The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1852-10-02

will tell you that the river is in worse condition
than 1t would have been had never a dollar been
expended upon 1T.
A VOICE If appropriations for this purpose
are Of 81 lutte service, then why have you al.
ways voted IN favor Of bills Of that characteri
Mn. DuuGLAs--I was Just on the poiu, Of eX
planning why. While four.hfIhs Of the money. is
used 10 no useful end one fifth Of it may do some
good; and when human life is at stake, to say
nothing of the commerce of the country. have
always been in favor of making any sacrifice to
preserve 1t.
Now suppose this money had been raised by
tonnage duties upon the boats navigating the
rivera. and expended under authority Of the 10.
cal jurisdiction, ~ II not evident in the first place
that enough would have been raised To effect
some permanent improvement. aud would not
the expenditure Of this money been entrusted to
person fully competent TO superin,snd the iui-
provement, and would not the captains and pi-
lots who paid the money have resolved them,
selves into committee to watch the work at
every step aud see that il was udiciousy con.
Quoted aud the money economlcaliy expended
Look for another demonstration at Michigan Guy
What sums Of public money have been -xprnd.
ed there in the construction Of q hai Dor and yet
YOU all know that the marine business Of that
place relies for its accommodation wholly upon
private expense.
Again. it Is no, only true that appropriations
py "~ gal 1"varnn,.nt :" f"-' sod f'.'
between. rs To fail utterly to accomplish the Oh
jet designed, but they are totally inadequate,
IN amount, for the purpose. Here are seventeen
hundred mule. of coasts along our Pacific posses.
SONS entirely destitute of harbor, light house
ar bouy. II would require five millions Of dol.
lars to improve that coast properly-ten millions
more would bs wanted on this side the Rocky
Mountains The hill passed ut the last session
appropriated about Two millions Twenty thou.
sand dollar. were appropriated Tor the harbor Of
Chicago. WbytS thousand dollars will hard.
ly repaid the damage which your ha,bcr has sui
fered since the las, appropriation. Now IT is
plain, that the present policy Of appropriate ions
by the general government, for the improvement
Of rivers and harbors cannot he relied upon, l.,
it not equally tive that where States aud cities
have undertaken these works by levyng Tonnage
duties, that they have been emnently success
hl
But it had been ssij by Truman Smith Of
Connecticut upon the floor e the L. 5 Senate,
that under his Mr.. Douglass hill the money
would come OF. Of the pocket Of the consumer
thata bale NJ Fnefchaudse-startcd from New
York to Chicago would pay duty at Albany,
Buffalo and again at Chicago and that that the
merchant at Chicago would add this duty
to the price, 80 that the consumer--,he farmer
and mechanic would have it TO pay. Granted
The consumer does pay that tM,y And it was
something to get such an acknow Judgement from
wing The opponents ola protective tariff had
been trying for the last twenty years to convince
the wings of this fact but never before had the I'd
mission been made on that side. But they had
made i. now, and the Democrats would hold
them 10 il.
The consumer would pay the duty under The
tonnage bill that was not denied. But does
no, the consumer pay the appropriation under
the present sts.cm alsO' That would hardly
be dis yu,ed, now tina, the admission If Mr.. Smltl.
had been made and had been generally aeqni.-
ccd IN by tbs Wing party But there was this
advantage. which the tonnage dutie. possessed
over the old vs'em--ths revenue Of the Cover.
men, is raised by duty IN imports alone. Tn
der the old system of appropriations, therefore
the consumer pays the rnire srpense Of rivtr ard
harber improvement But under the plan pro
posed by his bill the duty riH be raised both up
on imports apdeyporis: and as the latter greul
exceed the former II weight it follows tia, II,
foreign consumer uW roy more than one hay III,
srptnw Of hd,Lor audriver Improvements in on,
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Womb make his n sn,f,rm result
Aya;n how would hi. n...,,. a. ,,,,ed IN
tho ,mrrov,m.n, If rivers cffsc, I'M. consumer ,
Duriny IN. nresen, .sa.;on in con.eouenne Of low
water on ,bc Il;no;. river f-sigh,s had risen To-
good stage OF water the ordinory price was nj
teen cents per hundred. II follows. therefore.