The Illinois free trader and LaSalle County commercial advertiser. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1841-1843, 1843-05-19
Proapcet, Of sac Nerl.,-wes,.

Prospect. Of SAC Norih-west.
There are a, present several circumstances com
bining, which open prospect to the northwest
that eyen the widest SPECTATOR few years ago
lad no, dreamed of. These are, |. A great rednc-
ton (in effect equivalent to total repca) OF the
duties on American wheat and pork taken to Eng
land through Canada . The opening OF direct
ship communication between the Atlantic and the
| lakes by means of the Lachine canal; and 3. The
completion Of the Illinois and Michigan canal.
|. I, is rendered morally certain by the latest
arriya! from England, that the duties on Amerl-
can w%eat will soon be, if they are not already,
! reduced to a merely nominal rate. The measure
ID supported by the ministry, and that's sufficient
10 insure its adoption by pariiament-The duty
on American pork is not reduced but by new
construction of the English tariff law, 1t can he
shipped by way of Canada at very low duty.
| A communication was lately laid before parla-
ment from The lords Of the treasury from which it
appears that they have decided that "salt provi
sions, which have undergone in Canada the whole
of the process requisite to the preservation or Gu
ring Of the article may, within the terms and spi-
rt of the Navigation Act, be regarded and admit
ted as colonial produce This will admit Ame-
rcan pork, sent 10 England through Canada, at
duty of 49, Cd. per cwi., (ess than ! ct. per b.
whereas, if imported directly from the United
States, the duty is AS. per cwt
2 In regard to the Lachine canal, which is de-
signed to open communication between lake
Erie aud the st. Lawrence, VIC have the follow
ing paragraph from the Troy Budget, from which
it will be seen that the work will be vigorously
prosecuted the present season:
We are informed hy gentleman who recently
travelled along the line OF the lachine canal, that
s 600 ahorers viii he employed upon that work
during the coming season. There can be no
doubt therefore, of its speedy completion, and
that in two or three years time, ships Of 900 tons
burthen will be enabled 10 ascend from the ocean
to the great lakes with ease and expedition,
3. The completion Of the Illinois and Michigan
canal, within the next three or four years, is an
event which cannot yet be looked forward to with
any certainty, but there is ground for a reasona-
bic hope Of the accomplishment Of that desirable
object Affairs in New York, at our latest dates
looked rather favorable than otherwise, for the
success of Messrs. Oakley and Ryan in their ne
golatons with our bondholders for an advance of
81 100000 to complete tho canal. If the bond
holders in New York advance their portion, it is
thought there will he little difficulty in getting
our bondholders in London to do the same. The
English feel MS deeply interested in the compile
ton of this canal as New York does, and more
so. They justly regard it as a continuation Of
those immense works in progress in Canada for
facilitating the trade of England with the great
west, and It they can be convinced that they con
advance tho money 10 complete it with any de-
gree of safety, they will not hesitate TO do it,
The completion of the Illinois and Michigan ca
nal, within three or four years. may, therefore
we think, be looked upon as within the range of
probability
These three Objects then, accomplished
the reduction of the English tariff on American
wheat and pork shipped by way of Canada, the
completion of, the Lachine canal, aud the compile
tlOIl " Iut llIiilplS Nlthi9hl
impetus will be given to the west that must insure
her prosperity to degree unprecedented in the
history Of our country. Our farmers then, instead
of Of being compelled to drag their wheat from 0
to $50 miles to market where the average price
is scarcely so cents bushel, will have market
at their own doors rs good as that OF New York
city itself The western merchants will no longer
be compelled to undergo the fatigue, and expense,
and risk of bringing their goods all the way from
New York and Boston, but their cheapcs, trading
points Willie Chicago and other ports on the lakes
Vessels will then load at Chicago with the i'm
mcnse quantities Of produce that will accumulate
there, and continue their course to Liverpool with.
out br eahng bulk and as n return cargo they
will bring almost to our own doors those products
now dependent on the Atlantic cities. Chicago
and the other principal ports upon the lakes viii
Use from forwarding points to the importance Of
sea ports and the banks OF the Illinois and Mi
chisan canal, if they cannot rival those of the
II udson in the majesty of their scenery, will in a
few years be able at least to rival them in
wealth. All this seems inevitable. The dark
cloud Of adversely that hus hung over us 70 long
and dampened our spirits is passing away, and
we chccrcd by the bright hopes of "be,,ef days
coming
virginia Election.