The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1866-01-05

eighteen hundred and fifty by the State valua-
ii N, we . s5to ned at 81 81 ,56l. That year
the raj road enter prise above referred 10 hau
just got inso successful operation. by tls val
uation of eighteen hundred and Sixty, pemg
period Of ten years, the taxable pIopeTty Oh that
CITY reached the sum of $2l ,666OOO being
growth of nearly two hundred per cent. and
Seven times the amount it was at the close of
the decade terminating with eighteen hundred
and forty This is, for us, striking illustration
of the importance of railroads as contributing
to our growth and prosperity. Without the
Grand Trunk Road, Portland, this day, would
have been comparatively an unimportant place.
With it she has before her a future gratifying
to every friend of the State. 3 - ,'i.- =.
The value ofland or of commodities depends
upon vicinity to market or facility of access
thereto. Ii upon Casco Bay can be found
. market for buying and selling, as good for our
citizens as that of Boston or N. York it cannot
fail vastly to benefit the State at large. With
the statistics above presented, we have the pleas
ant aad certain assurance that such is to be the
case at very early day. With these results be-
fore us, from breaking through the barriers on
the northwestern part of toe State, is there not
great encouragement to push improvements in
the northeastern direction, opening up the
Aroostook to rapid settlement and penetrating
to New Brunswick and Nova Scotia?
The commencement OF the Europeon anu l
North American Railroad has been deferred py
causes not in the power OF the corporators to
control The nrosnect. however, is fattering for
speedy beginning of the work, and once COM
menced il will not be discontinued, the inter
ests of the valley of the upper Penobscot being
too largely involved to admit of its abandon
ment. The State has been generous in her
grants to this enterprise, making it, of its class,
the solitary recipient of her bounty. These
have indeed been contingent, but no one would
desire to recall them while there is reasona-
BILE prospect of the accomplishment of the work,
which must ultimately depend upon the efforts
of the people, who above all Others, are inter
ested in its success Railroad enterprises in
Maine, have heretofore required and received
the energetic and united efforts of the commu-
mites by which they have been constructed.
Compliance with this condition will be found
indispensable to the achievement OF this most
important undertaking. Let it be secured; the
rest of the State will bid 1t God speed" and
triumph will crown the work. l,,.... s..
IL is time that local jealousies and animosi-
ties in this State should cease. They do not
contribute to our credit, nor will they increase
our prosperity, Conceding to every portion Of
IT, what it is fairly entitled to, it is alike our
duty AID our interest, moving unitedly, to pur-
sue every line of honorable policy which will
result i'm the promotion Of the common well
fare. Guided by this principle, it will be found
that no antagonisms exist and that what ben
efits part viii be shared by all. la. -sii
r have heretofore taken occasion to recon-
memo W VIC & o,taryr;sa das;oTaJ ~ con-
meet the railroad terminus on the Penobscot
at Milford. with that at Princeton on the wa
tiers of the St Croix. The accomplishment of
this will bring the eastern frontier OF the State
a,,tsa 81 tba 1rast rbe ntrv hetv,aan
80 Voters ;S a 1v;Idornass onynnaJlino tho
tle.o 70 "a rom tbe State Te road Ib III
is proDossd to be built will place Calais within ]
an easy days ride of Bangor and inasmuch as
,l tta ,.peo;n;ont of orants from the Leoislature
t ~ con Snt raneat nv conmendation
y, of r. -, 1,onr favor !, ~ -
Va ~ " soN ~ 800 ~ ~
THE REolPRoCITY ThEATY. =
Inc iseaProelty treaty, ISS ulalnS Iace pe
tween tne y. oosSes anu si.e Dri1lsn pnoYnices'
VIII expire, un1er tne no c o,iouI sossfn-
menu, on .ne d'sn aay =, Mar a neAL IL Is
not tSo hiuen W say snas ~ 70
gotlauon vi ies.e aai ever a.
iecteo the GENERA iSs's VI "als lnote ~
JuTiousiy tn liu ls a,sJ sor. ~
cay W .ee tss,o.;, IT, ~ so - 40
iaSosl " $500 harverar VIC bsUa ,'nt;oo
49, ~ ta.;olsa ~
tnat us fo ~ " 'nS Ia.
@ AInoaan &c tha ooan+s of pr;t;s I',, a
snape Aeauy ale tne - III ~
1onial esIS " D =, W ~
cure eis % ~ tEo ,uh.,S e a. a ~ ma s
70 lnane pitol ~ ~ .1,o,I - au az
~ oie anu w. LII, ~ t
taAe9 prouuceIs III ~ ,oua ono III
IaXea INDUSTRY anu nl.1telia e ~ aisse p,oy gu
ces' Inc tuea Vi eetisinS neo e e ~ VIZ
present conuiton u tne nat ~ Huances, -
SIMPLY preposIetous na " uo ~ mlsi s.ie , ar
ncies empfaeeu u .nae ioon iiAe
Wanton atcenps ~ e ~, I,
dustrlai pursuits ol 'als secuIn =, Se oli n,
IL Is douptiess true 1lt.s uuef sstsii slea.y,
some articieS cotlla pe 'lilomH llole cneapiy
on our markets anu .e sd,e 1 10 't ~
OF every article einprceu u stis na' Uii "a
nn II IL co'uu pc M 10y ,,l,a s';t
laDU, what II nroduces is snhect to the
same. when the Ingenuity of tinanciers is
tried to the utmost to find sources of supply
for the national revenue, it will be hard to find
a reason for the exemption of the products in
cluded in that treaty, which was reciprocal
only in name. l3, - RI alanif7 1.s''iii
The difference between the currencies of
the United States and the Provinces has op-
Grated, of late years, to mitigate its injurious
effects, but return to specie basis would re-
store the old advantage if the treaty or any
thing like It is to be renewed, injuriopsly az
fect;nS our farmers and bankrupting our lum-
bermen. l5lf 9iit PSI - long sao;ilt
I am happy to perceive that this project re-
ceives no favor at the hands of the Secretary
of the Treasury, and trust that the effort for
the renewal may fail 1t is not easy to per-
ceiye why these provinces should stand upon
any different footing in the markets of the U.
States than other foreign nations, upon the
g principle of fair-dealing with ALL During the
war Of the rebellion the United States has
been the object of ll-concealed hostility on
the part of their people to great extent, and
on the ground Of good neighborhood they
have no claim to be admitted to our markets
upon better terms than other people / dis
miss the subject with the remark that the far
mers and luinbermen of Maine, who have no
boards of trade to represent them at WASH
ington. have right to claim your interposi-
tion in their behalf az 90 n1ii54.ii- -oIeae
~ w ui9 THE SECRETARY OF WAR. 10 s4yr