New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-03-23
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ksn UtIsr L.be wheat
We mus, n sprp%e tba, the sbove articses ere tbs
srl, norfop OF hin r. sde that sii D. AXE by ,r.1s
in s!o OF el'e sheIe. There ~ az Gle uf t-sns
pertAtn better sOit+d 10 bs rs tpso graia
Dsre that With proper 6rrsby enea's rsqGirs- he's
assusl labor cr can be re.di'y tr,n-forrei by
DsctiDeTy from bos's atd vesseIs .re, snd z. N
ears 10 vessels or stUrth Jase, sod tNs' il vii
become n common al article o. ;rans nrtaion on Our
nlrosos 40 Any other sdmte not OF dJub:
But We bave other competitors for his trade north
end south hey ODd the limit sud i o. ate lese
hbtp, Which are yearly acquiring iDereseed fscd I'D
kr shsrlDg In this tsde IL he out fe~ yesrs since
cur cass's mono 0Ohzed the hu-n-ss OF O1io a. is'
south s the center q the Sts'e. IL Dos dlYh1ea,
end DO uncomfortable portion the iesde P."ses
hroogh P,Dn,y wanna 10 s0d from tide aef. O"n
Se~ cents per bU-6e barrel or TAM A. zoe ceoter
Of the great pioducDg : ates of Indiana ard lLoO'l
determine the deorDauon Of gram P'oV'7ious Hua
hour wbe her north through the Lakes, OF eo1'o -
The hssisejppi.
On th. Dor:h, tie rivalry ,hrfsteus 10 DO more seT-
Gus than on The sou,h. The Wel@n1 Cana ard re
improvement Of tos S. LiErence "a aoies ese's 10
Dsss with $40 tuns ffeigbt 10 Montreal. Couunlo1s
knes Of railroad, DISCONNECTED 0niy By the ST Lag
renee River at Montreal which is nov osios o;!dged,
ere IL operation betaeen Portland, Me. y-t1" Dortoera
shore OF Lake Ontario aud Detroit. Flour IL taze1
kon Lsbe T. 10 pOr-, including Detroit, e ner BY yes
ses the whole distance or By railroad from DsrJt 20
Hamilton, and thence by vessels 70 NJnuea 1t a
ssns y Dbl. From Montreal to P)rtl.od 90 miles
by railroad il be carried for 40 cen's Dol, say
Is cents y bbl. frOm Detroit TO Ps'ilsnd, <1lch "a
barely paying price from Detroit 70 the C'y OF N7T-
York. Lgge arrangements are being maze l e. 40
hsh steam Communications bet Fetn hohtes fOrt.
mud and Liverpool the steamers 70 st0p ~ fJr,and
during The surpeDsit OF navigation on the 81 La
renee by ice We must not a'ter Ourselves with tae
eeu,ion that the St LswreDce Is to Tar north to be
come competing channel OF trace r the products 81
the Western States Much the largest portion Of this
trade ba. to pass through the Straits OF scs1ec,
Which ale az for moth a. Quebec, and obs T1 ;e1 by
lee quite az many month"; ia the year. Toe immense
II a ..,4.Af hrOff rhIhs TA'A
much obsfruct by ice the 81 Lawresce, AID this
obstacle az regards toe latter, s much diminished oy
railroad communication between NJ ntceal and Port
hand one Of the best hsrbors on ouf coas,.
The esmer OF this route the ludao arrived P)rt-
hpo within the lsst month, sud merchants Of II 4nil.
ton and Toronto Vi their Uds on toett sh7lVes -
seived by rail from Portland in ess tran three weeks
from their shipment o. Liverpool Thes4no Vessel At
last accounts taking VI cargo OF Hour for Liver
pool, apart Of which was supplied over the sans rail
q I(6 cents per Dbl from Toronto and lilo nIton.
Large quantities Of rsiIrosd, pig and BAR iIon salt
and fth have reached the sbores of Lake M'ca'e9o
within The Last few years by way OF fhe s. Lawrence.
and the Increased facilities .OrOed by sb in co UNI
aicatkn over the Atlantic will dra~ OthsT articles in
hbeir frsin Tie route commands by elemsnis OF g
barge trade, and there every probability of is rapd
increase.
