, 1873-01-23
The Existing Railroad and
Canal System Insufficient
to Do the Business OF
the Great West.
Demand for the Enlargement OF the
We!land and st. Lawrence
Canals.
TITO Proposed Huron and Ontario
Ship Canal.
Tho Great Highway for tho Commerce
Of the Northwest.

Sprefal Despatch to T'hc Chicago Tribune.
DEsAlo1sEs, Ia., Jan. 22.--Tno Iowa Industrial
Convention convened today, with full dolcga-
tions from ali parta Of tho State, also dolegntoa
from Illinois and Canada. Governor Carpenter
called tho Convention to orlor Olflccrs wero
chosen, as follovg: Mayor ". T. Smith, OF Os-
kaloosa, President; ono Vico prcaidont from
oach Congressional District Of tho State; A. Il.
Fulton, Secretary, and 8. T. Spolford, Troaauror.
Tho afternoon business wns discussion on tho
amendment to tho Collection laws In operation
iu the Stnto. Tho Convention resolved to mo-
1uorinlze tho Legislature to limit the stay of oxe-
cution to ninety days to abolish tho Apprasso-
raent law; to limit tho right Of redemption to
six months.
Tho motion to limit tho yaluo Of lomonteada
to S5, 900 did not carry.
Tho Convention is composed OF loading repro
routatiyo mon from all parts. Of tho State. 1t ia
largo in numbers, and embraces m unusual
amount Of practical bllginogs tnlent, and vnuA-
bio results may be anticipated. Governor Broas,
Ct Chicago, iu speaking this evening to, a
7pembcrs, but Of Tho SenatorB, Representatives,
and others in attendance upon tile Legislature.
His subject il tho transportation question. Tho
following in tho substance Of his remar1ss:
Mr.. PnEslDEsT AND GENTLEMEN: nm hero
by request, to address you on Lho transportation
question. Tho subject involves an estimate, "a
near Us may Do, Of tho surplus fern products Of
VITA. nro commonly known as tho Northwestern
Sts.ca; tho cost Of freiBhts between tile pro,
ducera and tho coNat1nors; the capacity OF tho
channels Of transit; tho slleana by which that
capncity can 10 enlarged anl tho cost Of freights
thereby reduced to the lowoat possible limit !;
and lastly, tue numbers and tho wants Of tho
ueopIo among; whom %o expect to find pr0hta-
lilo markot for TINT s;lrplua.
rhe people Of onr Atlantic soafoard, especially
those Of tho Now England States; nro our largcut
and boEt customers. Tho steady increase OF
manufacturing industry tbore, createa largor
demand has long Ginco fallen far behind tho
production Of cereals and provisions in tho
s!stos tlet surround end lio wost OF Lake
20j, ,0UU men ceased to bo consumers, and, scat
tered all over these States, have boon sloadily
adding to our ns1r1,lun. III tho meantime, 'thou-
sands ofpeoplo from the different nationaitios Of
thus ntding largely, not only to the the
ee' to the development Of our roaousoes, and tic
intellectual and tho moral powor Of tile nation:
II our gurplu6 products aro alrondy 30 great, aud
tho cost OF their trnusit to tho Heaboard is 30
enormous, That corn is used in Iowa for fuel tho
question what is to be done with tf,as surplus q
fow years Aenco, when it has Increased III ai.
a,ost bowildering ratio, becomes matter OF
the most sorionp concern. Lot us consider for
n few moments the extent, tho RESOURCES, aud
tho prospective development Of tho North
restorn statos. noarly al1 Of whose surplus pro-
ducts must lind their way, other by rail or the
lakes and cauul, to tho ncaboard.
LOOK At TIE MAP.
II you draw limo west from Alton, tho terri
tory lying north Of tl.at and between Lnko
Michigan and tLe Rocky Mountains, throwing
out tie u,nnIl sections TINT are yatu1ess, on1-
Druces about 70o,O0 equare miles. Hero We have
g1aace for fourteen Stuteb as largo as Ohio, and
no knows little Of ts climate and RESOURCES that
10 not convinced they will DO vastly moro pro-
.iuctiyc and mora populous than TINT noble
State. The rapid progress Of this territory nlay
be inferred from q few faotB. The following
table shows tho incroaso OF population in Ris
istatcs betwoou 1860 and 1870: