Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1894-11-30

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E s'These cities contain about 5000, 900 peo-
ple now and do the marketing and manu-
( featuring for territory embracing 25,O0O,-
coo inhabitants and contains the wheat,
timber, iron, meat and minerals of North
America t.. M TX. II y"f ~ IT, f.
.sWas there eyer before an enterprise Of
wider or more beneficent consequences?
'tIt is notsa difficult scheme from an en-
cheering standpoint nor costly from q
financial standpoint. In fact it is the
quickest, cheapest and simplest Of al! the
great projects now under discussion.
.'Mr. Cooley has gone over the entire
ground, and prepared estimates for canals
and locks of % feet, and finds the whole
thing, including eight locks Of 40 feet lift
each around Niagara Falls On tie Ameri-
can side can be built within sc, OOO, 900,
and if the money should be forthcoming
and the contract let at one time in sec
TONS completed in three, or at the out
side, five years. 5~ .a>19.'..,
=. Yankee and Canucl Unite.
'Our plan is for the United States and
Canada to join in constructing and main
tanning these locks and canals upon
basis that shall be just to Canada with her
$500, 600 and to the United States with her
65, COG, 900 people End free to both If not to
all nations: -.=.s .sSIr'%..i s
'Practically it means extending Lake
Superior and Lake Michigan down to the
Atlantic ocean, or bringing the Atlantic
1000 miles inland to Duluth, Superior and
Chicago. T. q Z it- =. f%5%
Z I'm results the Suez canal, or the North
German canal, or the Manchester canal,
or the Pekin canal, is nothing to this. s. 4.
'Our project is not only the greatest
commercial enterprise of the age, but Of
the utmost diplomatic Importance. A few
years ago, hoping to control the business
from Lakes Erie and Ontario for Toronto,
Montreal and Quebec shipmasters, the
Canadians imposed restrictions which
practically shut American vessels out Of
the st. Lawrence trade. II.
president, Harrison 'retaliated by i'm
posing q tonnage tax on all Canadian craft
passing through the 500. Having no locks
Of their own around the 500 the Cana
dams were forced to recede or see every
one OF their Doats snuu out or Lake Supe-
rior: therefore the Dominion's restrictions
were removed. lasaGE It'll Esz$
Snow, however, the situation Is differ
emit / was at the 500 on Sept, 50 last, when
water was let into the chamber Of the
great new lock built ~ the Dominion on
her own soil a. i cost Of 43 0O0, 900 with Is
feet Of water, net, over the inter STILL
This lock Will be in use next season,
md all Canadian craft will pass through It.
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Socket, We have, II u true, tho treaty pf
asoo, Sivank % C1nSinS6f1 thS AAinS priyi-
lsGSs In YANKEES canals tint Xlnhg9s havS
AZ Canadia1 canal, but - Shiu ,kave91c
Way 81 enforSihg Or Ykt5 A46tf 4h2t
treaty q We did when tle Comedians were
forced to use our locks st the 800.
1--WE have no locks around Niagara lRalS
Ind none around the rapids OF the st. LNr
renee. Therefore tho vast commerce u
Chicago and the upper Lakes, and Of a
The lakes In fact, q IN . pocket-has ~
way Of going from Lake Erie to Ontafs1Sf
tom Ontario down the 81 LawroIpa
1AoSld The Canadians again become W.
Ell ~ ~ ass,o.s /. dou i
within Esr 6 osd % lSf IL big look sstlS
Is g Ktsff 66wsn III fosAS purpose whss.
ssrae. than. To. snahle ~ b ohsStei,e-
erous whenever she ahall deem an occa-
hon To- have arisen, q Il 81 Z, e Il /. atsy
sAnd firth !. n cah1at when, thssy
uAde III crtnfihaSt sing TghAtea Sn Grain
dans.shippsd q tie Sc. Lawrence canals
~ such way a. to reach Canadian bot
st6uas only, claimed, and still claim, that
,tAey did not violate the treaty Of 1859.
ssSsf hey freceded xffbfn their rehatss only
toeause forced to 40 oo-becanse Uncle