New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-03-10

jeot and the remarks advanced by previous ~ re-
and appealed to the good sense OF All III 'no WV"
formation before them. uazIe-
Mcssrs N sands, c. Cobb, J. b. Robinson, u, TO
tine aud Il. ID. Moulton were appointed .,s 40 arc
draw up resolutions, and the following resoiu'o"'
submitted and approved.
RESOLUTIONS. ...tuon.iv
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aiming TO secure those most desirable. ,,s9 I' pse the BY
tract; abolish she Office Of canal edses reso-
in heo Thereof G S s Ro in 81 tolls on the
al Of SsS ss 1 ssssS Ss S.Sps debts here
toore provided for and Of the tolls may pc and :. lead 10 an important
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IS will D5oGs ei snnss sppopans
applied to The zen 81 . below such sppTopn
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%G,s dS SS @Sa s lion ' John su.on william
Es which provides for funding the said state debts and extending
,o passed accomplish t6e relieve the people
and free the trade Of the the the present excessive
S,d That this proposed Funding bin recommends tO The
approval OF he Legislature and the whole people :" n smSv
pass the bill and submit to the electors " the pe E
sor,d That the future prosperity state depends largely on
he adoption this comprehensive plan Of relieving aoa "
ResoirSa That the State Of the Commercial Union
resolutions act OF scts
the Legislature.
SPEECH OF THE HON. ELIJAH WARD.
The Hon. Elijah Ward expressed his concurrence WIN
those who wish carry 10 peaceful completion the carry
policy of the founders of the Erie Canal ana IN develop
ing the numerous agricultural manufacturing and COM
mercal interests OF our country He said he need not
ruind his audience that the existence Of the Met0po
itan City OF NewYork is owing 10 It's superb position AT
the mouth OF the Hudson, its admirable harDOr ana inc
extension of its navigation the great lakes Railroads
those marvellous creations OF lesithan half century
North West to many cities on Atlantic coast but
New-York also possesses good water route from the
He believed that the interests Of the carrying systems
are essentially in harmony and whatever tends to bring
i irstS OF the the State would yield an Increase
in passengers and freight to the railroads;
which woud share the advance OF the general
prospery The heat Of the climate at the mouth OF the
Mississippi obstacle TO the use OF that river a.
channel for grain and other peiShaOle products Ihe
people OF the Mississippi Valley seek egress eastward
FOR their productions, aud the great commercial chae
was opened, the difficulties Of communication were az
most equal TO an embargo anu the opening OF ne can
thus developed the West and cansed corresponding IN
crease the business of the City and state OF
and in New gland The productions Of the West are
enormously increasing. larger amount OF them Is re-
ceved at the ports Of the Upper Lakes ana At M9HtISa
while for the last years the business OF III
them has remained stationary If this istatG OF AFFAIRS Is
permitted to on, our trade toshe west VIII also De IN
ured BY enlaTging the Canal and introducing steam
on It, we can yet cheaper freight as to outsrp all com
petltors Mr. Ward briefly described the ease WIN whch
massage for steamboats, OF night draft could be made by
| the FoS and Wisconsin Rivers from Lake Michigan TO
the Mississippi whence, at moderate cost c0nnuh
ton by water could be continued for hundreds OF miles
| beyond that river. He did not wish TO delay ana
cmbarTass the improvement or Inc Cahai py solvI.
| ing aid for IT from the General GoEerhiS S y.
| and thought the prominently commercial state
| of New.York should unfetteTed, ana
is not only amTiy able to do the work, but is es-
pecaly interested in maintaining the great
Tor trade the West He showed that the returns
from the Canal already exceed the expenditures on
by more than 81 100000 while the dement's mas CON
ferred on the state with multiplication ana po,u'y
the people exceed by many times all the direct revenue
from IL. He spoke OF the celebration on ne Iolh Va @
month Of the beginning OF work the Northern racine
Railroad event having special slgnnclce anu W.
terest The road opens through Lake Superior an
! immense region, yet little known TO the puDnc,
but OF great fertility and good climate. IL cud i
| the rich wheat plains OF the Red'hlVer-0l-
the North, and those OF the Iet greater valley OF e
Saskatchewan. The land, like that OF Minnesota eisy
brought into cultivation and Its capaDy OF pouucIb
wheat is so extraordinary that in few years III may Do
the chief granary for us and the people OF western
Europe. The prospect smul atng the canadians 10
vast enlargement of their rival works via the ST. Law
renee For the State OF Newly ok mas ceased
TO meet obvious necessities with IT'S FORMER NgO anu
foresight but, under the influence OF many eadine men
of both political parties there is reason fOr hoping that
better policy will prevail Mr. Ward lana stress on Ihe
fact that, while the receipts OF grain ana nOur nave
enormously increased during the last Ten years AT tne
upperake ports Montreal, those OF New ork nave
! diminished. They were less III 1907 IMAM III IooO
and less by 100000 bushels In the last Two years
than in SCI and The tunDage OF the canal trade We
are driving away 6442225 in 1868, while that or all
the American and other vessels entered and cleared IN
from and to foreign ports IN the same year
was only 5lO9722 He showed that bya judciOus and lib
era system of tolls should aid grain producers IN
competing foreign markets relieve our own city popu-
benefit branch OF business, WINE even
the revenues directly derived by the state Treasury itself
from the canal would be far than II We persist III
the absurd and unbusnesske policy Of gradually dIlY-
Ing trade away by inludcious charges