, 1859-01-10
The Carving Trade of the Northwest
eFu StuteSs

tfForn tbs Toronto Leader 5:hl
That the carrying tEade betreen lake Michigan
and the Ocean ought TO 60 through Canada, has
uvsr and over again been demoa4tza,sd, by tho
most conc3n1iTe figures Committees Of ths Log
islatu1e, members Of both Hnnsas, Merritt, Young,
and host Of others, havs demonstrated, over ard
oser again, that tllc cheaper, mote natural and The
shortest route @ from Chicago to Llyerp7ol-'or
the ST. LaHgcuce. We have had The hguris Dish
ed up in fvsry lape, reminding o1e o. r::;s boil
ed, riggs roasted, Eggs p5tc1ed, c'd eyery other
possible forna IL wh!ch eggs ca0'i b.. asEse'l up.
We have lad the tsuIes III t''@ ..rr .rA Of p1rla
nlentary Committee: y" i,.vc Lad then, spark
ling and fresh, ?Iam III: ssib tongues ot P4riia.
nsutary orators ; VT hsv. had lien tatu!4:ed,
cooked aud nacooaed; in eyjlsrce and cut Of er-
idehce. The 'Toudes Is that tle sublc has not
be=n :urlctci with them loa@ a=os and in truth
Of game. But attes all these manifold proofs, the
Starting: alarming, {ata! fac: resnaas-,he trade
OF tue West does net 90 through tEe st. LA~reuSe.
u TetnSes 10 oEey the p.anest laws o' artbm liz
}2ushs ut demonstration. aud Shoots Of i7t'chla-
nels which all the tgures eli the fscts all The co
clusioas show it ca1n0t take. rethir&se1,ls
Of It acts upun this principle Of perversity. obey
ing no tule bat that Of contraries. Ar. Ner111'5
1rade COMMITTEE last session, was even more
Tlacl25 thin all previous authorities its figures
we're more Diversified in form, and mcre logical in
conclusion. But. still, al the lorce Of demoa-,r1.
tim and all the power OF argument tdnot effect the
actual RESULTS. The course OF trade runs in its old
cGlnnels. Ii spite OF the comparative sho11uess
Of the St. Llwreuce r0ute--;,U3 nll*s less than
tha. by New loEk--in suite OF the superior c1pac-
~ Q: on' ean.ls; IN spite Q, tlse beng IS; miles
!e-s caaal carriage, tram Like Er!c, aud III less
frn:a Lake OotAtio ~ tae Cl:1aa fJu:e ia spite
oi all tAc$e aad 1oauy Ut advantages. III our H.
vor, the facts reriain tie same: Ee hal nut rlay-
eo successful. tor the Western ttale.
Lit us glnce, fuT moment, at s)me Of t.@ in-
f1+ atSo3,p fo.I1 he'll at
F!om Liverpool to Chicago, ria Quebec, the Dis
tauce is =" down 1t US miles, ard the total c,,t
OF conveying too III gous!-, hy Ocean Like aud
RailEol3-.crer frse:tinS the Nel!1nd Ri r14d
-frnm tue former ppinE 10 til. latter, sl4 II.
Ffcm Liverpool 10 Chicago, ria. New York, DIS.
tacce !, 40 miles. tle COS: by Ocean, L Tie ard
Railroad, il SIS 10; AL alvaalge oi Il % in ,asor
Of tie st. Llwrence- Ths advantage in point u
time is even It'll Erea:cr bees fourteen days aa,
seven hours, aga'n.t SIXTEEN DAY sand slev1a uoa7<.
And when railroads are avoided. a: Al points on
tue Two routes, ard Oceap, Clnal aud Lst: tsausis
Only used, the courariscn shows ilr.er balance
ii favor Of tho St Liurclce tie toa uS gu;,ts-
always from Liverpool tp Chicls so--co :tiu., riu
Qicbec. only s'.GG, anl occupying III tie .5au-nul
| sixteen day: and oGe hour, while by The NtH
Yok route, tue cas-: is sail, and thc tilnc cossua
cd twenty Days and fourteen hours. W1-a :t4n
aud Railroads arc ezclu5!rclr usej, tic f-renec
in tAvor Of CaEa1a i Sc, doTu ut only lily cent.
50 ua@h fof the direct route between Chicaso
to liverpool. The comparison from Lake Oa.a.
