The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1849-02-17
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS AND TIE
UNITED STATES.
A MII nns.ed lho IIonse orRcnresenInliyeI

At the lasl sessian- Congress, 10 ndnili Ger
tpiu orioles of CnundInD-produeliou Into aus
through The United States, free Of duty, upol
tic condition, Hs we supposc, that The same
or similar articles, ofour production, he adj
United inlo aud through the British Provin,
ccs, on the same principle Tho same hill /,
now pending IN the Senate; also one Of reclp,
rocnl principles, in The Canadian Polliamcut
Mr. Phelps opposes the bill IN the Senate
on the ground It is suggested, that inauufac.
cures are not included IN II.
~ order Ia show Tho amount Of trade that
would lie nd,rIcd 10y tie passage ofruch bills
we copy the annexed paragraph from Mr.
i Dix speech in the Senate upon this question.
/ Mr. Dix advocated the hill mad said
1.-The proposed change Gaunot seriously ne
I feet the revenue we now dVFIyo from duties
/ imposed on Imports to CANADA. Tho duiieo
average about @63, 500. Ournggrcgatc im-
ports RON the British North American col.
onirs hhhc Ia duty, nre less thnu million
annually oar exports ihiiher in 1917, Ia
mourird 10 nearly six millions Of dollars,
while ulr inports tie same yenr were about
two. Tho remainder olOiir exports were
, puid Gv lay BILLS on England, mud this must
continue 10 he the case. 90 the articles
which this bill would infect, wo did not inn
por' from all the British provinces in 1877,
more thnn 100000, md of tint nmotmt, but
a eWNll proportion came from Canada. IN
1917 We exported To- Canada g39S3 barrels
lornour AMT GB2 ,55S bushels Of wheat, with
n d,1y ofnine cents n hushel nn the inporln-
tion. We sent also 0l3, $50 pounds Of tnlow,
with duty Of one per ceut:!s GOO bounds oi
butter, win dnt? of Si,J0 per cwi.; l45s
oxen, with dnt; ..S7 per lcHd; II.70l hush.
ola POTATOES, with duty Of 10 per cent..ig,-
099 bushels of apples, with n duiy oi 10 cents
per luishclnud lGs09 barrels or snlfcd uicnis
chiefly pork with duty of = 20 the cwt. The
dnty on sheep nrd other animals being about
10 per cent. ~ nearly rrolrihtory.
! he advocates Of this measure maintain
rhnt tho people ofihc U, States would he
greatly benefited by the contamination OF
the plan. One argument ndduc I'd is, TINT
with The completion ofu few miles of cnnnl
opening nid Lake Champlniu-nnd which
4 alone is necessary 10 complete wafer comnu
nicu,ion from fife great Western Lake,
through Canada into Lake Chnmplniu--thc
productions of the West, flour. &c. could be
transported to the Atlantic cities and Stn,es
N'lAi Nv 'hAf lllt lllthtHt
The Burlington Free Press illustrates thi.
point in his why;
/ X nov costa % cts. n barrel To bring nouI
from Osdcnsburgl to Burlington, ria
Montreal With the Caughnawnga Canal
md even with tho existing Canal facilities
flour could be taken 10 Rnrl!ag,ou nee speaI
adrisedig) for fire ctnts a barrel. The cost of
u Barge load of 5000 barrels, therefore, ould
1,.... la. i..lis,
by present regulations, mud 6y the
OgdenshurRh Railroad, $4,000
Under International reciprocal Lnws,
and Ivy the projected or existing ca
nal. $3.50 O0C
i The Free Press usrs The argument nenins
Ih(idging the Like. We have nothing to dc
win, ,ho, question, now
! ThG%cnernl question is one OF considera.
Die interest To tho people of Vermont The
passage, iuthlnws, ofrhe bills before each OF
the Legislative bodies referred TO, wouIt
greatly affect trade aud business, hut %,
which side the advantages lie is ulore thar
can well he detcrmincdNntiI The experiment
has been, tried.
The Tories in the CanadSn Pnrliumen
dctermidly oppose the measursS2ud, prob
ably, because They hpprehend ii LOOKS to nj
terror purposes, which thnyr MS gootNoyO
subjects, are bound TO frown upon. The,
susnect il may tend TO bring about n sepnrn
ton oFtGc Cnnndas nom England aud secure
ultimately, ,hsir union with the United S,nies
The sul.jectae areciprocnl trnde hus reach
ed n Stage Of progress in both countries tc
make IL one of immediate interest, aud to ex.
cite debate among the people.
We understand that two cases Of Smai
PoX have recently occurred in Coventry
J which originated with mnn, who, not Ions