New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-03-31
r,,rw.rNGLAND AND CANADA
,,rsrrrrs o. ! coMlERuAI UNION.
.r,. wrxAr SPEAKS BEronE TIE PORT
- rAxn hoard OF TRADE.

Land BOARD OF TRADE
- a.. asrsa 30 lspeciaD.-Tas Pwtland
80 "a Trsdc at gablic dinner at the Falmoutn
ss.. ss up sbs discussion Oh sns ssas.'ons pe."eon
o.. .ss e,ssss ana Canada. Tbs chief speaker was
~ un'ss Il York who made an earnest
avrr bsn an hour ID length, IN the interest Of
sno'sss polon. Here Is part Of what he said:
svr ! .,., ,snion with Canada hes ceased 10 be y
20, sSscting only ehespened food u aas become
Witch sSf ssssss Say T ssssny
ssa s e se q ~ .ss ss wof se si
sigm ia Z; WI, 80 power d producing iron and steal
ns'slns wsr cost sa any other county, Tas Ss
pscgI e csss s ison ore are isiing, and her
her supplies as = greatly dependent Upon spain,
Africa and "a, Is lessenng, tho principal mines
O. coslfh sye become very deep, voiy hot and tho
e ~ y re several scss D pscss IN this c oUSa
@as s ~ opening Of tho coal and iron minos IN the
sosass sash he sssasS
g fiddle states and Nsw.EsgIsn Ian i ifSn wosSs
II sss q saDng the ms
ION distant points G% e e e PER so sS6 e sSeTs
~ s0ss Dsr son his again reacts upon sewEns
I ua a. N yg s s,ses Cn S o ssgpS
sSs sssssnass numerous heavy machine works i
ss aIsssssaa sS IN iS ne price Of astels
On the ether hand, the consumption Of iron and steel
= tbs q ss Ss acn q S see sppssa @ S cent
& iSe stire product pi the world and for The las.
zen yy ss pro ca The demand increases more
Sy han The spp!y ssheus9 subject 70 grcs, vsFi aria
s s:ses ON Of rslsosds SENEGAL demand aside
from the rsilrosds has steadily Increased out Of pro
ss' srs 2 more s and used r and
sass,nrM and other purposes ~, n....s "a
CAPE Breton, indeed the whole Of Canada, therefore
becomes Of paramount importance: In Nova SCOTIA,
Is IN Alshssas and the Vest, the high sspdstone
ssasis, New Jersey and New-York are not found.
Ample supplies Of she best Iron, Of the best ookng
& sa PIX nss S s s sea sS
sonnse aaoS. he vast ndastses e which ], SsS S
stationary engines-may be regeneratsd, and the "a
q aspoS e Ss eoun ~ %os %
TIE demand In the South and West, ana
without sfecting the Middle States any more, u ss
much, tho present competition OF tho South nc
West now affects them. Experts who have oarcfoLy
Bxansircd the matter estimate that the best graao
es e less ssn . pss os The sa on
Ia pitfsbvrg would cess orer az. The sess sso.. s
re %a.. g asssa ss'nS
better quality. The freight TO Perland and BOSTON
sos oS ssssa ss sas union
those who depend npon fishing and faTnins epssa my
free adniission Of Canadian products would in.uye
them hit N may be held thai the demand for nsh,
ostg and POTATOES IN New.fsn gland depends mainly
upon the consufping power Of New England there s
and steea ships and other branches of industry OF
that kind restored to the hareor q Bath Por.
demand for food would than oyerbalance
the Increased importation OF osis nsh and potatoes
from Eenada In this view OF the matter rs
much for The interest OF the farmers and the fishermen
th-t commercial union shonld be established es u Is
Tor the ronwor5cr, artisan and mechsntc. Who vs.. We
from steel or machinery In their work On this
ground, therefore, commercial union Is greatly 70 pe
desired especially IL Sew-Engiand Is to MAINTAIN
supremacy. =, ~