New-York tribune., 1877-08-09
FEATURES OF THE REPORT.


within the last five ycars-lamcy, the trans oportatiOn
routes Nv laui and water. the relative economy of
transport 10y iu and waicr, the competitive forces
which influence thc commerce between The interior
and the seaboard and the regulation of railroads
large collection of general ac,s and statistics
Is also presented especially about the trade Of the ieal
ing ccs Of lc country. In hc compilation OF lhc latter
cen Nlmuo has been aided materially by merchants
and ,'ai-ciams ieryn. parts Of TIE country, whose
reports upon the trade OF ther oca titles occupy 90
pages oi book Among these experts arc Albert Fax
anj g. II. Fo,c of Louisville, Ky J. Hayes OF Detroit
Theodore j. Lees OF Ecw-Y"rk. Charl,o ndoph OF
Chicago, Hamilton \. H ana curtis Guld Of
Boston, Gcolge L. Porter Of Baltimore, sidney
d. Maxwell Of Cincinnati Wilum Tmrston
OF Buffalo, George II. Morgan of st. LoniS
Henry q. Hester of NewOrlcans, G. i. solbers Of st.
Paul c. T. Wales 0f Toledo. William M.hinch OF C!cNe-
land, and Col Milo Smith Of Clinton, iowa. Each q
these Individual papers contains important and specific
statements fact and reflect, to large degree the SEN
tment among the merchants of the city T. which they
relate. In The part oi the report written by Gen Mini
mo. the conclusions fairly driucbc from these papers
and TIE othcr uiatrria, Of the work are presented
tew extracts will illustrate the sope and interesting
nature. and Tie leading suggestions oi th' book Why
internal commerce demands ihe attention OF statesmen
and sttl,s,ciIns now, j, set iorth follows;
Aians. from the lime of ihc adoruou OF hr Federal
Con .!futinu 10 o., present lf, ~ fi ti eIi-.u' ~
statistic, OF OIL foreign commerce 4ayc been collect
and punl.sIud tne to-amrut .np"u as tue .utal
Rr--urt ftr Commerce .tt Nuvt inH o. IN" thir'
$50 ,i o I, I, 70. i.,'.-r,r v. ..rclfly
c1Iiisd auJ h. reports i.nlsac .ht iiu' CON
-ttc nn rycc,dnclr valuable source OF u.0ruatiun.
Bg. frior 40 Doe. enactment oi iAe it" untf which tne
present woia tJs bt % 'Ar'hl'"' %" Hl'."h ms eyer
pc,n uacc ior iae collection oi hi' nation H regard ~
our ungcu rorc .u"'f. tni Internal commerce. IniS
apparent neglect 'r a'ti .tu'ip.e tos Nrr.. eau
lu1t ibc tr.In ,olaaerce was generally understood
nnrueud iradc carried oH 't h'i.- ni rlinG les,e'
ti In s,i-us V irI. i.,.r.-t q, ODD fhc country
uait az ,at zine almost ,Xr.u.'f,iy maritime ard our
;9ie'-i. l' '' 80. q, " So ',tt,,'ctd
,'a. AZ. l,n ...r ..Ir, t.li a, .lc t,rn c,npaIi.
tye'F s,u s'tritt1' c9a'we,cc. ..
ih' ON 'l'- " ' .'- @ ~ H. .'o ~, i,. 1,.f t,'t II
i, f,..r been 90 .eu:c- of u.tuia rey .uGe sh-Tcis
tHc 0uNrnm nt nH- largely drawn .- hi' oil support
I9'A 'i.i',. .'' '.'," & & @ t...,i t .'y. for
.l IN, ,t i,i.,...iI,u f.. .-I-i ia 5ir Internal
co.Il zoe, Na.c ni.u- 900 care rr 90 ic Election
OF il'. '"a'l'Ii r'. t' i." " '' no. M , , .u ~ ,Hi
t,i .., t,.. .-,r. s t.. ..f,I,r ANA ii,-
dar g., .Ha-riil tEr iurH.ti;. rr f.r 'at.'r.
