The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1850-06-29
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from the opening oil navigation To the Sth OF
June, together with an estimate, founded upon
the imports OF last season, Of the probable guam
tily of the same articles TO arrive during The
residue Of the year.
The statement went 10 show that the trade.
in the articles which il is proposed by the Ca
madam reciprocity bill shall be admitted free of
duty, is all from Canada.
Since that publication, several documents
have come under our notice which tend to es-
tabish the same fact, and also to enable us to at
tain just estimate Of the commercial value Of
the navigation Of the ST. Lawrence which is
offered as equivalent for subjecting our apri
cnnrisis TO competitions with the cheap lands
of Canada.
In the annual statement OF the trade and nav
igallon of the province for the year ending on
the 9TH of January last, recently submitted to
the Canadian parliament now sitting at To-
ronto, by the Executive, we find that the value
of the agricultural products imported is set down
at 81 ,767; while among the leading articles
OF exports are, wheat, | ,002 ,269 bushels :;
flour, 490, 1886 barrels; beans and peas, 100, $3.50
bushels oats, 34S, 773 bushels. The value of
the wheat and -four alone is more than thirty
times that of all their imports of agricultural
products.
The Oswego Commercial Times. in com
menting upon the statement we have alluded to,
says:
"Ihe Republic has omitted the important fact, of
which 1t must have been in possession that nearly
ali the -FOUR all the ashes, and about one half of the
grain, imported from Canada, passes through Os-
~cgo III bond Tor export TO foreign countries Some
portion OF the flour and grain is taken out OF bond
ut The Atlantic ports for domestic consumption the
extent depending the relative prices our mar
kets bear to those in the European markets. In
times like the present, when prices of breadstuffs
above the export value in the Atlantic ports and
still higher at all the inland markets, there is Of
course more Withdrawn for domestic consumption
than ordinarily. 1t is the operation of our ware
housing law that induces the shipment of Canadian
produce through the States
The fact adverted TO by the Times does not
conflict in the least with that to which we
sought TO invite attention--that Canada has a
large surplus of agricultural products to export,
and consequently furnishes no market for our
surplus If the Canadian wheat, flour, &c.,
imported, is consumed in the United States, il
is because our protective policy has built up a
market, which is better at the time of sale than
the foreign market, which il can reach ON sub
stantially the same terms as our own-for the
transit duty amounts to but one-half of ono per
cent; market which is better by twenty per
cent. the whole amount Of duty TO be paid
when il is Withdrawn from warehouse for con-
sumption in the United States, than the home
market under the colonial policy.
! If, on the contrary, it merely makes the
transit Of our territory to reach foreign markets,
il proves that our lines of communication, nat
ural and artificial, 10 the Atlantic ports, are
! better and cheaper than the route by the ST.
! Lawrence. The channel Of the Oswego and
| Erie canals is not the only one which the com
merce of Canada finds preferable to that Of
the ~. Lawrence. This, indeed. is the one
adopted, to great extent, by the upper pro-
vince. But with the completion of two rival
railroads from Burlington, Vermont, TO Boston,
during last winter, the lower province. has
found greatly increased facilities for reaching
the latter city; and that they are availing them
selves Of the discovery, is sufficiently shown
in the following from the Albany EUening
Journal:
/ "CANADiAS FLoUR AT BURLISoTos.-our read
rrs are not generally Of the large quantities
Of -four nov constantly arriving at Burlington,
and other ports ON Lake Champlain, from Canada.
Our attention has been recently called To this sub
lccl, and we propose, soon as practicable, tc
make up a table ofthc receipts thus far this
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at Burlington;
"June 1925 barrels Of flour; ls,30O bushels
Of oats.
"Junc Ill 500 barrels Of -four; 1920 bushels OF
oats, and 600 bushcls Of rye"
The true state Of the case is this: the agri
cultural labor of Canada is poorly paid, because
the policy Of England will not permit her col
ones To create market for the fruits Of tn,
land. by diversifying their industry. and devot
ing portion Of il TO manufactures Until
within the last four years Canada was compen-
stated in some measure for this restraint, by
diflerential duties imposed on the breadstufis Of
those nations which had cmancipated them
selves from it, She is now paying the full
price of subsection 10 the policy Of British mer-
chants. She obtains manufactures at cheap
rates, estimated in cOin; at a ruinously dear
one. estimated in labor. This has brought her
TO poverty, and to the verge of rebellion; and "a
avert it, Great Britain unites with her in re-
questing the United States that she may be
allowed TO enjoy the advantages which would
result from her belonging 10 both governments,
that she may be permitted 10 bring her land
and her labor up 10 the standard Of Amer
can value, by the free admission Of their pro-
ducts into our superior market--that Canada
! may convert her agricultural products into
money at our rate, and exchange the money
for manufactures at the British rate--to sell at
the prices Of American labor, without giving a
particle Of additional employment to il, and 10
purchase. at the prices Of British labor. EN-
! poyng il to larger extent than before, be-
cause the means 10 do 50 will have been de-
rived from the legitimate profits Of American
1 agriculture, shared without contribution 10 the
American treasury In return for this, we are
offered the free navigation Of the ST. Lawrence,
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