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! OF vessels md steamers which arc Demands
! for tho lake commerce. The canals a
the rapids. OF tho st. Lawrence are
The Laclline Canal, 81 miles long; the Beau
harnois Canal at Cascades and Codar Rapids
III miles; Cotnwe1 Canal at Long sault, l:
miles; the. 1ro4uois Canal, at the Galops, 75t
| miles, and two small canals, which, together
| are AZ milos long. The whole length Of all tht
| canals is 1875 nliles, with 207 foot Of lockase
| Tho navigation OF tho st. Lawrence, dow
stream, is performed without tho use Of the
canals; the latter are employed only in ascend.
ing tic stream. These canals, small as they
are, do an immense business; in 1859, 2,34s
vcsscfs passed through the lower canals; and
during tho same time the tonnage passing
through the Welland Canal VAS more than
double that passing through the St. Lawrence
canals. These canals, like the Wclland Canal,
arc now too small to admit the passage Of the
larger craft, and, for that reason, fail to furnia1
TINT adequate means Of navigation which is de-
manded by the commerce of tho lakes. =
There is measure before Congress for ship
canal ;around the Fails Of Niagara, to cost from
e15,o0o,ooo to $4,000, COO; another scheme is
to spend $50, ,000,0 GOD By the General Govern
ment to enlarge tho Erie Canal; still another is
to spend e5o, 600 900 for q canal over the noun
tains Of Virginia to Hampton Roads, But hare
is tho st. Lawrence ut our door,-it is the nat
ural continuation Of tho Lakes. The Dominion
offers to enlarge tho Velland aud the other
canals; milking them available for the 1argcst
class Of steamers and sail vessels, without any
cost or expense to the people Of the
United States. In other words they offer
to give Us continuous water navigation
from the lakes to Montreal, and, If needed, to the
ocean, FREQ Of ali cost and expense to our
people. Az ono sail vessel OF good cap9city can
take On board as much corn or wheat as can be
put into LAO railroad cars, and rs the number Of
these vcsaels can bo increased indefinitely; Is
each steamer can take on board as much corn
and wheat aa can be put in q proportionately
greater number Of cars, and these steamers can
also be Increased Indefinitely; we bavo in this
extended lake navigation the only means OF
transportation that can possibly move the Sur
plus productions of tho West: Tho lakes are
free; there is no company or person having IN
exclusive right OF way there is not, nor Gun
thoro be, any chartered monopoly. The lakes
may swarm with vessels and steamers,
as they will 30 long Is there is
freight to and from boil, ends Of the
route, Montreal is as near London and Liverpool
as is New York city. Rer banking and con1mer-
only very great but readily be
supplemented to meet any increased demand.
The commerce Of that city sustains already the
famous Allan Line OF steamers, which numbers
over twenty first-c1nss ocean steamships. There
is every facility in Montreal for the rapid trans
acting Of business that can be found in New
which goes to the East ia to supply
New England. To- meet this demand. the
Canadian cannl policy connects the st. Law
renee River by means Of the Caughnawaga Canal
with Lake Champlnin, thus furnishing tho mcana
of our reaching Burlington, IT., and other
points on that lake, the products thence finding
sasy transit to all points in New England. The |
enlargement OF these canals, and their adapta- |
ion to the wants of the lake trade, is the only
feasible means by which adequate Transports
ion can ever be obtained for the annun1Iy in |
'reaaing Bu1plus Of breada:utfs produced in tho !
Vest. :: ... :, ....
rhafs su t1,n 81 fo~
;rand, continuous, and all sufficient, free water
oute7 ALI that Canada asks is that the United !
'tates will admit all articles Of Canadian growth
nd production to the United States free Of tax:
10 Canadian Governments extending tho same
ecprocity OF trade to al articles OF American
rowth and production, Tint is all. They o1ar
% reciprocal t1ado in list Of articles named.
TIC entire tax collected BY the United States an
ually on imports from Canada amounts
. but tritle; while ths reduction
t freights upon corn and wheat centsper bush
l would add more money annually to the price
t these two articles in the hands of their pro
ucars, than would purchase outright everything
hat Canada has to sell to Us. L reduction Of
be fraights on corn cents per bushol would
ave added 81, 900 to the. price OF the corn
rop OF Iowa in 1879, at the place OF growth
'nt, with free and unobstructed navigation for
as largest vessels. from Lake Michigan to
[ontreal, and with tho facilities for increasing
Ill and steam vessels indefinitely, the West will,
ave two points securod-adequate facilities for
:ansportation, and adegreo OF competition which
IN never exist so long as tbs amount OF freight
Rered Is four-fo1d the quantity which can BY
ny possibility bo moved by mil - :. =
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