ar-' unahle to luiiii^ their nickel mattes to their own reliiieries in iMiiiland, ^Scotland. I'^rauce aiul (Tcrmany, and to s. U their product in these count - rii's in competition with the relini'd product (d' \\u- (,\uiadian Copper Cinipany, hut must abandon and close uj) all these relineriei; and ere( t new ones at the mines and the place ot'the production ol tln^oies and mattes, how in the nam*' ol' common sense are tliev to be ablf to sliii> these mattes to the I'niled States o l)e relined by an \nierican I\elinery ami to bi' sold in the market of the (init-'d Stales in coniplition with the Canadian Copper Company '.' What has prevent-'d the New Caledonia Company during all these years t'lom shipi)ini2' mattes to New York in com- petition with the Canadian Copper Comi)aiiv- if they are such dangerous competitors / So (ar as the Unilt'd States tarill law- is or was coneermHl. they have had just as lull access to the Unite.vs east U)n'j;tu degrees south latitude Sudbury is bleated about 7e degrees west longit udt' and 40 degrees north latitude. Th" two places are thus, ])y way ol' Euroi»e, 240 ■ liav.' Nile olfh,. 111,(1. 'liallv I'l'i'iii.'s ill "' UnittMl "I <]o.siiiu' •' ' of tJi;i"? i"s beside i'lir tlu'ir ^'<•otJall(l. 'St' «()nu(. '-iiiadiaji '•ill l]h'>e ace of the '•"iniiioji ' I 11 i ted •' i^olil in vith the iniio- y d\ ill com- :iit' such mill law <<) I ho 1(1 <>ul!uM-ii ide ajtd wnv ol" ' 1 tJOd It'doiiia id bury, d Ne\y Oalt'donia an' TiOiuloii. Paris. Ilaiuburii' and siiiallcr plaros in Gt'vinanv !Hid \usiria. Nfw I'altdoiiia is ten lliousand niilos far hi'i rroiu Loiidtui and I'aris tiiaii Sudbury is All tiifrukc used in Ni'vV ('aK'nia has to be shippi'd IVoui ritaill and (•(~>st> that Coiupaiiy sit lis !uniat<'s ni<»r'' ilian t wii'c as much as docs the coke Used at Sudluiry. Til' painjthlct pi'ccecds to sa\:--"Th" reason that th»» iiialiciv not lurthcr ri'Hu -d is becaus.- tiic natural and econ- omic coiulil ions (d' Ihedi^lri't wiii'iethe ore is mined have l)eeu auainst it " What a blanket slaiemeiit ol ^-littering ffeiieralities t his is. Whal are these •natural and economic conditions" ' Stale them, nameless author. Is the ( limate essi-ntially nt orcoi»per. aie'i no other mineral theiiieatest plant ol the world is erected. Last year the CalumeL and llc( la Compaiiv paid lice millions ol dollars in dividends and it i>. expecied to pay more than six milli(»ns ol dollar.s in dividends this year, it employs more than 4.0(i(i m-'u an«l raises more than l.oOo tons ofore per day. Its stfxk has a sellinii market \a]u'- ol' more than lilty* three millions ol dollars. This market price has increased 23 millions ol d(dlars within the last two years. Tliat CV»mi)any seems to be al)le to make a pretty sii<'( esslul strun'u'le w ith '" the natural and economic conditions ol the district where the ore is mined, beinu' against it." The i>amphlet lui thei' prcx'ceds as Ibllows ; "The New Caledonia C'ompany have many advantayes over its Canadian c(nnpetitoi>. Their Ireiuhl rates are mut h lower than the Sudbury distrit i. one beinu,' wholly maiim' ami the other alont" inland railroad liaul. Ai^ain the dilleii'iicc in the tirade and nature of the ore, the New Caledonia bid ni>' a siln ate, of simple and ea.sy reduc- tion, while the <\inadian is a comi>lex sulj)hide, more diliicult and costly to niino and ie(|ui(iim' more con;,plicated, expensive and skililul methods ol' reduction and separation." There is scarctdy a sinuK' word ol truth in this whole .statement, and e\erv word and senienee is studiously and intentionally misleadiiiL*'. The Sudbury ore.s are far more easily and cheaply smelted than the New Caledonia ores. They re(juire no llux of any kind in the furnace, fliey are self- fluxing-. Aftor ih»'y iiro voast(»ivs is the siniplcsi prori'ss possil)le. It requires praelii ally no ski!!. !So lar as the l"n'i«^ht rates ol' the New Caledonia mines heidg- less than the Sudhury niiu«'s is roueerued, exaetly the opposite is true- Tlie New Cali-doiiia freights are quit** twice a» hiiili as the Sudhury lrt'i<;hts. Stidl)ury has only ?'