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1t will be observed that a black line is
drawn between the years 1853 and 1854, and
also between 1866 and 1867. The first of these
lines is to designate the period when the Reel
prociiy Treaty between the United States and
the British Provinces first went into operation ;
and the second line is to show when it ended,
by notice from our own Government.
It will be seen that from 1850 to 1853, with
ont the Reciprocity Treaty, the foreign COM
merce Of the Provinces rose from fifty-one
millions to ninety.two milloDs-or eighty per
cent in three years. 1t will also be observed
that with the Treaty in operation it took nine
wears (namely, from 1854 to 1862 to raise 1T
thirty per cent; and that during the whole
thirteen years continuance of the Treaty, with
war prices and initiation of the currency dur
ing part of the time, the average annual
foreign traffic of the Provinces was but S115,-
G}l .324---or % per cent increase on what it
stood at the time when the Treaty went into
operaton And it will further be noticed
that the repeal of the Treaty has not done
much damage to the Canadians, for their for
eign commerce is already more than double
what it averaged during the Treaty's exist
euce and eighty per cent higher than it was
in 1856, with all its attendant advantages of
war prices, inflated currency, and the rush of
commodities across the lines in the last days
before repeal.
But the repeal Of the Treaty has certainly
hurt us-and that not little. The following
statement, made up from our own official re-
turns, shows the imports of the United States
from the British American Provinces, and their
exports to the British Provinces for each year
since 1920 up to the latest date:
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AMusEMENTs-Third PdOe-5h and 9th columns an -,
BANKING-HoUsES AND BANkERs-SerehW fug'-1 wv
Roam AND RooMs-TIfrd Pdge-lst column.
BUsISEss NOTCEs-FOlUth PdOe-lst column
CHANCES FOR BUSINESS MEN-SepeRh fdp0-4tn Coluhu'
GopARrSRRSUtP NOTICEs-SerenM Pa0e-5th cOluinn.
DIyInyND NOTICEs-Serentt Pd0e-4th column.
EUROPEAN ADvERTISEMEN rS-Serenth Pdgc-4lh column
FtS.SCIAI-Screph Page-3i and sth columns
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HEIR WANTED. MALEs--ghird PGge-5th column.-fE-
MAIEs-Ihird Pdgo-5th column. ,
HORSES, CARRIAGES. HARNESS &c.-StIh Pdge-sta
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HOUSES AND FARMS WANTED-Third Page-3d column.
INSIRUCIION-S PdOe-4th column
LECTURES AND MEETNGS-Third PGge-6th column.
MARBLE AND SLATE MANTELS-SeUenh Td9e-5th col
umu.
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hISCELLANEOUS-Sirih Pdge-4th columns Etghh rage
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MUSICAL ISsTRUMENTs-Third Pd0e-6th column.
NEw PUBECATIONs-SiTh PdDe-3d and Attn columns
REAL ESTATE TOR SALE-CTTY-Third Fdqe-2d column;
BROogLYN-Ihird PIQe-2t column: NEw-JEksEf-
Third Pagc-2d column; COUSTRY-Ihird Pdge-2d col
uInu; AUCTION-ThiTd PGge-2d column.
SALEs ny AUCTiON-SereHh Pdqe-4h column.
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STEAMERS OCRAN-Serenh Poqe-5th column.
SUMNER RETREATS-Third PGge-3d and 4th columns.
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umn: CIIY-IhUd ragged and Sd columns; CoUN-
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impose upon them. For example, during the
thirteen years the Treaty was in operation we
purchased from the Provinces lumber to the
aggregate value of S39,OOOOOO, or an average
of 53,Oe0,OOO per annum; but in the seven
years that have elapsed since the repeal we nave
purchased nearly S57,OOO,O0O worth OF lumber,
or an annual average of over $S,OOoUo;
and it is susceptible of proof that the cash
price of clear lumber at Toronto is double
what it was ten years ago, and that its price
in Portland Me-, is double the present price
in Toronto. We suspect the deductions of the
Canadians, therefore, are not far out OF the
way, when they assert that we and not they
pay the whole duty.
II is clear that few more important topics
could occupy the attention of the authorities
at Washington than the consideration OF the
commercial relations between the United States
and the British North American Provinces;
and it is fair to infer that negotiations may
result in an enlargement of domestic trade
which will prove most Opportune during the
period of transition (Which we trust we have
now entered upon) between irredeemable paper
and specie payments. We hope, therefore,
that Mr.. Fish, without yielding to all the pre-
tensions of our neighbors, will make Treaty.
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to farce. and has become dead waste OF
THE PROPOSED NEW RECIPROCITY
TREATY WITH CANADA.