DID ih' ti'-' -, 'i l' c''i.' .''''.- en- p','
"ii,., = a-.,.. l.I. tl..r ar at. .,rc..i ,.ia-
mcr.e. lI,r relative iu os tacr ~ iH'i r"1 "ui
"i 10 'i-n o..-.. .' -' ''''' ''' ' '' "''-
,'... ~, ...', ......,..,. ,,d
'-. i.i 'u' .'.. l.-. - .... e1DOnao 900
li.',i i,,. ~ ...i. I,,s,.. el ui, li..t-i
stfr. ..-..--..-..- i,GI0DOn01J
',i. ti.g. d.. tt. -oi!uJ,-, riuu..c.I ioicIli
coI1..Ic. .Ili taa estimate! ,..., OF co.AnoI.t.r5
ulu-. .eu,d on rfil'4d-' ar" '' i"'i'"'i
,sl,eof f,n.,ri. and T,l1r,, lag,ieu COM
..... l.i2l.G3t--T
T.tlfuli,i Vain. ~ r'"lu' 'i'.'s I.tu port
od ON iaI t'ria'i commerce '.-----'--- I''''O"'oo
u apucais rom ihfr rsnIt. ln' ,I- 'd.ir %. 'hr
li, ~. st;,, e,a.si ~, arr 5o,,,o,. f.,Jc .rj
ta tac Y9ia, o ouf Ht 1al c,aunrrc on ri roads De-
ai9 s1elo l., ~, 'e,c ,o, ~ Go I,@ ,, ~ '.".r,
i'ii lul ,''t 'r''' W i @ ,o' ~ 'o I .i" t. % ,.
p1R & man rl. t@r, =. value. %, ti. S.r.rI,l ,i.,
ia ,r Io-ri . irrc, 10 il rf,..,e th., the
."l''t $500. .,r g. 10. .-,.... ,f ,lt...i
commerce j. .o's ina, o"C hprard hms 9''''e' ma"
Ihr report sketches ile FfHclla ram ana wafer routes
or ta. cot.tv ans a9lvl.. iae clements which enter
,. t.. -. t;., .,..., i. -.,,..r 10 .i,.
state what a' cos . aud n 'det eaya tIat 40 aiso-
late statement c,I De rle in Itgn-I to IT, Cost differs
, .i,, r mai. .,,J i,, irr q Jl.g,,f ,r... -
10 o"-Il.s' c''' OF i''" '''."' "uu I-'r''l'5 "i
trifi,, RATES. oi speed aut climate This part Of the
document bring out q great nauy considerations
- Ut. ,. -
Win "meh i"ilF""' u''" ''' i''i"'''' "'' "i''u
-1 --s .,vif, ,,,t AZ ,n,,,, iiiou ,or fine tr,d.
h.t,re.u tb. WI and the sraJo1ri rec i've a great
d.4l of attention The report do, not recommend lie
,,li .,.+ f "a N.ti.il f},r.stl t, r..,I.i. t, rail
roads 'na prevent '"ef disastrous WIS - Only Sns
W., .,~,,l ara,,,l t,,s of an ;l,. copd
t,,,. .rt,r,iny Them tbo rro.i ,,,rra,i.. snri'
@ a.. 90, ,,.rae ,.t tn. .-,.rt 80. ma, ~ ,.
In d.-isj ,yfcb ,,i,hlaf =, rut NJ conn u.,,
nam, t5, roads 10 tiltccf turis.. e.. ,,.. rlrii
~. j.. f.r o.. n. nr .,, tI,, r..ir.. %. .f - .,.
I,- a. ,y.rs which ,fs m tbo f,r- off ID ..,l1i ,f..
ana which are simply the sc,ut ol an au undonnent oi
al :, f' H.. til.i,' a.. tlii.,. ,,,f. ,ia t,fr.r
.. 49, ...i. e. .,.., -. .t....
Many -p-5 Slioi9 aI" L6ut Ih IrFii" 8" tir c0hp.i
ton in the trade between the West and tue seaDOard
vh New York CIV. IO.iuwiu0
are The more important;
The c0uilitv OF the Atlantic scabp9ri centres. with
r-.,,.rt m tl, VAST and varied r,nlu.rr of te United
et,.- ia .r, 40, "A. llr. al a problem ls Il. tue r,i-
80, n, ~ ,,,.' if r.,sh,is.., c,. t ,'.
/ Inc iout principal Atlantic srspoifs with respect
/, a point iI Olio misht work aloat iieGua.-
Ifv with resp-r; 10 % point Micaisin or 10 &.
nnut In Missouri. 4 rua est 4bishine equality