• miles of railway haul to reach Alucma Mills, and ^he then has an all waicr I'nMirht to !jon(h)n, cither hy the St. I.awreiice or th<» Erie Caiuil from ihillalo to New York. •' Nevv Caledonia ha^un railway haul. It is all marine." Yes. she has a railwav haul, hul it is an overhead wire rojx'way railway- of which she has manv miles, The location of the minch heinii' such that stc.nn railways cannot be built to them. It is utterly untrue that the cost of pioducini^ nietallic nickel from iSudbury ores are about twice that oi' pr(>ducinj^ it from Caledonia ores. I'.xactly the opposite is true, that the cost of prod uci nil" nickel IVr thi' pur* nir which one Ion of 'ht' out |)iii ♦' ;i> mutli Working- )ivs is t)n' I) skill, mill mines xartly the iuitc t\vi<«' 7" miles (Ml has an Met' or the 1 marine." head wire le location >l l)e })uilt g- metallic oducin^ il '. that the (I delivtM" producing- iiattes but om Crfoat ack again 'U to the t she has I rope and »ss tons of he would neries in g"ineering' el her any ites from place an few Cale ores into •ws that ' United States as tlie hitrliest authority in the world upon all mininj? and metallnmicHl (piestioUH. Here is his answer. "TiiK I']nmi.\eekinc. anh Mimnr cent guarantee. Yours truly, R. p. JioTHWELL. The Sudbury mattes are sold in New York on an average carry about 20 or 21 units of nickel and about 25 units of copper or a))out 45 per cent, of the two metals — some mattes run much higher. The officials of the Copper Company say that some 12,000 tons of these mattes were sold last year by them to the New York Relining Company and averaged $50. SO (It'livt'Vftl al Xow York Inc ol all tliaruo, that is l"Ji> pouiuls of iii' kt'l and ."((id jxhukIs «>!' copper in I lip lorui ot'injittc wi'ic laid down in Ni'vv York lor this auionnt Accordinn' to ilu- pricfs <|U(»itMl tor I hi' dt'livt'ry (»!' Ni-vv CaU'donia ori's in N<'W York — 4*J0 poniids ul' ni.k«'l or "Jl units in thi» loini of oif would cost >?!•'>•'». 1 1. This on^ would tht'ii ha\t' to Ix' siu'dlcd and riMluced to a matii- to hrinu it to t h'' fondit :on in whidi the Suury outi)ui i> sold, 'i'his Would cost at h'a-t ^jo uion', niakiii'4- ^tl."»4l I»ut tlo'loii ol>'udt)urv uiatic fontain> .')()(i pounds t)|" < opptM' in addition to thi' ni'k.d while the Cal'donia ores loiitain nocoppi'r. 'I'his .((ppi'r is worth to tin' rdincr in iho lorni of matti' ,ii l.-ast niuc cfnts, l»ut Wf will call it 7 tents jti'r 11). or •"^;!-'t lor the amount in a ton ol uiaitf. l).'du,t ol a ton ol Sudliurv matte it leaves lo the reliiier a total cost lor the IJo pouiuls oi nickel which he i:''t> in this ton ol matte the <^reat sum ol' ^la.sO as au'ain>t sti.'».44 which ilie same ;unount ol" nickel would cost him it' ohtained i'rom New Caledonia in the loi-m ol' ore. a (liHeren<«' ol'al'out !»;•')<> upon t!ie amount c(»ntained in a siniile ton ol Sudhury matte. It is ihererore evident tliat there can hi- no si'rious competition helvvecn <'ah>douia ami Siulhury until Caledonia can lay down in New York 4*J0 lbs. ol nickel in the form of in itte lor less than ?>!;') SO. The Anieii-an im[^ort dutv u[ion this 4J<) pounds of ni "kel if im- jiorted in it^ rclined lorm wiuild he-^J") liU Yet. in the fai-e of these fads and lii:ure.». i he oliicials of the Canadian Copper Company ami iheii- retained hireiinixs have the courau'e to come heloic l'arli;nnent and t he Clovernnieni and emi»,'avor to deieive and hrowheai hoth I'uiiament and the dovernment with the statements iliat thev are iikelvto he ruined hy com pt'tition with the new Caledonia Company, and that they will close ihcjr mines il the (roveinmeni dares to im[)ose an ex[)ort duty upon nickel and i;oi>per matte. The l)e>t evidoice of the oj)erations of the competition between Sudbury and Caledonia is shown in the market price ol the shares ol the Caledonia Company, between !><'.'-' and the ]iresent lini'- The shares ol the Caledonia Company are live hundretl francs each, In ls''J ihc narket pi'ii »• ol the shares was nine luuidred Iraiic-. To-tlay Ih^y are three hundred and ti'ii francs, and tnis is about twice the price at which they have been selling' lor the last three years, but owinu" to the removing ol their relineries and lurnaces to flie niuicv. and the prospecti\e LiT<.»atly increased Ullds of fic laid h- prift's V..rk— • llltl rost. it'«lu»''d Midhury m;d\iiin" muds id" lia ores r in 1 ho 7 ii'iils 'dufiiiiu ry iiialt*' id ni«k»d d would loiiu ol' aiiu'd in dfiit that )iiia iiiul fork 4-JO 80. Tho el ii im- 10 i'uco ol" )i Copper )uraLit' to deavov to \ crniut'iit by com they will an exi)ort 11 petition •ket prite 2 and the hundred was nine 1(1 tnis is or the last •ries a.nd increased •; dciiiaiid li.i iiirk«d, result inii' tVoiu ilf urcii appropriations niarie.' (d'the>e Taled >nia Stinks 'I'he n.inieh'ss ant hoi v\ imis up hy t hreai'-niiiu' Parlianiciii and tile Cinadiaii < l(»\ eniuient wiih \ eiur.Mii.f Iroiii the V' niied Stiites ( 'oiil;i'< >'■; This is an old and oil repeati'(l uanie oj Mull- li ha^ worked so well thus far that it is hoped lo make it do scrvieo aii'ain and to rontinue to do st'i\ire The I iiited States iioveinmeni does not want ores or mattes containing: niekel. She want> relined niekel. il' .sln» wants any : and it' she does she is e.ot . 