The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-12-22

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ADDRESS BY Nh. y. n. DERBY ON THE RECIPROCITY
TREATY.
Last evening the usual monthly meeting o. THO Gs6
graphical and Statistical Society was held In Cint0d
Hall AMER the minutes Of the previous meeting wsr1
read and confirmed Mr. e. b. DERBY, Of Boston, was Id
troduced, and proceeded to address the Society as
proe'sy Treaties and their effects upon C. mdSrce I'd
said that the Reciprocity treaty s,V6s6 psds and III
United States "o.a expEa ID the l7th Of next MXt6
ehdef e influence Of iEa treaty there had sprung up
seat commerce, amounting in imports nfty mllion4
Of dollars per annum in 1885, and amounting in the pr
vnccs 10 eighteen millions Of dollars in lse5-increasin3
from the aggregate Of seventeen millions sxty-eighf
millions IN tho intercourse with all these provinces in
commerce OF twelve years. being -four fold in amount u
what IL was at the commencement of the period Thd
question whether II polite TO suffer thia
frightened remarks the subject Of free trade which,
he said WIS policy that was not much UNDERSTOOD
When Connecticut cockmakers sent their clocks EnRJ
land for saie sho put OF ten per cent which tho
c,eexma<ers did not object to pay; but when England
stand IT, He then proceeded discuss effect Of the
Reciprocity treaty upon the fisheries The proceeds Of tho
fisheries in 1s65cod and mackerel risen I'd
fifteen million doars-something like fourteenth pare
OF the entire commerce OF the United ates-gving END
pIoymens to twenty nino thousand seamen. He oulo}
giz the patriotism OF tho fishermen Of harblehea4
both in the Revolutionary and In the present period
Of the countrys history, claiming that they materially
contributed to tho victories which had nj
tanned the unity OF tho United States 1t was proposed
TO leave New England tout in the cold and
he expressed the opinion that If such catastrophe had
happened tho fishermen OF the New England coast woul6
have been able to stand the cold better than some
other people In 1888 the Reciprocity treaty mad6
with Great Britain, mainly through the instrumantaY
of John Adams which gave the United States tho right
TO fish wherever the fathers Of the republic had shed
before at Newfoundland and the Gulf Of st. Lawrence.
Mr. Derby gave an interesting rssn; Of the provisiona
OF tho subsequent treaties with Great Britain and this
mode BY which the sh are caught by The men Of the
sea- and spoke OF the unfair provision IN the treaty that
the United atcs must renounce the right Of fishing three
miles from the British coast American vessels that
happened TO be brought beyond that line when catching
fish were liable to BIO confscaed by British cruisers Ha
maintained that Engshmen should abandon the idea OF
conlscaton, and expressed the hope that Mr. Seward
and the government, If they did not give US treaty
which they did not seem inclined to do-wonld stand
upon the question Of right and say to the government
OF the provinces lf you connscate those vessels will
we win give you redress: but the fishermen must
be protected He hoped that the Of America
would take that view Of the question which he believed
of International law. He said that France gave bounty
of dollars ton to her fishermen, while the govern.
ment of the United States imposed taxes everything
used by them. He hoped that Congress would repeal
tho duty salt Mr. Derby then proceeded to speak Of
the great rights Of the rivers and the lakes and the
mcrcc with anata and the maritime provinces OF Great
Britain, stating that the treaty had been great boon 70
ton by quoting number or statistics Of the result OF the
commerce between the countr He believed that the
United States could make bet or treaty with Canade
with prominent gent men from there, who said they
willing 20 extend free list to u.s. including what.
produced aud also to assmilao their duties
whiskcy give us patent rights The speaker, in
conclusion, adverted TO the Eastern provinces,
and spoke Of tho importance OF having
proper relations existing between those colonies
and tho United States government In settling
these questions h, thought this government could
say TO Great Britain, 1--WE have fought for the homo
mark t. and it is proper that you put small duty
upon British lumber. coal and ash, and thus make some
conr button TO revenue" The action Of the recent
enon at Detroit alluded to and discussed. He
advocated the expenditure Of couple Of millions annu
ally for internal Improvements In navigation SO az 70 de-
vclop tho immense of the ountry He believed
that with small expenditure Of money and engineering
skill Lake Champain could be united with the Hudson,
that New York; could reap great commercial adyan-
tagcs thereby and Id afford to dispense with the Erie
canal Mr. Derby listened to with great attention,
and at the close he applanded vote Of thanks
was rendered the lecturer for The synopsis Of pro-
posed publ OF statistics upon the reciprocity trea
ties
Mr. YorSo, Of Canada, introduced, and made . few
remarks upon the trade between the West and the East,
and Of the necessity o. furnishing increased facilities fob
transportation In Canada they constructing and
enlarging canals for this purpose. He believed II the
Reciprocity treaty abrogated would boa great los9
the United States, and hoped that satisfactory az
rangement may be effected between Canada and this
country, which would tend to develop the commerce Of
both countrcs,