Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1865-01-20

mount received by them under the treaty Tree |
Of duty since 1t went into operation was S13,- |
600 900, and the amount received by US from
them Sll4,000,oe0 and yet we had thirty |
million people to produce aud they bad but
three million.
/ Sir, the treaty has been an embarrassment
of things here at all times, in every respect
Take an illustra ion of this kind, for in
stance a very large tax is collected in I'm
gland to heavy amount on hops we are
now compelled to look to everything we can
/ lay our hands upon in the way of taxation in
our present necessities why do we not lay
duty upon hopsi They raise very heavy /
amount in excise in England in that way. |
Ask the chairman Of the committee on III"
nance, and he will tell you that you cannot
lay a duty on hops because the Canadian hops 4
are in the way. That is one illustration
but might 60 on with great variety. You
cannot lay duty on hops because our far
mers are borne down already with their reoi-
procity treaty with Canada and the price OF
labor, changing it does. Sir, 1t is high
time we were rid Of Il.
Mr.. President. ought here to say in JUS
ti6cation Of myself that shall not vote Tor
the repeal Of the reciprocity treaty from any
feeling of resentment at the present moment,
because in my state there has been but one
opinion abont it all the time. They have
seen and know it's operation there, and there
/ has been but one opinion Of it. believe our
state Legislature rome time since passed re-
solution directing us to endeavor to get this
reciprocity treaty ended.
Mr. Howe. II the Senator will pardon me
for moment, should like to be informed
L.. ..lv ~, al nl haiti
Mr.. Collamer. ! cannot fix the date now
it has escaped my memory butit was more
1 than two or three years ago 1t has not been
since these difficulties cotlmenced.
e Mr.. Foot. The sentiment Of our state
I was against it long before this war commenc-
: ed.
. Mr. Collamer Oh. yes it has nothing to
6 do with the present temporary excitement Of
1 the border. That has all occurred within
year. and the legislature not sitting then,
e and they could not pass any resolutions IN
y consequence Of that.
Now, sir, in relation to the fisheries, do
not so well understand that subjec, as the
J people of Maine do. aud they will speak bet
t ter on that subject than can. do not live
K near the fisheries; | live in the interior,
| though not quite far, believe, as the
e honorable Senator from Minnesota, who has
. spoken about IL. But so far as | eau hear,
y although all the collectors of the ports on
T. the coast as low down as Connecticut have
T been written to on this subject, believe
f; there was but one single report that objected
t to the termination Of the treaty, and that was
from G oucester. believe Gloucester eater
n tanned some d tfeTent sentiment about II but
e | believe that was the only exception. Sir,
a can it be possible hat the Canadians, with
b their fisheries and their fishermen on the
b ground fishing tigat at their door, with the
e right to send their fish to our market, we
e having agreed to give them the whole market
l. of America fee. do not have an Bdvan age
y over our fishermen, who have to 20 IN vessels
; far up that coast aud bring them home, and
= who Gao only sell them by paying duties at
l. least upon the salt which they have to carry
II out with which to salt the fish be Cana.
e dams can bring their hsh here free of duty
IS and free of taxes. All the expenses Of chip.
ping, al the expenses OF he outfit and title,
10 and everything Of that kind, rest on the A
a mericsn and not on the Labrador man.
y The same is true with regard to lumber
It for instance. Can our friends Of Maine, or il
the western countrt, compete with these peo-
h pie at the present price of labor, &c in A.
at merics, when they bring lumber here free O
A. duty from Nova Scotia and Canada Why
~ sir, it is impossible.
ID Bot in relation to the fshories, would an
of haw many hsh do you suppose oar people
Of have sold to the Canadians have MT The
re means OF knowing. But do you lhiuk it is
re very good bargain for Yankee and iradei
it to cay to them, " You may bring here
t. all the 6sh you catch on the coast Of LAbrad
as or, Newfoundland. and everywhere else fret
re Of duty if you let US carry our fish to yo'
o. free OF duty p OF course they agree to that
J. and they will bring their fish here bat ",
To never carried one there, and never will.
rs A word about the navigation OF the st
r Lawrence. 1t has been my misfortune /,
a know something about it. In the FIRST plac,
he | will say that the navigation Of tue 81. Law
ID renee is not good for anything TO any body
d. and never was II is frozen up SIX month
at in the year, to begin with and in the mex
d, place it is so dangerous from the iceberg
IS. which form off the Gulf of st. Lawrence thu
by believe the Canadians have lost no less ths
ne five Of their steamers within the last tire
I'll years. and the rate Of insurance is from on
lp TO two per cent. higher there than from an
ey other port in America. and always has been
We They themselves hard at work subsidiz
ed ing our friends in Maine to let them have tn
I'll use Oh rhllTOhu 10 get away HOm the OF
to Lawrence. How is a trader depending upo
ot the navigation of the st. Lawrence for for
let eign goods, by which he can only get ther
ng once year, going % compete with man sit
We ting right down beside him, who brings hi
he goods through the Uoited States, and can re
d. them once in three months he has got t
ng furnish his whole stock for one year, aud la
mt i by, because he cannot be supplied out ono
ey ayesr. The truth is, this navigation is nc
ny ft for anything. ! know they have sent gu
is few ships from the western country. The
de thought it would be valuable. did not be
of ieve 1t would be Of any value then, and d
mt not believe it now. Very few OF these vessel
have ever come back.
ere Something has been said about the use
ter the canals on the river that is, by the NJ
ZEN agsra and Welland canal, and thus down tn
ily river. The treaty gives us the navigation {
ch those canals, or rather it does not give IT, bu
'en says we ire to have it on the same terms wit
Ia their people; that is, paying toll. One woul
The think that that meant TO pay exactly the sam