The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1841-05-28
w. ]. LORING,
WILLIAM WARD,
PHlLO S. SHELTON,
NATHAN RICE.
Committee.
BoroN, Feb. 9, 1871.

We have seen another effect Of this arrangement"
of our ,agacous rulers" in which we have been
completely outwitted by the skill Of English diploma
lists. good portion Of the immense products of the
West PARTICULARLY of wheat finds its way throu Oh the
Ohio C,nal Lake Erie and the Weland Ship Canal
into Canada Here ii is admitted free Of duty, and is
manufactured into colonial flour, and shipped as such
by our Canadian neighbors to English ports at home
and in tie West Indies. We should not complain of
this, wer. American enterprise and ingenuity left free
to protect itself equal terms of competition. But
this is now, formerly, the
To give our readers some idea of the imm ense
o. this product already exported from portion
Of the West make some asty but correct state
derived fiom authentic sources, showing in de-
tail, their amount and the course Of its export.
The State of Ohio, alone, sent in 1910 through
Lake Eris, nearly MILLIONS of bushels Of wheat,
nufact,red and otherwise Besides there ship
ped from other States, bordering this and the Up
per Lakes, amount, which, added to the above,
makes nearly seven million nine hundred thousand
bushels-oft this two hundred and nine barrels of flour
Give bushels OF wheat contained in each barre)
and million, eight hundred and thirty three thou
sand, hundred and sixty-fve bushels of wheat,
passed through the Welland Canal TO Lake Ontario,
and the ST. Lawrence. A portion of this, however.
was landed at Oswego, from whence again, thirty
five thousand five hundred, and seventy nine barrels,
were shipped to Canada-making the aggregate
amount shipped by the Lakes and st. Lawrence to
Montreal and Ouch &c, tuo millions three hundred
nine thousand four hundred and fortythree bushels.
How much better would it have been for the inter-
aato of 4 rboJs yasf nj
wheat Toured at home, and the immense profits on its
transportation and shipment to Atlantic rnrss nd
from thence abroad, retained among our own indus
trious citizens.
The difference of duties in the ports of Great Bri
tain and her possessions in favor of Colonial flour
distinguished from that shipped from own ports
amounts to upwards Of .fhy-one cents per bushel Of
wheat
This on the one million, six hundred eighty eight
thousand one hundred and ninety five bushels, ship
ped from Montreal and Quebec, in 1910, would
in favor ofthe Colonial shipping, to about nin
hundred housand dollars.
The American people have but faint idea Of tn,
( immense amount Of the interest involved in this on.
branch of the trade affected by this arrangement
1t is but years since Michigan, and northern Indi
ana, Illinois and Wiskonsan, were supplied with breat
stufs from Ohio. Now, they able to supply them
selves and export some millions besides. The ship
mens of wheat from the pcr, of Cleaveland Ohio, du
ring the year 1870 equalled four million, hun
dred fifty five thousand, nine hundred and fifty bush
els of wheat, amount greater han the mhole erpor
/ Of the United States in anyone year.
But we the disastrous effect of ihis negotiato,
with Great Britain, all parts Of this country. No
i ,,,a N yh. IN, n
the wealth and population and products of the coun
try much less than they are at present, an i'm
nense and profitable trade was carried on in American
resseis with the English w. India islands.
We need not do more than TO present this subject 4
the consideration of the people, and to their publ
agents here-the observation and intelligence of eve
ry experienced man, will discover the extent of tn
evil and point out its remedy.