1t is an open secret that negotiations have
been for some time in progress at Washing
ton for a new Reciprocity Treaty with Can
ada. They do not seem to have reached, az
yet, any completed result; but they have al
ready aroused such interest as to warrant a
careful examination of tho facts about the
trade they affect. There has been a growing
feeling that the repeal of the Reciprocity
Treaty in 1866 was mistake. Whether or
not the sober judgment of Congress and the
country will confirm this feeling, it
Is certain that the increasing CONNER
cal Importance of our Northern neigh
bOrs is one of the subjects that have
attracted too little public attention among
us : and we frankly confess that until led to
look deep into Canadian statistics by the no.
cessity of dealing with this proposed new
Treaty, we were unaware of the rapid strides
these lusty Northerners have been taking
The Canadian Dominion was established on
the LIST of July, 1867, and consisted at first of
four Provlnces-Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia,
and New Brunswick. To these have since
been added British Columbia, Manitoba, Prince
Edward Island, and the whole OF the Hudson's
Bay Territories. Newfoundland alone, OF all
the British North American possessions, re-
mains out of the Confederation, and negOtia
tons for her addition to the union are now
pending. The extent of territory embraced
in the Dominion is 1851 70f square miles, and
the entire population by the Census of 1871
was 3,942,2H About seventy per cent OF the
people are engaged in agricultural pursuits;
seven per cent belong to the commercial class !;
four ner cent TO the professional class, and
the rest are chiefly engaged IN mining, ilshing,
shipping and manufacturing occupations. AS
a people, the Canadians are industrious ana
frugal they all work, and their yearly ac-
cumulations begin to manifest themselves
strkingly, not only in their improved farms,
farm stock, and farm buildings, but in the
increasing capitals of their banking, building.
insurance. and investment institutions, and
the large deposits in the hands of moneyed
corporations. There are 30 banks III Canada
issuing notes of 81 and over, all OF which are
redeemabe on demand in specie. From July
1. 1872. to June 30, 1S73 the aggregate paid up
capital of these banks rose from S4i,74l OPS to
SOL OF, $50; the bank notes in circulation rose
from S24 8OS.095 to $29,j60iG; the deposits
rose from $6i3Oi,1G6 to $5S,G77177, and the
discounts rose from sos, All to Sl2O,9T,1j4
The Federal Government has usually about
S1O,0O0,OO0 legal-tender notes in circulation,
all redeemable on demand in specie, and the
deposits in the National Savings Banks on
June 30, 1873, were Sll,342 ,243. The ordinary
annual revenues and expenditures of the
Dominion for the last six years wero as fol-
lows:
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FASTING TTNK

The infationists of the Senate have given
several turns to the kaleidoscope, and the
combination of yesterday morning has ire
coverably disappeared. The bill which has
now actually passed is so complicated mon
strosity that we shall not attempt any ex
tended analysis of it here. The chief finan-
cial journal of Europe published the bill
that President Grant vetoed, Gas a curiosity"
But the vetoed bill, in comparison with that
of yesterdays creation, Is as the common
sparrow to the dodo.
Senator Sherman's resumption scheme is
transformed into provision that after July
1878, the Treasury shall redeem greenbacks in
a four and half per cent bond, par for par,
and shall Immediately pay out the greenbacks
so redeemed in redemption of six per cent
bonds and for current expenses This is
c0mical enough. National bank notes are
to be issued at the rate of four dollars for
each greenback dollar withdrawn. We have
read of an infdel who wrapped the Bible
| in sheepskin and set his dog on
it. The majority of the Senate, who think
| they can turn cock and flood the country
with prosperity, appear to have as absurd an
enmity for Political Economy. We may seem
to speak lightly of what may possibly be a
| great calamity, but we have no fears that this
monument of Senatorial wisdom will escape
demolition in the House, and if it should the
President could not afford to stultify himself
by signing it. The whole business of currency
| tinkering for this session has dYjndled down
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amount of s2S,5S6,Sl6, at home valuation ;
and before the article reached its foreign mar
ket it was worth more than double that
amount This one item gives some idea OF
the value of tho carrying trade controlled by
our neighbors.
So much for the internal condition OF the
paople of Canada; and now for glimpse at
their commercial relations with other coun-
tries We have before us complete analysis
of the trade of the British North American
Provinces with all the world, from the year
commencing July I, 1850, to the year ending
June 80, 1873; aud we direct attention 10 inc
steady and rapid increase of the trallc from
In
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Now, any one who will take the trouble to
add up the first and second columns of the
above tables from 1920 to 1928 will find that
in these SO years-which preceded the
negotiation of the Treaty-the B. n. A.
Provinces purchased from the United States
merchandise to the aggregate value of
Provinces S67 794 APO, leaving a cash balance
in our favor Of $99,42a,283.
Again, if we sum up tho same columns for
the first ten years of the Treaty's operation
namely, from 1854 to 18623-we shall find
that they show the large cash balance of
s62,Ol3,545 in favor of the United States. We
thus have, as the result of 43 years.
transactions with the Provinces, gross
traffic of $685., 562,9o6, with a cash bal
ance against the Provinces of no less than
$161 ,435,S2S.
In the next succeeding three years there is a
very wide discrepancy between the figures of
the Provinces and our own. 1t embraced the
last two years of the war and the last year of
Reciprocity, in which war prices, inflated cur
rency, and the rush of Canadian commodities
across the lines before our new duties went
into operation, combined to produce state of
trade entirely anomalous and of no value in
considering the permanent value of the traffic
between us. This, however, is certain, that
the official returns Of both countries agree
that an enormous exchange of products oc-
Cured in these three years; and the dscrep
ancy between them merely affects the magni-
tude of the cash balance paid us upon the
whole traffic during the existence of the Treaty.
In the first ten years of the Treaty we admit
getting cash balance Of $62,000,0OO; but we
saw that in the last three years this balance
was largely reduced by the war and the extra
ordinary traffic which was occasiOned by it.
The Canadians lagree as to the S62,O00,0OO in
the first ten years. but contend that it was
increased in the last three years. The aggre-
gate traffic under the Treaty we make S671, 9O6,-
7s4. and the Canadians make it 1928, 437, 525-a
vast amount of trade in either case.
We have made the above very full statisti-
cal exhibit to enable our readers to verify
the statement of the Canadians, that while
their foreign commerce has greatly increased
since 1866 the proportion of it done with the
limited States,-which under the Treaty grad
uolly rose to over fifty-twO per cent of their
entire trade,-has since rapidly fallen away in
consequence of our changed policy, until it is
not now hirty.fpe per cent OF their trade
a fact in itself most extraordinary and sug-
eestiye. 1t will also be seen, that however
the dispute as to the three years before the
repeal of the Treaty may be settled, no
doubt exists that, from the moment of repeal,
the balance of trade went against the United
States and that the aggregate of this balance,
in the seven years that have elapsed since the
Treaty was repealed, has been s5l87O,OOO.
Again, as to large portion of the articles we
received from them free of duty under the
Treaty, it is undoubtedly true also that
our importatons have been gradually in
creasing since the repeal, at greatly enhanced
urices. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. the duties We now
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AND ACcIpkyr iNsURANCs CoSPhST, Hartford Conn.
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FRIDAY, MAY IS, 1874.

