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The Tons of Ooods Carried by Land &nd Water—Sailors, Bail- waymen, Steamerc, Carters, all Benefited— Internal Trade Shows Orsat Advance Under the N. P. The tariff is&xie -will continue the sretit issue until it is settled in the rierht wfiy. The Protective system is pulling this country down hill. — Hamilton Times ^U'ake organ ) TBI TKiNKTOBT BAReMSTIB. Another rery gool t<;8t of the progirss tho criuutry is making nnder the Nationnl Policy it found in the coudUiua of the traaiipait business of the conatrr. ThUi inclndei freight oarried by our railways, by oceao-goiog vessels, by the vessels employed on the lake* b^ tween the United States and Oanada, and by our canals pnd by the vessels employed In car coasting trade. The followiBg tables show— ist, the total goods transport trade (in tons) of the Do- minion of Oanada ; 2nd, that portion of the whole carried by oar railway* ; 3rd, that p«T- tlon carried by water. This latter is divided into (i) carried by ocean-going veHali ; (t) oartied by vesseU on the laltes and riveis between the United States and Canada ; (<) oar- ried by coasting vessels between differeut ports of Canada. TABLE No. 1. Total goods transport' business of Canada: — Tear. Tons freight carried. 187S I'-OOe.Bei^^^^^^HBBBI^^^^HilHI^^ 1877 ^^■"^^'■^'•^immmmm^mimmi^amm^a^^mmam 1878 ^"•^^^fif'^^^mmmmmB^i^mmmmm^^mmmm^^ 1870 a7,l«!i,789HBB|HBB^^^^BHaHBaaaiMHB|B I8«0 •" "" •"■<> H81 «« Q^l Q.l« 1882 JT 71 a nan 188» aa nw i ah 1884 ungAT HI 18811 «QT.n«iic. The thicker lines represent the old tariff yram, the thinner the present tariff years. There bus been an lucre.tBa in ten yrars nf 64 per cent. In the tons of freight oarriod. In nu year under the National Folicy ban there been a decrease as compared with the ptwiMliog ; . ar. The tariff has bencilted tbo Iranaport trade, as witness tho increase that took ^iace t nmediately after the new tariff had boen adopted. It will thus be apparent that fbiwaniOTt, seamen, owners of steamers and sailltig vessels, railways and generally all oommon canien have been beaefltod by the new tariff in the inoreaned quactUies of freight oairlod. RAILWAYS. are a good barometer to indicate the condition of th« oonntry. The retvrat to the Oovera- mant only begin with the year 1876 : — Toua of freight carried. Tear. 187S t,i3i, ihifimmmmmmmmmmmimi^m 1877 g.sos.TneaMi^iHBBBaHBMMan^HMa 1878 i,w.i,iTimmammmmmmmimmmmmmmama 1879 tfiw .Biomm^mmmmmmmmmmmmmam 1880 ifiHiSiammmammm^^immmm^^mtmm^mim^^^ 1881 ia,00»,llVI8- — ^.a^— — 1889 13,676,787 ' ' 1889 ia,-i(>e,366 •— ^^1— I aaaaaaiMiaMMHai 1884 ia,7ri,a«i) «—— — — — — ..^^— — —^^ 18H8 14,B6a,V7l"~'~"~~""~~~~~~"^^"^""~~"~"^~'~~~~"^^"~ The thick Hues represent the puaud of old taiill years ; tije thinner linos the period of saw tariff The Increase in freight carried has been acooinraniod by an llnoreas* In tons of fnrfght carried bv water, so that it Is not n case of '■ hib')in(J Peter to pay Paul " It haa been ocrasloaed by tti<) liicreaoe iu tiie railway tuileaiie of the country and Increased facllltins given, enabling ii:e "back towntblps to be heard from," and Inoreaslng the area of ptodiiotinn. It ahnuld faitber be notad that while Canadian railways have sbown the great davalop- toeoi liii,a9immm^mmmmmmm^mmmmmammm lg80 16,S0e,*8»ai»a— »— m>ii>__>_ii^_a^Ma_aB>^_0im I 1181 lg.»6g,88 n — — — ^».»iM.^»,^— — .^.^ 1889 '--""."