, 1860-04-21

l3l,l1lM~f1 ia6.d94.u.e
This table, derived from tho annual official
reports Of the Treasury Department, will put
to route Ill the one-sided arguments and the
accompanying array Of figures, which the in
gcnuisy Of Mr. Hatch Gun invent Look at
it. During nearly three Of tho years in which
the lreaty Aas been in operation, the COIL
1ncrce Of tho country has experienced an TN.
cxamp1ed depression. But our trade with
Canada has, in the aggregate, steadily in
creased. The ycar before tho treaty, our ex-
ports 10 Canada and tue other British Pro-
v:aces Of North America, amounted to Sl3,-
14o,e4e-in 1859 they reached S2s.154,174-
an increase Of lis per cent in six years- Is
it no "pzactical beneft" to this country to
have increased her exports to Canada by some
$15,013 532? Or is there any sense in u.s.
serting that Canada has carried off "all the
practical benefits Of the treaty, because in
the same time her exports to the United States
hnvo increased s12,177,s337 Since the trea-
ty went into operation Canada has bought Of
lis Sl33, 100000, and sold to US $4,000, 900
leaving the baaance Of trade in our favor to
the extent Of $39,ooo.ooo. Docs this corro-
borate the assertion Of tho Courier and EA-
quirer9 Canada buys more than half Of all
thut she imports from us. For the year end
lug Dec. 3lst, 1859, her imports amounted to
$33, ,555, 1Gl-of which ST, ,592, GIG were from,
the United States. But it is in the latter part
Of tho Courier and EnqaiTers presentnent
against tho treaty, TINT NC find the true cause
Of New York Hostility" They Tho Cana
dians) wanted the privilege Of carrying Oh.
products over their routcs." We find this
objection so apt1y answered in the o. s. Eco
nonaist that NC adopt It as our own. We
quote:
For the sake Of our own roads, We regret
with the Courier, that the carrying trade OF ths
great West should be in apparent danger ol
passing into other hands; hut all that cnn b.
compete with the roads Of Canada, ne must bt
satisfied to let our neighbors take the trade. Il
can be no deirimeut to the great agriculture
interest Of this country to have its product
transported at the cheapest: rates; as it can bt
no advantage to 1hat interest to hare its pro
QucE CAII3EH III llE QtaIE3Ls IL L0GI6 De Ont
obstacle which more than all others operates Il
the disadvantage Of our trade in farm products
with Europe, It is the heavy cost OF their traus
port. The cost Of carrying grain from thi'
country to England is fully IS per cent. mort
than the charge from France thither; which i:
n most important consideration when boti
countries hare IN abundance to export t,-gir
ing, rs it does, to France the ability to under
sell us and yet st the snulc time, make large
profits. The great want Of our Western far
lners is cheap transit; and most fortunate fo
them is it that the Grand Trunk has been built
If our own roads cannot compete with that line
is it not rather too much to ask that, for tb'
sake OF shutting out the traffic from Canad'
and keeping it upon our own routes, the erea
interests Of the rising West should be sacrifice,
By placing their produce in the European mar
kets at an unnecessarily enhanced cost1 II i
quite immatcrial to uK tlist % the Canadian road
have been built with the assistance of the Pro
vincial and Home governments" Those Pow
ers have An unquestionablc right to compete 70
our car y:ng trade, and il they are disposed L
spend IN immense capital in order to secure ii
means for doing It more clleaply than we car
why, let them lsavc it, mud let US he Thankful
for cheaper carriage. 1t cannot be denied tha
their enterprise is destined to stimulate an in
mense Development Of the agricultural RI
sources Of the West.