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The Brownsville Daily Herald
Brownsville, Cameron County, Texas
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Quebec reports: Canadian government probes fears of western provinces seceding from confederation due to US settler unrest and new Hill railroads enabling direct US trade, potentially shifting commerce and deepening east-west divide like pre-Civil War US tensions.
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Dominion May Be Attempted.
Quebec.—The Dominion govern-
ment is investigating reports that
its western provinces may try to
break away from the Canadian con-
federation. There is said to be
much unrest in the northwest,
where the population is largely
from the United States. The coun-
try was settled by men from Min-
nesota, Wisconsin and other states.
The extension on the James J. Hill
railroads offer an opportunity to
break away, as that outlet gives
the people a chance to trade direct-
ly with the United States.
When the Hill chain of roads is
finished the whole Canadian west,
from Vancouver to Winnipeg, will
cease to use the Canadian Pacific
or the Grand Trunk Pacific.
Duluth will become the chief lake
port in place of Fort William of
Manitoba for wheat for New York
and Boston, the chief Atlantic
ports, instead of Montreal. Quebec
and St. John. The effect in bus-
iness in the older Canadian prov-
inces is bound to have serious
results. Matters are not mended
by the well grounded suspicion that
the Grand Trunk Pacific is hand in
glove with Mr. Hill.
That members of the Canadian
government take an apprehensive
view of the situation as it is rapid-
ly developing is the gist of the in-
formation that has reached Wash-
ington. The eastern provinces of
Canada are becoming aroused to
the danger that the western prov-
inces will bolt out of the con-
federacy should an attempt be made
to force upon the western provinces
governmental policies which are
extremely popular in the east. The
division between the east and west
in Canada is fast growing as irre-
concilable as that between the north
and south in this country in the
late fifties and early sixties.
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Foreign News Details
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Western Provinces Of Canada
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potential break away from canadian confederation, serious business effects in older provinces, growing irreconcilable division between east and west
Event Details
The Dominion government is investigating reports of unrest in the northwest, settled by people from US states like Minnesota and Wisconsin, where there is fear of an attempt to separate from the Canadian confederation. The extension of James J. Hill railroads provides an opportunity for direct trade with the US, potentially making the Canadian west from Vancouver to Winnipeg cease using Canadian Pacific or Grand Trunk Pacific. Duluth may replace Fort William as chief lake port for wheat to New York and Boston instead of Montreal, Quebec, and St. John. Suspicion that Grand Trunk Pacific collaborates with Hill. Canadian government apprehensive; eastern provinces aroused to danger of western bolt if eastern policies forced on west. Division growing as irreconcilable as north-south in US in late fifties and early sixties.