, 1861-03-27
fortho Trade Of tho West.

Gompefltao0 toftA0 2T8Ae OF G00 W&8It
[From the Buffalo Commercial Advezttser.l
Tbs bill introduced By. Senator; Proeser,z to
protide ivE ! nytne1ing the locEs On the Ene,
the Senate day befoEe;I Il proVidea
!; that the Canal goard aysexpend any snrplus
money applicable to the Enlargement Of these,
cana1s, Ia length ming tAe9lock chamber and
: lntroauetng etyle Of gafeaa,, 20 as2to pass
hoats ls5 to 1zo rect ,;!g n ;lengtR, .,a In
funds tor this purpose, then .certaln humber :
Of responslb1e citizens is empowered to 20 on
aud do the same work, on one tier of locks,
charging lockage on canal boats Of the-eniargg--
ed size will provision that Tho State may
at any time, purchase from the company It's
rights, on feimhnrsing 1t for all actual expen-
ditures and the interest thereon. We atate
the1e provisions from memory, and may not.
be strictly accurate. We sincerely hope that
thfe measure 1nag became- q ID 81: The .otjec-
tlons against it are all contingent, and all LIN
the power Of the State at any time TO- correct.
posed in reference to the canals. The canal
policy 10 BoqrponIc. :. It :forgets nothing 1t
learns nothing. It constantly reasser,s the
old dogma, exploded hy painful experience,
that the Canah are the masters Of traffic. As
lfpossesaed BY stupidity, the Canal Board puts.
Of moderate Eegacity. sees the Necessity of
Preparing for 2 renewed; struggle to maintain
The commercial Supremacy Of the. State.
Events hurry On with unezampled rapidity.
| Caaada projects her vast scheme Of diversions
The Grand Trunk purchases Or shailda roads
With the one she strikes at the fountain head
Of the grain trade; with the other she dlyeEts
the import tratfe from our great seaport. She
wipes out the tolls on the Welllnd Canal. Her
commercial men build o cheap railway along.
/ the banks Of the Welland and sweep away mil
lions of bushels Of grain from New Tork.
Pennsylvania 1epea1s nor tonnage. x~and in
ties: The New York Central meditates grasp
at the trade In grain in bulk and only wnits the
decision f:the Albany bridge case to enter;
upon it. :. =. -. i
strength, daily, has just purchased a link of
communication which will bring It inmedi-
ately to Buffalo, and As soon as en- elevator can
be built, into competition with the canal, The
| whole energies Of two hundred hnd fifty NIL
lions Of raalroad capital, hand1sd with GDpars
alleled shreRdness+ are concentrated in q com
| bfned attack to WRIST from the canal Its Rpsi-
nrss and from the State its revenues.i: . l.. r.
And the Canal Board, ,true to. its muddle-:
heated instincts, meets ali this by increasing
the cost Of ransportatfon, and SO iarra1girg
its rates that the RAILROADS. yeau make all The
| additional Investments they need, ont of the
increased profits Of one year's trafic; thrown
into their treasurIes By the action ct tbs uori-
| 1lat guardians Of the canals: .;.;;t.-
= Let us have something, then, looking to
| preservation Of the State Revenues. Tie long
lock scheme will very materially cheaper cost.
It is equivalent to reduction In tolls; As We
sald before, IT is the only thing now left us,
until the pc pie, more Intelligent than for.
| merlyi place men in Office WHO haYe some
practical knowledge Of the vast interests with
which they have to deal