Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-12-16
Foreign and Domestic Csnneree.

A report on Foreign and Domestic Com
merce. called for by Senate and House re1o-
lutions of 1863, and sent to the Senate by
Secretary Chase, near the close OF the AZ
session, has been issued from the public
printer. An Eastern exchange paper ssys:
o. "It 10 q volume of $50 pages !; the first pant
of which is on foreign commerce, and devoted
to the illustration Of the growth and changes
from colonial times to the present. The moEr
striking result. developed 10 the loss Of the,
carrying trade by the United States, and the
absorption of that trade, even in our own pro-
ducts, by British shipping. Direct trade with
tropical countries has greatly declined, and
their products come to US, as ours 90 to themj
through British and other European ports.
The rise, progress and final loss Of steam tom
mage Of the United States in foreign trade are
illustrated and the present proStration Of
American shipping Is shown to be d1e, in.
part at least, to causes at work for yearS be-
fore the rebellion began, causes which need
early and decisive legislation to remove.
The second portion Of the report, on Do
mestic or Internal Commerce, is an attempt
to reduce to statistical terms the exchanges
between the East and the West. The ole"
ments of this calculation are the trade reports
Of the commercial cities, and the tr.uSpoTta-
tion reports Of the railroads and, canals,
These are compiled and aggregated for the
year 1862, as representative year and the
result is to show total valuation Of west:
ward freightS by the four great railroads and
the Erie Canal Of $646, ,993, ,634 and return
of freiRhts eastward valued, at S622,68 W,
The sum Of these exchanges is thus 81 l39,-
500 900 for that year. This is the first effort
made to calculate the internal commerce Of
the country, or to elevate its internal e1=
changes to the rank OF commerce. II 10 -.
sumed that produce or merchandise tsana'
ported the distance Of 300 miles from the
point Of production to that Of consumption,
Is an exchange entitled to take such rank,
and to receive national consideration and
protection as such. .-.. #....-...........
The trade Of the Canadian frontier 10 the
subject Of elaborate illustration from the OH
cial records of both Canada and the United
States. An important abatement from the
supposed value Of that trade is shown to e1.
ist in the carriage Of grain and hour, 10 ths'
transit through Canada, back to the United
States again, thus appearing in both exports
and imports, but really not being part oftBo
legitimate trade Of either country with the
other.
The portions Of the report above described:
were prepared by Lorin BlodRet, appointed
special agent of the Treasury Department in
1868 for that purpose. ." r- aE
Another portion of the report treats OF the
production and trade of the Pacific coast, and
the Territories of the interior. Statistics OF
the present condition and resources 81 tine
Pacific States and Territories are hero brunght
down to the latest moment. This portion Of
the report was prepared by James W. Tay-
lor. ". ."'a
DR.. Elder, Of the Treasury Department ia
rlso associated by the Secretary with these
gentlemen IN his acknowledgment Of abors
connected with the general subject ofths re-
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