'Heeled hy an\ I'Xjxirt duty whieh th<' i'ominion ( i(>vernmei;! may place u[)on ores and mattes containinu- ni- klates lor he--' \y that they must supply iheirow ■ nickel. ,No govern- ment import'Uii" arti< le.> lor its own 'is. needs to p;fy duty. II it did pay duly it would only pay i to its. -It' A matter ot takinu' the duty out ol one t)ocket and puiiinuit into t he<»ther. Minh is said ahout the shultiPLi' down ol' the; otiier three smelters at Sudhury. I'he mines ovvne.:ny in produeinu' imdtes there was no use in its ruiinine'. Ami this applies to nil the property in the Sudhury district not ow ned hy the Canadian ('oi>i)er Comjiany As lonii' as the Canadian < "opper Company can ship its m:tttes to Ni.'W York to he relined and can mainiain its connection with the New York ndinery. it i'-Mi sidl its mnttes to tlnil relineiv at the cost ot produi ti(jii. then huy haik the rtdined artieh; irom tht (.'ompaiiy at the jn'ice at whieh it sold tin- mattes with the additional cost of relinina- the copper and nickel. Tlie CVjinpany, or iisollicials could then u'o on both the Ameri«an and I'^uropean mnkets with line lopper and line nickel at a price so low as to drive the raledouia i)eo{)le out; ol' the relinine' business in Europe- It couKl shut up all the relineries in Europe as it has shut up all the smelters at Sudbury. The fact that the Canadian Coi>i)er Company alone has survived at Sudbury. \vhih» the others have jterished, has l)een persistently l>roughl to the attention of the (Jovernmciit ^ and of Parliauu'iit, hut ilio process by whi«h one coiiceni has lived and three have died, has just as persistently been kept from the knowledge of Government and Parliament. Tlie policy of the Grovernment is preferential trade for the mother country. It al.so means preferential trade for her own country. England is not effected by the imposition of an export luty upon mattes. 8he does not buy and will no iong-er reline nickel and copper mattes, and she has no import duty upon the reiined metal. So tar as copper is concerned by the pro- visions of the Act, the export can only apply where it is associated with nickel. The Act, therelore, when enforced, could not apply to any copper produced in Nova Scotia or Uritish Columbia, or in any other part of the Dominion where it is not associated with nickel. Only that portion of the Act is asked to be enforced which applies to copper and nickel matte. It is to the interests of the Canadian Copper Company to have all its mattes and oresrehned in Canada, therelore, I want it retined and manufactured here : but it is not to the interests of certain of the otKcials of the Copper Company to have their connection with the New York Refining' Conipany severed and the refining and manufacturing done in Canada. The ollicials of the Copper Company have had lonu' experience, and have become experts in shielding theii personal acts behind the veil of the corporations of which they have been the denominating spirits- The issue is therefore clearly made and joined between the Government and Parliament of Canada, representing the people ol Canada on the one side and the ollicials of the Canadian Copper Conipany representing nobody but themselves on the other side, as to whether the great natural resources of the country shall be made to serve the interests of the country, or whether they be made to serve the interests of the two or three Americans who are alternatively persuasive and coercive in the policy and methods adopted before the (iovernraent and Parliament, to use the resources of the country for their per- sonal gain, regardless of the interests of the country to which the resources belong. It is said that the Caledonia people have a large stock of ores on hand at their mines. Yes. they have. Why i Because they could not smelt them and send them to Europe to be re- lined and .sold in Europe in competition witli the Sudbury product, the result is that in order to keep any portion of the I'iUropean nickel market they must produce tht' refined article 1. P' 'I' iiconi has been kept lent. The he mother n country, port luty ^'-er refine uty upon r the pro- here it is enforced, Scotia or ion where of the Act ind nickel jmpany to ore, I want le interests have their b'vered and 'he oihcials and have lid the veil lominatiniT etween the the people Canadian ives on the ces of the