/ rlo-port Of Toronto-p7oves just IS much 10
| faTor Of the st. Lawrence route. lr. e. Baady,
shipper Of wheat aad hour fran This port, ID.
forms the committee that o bushel Of wheat
could BE- sent from Toronto, last July, TO Aou-
trtal, for ei1 cents, while the cost Of seudiug i.
to New foEk, through Os~ego, without any 81
| ioHacce for transportation 10 Albany, is ten
cents. On the barrel Of nour, the cos. Of ship
1 ment, By the same route to New York, is etated
at o3 cents, againa: IS cents to Nontreal; in
other words that, from this port, the freight on
| barrel Of Hour is nearly twice 8s much 10 New
| lork as TO Montreal. Montreal is penser to
liverpool than New York By go miles; the re.
! speci.e distances being a,7uo and 1000 miles
But here ne come to the 1irst Teak nout in
the Canadian route. For while the distance
from AoDtreal to Liverpool is 30 miles less
than from Sew York to Liverpool, :he cost Of
convesln2 ton Of goods is greater by - ceats:
the re!atlre figures being f. against IS ~ S.;ll
on ,5e entire distance from Like Oa.ario to
| liverpool, the distance is in our favor; s5e ~
cents Of ocean aud river .ranBit, which appe,rs
as ba!auce against The lower ST. LAWRENCE
] being far more 1hac overcome by the sluoat
double coat OF The inland cs.rlage on the New
York route % compared wi.h ts-t to Montreal,
| oae Of the 1ecsoas why tr+isata a.e hi cher
oy the s.. Lawrence taau BIZ New York, is to b..
] !ouad IL the higher rate ot Insurance. But Tor
the light houses which have been erected, and
the tu: steamers which hare beca provided, ln-
sur.nce would be still much higher tnaa 1t is
AL The cap1bljjtiesof Of our gre3, r!rer h:Te co..
| yet been deTe1oped. / Parliamentary commit.
tee might give us some valuable iuformstion on
the subject, Gould We oulS yet the evidence OF
| captains Of vessels and others WHO practically
understand the difficulties of the question; pr;,
| although this would hsEe bcea ery easy. du.
| riax simmer season IN 1tbec, it is ia,pDssi.
bis here. TIE necessary Information might,
ho"eTer, no doubt be Obtained By sople ether
! Meaaa.
The unpleasant result contronts US ut erery
poia': the trade sauas tha g:e.t st. Lawrercs,
aud goes nto the little E7;e Esnal. What il
the resuedys This is question ssl:ch very
nearly concerns tae prosperity ut the coua:ry.
Cur canals, though absolutely necessary aad ID
directly profitable, co no. par, as N il ores,msut
Al The s4nls time. Ill Tbs facts which relate
merely to the rela:ire na:ura! odrau,sees OF tae
'wo routes, sho" that thty Ugh. 10 be profit
abls. 1t nas', ne f1acy, be perfectly plain to
| every Rejecting persoa, that wha. we want is
no: ~ lnc.ea.e Of ua:uta! t4cliities for playing
the part Of successful curriers' between tie
Western Statea eud the O-eln. We do not
want n-H Or additional canals; We want u re,
uo=al Of these artificial hiadrances ~bich force
tha trade into dear a,d therefore uanatura
channels. What :he=e difficulties a:., we have
already bhowa. We hare shown that they ur:
1rlceao1o directly to TIE protective spirt " tlch
preya;ts in the Ut!;e / 81 ltes 1ha wly-u.t4lr,
| ~ 'a'4A - "htea tuG euc4- "SseFnme2t III
tevprets stis:ing iaws and sestiss, between it.
| SELF and Great Britain, relative to Canada, aud
to Serious defects Ia OUT nav 4iioa lava es3e.
chilly the absence Of au Admiralty Court. Lay
ing m.ti.ime Jurisdiction. o. the iulaod w::yss
Taese evils the Western Sta.es ure jua. ~
deeply Interested in removing as Ourselves: asd
should their 7osee btcou1e Sufficiently roxe7u
IA C!nErtss, We may expse. i. apseio:at;op lr
the Federal la~s which w3EtI allox the Vest
era trade TO tske lis ratuEAl course, In thu
meaatln1e, should suitable occai;on arise. il
would oe d.s!rabla that tho advice uf Nr. VII
k:ns, the British consul 4. Chicsgo. should BIZ
ac'ed u2oa, and :: appeal made 10 the Supreme
Court Of the Emitted States, to test tie true cou
strnctlon OF Federal lawa which relate 10 ths