New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-05-19


by s26 445.692 than We have bought rom mem
Upon the painest principles Of commerce. the ihavid
ua transactions constituting the vast aePiega'e u @
trade since 1855 and amounting to more than hny MIL
lions OF dollars in 1863 alone must year after year pave
been sufficiently profitable TO remunerate tnosc VINO
produced the substantial material Of the exchanges ana
those who were engaged In the s% S0s Tn
had not found in the people at large customers who
were benehted by the purchases they made General
exists along the whole OF our northern
frontier near Canada and the moral and political effects
which 1t was hoped would result from the treaty have
been destroyed the effect o the Canadian tariffs en-
acted snce 1875 having been to decrease very mate
rally the amount OF and goods OF foreign
origin sod by the people Of this country 70 those OF the
Provinces This alone constitutes sufficent reason
for revision Of our mutual commercial reiations,
20 that our manufacturers may not en!y
receive from the regions on the north
Of Ms considerable portion Of their necessary supplies
Of timber breadstufis and animal food Dut may aiso
enjoy less restricted, and practicable an eptrey
fee market Tor tie product Of their labor. Under the
operation Of natural laws the rnde OF Canada IN many
important articles viii flow TO and through the Attain
tic cities such US Ncw-YOrk and Boston, Under the
present system OF Canadian legislation our exports OF
foreign goods 10 Canada have decreased from 10
In 1889 b. sl 500 3y7 In 1862, and Lac l3 ID isoo
They attained yet higher value previous 70 Toy ~Gtn
he avoided the OF great expenditures
and undue speculation. In 1908 TINS portion OF our
trade was ofly onehaf Of the average II reachco III
each Of the yc years preceding the treaty was ess ny
c5 per cent than in s4 since which time our toa ex
noits OF ali Kinds 10 Canada have increased FIVE
fold, or from s4.2Al2i to $40 o9e1 ls. In the
same manner the exports of American inGnufac
tures To Canada have decreased from - leo,olo
in 1859 and 1880 TO el.3l0s12 in ls62 ana loo'
With regard ~ many articles wheat and iOhr lor lh
stance the question II one rather VI commerce anu
rying than revenue or consumption. We buy more OF
them from Canada than We sell 10 her. but reseii not
only 20 various countries but 10 me o'her fToues
whose purchases from us consist large p wnens and
0our our exports the Provinces as awhole exceeGed
onr imports from them By 50 lti,4 from lso 10 ieoi
CoaI conspicuous instance OF the advantages lhct
dent each country from free intercourse; inc saie
and purchases ae nearly equal on both sides but each
is thus supplied nom mines nearer nome anu e;e
cxpense OF carving for several hundreds OF mics Is
saved 10 tie people OF each lhis iruee, ,hersiore
must be beneficial unless II Is profitable TO employ ana
nav two men for doing the work OF one. there 10
it;lc room for doubt that II we rasy and PERSISTENT!
pursue hostile and exclusive system, most OF tns
Trade now in our possession viii be divided De-
tween The colonies themselves and Great britain:
Tho Provinces will be compelled T. execute their o'd
project Of an intercoloDal reiroad from hhliah anI
81. Johns and perhaps other polnts 10 tue intcIo ~
their country thus completing the only remaining INK
ia their present yae system Of internal communication
and giving them uninterrupted access from Lake Oh.