said that the Of the Grand Duke Nicholas
was not owing political - The
ministry in Spain has been in; various minor
officials have resigned their positions The Duke
dc Broglle adheres TO his purpose Of demanding the
immediate discussion OF the Electoral bill by the French
Assembly Madame Ristori is coming to America. 60
The Canadian House Of Commons adopted q motion for
su address TO Queen Victoria in regard to the right Of
repubshns in Canada British copyright works.
The Arkansas Legislature passed resolution yester
DAY calling the President TO put them in possession Of
the state House q message received from Baxter
telling them that the Gubernatorial question sub
mitted TO decide decision has been reached
by the Federal Government cheap transporta
ton meeting held in Boston yesterday. Sen
ator Buckingham has been renomnated by the Connect
,cut Republicans.
In the Senate yesterday the consideration OF the
Finance bill was resumed; the first vote taken
Mr. wright's amendment offered yesterday, and II
agreed to: motion to lay the bill the table
rejected; various ether amendments offered and
voted upon and finally the bill was passed25 to TO- In
the House bill passed TO amend the charter Of the
Freedmen's Savings and Trust Company; the consider
alton OF the Deficiency bill was completed and 1t
passed: the Consular and Diplomatic bill then
taken up.
The Council OF the Reformed Episcopal Church
adopted a plan OF federstive union with the Free
Church OF England. TIE Board Of Supervisors
INSTRUCTED John j. strshan TO begin suits against
the commissioners Of the new Courthouse TO
restrain them from performing their duties. The
Board Of Aldermen protested against the completion
OF the Court House. The chairman OF
the Legislative Committee replied the structures upon
the report on street-cleaning. Anniversary meet
tngs OF the American Congregational Union, the Amer
loan Bible Society the Howard Mission, the Woman
Suffrage Association, and other bodies were held
The annual dinner OF the Produce Exchange held.
$50. reception rendered the pilgrims who
about to out for Rome. r. Gold, liz, l12s Their
rnometer, CO, e0o, 65o.
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Amusemenis ano tileetinss.

