Benjamin Harrison actually said...

"It should be known before new legislation is proposed whether the United States is under any treaty obligations which affect this subject"

"We have not stipulated in the treaty that we will permit merchandise to be moved through Canadian territory from one point of the United States to another at the will of the shipper"

"The first and second and the third and fourth of these provisions are reciprocal in their nature"

"The questions whether we shall continue to allow merchandise to pass from one point in the United States, through Canadian territory, to another point in the United States, and, if so, to what exactio..."