New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-12-15
8EyRNUE FRAUDS UNDER sHEL.
TIM OF THE CANADIAN RlsCu-
PBOClTY TREATY.

4 FhOGlTG TRRAH1s
The demands heretofore made that tho So
christened Reciprocity" Treaty with Canada
be abTosated. wero upon the grounds, that il
was a measure Of Slave State policy fastened
upon the North to prevent the acquisition
of more free territory by the annexation Of any
Of tho British Provinces. which wero immensely
bribed by the Treaty TO stay ont Of our Union
and not come into it--that the treaty was n
swudle from top to bottom, such as would be q
reciprocal contract to exchange Goals between
Newcastle and Psris-thst it gave Canada the
| free nso Of our mayl.ets in which to scll hor
enormous agricultural products. and gave her.
too, the right to tax our manufactures to the top
| Of her wIl-that il gave Canada the uSo OF our
markets aud short highways TO tho At
lantc for literally nothing. because there
was not and could not be, reciprocity OF OK.
change Of agricultural products between two
countries each Of which raised gu excess over
its own wants and both Of which were exporters
10 Europe; and because tho free use Of the 81.
Lawrence Rivcy, ostsntatiously parsded In the
Treaty asa concession, was worth nothing TO
Canada West and less than nothing to Us, she
icing unable to use il proftably in her COM
mcrcc, aud we having no occasion TO Use 1t at
all--and that tho Trcsty was q contriyancc to
build up an enormous empire on our flank by
;ho untased i3o OF our high-rriced markets,
which should 10 barrier to our expansion IN
pace, and in war be thu Convenient avenue for
annoyance, attack, aud contrabandirade.
Our war TO suppress the Rebellion has de-
vcloped new reasons, additional to the above,
for the abrogation Of the Reciprocity Treaty
Under cover Of 1t, great frauds are committed
upon oar Internal Excise system. part OF
tho evidence To- show the incessant robbery of
our resources which il going on across the Cana
dian frontier, l. taken from tho Report Of Judge
Lewis, tho vieilsnt Commissioner of Internal
Revenue, jus, transmitted TO Congress. Thore
Is other and equally striking evidence in reserve
in his Bureau;
"The export Of Indian corn 10 Canada dri- the Last
tbru- years according 70 the tslics ~ eNpotts 81
fo egn AID domestic commerce. communicates by the
Secretary Of TIA Treasury TO Cougrcs under tho act OF
March ie, 1861. spp'n,' TO have boon - follows
]
L. isS5 .i.eiissT i'SlssS %
This large nllonnt II Is certain wa no, Dcedeo 70,
CONSUMPTION IN CGnadG. hut icr msnussctnre for that
county prJuOes grain nbundantly and during the Inst
ycrr while We eSp91cd VI great quantity Of corn
air, dy st.ted We uuOg4ed there. eight hundred md
az thousand one L1ndrei ard ny three barrels OF
-four Tho corn wns II |. presumed for The most part
converted into sprits IL II difficult ~ con)oture what
else became ~ H. and the brsio 50 Of ding " Known
to- be prosecuted hcse with much so'y'ty. me pro
,noiI excise duty being lower than onTs and tbe on
portunItics for tait uafc being great II can hardly
be doubted that ncousiicTabie portion ~ me pro
due, IL Csnsdiun diststion. the E4aeFa ior Wnieh
was the growth OF oar own coil. crosscd the line
v i,hoi paying duty. and WA sold In cor markets
Now that tho excise spirs In tho United states Is
ten times greater than That imposed IN The adjoining
provinces the simul1s 70 this Manufacture beyond the
krder and TO coDlrsband importation. viii operate
| With inCr,ssod power. Tho Information We receive
| Under the Reciprocity Treaty the export Of leaf to
bseco to Canada has seJ Increased hale ihat "
4 In 1855 exported ,hlthsr leaf worth s1liIY
| In lao we exported thithcr lcaf worth ELL
Ia los Ne exported thi'her loaf worth iST.7io
| Of manufactured tobacco va exported % Canada
1 In 1890 ................... sL0.,6t
In isSoSl. ...'..-.'.-''-.'....- 800 eSeS
I, !, apparen, dat although iciore Ito treaty we
argcl, " this staple lof tie peopc OF an
| ada thoy nov nanulne,oro It Tor tbeusISea 1, Il.
scsiceiy doubtful HAT considerable quantities Of mann
featured tobacco a. Of distilled spirit mud ther way
acro.s tie border. The facilities for transportation
/ q
20 gre.t AID the temptation afforded by Ugh
eise stsvns that may reasonably srsPect prof
fable trade ~ lie driven In frrnd of tho revenue.
| Sir Martin Ieio, wriiDg "a the tobacco tax. says.
The struggling 81 tobacco not only appears III faci 10
form disinc. KIND Of trade tut to be an occasional
tho groat bulk ottbe seaarng population
Of or sea poIis This evidence %! British experience
| Is adIonitory. and suggests precautionary unans
N,Te the esoise distilled spirits manufactured to-
bacco and cigars beyond th. side Of the
Canadian line there would b. 20 temptation 10 smuR-e
thcsc articles The RECESSION Of the Reciprocity Treaty
ould probably be quickly followed by impesl duty
ON the tobacco that Canada toe The efect
oud 10 20 check the Illicit border traffic. bJ which
sonr hundreds Of tho. sands Of dollars doub.lcss
lost TO tie roEenue. AID this GoYsTnnen would be al
belty to plVe ap.oper imposi duty on TIE coal frou
Nova Sotia wch at present pays no dut}, and com
pecs TO adv lrisge with taa Productions OF or mines
| which do.
|
py the RIcise Act of lao, hnty o. ,hrm c"n's and
oae.hnf per ,un was laid on mineral ooH This vas
not large tax and O. i;seI could produce but little e
transportation ond the sb price OF the conmodiy 10
the market, IL appears TO has encouraged che npora
ton VI Al nom Nova Scotia, whence under the pro
visions o. tbs Reciprocity Treaty Is fsce OF duty
In leol the amount of co0l imported from that psoY.
iDce but x0i ~ tuLs. ysiEed a. soc lUS while In
1903 II has risen TO 2s2l6I tsns valued q, e'570i9
and in 1864 Ia about $1,000 TINS. worth more than
g. 200 0o0 The present tax OF i've ceris will operate
souewhn. more decidedly in the direction. 1.-THE
imIost laid coal By the late act 10 Increase duty o.
In ports VIVA made TO apply coal imported nom the
British provinces il would a roCiion Of treaty
Il would seonre the market 20 Oaa pIcdtccS ohd
| add totAe revenue OF The Government"
III, Ieuusvlvauin Sixteenth Gengres.