Io.nn,,w on Mus,c-Hermaun. the Prestidig''eur'
BApNum's ROMAN NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS." ~
ats ,t..>ru yobn McCul-
BOOTH's THEArER'- ino
Tough. -, n,oo,ru n T. Fox
., nav and evening: London by Night"
~, 80 FIFTH AVENUE THEATER.-' Divorce"
,,,ox souARE TnEATER.-" Camille" Miss clara MOTIFS
WAILAcK's THEArER.-"S school, Lester "aiiaoh
CENTRAL PARK GARDEN-Theodore Thomass summer
Night Concerts
ypv1,G HAII-Annual Convention. National woman
Suffrage Association.
METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART.-Open daily
n Y PRESBYTERIAN GENERALIZATION Services.
NATIONAL ACADEMY OF DEsIGN.-Annual Exhibition
TAMMASY UALL.-Grand Billiard Match.
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There was An explosion in the State House al
Little Rock on Tuesday night, by which one man
was killed and another seriously wounded. The
two men were making cartridges in connection with
the i'll feeling engendercd by having two Governors
at the same time. The calmness with which it is
stated that spark from pipe which ono of them
was smoking fell into canister of powder and
caused the explosion, leads to infer that II the
habit OF the average Arkansas patriot TO mako
cartridges with lighted cigar or pipe in his mouth:
governed more by conventionalities il is not es-
toemed quite the thing TO smoke while making
cartridges; but those charming children OF Nature
who are making things byeli " Arkansas rise above
conyep qualities,
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far between; but the gathering in the city of
some one hundred and fifty pilgrims bound to
Rome marks a new departure. These are
from all parts of the Union. They go forth
with all the fervor, zeal, and enthusiasm OF
those of the elder days of the Church. thongh
the surroundings of modern life make such a
vast difference in the circumstances OF the
pilgrimage.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-05-15

Years ago, Anniversary Week in New ork
was what Commencement Day is in college
town. The interest in these annual reunions
of the religious societies has diminished some
what. but the season is still fragrant with as
sociations and memories. Yesterday was tho
busiest day of Anniversary Week, as will APP
pear from the space which the reports of the
proceedings of the various societies occu-
py in THE TRIBUNE. The address of the
Rev. DR.. Post before the American COngrega-
tional Union was the most noteworthy incl
dent.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-05-15

The Baxter steam canal boat City of New
York is reported to have made unexampled
time on the Erie Canal and to have exceeded
all previous performances of Mr.. Baxter's
boats With load of one hundred tons she
went from Schenectady to Utica in rs hours,
and from Utica to Syracuse in IA hours. The
consumption of coal is one ton each "a hours.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-05-15

American pilgrimages to Rome have usually
been undertaken by single spies, rather than III
battaliops. The pilgrims have been rev ana
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A communication in another column sets at
rest the question of the division in the court
martial which established the innocence of
Cen. Howard of the charges made against him.
sTbe court, composed of able members, with
Gems Sherman and Mcdowell conspicuous at
fheir head, was unanimous in his acqult'ai'
and the result must be highly gratifying TO
all who hold that the well-earned fame OF the
eminent Generals of the country is valuable
national possesslOn.
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The most significant feature of yesterdays
session Of the Reformed Episcopal Church was
the adoption of plan of federative union
with the Free Church of England which had
previously received the assent of the latter
body. The leaders in the Council confidently
expect to gain re6nforcements from the Protest.
ant Episcopal Church. The remark which one
of the delegates made that "the Prayer Book
"as revised had been examined by an Epis-
"copal clergyman of great renOwn in this city
"and been pronounced perfect" is under
stood to refer either to the Rev. DR.. Stephen
H. Tying, jr., or to the Rev. DR.. Muhlenberg.
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A good deal of friction is coming out of the
Consolidation Act. In the Board of Super
visors and in the Common Council, yesterday,
there was heated and angry discussion over
the question of the powers and duties of the
new Courthouse Commissioners. Finally, the
Supervisors adopted resolution authorizing
proceedings to be instituted against the Com
missioners to restrain them from taking steps
toward completing the Courthouse. The
Mayor holds that these Commissioners were
appointed by him to finish the building,
not to take care of it. A majority OF
the Supervisors, however, claim that as there
is no appropriation for that purpose, the Com
missioners have no legal existence and no
duties. There was no occasion, however. for
the acrid debate yesterday, and if, as was
charged by more than one speaker, Corpora
ton Counsel E. Delafield Smith furnishes legal
opinions to order, the sooner the scandal is
wiped out the better for the credit of the city.
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There is no solution yet of the great Ar
kansas puzzle. The Legislature have met and
adopted resolutions calling on the President
to put them in possession of the State House.
Beyond this, nothing has been done. The
Cabinet, we are told from Washington, were
in session yesterday, waiting for develop
ments. They also adjourned without doing
anything. We commend to the lover of
hight and airy fiction a communication just
received by Senators Clayton and Dorsey
from the seat of war; 1t is chiefly to the
effect that the Brooks army have lost but one
man in all the late fights, and that Bakers
whole body of adherents In the State are not
sufficient to put him into the State House
However, there must be more or less lying in
a quarrel of this kind, and there is abundant
opportunity for the Brooks side to enter into
a sharp competition in that business.