The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1845-02-21
Mr.. McClcrnuud.. Rcpor,.

mr. McCicrnaud's Report.
Il 10 Difficult, to selec, passages from this rcpor,
every part of which teens with facts which must
strike every candid mind as Masquerade in favor
Of the completion Of the canal a, Amos, any sa-
cri6ce but as same OF the members of our legs-
lature have attempted to underrs;e this work al
legng that there will bevery little trade to pass
tarOuGh 1t, We suhoin few paragraphs from the
report on this head which show bu, one or two
from which trade is expected to fow through this
channel.
The area of the eleven new States alone
is $4,000 square miles. Inhabited by g..
576,972 people. England, Ireland, Scot
land, and Wales are estimated to contain
100000 square miles, aud a population
Of 27,OOO,O00. Now, according TO this
ratio. the new States of the west would
support population Of l22 ,625 900.
Such an amount Of population will fur.
nish some data upon which the produc-
ton and consumption of the new States
may be Appropriated. And if it may be
supposed tha, the eastern aud western d.
visions of the United States will conlin-
ne to be distinguished by the present dis
tinc,ive avocaiions of their inhabitants,
and to depend on each other for mutual
supplies of manufactured and agricultural
products. some idea, though indislinc,.
may be formed Of the immense prospec-
tr,Ia hnymna, T., -,
however, with considerable certainty,
villa! are the varieties and amounts of the
present productions of the new States
and from them abundant reason may be
drawn in favor Of opening channels to
new markets for their sale. The follow
ing table, compiled from The last census.
will indicate these varieties and amounts.
The eleven western and southwestern
States, and three Territories, viz: Ala
bama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Tennessee,
Kentucky. Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Mis-
souri,, Arkansas, Michigan, Florida, Wis
consin, and Iowa, produced as follows:
Horses and Mules 226G.542
Neat cattle 6,7i0,790
Sheep 5,755,37l
Swine l5,4l3,l2l
Poultry, ESTIMATED val. $3,075,9S2
Wheat, (bushels) 3s,O2I, 6O4
Barley, do 5O4,535
Oats, do 4G,9lI,077
Rye, do 2,s37,lO5
Buckwheat,do 9lI,3l2
Indian corn,do 236,493,472
Tobacco, (pounds) 43,82S, O93
Cotton do 770,656,G79
Sugar do 26l ,50O,235
The trade Of the west is either local
between its ports, or between it and other
sections Of The United States, or between
it and foreign nations. Judging from the
best data to which access could be obtain
ed. il seems that the steamboat tonnage
of the Mississippi vally and that of the
Lakes now exceeds that of Grea, Britain.
This fact can hardly be realized, when i,
is remembered that fifty years ago the
entire west was almost an unbroKen will
derness, and that Great Britain has been
steadily progressing in all the arts of
peace, civilization and improvement, for
the last thousand years, and she is now
the most powerful and the most CONNER
cial nation of the globe. According to
a statement to be found in late memori-
al Of the citizens Of Cincinnati, Ohio, on
the subject of the navigation of the Ohio
and Mississippi rivers, it appears that the
rivers and lakes of this region of coun-
try are navigaled by about 800 craft, in
GLIDING steam and sail vessels. The
steamboat tonnage alone is estimated at
l43,93O tons; while the number Of
STEAMBOATS, belonging 10 Great Britain is
Sc. down a, 722, carrying Sale tons
thus showing difference of 64,2l4 tons
in favor Of the former.
The trade Of the west, between its ports
is estimated at the annual vas-
ne of $4,000, 900
BY the way OF the Lakes,
with the east a, $4,000, 900
The exports and imports
through New Orleans, at 100, 900, 900
Making grand total of 1895, 600, 900
BY the report of the Sece,a-
ry Of the Treasury to Con-
gress at the last session, it
appears that the entire
amount Of the exports of
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