country, or wo or three 'oercive in [iraent and their per- y to which 2,e stock of y <• Because le to be re- le Sudbury ion of the ined article at their mines, they cannot allbrd to pay freight upon the crude material Iroin their mines to Europe and IVi'iiiht upon coke from EurojK' to tVic Mines I have in my possession the price at \vhi< li the CaledoniaCompany oU'ered to furnish the New York relineiy with o.iiilixtd mr. they do n )t sell matte and this piice is more than 27;") i)errent higher tliau t!ie Canadian Co]iper Compnny luriiisht'd the >sew York lieliiiiiig Compaiiv "With nickel i/t llti fonn t>l inalh. [Inder these 'imunstaiices any meinherof the Government and Tarliamenl eaii i)lace iht ir own value upon aiiv statements that tli*' Canadian Copper Company is likely lo to be ruined and thedovernmein punished if it iin])o.'"es an exi)ort upon copper and ni( krl in the form of ores and )na!tes. The anonymous pamphlet is false and misleading in statement, reasoning and conclusion, from start to linish. It is to he reiiretted that in every country there are a few persons who are willing to stdl their country s birthright for a mess of foreign pottage, aiul if in lhi» issue siudi persons appear, uiuing the transier and sale, it will be fair to surmise the source of their inspiration and the cuuse of their ell'ort ui dis- tributing a false and anonymous ])ami)hlet. Ihit eiiouuh lor this circular ol falsehood and dece]»tion. Let us keep the interests of these several corjioiations and the ]>ersona,l iiilcMests of the olftcjals managing them separate. The oiiicials have affected to put the inti'rest of the corporations before the (lovernment and Parliament when in fact they are only using the corporations to hide their jiersoiuil interests and acts. The Acts of Parliament ratifying the Ohio charters of the Canadian Copper (\3mpany and the Anglo- American Iron Company wer«^ passed April 22nd, ISSt!, twelve years ago. Neither of these ()hio oth refused to grant. It was pointed out at the time by the (iovtMiiment. by the Chairman of the Committee on ]^rivate Bills, and by several members of the Committee on J'rivate Bills, that the incorporating of this provision in the Charter ol these Corporations allowing them to smelt and refine their Canadian ores "in aiiv Province of Canada or else- where," would he a surrender on the part ol' Parliament and the Government forever the riuht to impose any export duties upon any of the products of these }iotogi'ai)hic copies of the bills in my ])ossessioii whit h I will be glad to show to any member of l^arliament. I was President of the Canadian Copper Company at the time these Acts were passed, and as a conditicm of Parliament passing the Ai'ts I was o])liued to agree, on behall of these Companies, that all the smelting, rclining and manufaciuring of these ores should be d<^ne in Canada, although at that lime the mines were only known to contain copper. The letter of the Hon- Mr- ives. who was Chairman of the Committee when these Acts were passed, tells the .-;tory. It reads as follows: — House of Commons, April 29th, 1807. S. J. Ritchie, Es(i , My Dear Sik ; — I have your letter of the 20th instant, referring to the passing of two Acts in ISSti, the one respecting the Canadian Copper Company, and the other r(\specting th(> Anglo Ameriean Iron Company. I was the Chairman of the Private Bills Com- mittee of th<^ House of Commons at that time, and have today refreshed mv mtunorv bv looking over the onginal records. 1 nnd that the liills as brought l>efore the Committee asked power to establish treating and smelting works in any Province of Canada or rlsvinhcre- the words "or elsewhere" were stricken out by the Committee with the view of forcing the Companies to "treat and refine their ores in Canada. Very truly yours, '(Sgd.) W. B. Ives. The exercise of the powers granted by the last session of Parliament to the Government would not alone be carrying out a policy, but would be a means of enforcing a definite and specific contract— a contract w^Lich has for ten years been araeut and :port duties Both the positively Is tor either ;here'' were pu.'il bill as sion of the pies of the liow to any );iny at the Parliament ill of these lulaciuring t that time 'he letter of lit tee when ; follows : — 11 openly violated in the interests of two or three Americans, and af^ainst the interests of the whole of Canada, except the few who are retained to further the foreign interests at the expense of sacrilicing the interests of their own countrv- The immense naval appropriations oi the i)rin