, 1863-03-09
|Gbifo9o Gribn1tt.
THE WEST SEEKING A NEW OUT
LET TO THE HEA.RnARn

MONDAY, MARCH o, 1868.
THE WEST SEEKING A NEW OUT
LET TO THE sEA-B0ARD.
The construction Of the Illinois Ship Canal and
The further enlargement Of the Erie Canal. were
pressed upon Congress as awar measure rendered
3nd:epeneablc by that clause in our trraty with
Seepn. ane on
Now, however, since these measures hase ialieu.
commercial men Of Illinois ase indignant neeause
The Atantic. So that ali the zeal 5 which shey have
Hhown for these sca5 measures es LAO pecuniaFy
It is 10 be feared that an immense deal OF the
floating patriotism OF the day riees no higher than
The brecchcs poclet.--aloony Epentn1 journal.
Let not the Ercning journal talk about
"f1oating patriotism in Illinois, with over
1900 surplus soldiers in the field, until
New York shall have supplied her deficit
Of more than $4,000. Nothing but the
consc1iption act, vigorously enforced, will
bring her up to the required standard.
There are set Of men in New York, in
Epired by organs Of opinion like the Ew-
7aingJournol, ,ofwhomFr Fred Conkling ia fair
specimen, who are unwilling to do any
thing to relieve the oppressive burden
which has been placed upon the product
I've industry Of the West. Tint industry
pays to the common carriers Of New York
more than $50, 100000 each year, to the
State nearly $4,s0o, 900 in tolls, and fur
nishes to her ships about. three-fourths Of
their freights. No wonder her commits
sion-merchants, and bankers, and ship
pwnera should be content with the existing
order of things, for they know that our
products can move through no channel at
present 60 cheaply as this. The West fur
-nishcs twelve-thirteenths Of the freight
passing through the Erie Canal; and in
that proportion she must pay for its NAM
tenance, the accruing interest on the debt,
and, ultimately, the principal. The West
has poured into New York trade more
profitable than that Of cotton, which has
saved that city from commercial bank
1uptcy. But between the rnlue Of the in
dustry Of the one section and that Of the
other, there is a most marvellous contrast.
According to the census Of 1860, the value Of
the annual products Of industry Of New
York, with ler $500, 600 people, was $780,
100000; while that Of the eight food-pro-
ducing States, with their 5000 900 Of peo-
11c, vas over $3.50, ,600, 900; or, in other
words, the value Of the industry Of New
Yorker was more than twice Us great as
that Of 3 Westerner. You may
talk about capital machinery, skilled labor
and commerce; but still, with this great
fact staring us in the face, we cannot ar
rive at any other conclusion than this,
that the industry Of one section is enriched
at the expense Of that Of another. Nature
has bestowed upon us q healthy climate
and a soil Of unsurpassed fertility. In no
region of the earth does the farmer receive
q more abundant reward for his toll; and
yet,whether great OF small the surplus value
Is used up in f1eights and commissions in
its transit to the sea-board. Notwith-
standing the food-producing States within
the past ten years have more than dupli
Gated their population, and nearly dupli
Gated the area of land subdued and brought
Under cultivation; yet those lands 'hayt
not within that period been enhanced II
value; in fact, they have rather deprecia.
ted. Such is the state Of affairs at tn
West.
Turn now to New York. The broke
goes into Wall street, and by single oper
alton in railway shares makes his ten O
twenty thousand dollars; the ship=owne
sends out cargo Of breads.uffs and pro
visions and pockets handsome sum; th,
Importer finds ready sale for his pack
ages Of silks and ribbons, and Auditor Ben
ton 1elicitates the State, in his annual re
port, on the unprecedented revenue Of tn
Erie Canal. This is all very lovely; but d
these New York gentlemen reflect how ia
Western products have swelled the receipt
Dfthe railways and canals how far the
have contributed to freight their vessel
and to pay for the imIurtutiuusf Hag
they considered that, of all other domesti
products sent abroad, the amount is on]
390,0C0,000 out Of $212 100000
We have word more TO say in releren'
to the canal tolls. These have increase
from $s,9o8,7e5 in 1861, to $5,t6s943
1862. sum nearly twice as great as is r
tuired to pay the accruing interest apa
from maintenance. The value Of produc
passing through was sao3, 1884, 1874 ,ss31-abo
the value Of our foreign exports Of til
amount reaching tide water, there we
1850, ,o82 barrels Of -four, Of which 7,516, 3
came out Of the Lakes, and only 1886
from New York. The railway deliver
f.. were not less than $500 900 more MAXI
a grand total Of over 13,800,O00 barre
The West does not see the necessity Of pa
ing 1907 cent. more tolls than are requir
by the conditions ofthc canal debt. They q
tired Of paying to the common carriers
or Is cents for the transportation Of
bushel Of corn OF wheat from Buffalo
New York, and Of voyage protracted
fourteen OF fifteen days, which ought
occupy but nine or ten; and yet, when 8
becomes restye under these burdens, q
Seeks new outlets, the New York TT6u
dcnounces her people as "Coppcrhead
and the Albany Erening journal attribu
10 them ga floating patriotism which ri
no higher than the breeches pocket"
One word Us to military defense 7
Ind hoped that Congress would author
The construction Of these works. It wou
have opened an interior communicate
for the passage Of our gunboats, betwc
New York and New Orleans, nearly 81
miles in extent, and have given the Cover
ment the control Of its vast system Of ma
). gable waters. It would have proved t
most feasible method Of fortifyiug t
Lakes, for which purpose both the ri,
: and the seaboard feet could be employed
The one in the straits and the other in t
open water, in such way as to render {
supremacy unquestioned, All this co,
have been done, and at the same tim,
cheap and commodious outlet opened
tie accommodation Of the commerce
half continent. But another Congr,
VIC hope will accomplish what the last
failed to do
IHE ONLY HELP FOB ENGLIs
"ORKmEN.
The distress in Europe-and cspecia
IN Great Britain -occasioncd by the reb
lion, and the stoppage Of the usual colt
Supplies from this country although deere
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