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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Jul 17, 1865

Page

5

Niagara Falls Canal and Reciprocity Debate at Convention

A lengthy report covers the Commercial Convention's second day with debates on reciprocity with Canada, subsidies to ocean steamers, and the Niagara Falls canal. Canadian delegates influence, representation disputes, and calls for a national canal system dominate, along with bids to enlarge Erie and Welland canals and harmonize West East transit goals.

McLenan Montreal Canada United States Cameron Quebec Canadas Lake Michigan St. Lawrence Canada East New York Michigan Canada West Committee On Transit Mitchell Cincinnati Niagara Fall Canal Littlejohn Oswego Great Britain Atlantic Lake Ontario England West Seymour Troy Pruga Albany Mr Littlejohn Pruyn Trent M Pd Tr Townsend Joy Detroit Pennsylvania Keystone Penn Colbaugh Chicago New Orleans Vicksburg Richmond Mississippi Niagara Northwest Hudson New England St. Lawrence River Ocean Great Chain of Lakes Seaboard Tates Welland and Congress Prosser Buffalo Potter Bowen Committee On Commerce Niagara Falls Ship Canal Illineis River Fox and Wisconsin River Commissioner of Internal Revenue H. A. Hill Boston

Western delegates clash over reciprocity and canal hopes

Debates among Maine and Western delegates focus on reciprocity with sharp contrasts between the two Maine delegations. Speakers highlight Erie Canal capacity, with Cleveland, Toledo, Chicago, Detroit and Milwaukee voicing grievances. Ohio cites pork prices at Buffalo and Chicago notes grain delays from November to April, underscoring Western transport needs.

Maine Portland Board of Trade Bangor Mercantile Association Massachusetts Boston Board of Trade New York New York Chamber of Commerce New York Commercial Association Albany Troy Buffalo Oswego Ohio Cincinnati Springfield Cleveland Toledo Michigan Detroit Kalamazoo Bay City Saginaw Pennsylvania Philadelphia Board of Trade Philadelphia Exchange Pittsburg Erie Illinois Chicago Board of Trade Chicago Mercantile Association Cairo Missouri St. Louis Minnesota St. Paul Wisconsin Milwaukee Iowa Burlington Littlejohn Committee On Western Lakes Atlantic United States Niagara Falls Canada Port Colburn Mississippi Valley Congress Littlefield Prosser Niagara Falls Canal Erie Canal Allen Charles Randolph Chicago Younglove Townsend Tidewater Lake Ontario Far West Nation Seaboard Montreal Lake Champlain Whitehall Hudson Boston Ogdensburg Portland Plvania Sylvania New England West Western States Eastern Middle States Atlantic States Pacific Railroad Lake Huron Lake Superior Randolph Mitchell Kennedy Img

Fridarys Proceedings and Ocean Trade Reciprocity Debate

After adjournment delegates toured the Detroit river on three steamers with a festive display for about fifteen hundred guests. The Convention opened with prayer, discussed river and harbor improvements, weights and measures unity, a national Board of Trade, and commerce. Joseph Howe of Halifax urged Anglo Canadian unity and recounted trade relations and coasting rights between Britain and the United States, arguing mutual benefits and shared prosperity.

Chicago Coulbaugh Cairo Illinois Board of Trade Kalamazoo Bay City Wisconsin Minnesota Springfield Ohio Green Bay City George F. Davis Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce Cincinnati Young Scammel Scammiel McChesley McKesley J.C. Converse Boston National Board of Trade United States Hamilton A. Hill Committee On Commerce Great Britain Brazils South Americountries Atlantic Im P British Isles Hamlin Maine Canada British Columbia Selkirk Settlements Vancouvre’s Island St. Lawrence British North America Detroit Traveller Union Windsor Belle Isle Rouge River Mr Buckley Bloodgood New York Hudson River Committee On Lake and Mississippi Missouri Albany New England F. M. Sabine W. N. Rich Massachusetts Joseph S. Ropes W. W. Greenough England France British Mansfield Story Champlain and Hudson Howe Canadian Morrill Vermont Colonies Nova Scotia Portland Department of Economic Science Newfoundland North America Seco

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