Property will flow TO these rival channels Of trade
Horh and south in greater or less qusny, ve,y much
In proportion 10 the fluctuations In price " fright
through our own State Embsrfass by d'scri nnatIOn
upper lakes land you advance the price OF trGasporta
tiOD over all The rest, and drive trade from us.
sght diversion from the outer line OF the territory rb
utsry to canals and rail Says would he in the aggre
gate a very large trade. With all these competitors
within ana without our State for the lake trade IL
would be suicidal 10 do anything thst remotely
dhtuIb or Obstruct its free passage through all is
courses through State, wheb ma ural or Artificial.
The difficulty Of executing any las for the enforce
Sent of discriminating tolls would oe almost insur
noubable. The undersigned iE aware OF no method by
which il could be enforced except by adopting sys
tenn Of debeDtures and draw backs This would require
that all goods bound for points OF divergence on
Canals, as Whitehall, Rome, Ooxeeo and Rochester,
must be considered as destined ultimately to L.ke Erie
through tho Weliand Canal aud required 20 prepay the
discriminating extra toll a. Aloany or Troy 70 be
refunded when proof was made that they did Mt
the Welland Canal. OIerous and perplex ng this
burden would be, there appesrs to be no method by
which il could be avoided. Oaths inspectors aod
spies can avail nothing. The fotwarder himself would
have knowledge Of the ulta ate destination CT goods
committed to hs charge, when designed for the upper
Lakes and when they reach d United States port OF
entry at Whitehall Rochester or OswegO, they will have
escaped State control and authority and will avobe
freedom of transit under Federal authority and Law:
The enforcement of discrimination on gram, flour and
prov sions ard many other Gtces OF transit, would
he attended with no lees difficulty and emosrr Asment
All theee articles admitted free from Canada: Idey
may be of western produo lou imported ino Cansda,
and tCm thence as Canadian, ID Like Odtaio port.
The shippers a. Ossego cannot know their origin and
II required TO give proof shipnen by CANA That 1t
vas not from the Upper Lakes, could not co ~ Ine
mipelng of grain pas ing the same Oh 'nne OF tade
in ar, houses mills and vessels not much e8s olf
cult to be svoded than the mining OF suesms uniting
IN tingle current 49,,
In the snufacture of wheat into four if the mixture
OF wheat should be prohibited at one point and ao Sed
n others the business at tue of prohibition could
not endure the sharp competition to which u ID Dect
To allow wheat from the greses source OF Its supply 70
commerce TO DO manufactured into hour Ia Caoada,
Black Rock and Rochester aud subject II TO ne tolls
and mpOsitiOns II manufactured at O5Fego, Water
town or Osdensburgh would be TO break down the
business at these polns and transfer monop ny OF the
busn ess TO the Cthefs. Tue enactment Ui a ld~ TO
fzammel this trade with driscf ninstion would be
tAntamouAt its prohibition. II is self evident that 1t
could not endure the burden. Sich partial and sec
tiopN legislation ehould not be tolerated Ii 1t IS an
evil requiring legislation 20 arrest it, thst the trade OF
I.ak @ Erie or portion Of It on its passage 10 our
markets takes other routes tnsu the entire length Of
The Erie Canal laws should be drawn as to correct
the evil, wherever State authority can reach It, not
only at Rochester, Oswego, Cape Vincent aud o.
densbugb, but also the trade catering the sn4l at
ons~ands, instead Of Buffalo, aud at Tfoy, Instead
OF Albany. The entire anthracite coal tade of the
Lakes until within few years past, vas conducted
through the canal bet tide. water and tle LsSes
Modem improv ements have transferred II 10 Ihaca 10
large extent and The State loses toll from Absny TO
Asntezuma.
The entire trade OF ST. Lawrence and Jefferson but
lately passed through can AIS from Os%@go 10 Al
bany OF vice The OK 7ensourgn aud Waterto~n
Railroads. have transfer, this business - Rome aud
Whitehall carrying with il large portion OF the Like
On trade the legitimate trade TO use the words
of the Buffalo memorial of the Oswego Canal, thus
"diveting' from the channels designed" for it.
These diversions Of the trade encro sea 10 the
aggregate Upon the canal revenue than tae entire
amount claimed by the fre ads OF " discrimination 10
be realized by arreehng the trade of the Wellsnd
Canal passing Ossego. The original design claimed
by the advocates OF Discrimination n Il the Erie Canal
should engross and monopoize the trade OF Like Erie
and that the Oswego Canal should 10 like manner
gros its appropriate trade that of Lake On.srio and