•' 1883 ll,8aO,20S>——ii'>i—''»ia——>— —>——•—■•— a_a._i_mi^_^_,|. 1884 a>,78»,«4 n — ~— ■ ^^m^m^m^m^^m^mm^ lg«S l».88«,>6 n ■ I— »^— — .^.^— Tha daoraata in 1889 is caased by the decreased rata ; ■•• oast tkbU. ooat m TOR ruiUT. Tear. Coat per ton. 1878 $1.92 »-'^oj^umammmm^mmmmm^m^mmmmi^mamm^tm^m^m^^ 1877 mmmam^a^mmmmmm^mmmmmmmmmmmmmm^ 1878 1-88 •■lOai^l^i^i^H^aHiaHMaHHHHI^BHH^iBIHni^H* 1879 1.6« — 1^— i^— — 1880 1.66 9-10>a»^—i— a>^>i^.^_aiaa_i__a>.ia_>__>ai_ 1881 '■'"■" ! 1882 ' "■'■ '" < 1888 ■ ■•"•' '" 1884 1.61 4-10«~aaa»a»a— —■•■•••>__«Ba_ii_a.a,^_ 1886 l.Se I-IO— i— >a>aa^_^_i_a___i,_^.,.^^^ If the freight rates of 1876 had been iu force in 1886 the country would have paid ■ freight bill of $8,210,000 more than It did— or an amount eqnsl to tha Intareat paid an tha whole present debt of Canada. This redaction Is due to the competition caased by tha development of the railway system under the National Policy. PABSSHenS 04BBIID BT TD RULWATI OV 04IIAAA. No. of paa- Taara. sengers. 1878 <,le0.416iHBHBaHMi^HliHHMaaB 1878 6,6«4,814lHa^BHBHrBHBBHHHBHHiM 1877 tfili.iriWH^immimammmmamm^im^mm^ ' 1878 *M3,Mifmmmmmmmmmm^mam>ammtm^ 1879 <'°28.g76I^HBHI^Ma^i^HaHiMBaHi^^^^M 1880 ' "•' •"- 1881 « »-« "■ 1882 °'««°"° 1888 e,679,948a_^.^.._.^i.,_ii..,_._i^_^^_ia____n. 1884 "."°",— ° 1886 ".-■",■"" There has been an increase of over 86 per cent. In the number of passengers carrlad ia 1886 over those of 187S, nearly 60 per cent, of which Is Increase ainca tha National PoUay gave lite and vigor to the conntry. rassmeiKB carsiii' it « aAiLwava or oaiaba — lABaDiH. Tear. Barninga. 1876 Se.410,8X4|^H^aHH^BHHHaHHMIIHHM^ t 1878 6,264,86 1 mmm^imn^m^i^mi^mm^mm IS77... . t.iif^.Ms^^^^^m^^mmmmmmmmmmmm^mt 1878 ^.^»*.'»*''m^tma^imK^mmmcm^t^Kmmi^mm 1879 li,46e,698BBaai^^Hai^BaiBI^BiB^^^Bnai^ ! 1880 7 MH a^n 1881 a^aa •"■^ 1882 in ma 17a I 1883 ■" ■"" '"" 1884 11 an4 naa 1888 in anotoa This table speaks for i'self During th« yu^rs 137S-1879, the railway paas«nc« earnings remainui stationary. They have ran up steadily enough since. People iiava tha money and tba business, and travel for pleasure or busloesa in increasing numbers ondtT Um N. P. AOOOBVINO TO IHADBTRana The gross earnings nf seventy-six railways In Canada ami the United States daring tha twelve months of 1886 amnun'.ed to $.'41,720,200, which Is an Icorense of $16,it3,000 ovar the y"..r previous. The Canadian railways Included In this list are the Qrand Trunk and tlie Canadian Pacific railway These two show an locreaia of $3,968,356 over the praoad- Ing year Of the wbr)l« seventy-six railways there are four whoaa earnings for tha year have ia> creased mote than $1,000,000 each. • These four are the New 1 oik Central, the Buffalo, K«w Tork k Philadelphia, the Oraad Tmnk and tba Canailiaa Pacific rHilttaya— Two Canadian railways and two United States. The two 'lanadlan rail way« have Sll |i«r cent of the whole Inoreasa. These fails are Important, as showing that under onr prosent tariff system Cr.nada V a taken the lead ia tha impiuvement of business and is uo lunger comiwlled to wait upon other onnntrlea, tnxteail ot Improvement coming to us as a result of Improvement of trade in o>lker cooDtrlea, Oanada leada In the race. Oar ccroutrcial tnde[iendeooe Is now an amared fact. We are no longer distnrbad iioEa centre to clf«amb)reao« l>y every adverse change in the coDdUI.?n of baslness in tba Ualtsd Htataa aad oihar cooBtilaa as we a^ed to be before we adopted tha Natianal Palloy.