New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-09-11
SPEECH OF MAYOR HAvEMEYER.

Fellow CITIZENS: it is with great pleasure
that you here tonight, because 1t has been pa
tent TO time past that the numberess sVE
| from which commerce was suffering womb sooner
mr. later reach proportions which would arouse the COM
mercial community to Of their DANGER and COM
mel them TO take the necessary steps arrest their pro-
eress before the ruin they threatened contaminated
Your presence here satisfies me that another forward
step has taken in the work OF sustaining the honor
and Of reesablshng the supremacy and dignity OF this
most favored OF the cities OF the continent Inc nst
move which has engaged the intelligence and the intee
rity of the city terrible struggle for the past two
years was to drive from place and power the bold,
had MEM who brought us to the yry brink Of financial
ruin and social disorder and by the use OF the millions
pluDdered from u.s. pouting the community, >Seoauoh-
ing its morals, and driving integrity and honest l~'
/ from every place among US; and while congra, u
you upon the Of success that has attended
struggle the publication Of our och affairs greet
you upon this Inauguration OF another advance move
ment for the maintenance OF the commercial preemi-
nence OF this city, by the adoption Of sach measures as
may be necessary counterfeit the schemes that
are on foot 10 assail It, As is it, SHALL but only briefly
aud generally alude to the subjects which are TO en-
gage your attention this They of vital
consequence to city, and therefore to all our ct
THE CENTER OF THE EXCHANGE OF PRODUCTS.
NewYork is the great bazr OF nations, for Union
Is union Of nations prominent the enepots OF
the commerce OF the world. Tue OF approach
to this city, ranscontinenta ransoceanic by the land
and by the by the river aud by the lake, must DO
ample, adequate, and unobstruoted Her advantages
by nature the work OF the exchange OF the products
OF the world are universally conceded and cannot be
questioned Ii the OF artificial communica
ton devised, executed aud being executed by the
energy and skill OF man. that discover the magnitude
efforts that being made to rival our favored
position and natural advantages and ii Is TO consider
the needed counterfeit these efforts that this
meeting is called 1t is to me, fun Of encouragement to
see again that enthusiasm which witnessed once be-
FORE when the Erie Canal finished and the first boat
introducing the products OF the West 10 the commerce
of our city arrived harbor; and from time
to this the current OF trade thus set In melton
steadily remained with The interests OF the pro-
Queer and the merchant are Identical The voice Of
NewYork City is to-day In perfect unison with that OF
the great farming aud producing interests Of the West
in the demand for and more capacious OF
traffic between the interior and the The OF
the people all the country awake to the
sty Of cheaper methods OF transportation between
East and the West The charges for freight upon bread
stuffs amount almost 10 embargo upon their ship
ment The producer is deprived Of market and the
of his food by the exacons Of the railways
and 1t Is time that city and country unite TO render them
hereafter impossible. IT'S true. need
Of traffic with the interior. but want those which
exist regulated that their dividends shall amount
to fair return actual cost The people, producer
and consumer, have bear all the burdens OF the g.
gantic aud demoralizing waterings of stock that
have been going right before our eyes, aud
sometimes with the sanction OF corrupt leas-
lators, without attracting g passing notice. No
man should desire TO deprive those who have
invested their in railroad enterprises OF far
return OF profit but the day Of watering and Of
railroads corruptly influencing legislation has, hope,
passed forever. It all works against the interests Of
the people, and from the cry which up 10 Ms FROM
tte East aud West It Is evident the people moving.
and all political parties in the way must Join the mighty
caravan be destroyed As things have been, II
you should seek effect results with existing roads.
you win be met by horde OF lawyers. and loboyists
aud bribed Senators and Assemblymen, retained and
paid 10 perpetuate railroad ex,ortions You will all
remember scandaous developments In the lnvesti.
CATION OF the Erie Railroad last Winter, when 1t was
shown that It was habltua to pay the BARRIERS and
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