New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-10-21
Low SPEAKS FOR CANAL
CHEERED TINE ON TINE.
ScMeren, BoOdy and Ni.ron Afso
Commend Proposition.

The canal meeting held yesterday in the Produce
Exchange drew large crowd of people. The floor
of the exchange filed with more than three
thousand persons. while the galleries were pachS"
with women and children There great on
thusissm when Mayor Low. who was one OF the
speakers on the platform The audience
rose in a body. and cheer followed cheer.
Albert Knkel, chairman of the Canal League
presided. lie read letters from George h. Nc
Clellan. John d. Crimmins and F. w. Hinrichs re
GREETING that they could not be present. The mrs.
speaker of the afternoon Mayor Low WIZ
said in part:
II the question that brought this meeting togethet
We're in any sense party question, shou n hnt n
feel at liberty TO be here. but inasmuch as D2tii
the great political parties OF this state nave III
clared in favor of canal etargement y Us Il York
nently becoming that the Mayor OF New New ~ the
people of this State I'm connection with the canais
is very simple one. and it seems 20 me to DC s'pS
VIII the State allow one o; the great waterways
which connect it with the interior OF the 'o'
1T seems to me clear that If the people OF the
State have the courage of their ancestry OF n 20
dred years they win make the Erie Ja i the
the twentieth century as great ana used f ne witt
Clinton We no other question involved ~ ~
this proposition. sincerely hope that the peo pc
it and enable this work to he done" -. ~.
Foowns the MayoT william 1o r. p tTade FIX
Mayor schieren of Brooklyn said that without tn ne
to one of second class and that it would be for the
interests of the railroads to help the bill He saia
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majority Of two hundred and fifty thousand for to
canal in order defeat the vote from up the STAT
David y. Body ex-Mayor OF Brooklyn. SAID tnaI
Il seemed strange that the amount of money re-
CURED for the canal was argued against as t3 }
large for wisdom when il less than a sinsie
railroad was spending TO improve its facilities IN
this CITY. He said, too that this nation with an
its record in trade. had blank yet to be filled
until il became as active and strong on the water
land -.
Professor John J. Stevenson. OF New-York Uni.
versitv called attention to the shortsghedness OF
any policy which would cripple the port from which
the State drew most OF it's taxes and said that II
this occurred the taxes would soon begin to appear
on upstate property, and those who had defeated
the bill would be made TO realize how vital was
the connection between the clues and the country
Lewis Nixon; the next speaker. referred to the
present conditions of shipping IN New York, and
said that on any day person could see boats leav-
ing the harbor with their red bottoms showing.
The boats from Europe. he said. must not come 10
the city loaded and go away empty. The new canal
would help the shipping interests and tend 70
restore her supremacy to New-YOrk The gain
from the West he said. going to Montreal Oh
account of the high rates the railroad though
some was returning. for the Produce Exchange
managed to get the rates reduced. Canada Mr.
Nixon said. working hard TO get the export
trade from the West and would get it all il the
canal not built.
Other speakers were Charles F Rostwick and
Henry Herbert. the chairman OF the canal com
mittee OF the Produce Exchange.