, 1863-10-12

Chicago @ribu,tt. |
MONDAY, OCTOBER Il. 1863
WORD To CANADIANS, |
The Reciprocity Treaty entered into By this /
county and Great Britain in ls5a-bur which has |
almost IN s1eusl'es sts4 reference es e ths trade BE-
Terminated IL 1865. By giving notice next summer
it Is a welknosI ia. that under this treaty Can
os fSe United States a9e BEEN the losea + T.
d,rean!n.tsd aesinst the unlted States, BY which
cialy, at our expense. This being the case, il
not surprietns that great .lanof has been raised
.ns tG. r.
ally modified in our favor It is undoubted that the
present arrangement is most equitable one for
while # 70 obvious that It is not au equitable one
In commercial point OF vlew At least, 10 the Uut-
ted st.tea: OF course the treaty viii not be vol
lion tae wits vii sarsy be msdc. Tie westoln ststes
as ss asa o q ses w f1na ns % anoa
+ Of come Fo!t, but note which is not altogether
more favorable to than the pre4eut possibly
b throusn G1 Indeed IN HsT
b by T her singular Construction Of he Neutrality
II % no sha1s ta. baie hoy
eur but moving The necessity fes reciprocal II.
ana % sSc csnadas, believe that more ~ CT equitable
tsy VII x ane 95e taeuga
acopted.
The above extract is clipped from the
N. 7. Slipping and Commercial List, one
Of the best purely commercial journals is.
aued On this Continent: and we publish 1t |
for the benefit Of our Canadian ncichbors,
to show them what is the bona .fde scnti-
ment Of the commercial interests Of the
East on the subject of the Reciprocity
Treaty. And while doing this, We would
remind our readers that the journal allud-
ed to isno manufacturers organ or mouth
picce-but is genuine representative of
The shipping and commercial classes Of the
cities and States OF the Atlantic gcaboard.
As stcadfast advocates for the continuance
ofthe Treaty in question. re can with
much better prace ask ourne;r rhbors acrosa
the line to calmly view the nrosnect before
us in relation to its abrosstion or extern
sion. than If we Ind been its uncomnro-
missing cncmy: and although there are
mary things stated in the above extract
which ne do not endorse. still we canno.
shut our ewes to the feeling which exists
I'll over the country east Of the lakes. {aye.
and even in some States west of them) in
relation to it-tayoring either its entire
abroeation, or its very material modifca-
ton.
But it NAV be sald the TRIBUNE has all
along told ,,s that the Treaty xvas a preat
hcnef1t tn t,e Tinted statos-navt;c,,I.r,v
to the wcst-and if 90. whv listen either to
its abropation or revisionp VERY trne. re
have stated and do now state that since
3s54-the f}ate of its adont;oo-onr con,.
mence with 4he pnov;,cca NJ crea+ R,;ts;n
has been greatly increased and that too,
IN the },encfit of 1,oth narties Int we ,nnst
remind onr Canadian neichbors that the
Treaty has been to Canada perhaps more
beneficial than to the United States. Tint
It hos been "a beneficial no one will denv
NOT even Canadian. and ,n;nr;ous ~
mirbt its termination nrove tn the West
1t ror1d he more damoc;no tn t,,e cor.
rnerclal and Agricultural interests of Can
ad. rha fnteneete of The West snd
canads ho;,c one m +h;e s,1,,oct ,nov mr.
mt thor .s1- nm no;ohho-z ~ -a,;o+1 +,<
noa;t;on n,,th nc and shsre thai act;or
.sccord;n,,rp
Some nv +h;n1r +bat hacaroa TIN waat :,
.nec;a,1v henef,tted 1,v tho Tre,tv +hene
will 1e mn dancer of it 1,e,nr d;stnrhea
Int We her to inform such in all candor
that even the West is not a INIT in its favor
Indiana illinois and Iowa ara nrohaI,lv its
undivided friends. but the numbering inter-
ests Of Michigan and Wisconsin. and the
manufacturing interests of Ohio and all
the other Western States. are as much
opposed to it as New England and New
York. These are facts, and it wiu not do
to ehut our eyes to them. Then there is
the entire carrying trade Of the United
States. standing forth u phalanx Of strength
and mower. bitterly hostile to ANYTHING that
crosses their NTH. and Of course ansious to
shut IN the St. Lawrence River. and It
have tIe rails of the Grand Trnnk roaf
,,et n docev
Tho N~-yo-,- f.cr+-o, +ho ,rsu yora
and rio +be Hndeon R;rar and III
pnnnsv,ran;a centra1 Ra3,roads have .
no1;t;rs1 inf3nencc not to he dasn;aod and
denend nnon If +hev Mil use Il v:thont
sc-r,r1a r.. or,;re ra;,-o,d ;n.ore.+ ::
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1oah-""1cn 1naaences every Ponac.sn
afom me seaooafo 10 Lake Ei1e-ano Int
tons o. WINCH "rung on1 OF 1ne ta.nels a Q
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