The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-07-22

II. E. Cook Of Lew is; Sixth district. q. L.
wilbur Of Otsego; Seventh, Il. B. Norris
Of Wayne; Eighth, A. w. Lichard OF Ale
gany.
John NJ. Ives. secretary Of the Chamber Of
Commerce., was made permanent secretary
of the organization.
President Wood, who il a prosperous
business man in Westchester county, said
that the claims of the canal partisans were
on the style Of the man who had quit
claim deed to 100 acres Of the Northern
Lights There was no benefit to the State
in the mere transportation of commerce
across free waterway from one end Of
tho State to the other, and the money
saved, il any. must go to the producer
in the West or to the consumer abroad
Senator Raines thought that Gov. Odell
was correct when he estimated that the
enlarged canal, with the interest, would
cost the State more than 1855 ,OOO, 600.
The argument that SIS, 900, 600 was to be
spent in Monroe and s14,OOO,OOO in Wayne
was plain attempt at bribery.
One OF my Buffalo friends" said tho
Senator. has been figuring on the increase
In tonnage on an enlarged canal, and the
work OF his imagination ia so great that he
could easily row himself mp Niagara Falls
in an iron kettle with a crowbar"
And again Senator Raines said:
"One very high up in the State told me
recently that he believes the vote Of New
York and Buffalo for this proposition will
he overcome and beaten before the votes
are taken out Of the boxes at Albany"
The suggestion that the bonds should run
for fifty years was, he said like saying
what has posterity ever done for us that
we shouldn't do posterlty.
NOT FAIR TO THE FARMER
George W. Rafter, who was employed by
the Roosevelt canal committee of 1899 in
Cor tbE, Ear.
next speaker He said
II Is an injustice to tax the New York state
Farmer for 2 canal. the business OF which
will be largely the carrying OF Western prod
ucts to market. with the result OF making
even more severe than that now experienced.
1t does not answer to say. either that Buffalo
and New York pay Is per cent OF the total
taxes, or that some counties receive more
benefit In the way OF school taxes, &c. than
they pay out because the effect Of the com
netitlon makes y forever more difficult tor
the New York state farmer to support his
family
It. IL commonly assumed that a decrease
In the cost of transportation is Of such clear
benefit to everybody that any movement
which produces decrease in its cost must
| ultimately re dound to the benefit Of the
true We have indeed. the proposition Of
tn" state to tax nearly one-half OF the people
for q project which not only can be Of no
possible benefit. but which works direct
| and irremediable injury
Moreover, this taxation, by reason Of the
| State subsidy to the canal, IL merely direct
| taxation in favor. of transportation. which
| comes as near being an absurd proposition
| as IL possible to conceive.
In short, it ia better that Western products
continue to pay n higher transportation rate
to market than that the New YORK state
| farmer be in any degree impoverished III
| order to lessen the cost OF their tTnnsporta-
ton.
j. Y McClintock. Monroe county engi-
neer, advocated the construction OF new
| river 30 feet deep and 800 feet wide, between
Lake Erie and the Hudson, the expense to
be borne by the United States and the state
Of New York in con- junction
These resolutions were presented
Whereas the electors of the State of New
York are to be CalledupOn at the approaching
general election to be held in November next
to vote upon the proposition FOR IN" no exPendi-
the enlargement OF the canal system OF the
| WbcrCos such proposition If approved by
the electors. will result In the immediate crea-
ton of n great mortgage Indebtedness upon
| all taxable property within the state and the
cess of the original estimate. neCcssitating
the collection of sum aGgregatinG many
millions of dollars annually for interest and
sinking fund requirements, and Will also re-
auire the annual expenditure OF further
great sums for the maintenance OF such canal
system. and ,,
States has already expended hundreds OF
thousands OF dollars in ma king surveys for
II ship canal which surveys have never been
Whereas it is the history Of all similar
propositions that the expenditure by the
for canal improvements Invariably results
in the wasting OF the peoples money by
e1travagant administration; and.
Where's II IL believed that the question
Of canal Improvement is still an open ques-
ton and one to which sufficient considera-
ton has not been thus far given by the peo-
pie, therefore
Rcsoired. That it is the tenor of this con-
vencon that the interests of the state will
be best conserved if the aforesaid ,0OO-ton
barge canal proposition is disapproved by
the people at tho polls and that, believing
as we do that our commercial and industrial
interests and the interests of the agriCultur-
lists and laboring classes of the state will
be most dsadvantageously affected by the
approval Of said canal proposition. we do
earnestly recommend the defeat Of such
proposition. and be 1t further
Resolred.. That permanent organization
be effected to have charge of and carry on
paign against the proposition, and that the
chairman of the convention be authorized
TO appoint a committee to consist of one
member from each county OF the state TO
have the active management Of such cam
paign
The evening session opened at O'Clock
with a very large attendance, among them
almost the entire Board Of Supervisors of
Monroe county. Some Of the barge canal
people had got into the hall, and were cir
culating literature prepared in Buffalo for
the purpose OF making discord in the meet
ing. Secretary Ives saw them and asked
them to leave They walked out, followed
by the laughter OF the delegates
Senator Merton f. Lewis opened the
debate in favor of the resolution. He
was followed by Grand Master Norris Of
the State Grange. W. N Giles OF Skan
eateles and number Of other gran gers,
after which the resolution was unani-
mously adopted The chair was empow-
cred to appoint the permanent com
mittee and Albany was named IA the place
OF meeting.
DILHS AUTOMOBILE TRIP.