Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-08-24
that arties,a % Of the treaty of 1871. which was the -nly article incorporating such laws, tecn.tnated July 1, 1885.

that artlc,a % Of the treaty of 1871. which was the -nly article incorporating such laws, terp4inated July 1, 1885.
 l desirS also to call the attention Of the Congress 70 another subject involving such wrongs end unfair treatment to our citl- zens as, "a my opinion, require prompt action.
 The navigation of the great lakes and the immense sasiuGss and carrying trade grow ing out cR the same have been treated broadly LAsd liberally by the United States GovernnFsnt and made free to all mankind, while Csxsadlan Railroads and navigation companies share in our couutry's transpor- tation uPsA terms as favorable as are ac- corded oo sur own citizens.
 The caDAts and other public works built and mai2sained by the Government along the line es the lakes are made free to all.s [,
 In coRSr&st to this condition, and evin-l cing narvow and ungencrous commercial spirit, se-sry lock and canal which issR public woFk of the Dominion of Canada IS subject GjtolIs and charges.
 By artiaSs p of the treaty ot 1871 provi- sion was saade to secure to the citizens Of the United States tho use of the Waltant, St. Laws-ace and other canals in tic Do- minion CS Canada on terms of equality with the fRhabitahts of the Dominion, and to also secure to the subjects of Great Britain the use of the St. Clair Flats Canal on terms af equality with the inhabitants of the Urited States.
 The equality with the inhabitants of the DomlnioE which we were promised in the use of the canals of Canada did not secure to us freedom from t lis in their naviga-
 ton, but we had right to expect that we,
 being Americans and interested in Ameri- can commerce, would be no more bur- deued in regard to the same than Canadi- ans engaged in their own trade; and the
 whole spirit Of the concession made was, or should have been, that merchandise and property transported to an American mar ket through these canals should not be en-
 hauced in it's cost by tolls many times
 higher than such as were carried to an ad-
 joining Cnnanian market. All our citizens,
 producers and consumers as well as vessel
 owners, were to enjoy the equality prom
 iSed.
 And yet evidence has for some tme been
 before the Congress, furnished by the Sec retary of the Treasury, showing that while the tolls charged in the first instance are the same to all, such vessels and cargoes as are destined to certain Canadian ports are allowed a refund of nearly the entire tolls, while those bound for American ports are not allowed any such advantage. TC
 promise equality and then in practice make it conditional upon our vessels doing Cana. dian business instead of their own, is to fulfill a promise with the shadow of per formance.
 recommend that,such legislative action be taken as will give Canadian vessels navigating our canals, and their cargoes precisely the advantages granted to our vessels and cargoes upon Canadian canals, unu tuat tue Stlll6 b0 ulSaSuE DS SA dCI1S the same rule of discrim nation. These nre subjects which partisanshir should not confuse or disturb. Let us sur vey the ground moderately and calmly and having TSlt aside other means of set clement, if we enter upon the policy of re taliation let us pursue 1t firmly, with a de termination only to subserve the interests of our people and maintain the high stan lard and the becoming pride of American citizenship GROVER CLEVELAND. EXECUTIVE MANSION. Aug, B, 1888. The Message was not read iB the Senate yesterday. When it was received. on mo tion Of Mir. Edmunds, an adjournment was taken. In the House the document was read and referred by the Speaker to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. A motion to print 15,D00 copies of the Message was referred to the Commit on Printing. \ bill offered by MR. Wilson of Mime. sota, empowering the -Rse sidRnt to carry put his desire suggested iii the Mes sage was referred 10 the Committee or Foreign Affairs.