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ENORMITY OF THE LIQUOR BILL AND CANADIAN SHIP CANAL DISCUSSED
A late 19th to early 20th century editorial mix reports the liquor bill for 1901 at 1.36 billion dollars and per capita spending, compares costs to the Civil War, and discusses moral reflections. It also notes Canada’s planned Sault Ste. Marie to Montreal ship canal costing 85 million dollars, stressing national control and military considerations, with tangential mentions of U.S. canal plans and related policy debates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Register
Union
Confederacy
United States
Canada
Sault Ste. Marie
Lake Superior
Michigan
Huron
Montreal
St. Lawerence
Georgian Bay
French River
Lake Nipersing
Ottawa River
Buffalo
New York City
Lakes
Five Lakes
Hudson
Erie
Toledo
Lake Michigan
Chicago
New York