The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1874-06-30

determined opposition, and the Phlladei {
phia Press goes so far as to declare that If
reciprocity measures pass, Pennsylvania can
be considered as lost to the Republican
party. The terms of the treaty seem to be
admirable in all respects, and 1t is to be
hoped that the mean and narrow policy
which attempted during the past few years
to debsr all intercourse with the neighboring
province may meet with speedy and complete
overthrow. All thoughtful citizens will
have time during the summer to make up
their minds on the respective merits Of re-
ciprocity and isoiatien. There is more in
votved in this idea OF free market to the
north than the petty consideration of gain. 1t
is good to provide for the free circulation of
american opinions, tastes and preiudices
smong our neigAbors, who may one day or
other becosae members of oxrowB house
hold. The first and second articles OF the
proposed treaty guarantee free fisheries-ex-
cept for siiell;ssh, salmon and shsd-along
the ceases and islands Of both countries.
The third article designates places reserved
from this general concession. The fourth
article provides for the gradual re-
duction on duties on certain natural
projects, agricultural implements and
articles of manufacture named in
extended schedules, the list including all of
conrTnercial importance. Tho fifth article
stipulates that the Canadian canals from
Lake Erie to Montreal shall be enlarged
forthwith at the expense of the Dominion of
Canada, so as TO admit vessels drawing
twelve feet of water, the locks of said
csnaisto be go feet long, 20 feet wide, and
u feet in depth on the metre sill 1t also
provides for the deepening of the st. Law
renee to twelve {eet Whenever necessary.
This inv olives an enormous expense. The
eniarger nent of the welland Canal from Lake
Erie to Lake Ontario is in itselfa great work.
Tire ne1st canal of the series is the short one
around Gai'ops Rapids, just below Ogdens-
burg. The canals around the Rapid du
Long Saul, the Cascades, the
Cedars and the Lschine complete the series.
These are already of good size and in fair
condi ton. The sixth article binds the
Cana liam government to construct a ship
canal from point on the st. Lawrence to
Lake. Champlsin, the United States promis-
lAiR ~ ANU poEoUdUC inc osdbC Vi 4NOW
Kor k to contiEue the good work by the en-
larg ement of the TChamplain canal to the
HUI ison. These provisions meet the bitter
est hostility on the part OF some of the peo-
pie of Western New York who imagine that
the supremacy of the city of Buffalo in the
grain train is threatened by their opera
ti,n. The seventh and eighth articles pro-
vide for the free navigation Dy the citizens
Of both countries of all those lakes,
rivers and canals of each, which
make up the great Northern
route to the sea- The ninth article secures
freedom to purchase and register vessels
built in either country. The tenth and
eleventh articles provide for the expense of
lighthouse service, the construction of light
houses, and the propagation OF fish. The
treaty, after ratification, is to remain in
force for the term of 2l years, and certainly
no more broad and liberal basis of inter-
national communication could be conceived.