St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1865-02-09

pressure Of western transportation IN
o." the y cl.and canal is very great. in.
ducing discussion Of the policy Of it.
enlargement and as the mineral re-
sources Of Lake Superior are developed
an Ottawa ship canal will probably be
added to the public works Of .Canada.
The West needs them all. and every
| additional avenue which national or
State enterprise can provide, including
a ship canal around the falls oc Niayra.
and from Oswcgo to Albany. Already
ocean vessels are seen not unlrcqucn,ly
at the wharvcs Of Detroit, Milwaukee,
and Chicago; and unless Congress
shall deprive the Northwest Of the M
disputed possessio" Of its great natural
water communications with the Allan
tic, the foreign coni ncrcc of the lake
coast is destined to rapid and most
auspicious progress. l trust NO selfish
or sectional crusade will deprive the :n-
terror community l represent Of these
advantages. .'. = -.:s. .
And now We come to the provincial
side of the account current Of rcciproc-
ity. The third article of the treaty
agrees that the following articles, being
the growth and produce IF the British
colonies or tho United States, shall be
admitted into each country respectively
free OF duty grain, -four, aud bread
stuffs of all kiuds animals "f Ill kinds;
fresh, smoked, and salted meats; cot
ten, wool, seeds and vegetables; un.
dried fruits, dried fruits; fish OF all
kinds products Of fish, and of all 9TH
er creatures living in the water; poul-
try, eggs: hides, flrs, skins, or tails
undres>cd ;stone or marble in its crude
or unwrought state; slate; butter,
cheese, and tallow lard, horns, ma
nurcs ores of metals of all kinds =;
coal; pitch, tar, turpensine. ashes ;
timber and lumber IF all kinds, round.
hcwed, sawed, manufactured, in whole
or in part; 6rewood llants, shrubs,
and trees pelts, wool; fish oil rice,
broomcorn, and bark ; gypsum, ground
or "nsround hcwn OF wrought or u,:-
wrought burr or srindstones dycs:utf*; ;
fax, hemp, and tow unn,aputac,urcd ;
unmanufactured tobacco; rays
I checrful!y admit. Mr.. President,
that our provincial neiyhbors have re-
ceived great and substantial benefits
from the facilities Of trade secured bv
this article, but deny, l entirel, fail
to perceive, that We have been in any
sense losers. The Register of the
Treasury Department reports the ag:rc-
gate of exports from the United States
to Canada and otier British possessions
in North America, FROM 1852 to 1860,
inclusive, to be Sl95 ,3v3 ,3s4, of wh;cl,
Sl4O, 1903 ,956 have been the growth OF
manufacture of the United States
During the same period of nine years
(three before and six subsequent to the
treaty. the value Of imports Into the
United States from British, America
amounted to Sl35,555,67l.
The course Of trade with Canada is
fully illustrated by tables Of statistics
communicated at the last session OF
Congress by the Secretary Of the Treas
ury. They show an average export
trade to Canada Of sl6.S26,797 for
eight fiscal years following the fvrma-
tion of tic reciprocity treaty, while
the imports from Canada into tic Uni.
ted States for tho same period show an
average annual value of sl6,643,S25.
The Canadian movement to American
markets is most exclusively Of natural
productions, admitted fire.. Of duty,
while upon the imports from the Uni
ted States to Canada, largely consisting <
Of manufactures and foreign produc-
tions, the Canadian people have been
charged by their Government with an
average taxation (by the collection Of
custom dutics) Of 'Sl,747:5 per an
5 AS one result of the war, aud the ad-
vance in the prices OF manufactured
goods, our exports to Canada arc now
mostly free Of duty. We exported in
1868 from the United States into Can
ada, 81, ,as9,s67 free Of duty BY. the
reciprocity treaty, aud s6,795, 500 free
Of duty by Canadian tariff-an agsre-
gate Of sl9,lS4. 966. As the whole
expectation from the United States in
to Canada was so3, 100 1862, this leaves
only 1924 1896 subject to the Cana
dian tariff, Of which the value Of ST.
S55, 900 was Of articles not produced
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