New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-03-09


the bSsissss and rsvenus OF the esnS, ~ NJ .,sS
NAV .ig,~.a sey the rise and fall OF tns go
puS,e worS. once 40 Justly the pride OF the h"p''
State. ,..,,s ANNUALLY 1871
TIT W" yoao Vuo S;a teo yesrs decreasing f.9 pof
49, 80 Co. ,bs ia az years dating psch " o.
in Who'll your toll. were abolished On '"1i''D'"
czess'p no annually 10.6Per cent. os-..;n fact. and
on,e ,.ke the foregoing TO sho" cel. 1. ID cnn.
vaS So, ro.ders 10 mark the results anu con.
80. sh Cause Is it that tue produots OF tne sea.
snd growing West have been decroe9nR ~, 'u' -
fen Years. and that their increasing apnd
iiIa ID veslth require les OF tho anu
p.Ns0s aS ",s Of the East Or, B from other
c.n.~- wbjch cannot be mistaken II Ia KNOWN 70
s.hsoiboy, that the history OF the world tur-
~ - comparison in the growth OF any country,
n l N reputation, wealth, or commerce, with
49, af our immediate Western Tributaries, Tor tne
nsst too years. Bat with al this unpreoedenttosu
1provth how are We 70 reconcile or account IGi IN
Sooderuly adverse feature In the revenue ana oesi
80 az the canals Statistics demonstrate thai the
nro.oerity Of our canals had reached s zenith wheh
he Legislature abolished tolls on railroad reignI N
1851: and that tho constantly decreasing Shnuai r
nue OF the canals ia being transferred TO tne reosos
th an enormously increasing ratio in their ireiSntng
business since that date. IN leO, tne toI sliouu
received Cor freight by the Newly central hatoso
wa sl77c9 While ls toy ther ee 4o ,1o repor1s
the amount received for freight is $f,o5s2Is an To-
cfesss il ak years Of 535 per cent an annual increase
AZ IS pex cent. There has been even greater
noresAo over the New-fork and Enc ROAD.
0uoh being facts, ard such being tho enects
xpsa the revenue OF the canal Of course the amount
n Aasiness Cd the canals is affected In the same
ratie and from the same cause. Aside from the
soasidoeation Of the revenue TO the state, peng
affected by the suicidal act OF lsJl In soohsnng ton
N. -silrosds and from it, effect upon the people OF
tLe SlAts by compelling them TO direct tarstion;
itdiydusl enterprise 10 il possible more seriously
ffejudiced and may Justly complain OF prohibition N
fhs pursuit Of legitimate business o navigating lne
csassl from such unjust ace Of the Legislature. sup,
rose We look at this matter in B various phases anu
see the effect thu. al this railroad vs. canal Trans
Dertation has, not only individual enterprise as c3n
pectss ~ith the a.ygso1 o. sss oS the cities and
villages through which our Canals ana railroads 'uH'
6s,A ghero they terminate. -. n
Tsks your own City of Buffalo, IL yon please 10
N, ~-ilroads encourage and pstronize your me
chsoi., and manufacturer Or, is all this part OF
ihsir business done IN the shops Of the corporation
View ia it with your real ests<s owners, and the prop
sty sleng your river and harborI Does the immense
Iu4nsr Of the railroads add value to it Doee tho
ssrge and increasing commerce Of the Lakes distribute
Alols your docks and rivor front, and MI your ware
Asases with the rich products and merchandise as IN
former years il was went to do giving business ana
employment to hundreds Of your merchants CLERKS,
t-rfnsn and laborers A stroll along this formerly
busseys thoroughfare during the business season sn-
Az sadly 10 this interrogatory; and, II ! mistake
not fcur re nts respond IA sadly.
Where sre the score two Of those active storage
AID forwarding merchants, whose business 1t was TO
n evo and ship al this property esch vieng with the
OF ~ IA energy ana iecuties WIN tneH stco,oooVc,
ps ,ellers and sail craft oil contributing to keep in
scksyn your founderies machine shops, mechanics,
supply stores and the thousand and one clerks labor
efs SO. All departed or vanishing, IN the same
IL the business Of these railroads ncreases, and
O. that increase is drawn their depots. And just so
bong az they privileged to carry freight free OF toll
You viii find shat private enterprise, which has here
tofore rendered your property valuable, wiz be
Crusbed out by these monopolies.
Again not content with their legitimate BUS ness
within the limits Of their corporation, thei meets OF
Steamboats, and propelers floating on all our lsRes
whitening and drying up the once prosperous pisnes.
which gave life and animation TO and was the glory OF
Yeor city. .
Such are only few Of the inroads made and effects
apop prvsts enterprise here and elsewhere, OF these
osergfown mopopolies, and the results therenon
But This is enough for present purpose, and even
this nsy be deemed imaginary or overwrought: But
te results are surely snifest and conc with the
facts; imputs the csnse to what you please.
If those deductions then correct, the remedy Is
palpable and plain Undo what was done in loJl re-
Impose tolls on railroads. and thereby restore the reve'
nee 10 the State relieve the people from direct taxa
tor SD rsstors pyvats ento prise TO its legitimate
Ghsanss But here sIises question more potent and
fearful yet. Can the Legislature cope with the COM
Aimed power of these roads, welding as they 90 an
srogsae capital Of 500 900 0O0 the influence OF
which upon legislation at Albany has become SO
marked and notorious, that members OF that body
hesitate not TO announce from their seats, thus The
Railroad Companies have too lon. controlled the
Legislature Of this State Then haS the Empire
State fallen upon evil times, indeed; and the time
has arrive for the people to awake from their degra
dstion and spoak at the baiobo1es unless there 10
virtue enough in the present Legislature TO meet the
emergency az present indications would seem to I'M
ply there may be. Never since the passage OF the Act
" 1851 has there been so opporune moment to OBJ
tim legislative redress from this grest wrong OF rail-
road exemption from Just and righteous taxation, as
fhe present The people should move, and demand it
IT Ne hands of their representatives tBuhsIo Cour.
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