Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-10-19
The National BOARD OF Trade.

NEW YORK Oct 1S-At the national hoard
of trade This murnInr. leave TO Withdraw was
granted 10 the Cleveland and St Paul deleca.
tions on the payment of assessments.
4 resolution was adonted reoupstinr the New
Orleans chamber of commerce to fix n satislac.
tory tare on Louisiana smear
Mr.. TAYLOR of Cincinnati addressed the board
favorino n liberal trp,fv with Canada 4 CON
dition should be ENLARGEMENT of their canals bv
the Canadians 10 facilitate the TRANSFORMATION Of
grain from the northwest The dpIer,tns from
Canada saw thai their peonIe are ready m make
large concessions. The ST. Adams and other
raids put us in bad humor and we revoked the
treaty with Canada. but we made a conmrrcinI
mistake We want cheap coke for New Enc
land and cheap lumber for the Illinois farmers.
and we ought TO have il on the free Iisr
Mr. Wetherill OF Philadelphia said the Cana
dian gentlemen offered the bait OF widening
their canals to facilitate cheaper TRANSFORMATION
for us; but all this was a business matter
and the question of canals and RAILWAYS built
by English capital against those built bv Amer.
lean capital might have to be considered. He
approved of reciprocity but not of indirect sub
Sidy of the lumDer trade.
Mr. Cheney Ames of Oswero would have q
committee from the commercial congress of the
United States wait on the president. and ask
him to recommend reciprocity in his next an
nual message. (Applause)
MIR. Sargent of New Haven said that the New
England men were prepared for absolute free
trade ~ raw material, and the use of means of
transportation with either country.
Mr.. McGivern of Canada denied that tbev
were in the position of holding out bats to Oh.
tain reciprocity from the United States
Mr.. Wetherell argued that if ships were
bought free on the Clyde and ten per cent duty
was saved, the American government indirectly
granted the purchaser OF that ship all iudirect
subsidy OF $50 600; it would be better TO put
this subsidy directly where it would aid Ameri-
can merchandise.
Mr.. Gambler of Boston said-we are in adj
vance of the old exploded navigation laws OF
Great Britain. The question of ship owners is
secondary compared to tue cheap transporta-
ton of our products, and our wealth comes
from our soil, and our progress will
come from obtaining all over the world CHEAP
means of transportation-(app nothing
is so corrupting as a system of subsidz-
ing special interest, with respect to having II
feet in case of war. Another feet might attack
ours, but it could not attack any American port;
YOU could fix torpedo at the bow Of any New
York or Boston tugboat that would destroy the
strongest ship approaching our ports. He was
for free ships and cheap transportation
Mr.. Buggy of Pennsylvania regarded with
Indignation the proposition to transfer the great
ship building industry to foreign states He
moved, as a substitute, that it was the duty Of
the government TO foster our ship building iu-
tereSts; that it is patriotic TO provide Tor having
a naval armament in case of war, and that
American steamships are of more durable mate
rial than those of foreign build.