New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-10-01
DEMANDING FREE CANALS.
VOICE OF THE MERCANTILE EXCHANGE

rar ADOPTION OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL A"hND
MENTs URGEp-LETTERS FROM EA-UoNh"No
SEYMOUR, MAYOR GRACE AND orHERs-F' ID
EDISON AND OTHER SPEAKERS HEARD
wbe Ney-York Mercantile Exchange held q meet
ing Yesterday at it's rooms in the Erie buiidihg, Nv
West and Reade-sts, for the purpose OF suppor'ins
fbe adopt!on of the constitutional amendments III
the interest offree canals which VIII DC No'ou "o"
.. tbe election in November. The meeting was
couod 70 order bv NJ. Folsom who named the presi-
dent of the Exchange, James H. Seymour, as cha'r-
man Of the meeting. In presenting the oD)ee' Vi
the meeting Mr.. Seymour said: ,..
Tho ouestion with which we have TO deal Is business
question and entirely non-partsan IL j. and
t csd S me state Thc question should be upermos! at
the coming election let us see thal we no t I Value of
merchants What Injuries Now,lo lessons conHtiSs
every farm i'm the state. New-No rk and hhSs
p aS and The farmers viii receive ten times mSiG
fhan they will he taxed We ar aM M y, lonl, az this
n%etion we'll and see that every voter has ticket IN
favor of the amendments TO establish liee o'"",' ,
After reading long list of yice-presluen' ;, III
which were the names Of H. B. Claim, L. u iaz
o.1 oad pobert T. Smart Secretary Urner read let
TORS from Ex-Governor Seymour, cX-Lleutenah'-
Coverpor DorsheImer, Mayor Grace. Mayor Low
and DAVID NJ Stone The following is copy oil
Mr. SeymOur's letter:
l am sorry cannot 10 TO New York to attend the
,ofn IN favor Of free canals too III 20 leave my
Eone III nv health will enable me 10 20 So wiz ~
few days write letter to your committee III wlS od
y sci forth reasons why channels 81 coianorce S"
ree and that tan2 OF 'Cl.7 iIO'a f meet
i nsn1 s 70 be- Red Il slows taat spirit stu lives which
animated the business men OF New orr uTi io Md
lion OF building te LIE Canal ast iea W. poo ~ ,
Tnev were The strong promoters and supporters Oh ma
project Their uu0n ana action was colceiNc9 go
spirit OF patriotism, nd showed an ~
.snt beyond that display ed e,seS mere me- n3t "o
l.ri,y OF tne city aud the state. Tue tonnage
upon it has ste.diH ,EI@%ml m n,;cb trade
rom T. ana on aPy % -oro S "J have il "TOcatsd
,"ore Necessary tGan it was at irst TAe combinations
!" i9iITosda ilss; mat The roads OF New-York shall
,llge more for bringing inc products o. DC NJ
Vour citv than is LEVIED upon the trade 20 fhauep
and Baltimore. Notwithstanding the Ne"'N 9rh Sehtia
and Hudson River Railroad wac anxious anu WLus 10
crry at The same rate il has been overborne by l-
Irs unknown 20 the laws OF nis state, and whose eR-
l. an insult 10 liz nghtF ana 1nSi flor vast
.ias are epeUt upon IT, New-YorA share Of the and
oler e&pond turos nade 10 tuth @ - MN me
Hour city Will Pc greater tnah liie CO. VI ~ me NV
canals free wish that the procccdnss o. lle ~ Ky
occasion of tnt completion Of the canal coiu pr ne llu
before your people. book caileI CGnnA CcieoI ho
tnd in yOur public Libraries us sta.cmehts 3liG ls
illustrations show tAc JOY aad eni husits Ia Ny" Vl
irs Of Your city viii look Up the book and make sgGa
racJs from It's pages - VIII ne ca. 20 s,II
" HoBATIO SEYMOUR.
Navor Grace said in bis letter:
I'm heorttly i'm favor OF the constitutional amend
r,4s regard ,roc canals as an imperative necessiy
;or maintaining the commercial supremacy OF lle Sttto
i-d as tie best and most available means OF teSuH5s
,,,i limiting the rate Of transport atom Inc Pe"p3
ui ne two great cities Of kew-York and Brookiyn pay
luo,t than Ouehaf OF the STATE TAX, anHH they "ic
t,iu 10 bear er share OF the burden of making the
canals free-us they now Undoubtedly are 40 hot
fuk he Pre- Of citizens OF remote dlstlGis VIC
pay bur "a AL proportion Of the taxes shJ9d ne per
United TO interfere with The best interests q tue "oo
opie OF the state
Resolutions welc adopted declaring that the COM
i.ercial prosperity OF the State and City OF New
York Is largely dependent upon free canals ana
that the constitutional amendments making them
free deserve the support OF ali voteI III the state
The fl . speaker Franklin B. Edison president OF
In Free Canal Union SAID in substance;
Ou November the people of Ncw-NOrk are 20 1e'er
I.c whether or no. the cauas sIal be freeas 1rte az
an other E.gh8ay-or whether they snan
be abandoned, for ii Is undoubtedly question Oh irce
caias or no canals The grOwtA i'll wealth ana popui-
ton IN agriculture, manufacture and III a tha' go's W
make great State, which immediately snccecuti tne
completion OF The Enc Canal attest He WlsqVju F
people Of the state sixty years ago lhey a3 tue io
5l1' S9%Prp ' gatd 81 %evYor possesses
bg aby otner Atlantic seaboard state Although The
State has been covered wild network ol Idlioa'' to
compelled economy aud the greatest fklu III the con
struction equipment ard naDaSemcnt ~ rai'Ioaus ~
orirr mat they mgIt 10 SOM c&tCAt Colttc WIN .iS
can's i'm carrying freight. fact the canals nave Oceh
he eau atora o. tire railroads. The III n Is 81 iIcs
canals have much greater reason td fca tt results
~ being made by the railroads OF other states ana
by Canada t4au they have t. fear oppo5iiOu rom
within the borders OF sta lie, the people OF
ST. Lawrence understand that every vote cast IN opposL
ton 10 caual- is vote IN favor OF tAe lCtVase
Let the people OF tue wholc sta Know th J'e, the
opposing canals Is vote ~ iaV0r o. asIs ing Inc
tiDu rates ana therefore enhance the cost OF all uIe
of life every consumer within me state Vi
New York.
Speeches were also made by eI senator W. H.
nurfha 4 i. Miller aud q. j. Do. liaSS