Clair and Lake Huron 20 the ocean through tneI M
territory nj all periods OF the year The people, py
commercially uniting the Provinces together may sooi
accomplish the development OF S! stem OF nome III
dustry which viii make them independent OF our manu-
factures and competitors with us IN every neutral mar
kot They will become their own shippers ana truutrs
for al commodities OF foreign origin. Although we
baulsh them UnQ thcF rfouuct hiu
ron our routes Of communication with tue Atlantic IL
is not likely we sha direct the traffic In American
produce via the St. Lawrence by any legislation We Gnu
adopt. We cannot legislate for the Canadians; Nc
can cut them off from the OF our canals ana rali-
roads but NAV fail in persuadnR them To adopt eglsh
ton Of tie suicidal character II Is TO De expected
that they will keep their channels ior egnt open "
our proiucc We cannot compel them to grant US
monoly Of this kind: but II VIC should exclude them
fru1 our thoroughfares their carrying system VIII
rap the benefit OF doing business for both countries
We trapsacting a part Of IL for one side oniy
Mr. Ward was opposed 10 any permanent legislation
tat would prevent the free importation VI the common
nocessnres OF life 70 every system that under any spe
cous name hiding error or pretenso sgnlnes dearci
food and increased taxation the raw materials uscd
In nanufacturesto any system. whether called potec
tive or not which means diminished commerce Dy ex
ning colonial produce from our canals and railroads
10 increase the employment Of British shipping through
British sea ports at the expense OF our own Dincui
ties which appear 10 be inscrufabe VIII vanish De-
fore the united efforts and free conference OF inte
Gent Commissioners on both sides. The first notion,
said De Tocquevle which presents itself to party
ss well to an individual when II has acquired con-
scousness gifts strength is that VI violence the no
ton of arrives ut later period and derived
from experience" Let at least try what can be done
through and negotiation before we resort TO
rupture OF the existing ties and undo the WORK
already accomplished In che right direction after much
effort The appointment Of Commissioners on both
sdos coDsn carefully AZ 10 the course most condu
Give 10 our mutual benefit appears to be less liable 10
objection and 10 combine more advantages than any
other plan. Ii will be their duty 10 ascertain how az
may remove the obstacles which, since the date oil
the Treaty have, through the legislation oil Calada I'M
peded the trade Of great commercial cities. I'm
paired manufacturing interests, ara tended 10 u
ininish the amount Of inland navigation and transit
trade which would otherwise have accrued 10 the States
bordering on the British Provinces. We are apt 20
think the interests Of the nation only be advanced
the expense OF injury TO another In reality under
true system OF reciprocity each Of would receive the
benefits Of natural advantages enjoyed by the other
and which in its turn II benefited not by Withholding
participation, bat by inviting 1t. Tie principle Is a.
true and should be US universally admitted Us those Oi
mechanical Improvements or labor-saving machinery.
Hence the words of the resolutions passed BY the
Legislature OF the State Of Eewfork express clearly
ana definitely the principle by Which We should DC
guided saving that free commercial intercourse be-
tween the United States and the British
Provinces and possessions, developing the natural.
geographical and other advantages OF each. for the
good will Of oil Is conducive TO the present interest OF
each ard tie only proper basis OF o intercourse Tor
all time to come" II has been well illustrated by
French writer in the fable Of the blind man aud the
lame who between them possessed all that was neces-
sary for both. One guided the other who IN his turn
was carried, ana each receiving important BENEFITS
disdained too close inquiry M 20 which OF them rem
dered the most important service prohibitory or
exclusive system would be no less unnatural and in
furious as to every commercial, political and moral
result than II separated New ork from Massaebu
sets and both Of these from Ohio Illinois or Iowa
Let us, then regulate intercourse. not by mutual
fear destruction but by creating or rather py develop
ing system Of reciprocal benefits IN accordance with
the manifest designs Of Him Who made the world and
Who should never be mentioned except upon occasions
worthy Of Him II is doubly beneficial
II dIoppe,h the gentle dew from Heaven
Upon the place beneath; It 10 twice blessed
ltbiesseth him that gives ana him that tales"
Under its influence, assisted by wise application Of
the reason with which is endowed. old animositcs
will be forgotten and In days 10 come the people of
both countries will plainly that the social body Of
mankind. like the material body Of the individual is
provided by nature with healing power and find ad
litonal reasons to reverence lin by whom the uni.
verse itself framed
Various amendments were made but Of no special i'm.
portance when the Committee rose and the BIZ was
ported TO the House but not finally acted upon.
Adjourned