New-York tribune., 1900-08-20

provisions and everything that goes 20 make nm :
diversified commerce; the products OF the grs.s
West This IL the eastbound traffic and thA -
bound traffic - largely made up Of the Innno-t. -.
the heavily laden ocean steamers bring Into ~
ton. and Is part Of the reciprocal busf7ess vvLts
Mr. Galloway says the NevV-York Central r...1-
at Albany from the Boston and Albany Ratf-os
IL Is safe TO say that a considerable perasDt.
Of this east and west bound Boston tra A.. a.
diversion from its natural channeI-tbe No.. =
New-YOrk-and reasonably accounts for the -,
Of Boston's ocean clearance tonnage OF AZ p4- -
during the last seventeen years while tb.t :.
New-York for the same period increased onFv "a
per cent. -
The canals OF H'ew-Tork have only ,bA s....
serve Their traffic s essentially thar 40 ,so
State and city, and cannot be diverted tbarss-1-
bushel OF grain transferred az Pufralo 49, :
canalooat must arrive ultimately a point within
the State. busheI Of grain put into a ran-osS
car may possibly be destined for some Nevvvo.,-
point. but in all probability Il wiz tnssesA -
Philadelphia or Boston. That Is Just the dIrsr.,.
between the canal and the railroad tha cs,.I I
serving the State and supporting its commerce ana
the railroad serving wherever its best interests a.
found.
In considering competition for lake commercs br
the Canadians. Mr.. Wood IS greatly at varianrs
with many Of the best informed men OF the d,-
upon that subject. He writes:
Again. IT Is said we muss enlarge n. .,,,, ..
prevent business going through the Canadian canal
on on its way to Europe. This scare is also grssfIy
fight for business Of all kinds but in this csse ~
but when s Delivers es rrss hs a has d1 sPsIdd canals
where the transatlantic carriers want IL. "'
CANADAs FIGHT FOR BUSINESS.
Frank E. Baird, OF Buffalo Identified with larz.
American iron interests. stated before the New
York State Commerce Convention as follows:
Canada is the greatest competitor that Bur.l,
bringing ore that Burao has snd ~ saa'5efss OF
advantage Of s2 ton bounty T6ese % s9nIe2sii 5Soasi
would line the WeIland Canal on both sides With
furnaces but for the fear OF the repeal OF the
Bounty act. ~
At banquet given at the waldorf-Astoria on
March le 1900. complimentary TO Governor Rooss-
welt. he said
"A A really adequate waterway from Lake Eric to
possible rival OF Chicago and would put her Par
on the Great Lakes II Would n ake Iny SeT Snef n e ~
ny ngsn s probability the centre ot the iron industry
MSontreaFs rivalry which now haUnts her most
THE Toronto Globe" publishes the following:
dhf 'Gta oi ha 5SaS sSrrsn, OF Gsnad sar l So % z
gatei exceeding the entire trafie Of the previous
no more than s2S9.025,000
1t would seem that Canada was making
plucky fight for business OF all kinds" with good
results. We fail to discover that the fates ara
against her" What has contributed 70 this great
increase Of Canadian traffic? That which the In
ternatOnal Deep Waterways Association asserts:
In Canada there is a far better general under
standing Of the problems Of transportation eompe-
dton and foreign trade and commerce"
MoNTREALs IMPORTANCE
Montreal is Canada's greatest emporium The OF
tawa Government recognizing this fact Is quick
to encourage every enterprise tending toward IN
ereasing that city's importance as an exporting
and importing point. At great expense il has
deepened the canals fourteen feet depth os water
and so improved the channels OF the ST. Lawrsncs
ITS Tk Id[ Sc ocean steamers may reach her docks
attracted by Governmsntal H5eraiity. viii sBesd
millions OF dollars in building docks and elevators
from Buffalo to Montreal thirty-ve million bushels
edgs whatever knows without, question that Non
nectons with tbe come 9S ogia4{ ~ H. o3s % eF Soa
via canal and river and lake and rail routes make
shs whea 8 o o s GE's ees se SdrMs IS Ssa
nearer Liverpool than is NeW-York Yet noiwfti- tn
fe9I fsp pS. these SaT The aroaas give Mon
tYhrse cents hundred pounds less than the New
not overworked. as Mr.. Wood asserts The Tear
05 o4 ryaFy M % WP5fh hsgns ITS The Ssf fore
REGAINING NEw-YORK'S TRADE
The loss of commerce at New-York is about
equivalent to the decline of canal trac It there
fore goes without saying that If the canal is re-
stored TO its former usefulness the percentage OF
trade now lost TO New-York will quickly return
Those competent to judge Of the matter say that
thousand ton barge canal means the carriage OF
wheat from Buffalo to New-York at a rate not ex-
ceeding IL cents bushel. and that there will be
profitable showing for those engaged in the traffic.
The interest which Mr.. Wood attempts 20 serve is
perhaps disCOverabie certain paragraph Of his
letter. 1t runs follows:
1t Is proposed to spend over $4,000 COO upon the
canal enlargement This great sum must be raised
bF taxation Among the taxpayers the farmers
ana the railroads We, the farmers. will Be taxed
To bring Western products to the markets 10 COM
pete with our and the railroads will be taxed
to furnish without cost TO traffic huge competitor
for their business
In which Of the two propositions is Mr.. Wood
mostly interested? The taxation OF the farmer or
the elimination of huge competitor Of the rail-
roads? 1t is not difficult TO determine
Mr.. Wood pleads for the abandonment OF the
canal The thought that this artery OF commerce
may by Improvement be brought a standard with
its rivals has no part in his argument The people
asked make valueless property in which they
have invested millions Of dollars. and which may
by reasonable expenditure be made an I'm
Portant factor in developing commerce and manu-
facture OF the State. Mr.. Woods proposition Il
presumptuous and unpatFiotic- The fear expressed
upon the lines recommended by the New-York
State Canal Committee. which plan was approved
by the Governor, IL would become a huge COM
petItOr'' OF the railroads This true and Is just
what is needed to preserve New-York's commercial
supremacy, which railroad control threatens 70 de-
stroy. HENRY B. HEBERT.
Chairman Canal Association Of Goshen n 2
NewYork. Aug II, 1900