, 1866-01-20

Fmom CHICAGO TO LIVERPOOL.

The speeches md resolutions Of the Far
mer' Conventions 1t Morrison and Ottawa
were strongly in favor OF \ channel Of watcr
Communication with Europe OF sufficient ca
pacity to car5T the products of the Northwest
from Chicago to Liverpool without breaking
bulk. This is \ crest idea~an Idea cinana&-
ing from people suffering much, but aceus-
toned 10 surmount difficulties. aud doter-
mined 10 s,irmount those which now pprsnas
them. VIC believe, ~ firmly ~ wr l'oliesc
anything still in the saturc, that such work
will he undertaken and pushed 10 completion
within the next ten years. We hrllrrc
that Il would be done though tho o,st
vera thrro-fold greater, and the natural
obstacles thrcc-fold more formidable
than they arc. The surplus products
or the Northwest will. Of their own Sass-,
burst passage way to the markets cg tAe
world. They will compel tho opening II tAs
cheapest possible route. aud that n.ale ~.
OF Deceeaity bo thr cheapest shAeh e,>s~=,>1
the grain and meat f. the e<sa4ss:ss.s = wsss1 sAt
least handling and sAe &aAsa .h%aas. h'.
believe thai the tAsvaes% sacaa H. 5>hsasant
out tho kre<s A&Ss# stpt afe - sA~=se,v
ritcr ~ tx ss.se, sasa4 siet,s ID 4nt~ys sasa:
rur1>,.s<~ <..f W. sa,at astnl x,sr Assaa4ne II,
The %.ev4.inl'@lmrsa VI, sasls ~xssS>, MI sas=ssy
ts<~st= " a'-~ntsese 70 sna&r x9.s,se, =
k-s&asc asth snnte airosntth1u zk1s sAaa rrrx
st$ssx a,sA a.sise tsxe WI &a.tnl Il b. *stxESS Se
Of .:ex safi aatsa s1s ase4.s4 sexu1t e4r
be assNfs,s>1 =. sasA zus7zwe saa-r eAtAply and
quickly ,has =. &ns <aass.
Clcarxmxs Iraaa C,4seaep 10 liverpool are
not unknown t. car trade Ycars ago the
trip WIS made bf The schooner c. I. Rich
ocnd, and nhout once each year We hare had
Little craft i've ft.rEct her nancy laying down
&C sc: docks an nseortcd cargo direct from
SccvxS. cn1y the 1nadcquacy Of the Wei
..:snI - S. Lawrence CanAlA has prevented
sssin ee-<eE s-1et rith Europe from becoming
A--cr- -: @r- Frpe.4bte each season since
..,r 1-s= xSeest@5s vA made An inland
4a- s.,.1oS cEey 20 The Mediterranean In
~y,srIt.- <s<.Aa ..e:-e Z. wa:e1x over the Falls
Il Naaz Ek down shc ST. lawrence river
-.1x Fcze1=z +, low 10 nse this water at the
3u xpt saPsdk 20 that II shall be safe for
s.H <J1tble for OCEAN navigation And this
rely No problem, for it has already been
dsot &C man scale, and under conditions
rheA prove 1hat h ran BE- done on large
s=lt-
1nGian CON- H now selling IN Our market at
81 cents per bushel In gold. 1t u selling In
Liverpool a, t1.10 Serenty-six and one bali
cen,k are consumed In getting one bushel from
Chicago to Liverpool, which Is practically a
prohibition on the shipmsnt Of large quanti-
114. Hence corn remains nsathercd on
many farms in Illinois, or Is burned for tuel.
Bm h could be transported for twenty .6se
pcr bushel, With 4 fair profit to the sh1p
owner, If il could be passed around the Fall
OF Nteearz and the St Lawrence Rapid.
Without rrznslipnent- Here then Is 4 saving
q morr than Try cents Per bushel qn gold
On 1he great staple production of the North.
ses, to be effected By digging or rather en-
lr:Enr few ditches, and building a few
ioc1k, OF this great highway which nature
las marked ont for the commerce Of the
Nex1e1n St4,es- 1t is impossible that the
money, the enterprise, and the engineering
skill should be wanting where the demands
OF economy are 50 imperative and the results
70 cer1ai,--
Aliied With this enterprise, but not depend,
ent upon it, il The proposed improvement snd
enlargement Of water communication between
Like Michigan and the Mississippi River
This work VIC look upon IS half accomplished
for It L. already begun. Ii u The natural com
plemcnt of the st. Lawrence route to I'M
oeean.> 1t will be finished before the other
It will be in readiness to pour the treasures o
the agricultural districts, washed by tht
Nississippi and its Tributaries into our ware
houses before any vessels shall be here u
transport them across the Atlantic.
We sre not now discussing the questio,
how these works shall be undertaken AMI
carried forwRrd-wbeihcr BY the Nati3na