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Tho Petition of the St. Catharines Board of Trade, hotnblj bheweth : 1. That neyoru and oalamitoiiB de|>re6Bion hau existed for a very oonsiderable space of time, among manj important Mannfiioturing industries in (bis Dominion, whereby a very large amount of cai-ital has been rendered nuproduotive, and, even destroyed, and thousands of operatives deprived of the means of earning their daily bread : 2. That this unfortunate statu of affairs demands serious attention, and the adoption of the most effectual measures possible, to bring about its early cessation, and the advcut of prosperity : 8. That the Board entertains the firm ooiiviotion dcri>ed from the personal experience and knowledge of its own members, at d the representations of large uumberH (.f Manufaciuiers and Merchants throughout the country at large, that the common practice adopted by American Manufacturers of selling tneir surplus stocks of goods in Canada, at rates with which it is impossible for Canadian Manufacturers to compete, without loss, is an essential and importan* factor of this de|ires.sion : 4. On account of the neutralizing effect of the discount on American Currency, the Customs duty of seventeen and one half per cent., constitutes iio defence fl(;aiiist this prsctice of American Manufacturers, who continue to carry it on with impunity, whilst at the same time the |irohibitory Ameiicnn duties on foreign manufactures effectually debar Caiiiidian manifaiturerH from all access to the American market. For this unequal and uiifiir condition of affairs, there can be no justification, and it should be promptly ter- minated by a sufiSoient rectification of the Onnadian taii^ : 5. While the Board prays for a re-adjustment of the Ciinadiau tariff on the piouud before mentioned, it Qoes further, and sug£;ests that additional weiglit is >iiven to its prayer by the comparative results of the present policies of the Dominion of Canada and the United States, up"n the Mauuficturing ludustrips of the two countries. The limited variety, the dwarfed ard shrivelled proportions of the former, glaringly contrast with the colossal developemnnt and vast variety of the Intter ; while on the other hiiiid, < anada enjoys no superior development nor prosperity of hrr Agricultural Industrres over her neighbor, as an offset. As British North America and the United States started in th'ir career at the same time, and as the natural advantages of both portions tf the tJontinent are n eh the same, anc practically unlimited, the exilannlion of the above discrepancy, must be sought in the public policy of the two countries : 6. Tii»t the continuous growth and development of Canada, will be best and most certainly promoted by such a),polioy as will conduce to the establishment and successful operHtiou of the greatfst diversity of industnes, which the natural advantnges and peculiarities of the country will admit. Had the past policy of of Canada been of this chnractir, it could by no possiliility have been necessary lor 408,000 native born Canadians to leave their couutry and domici e in the United States to fii.d employmt-i.t, as ^•ho«ll by the U jited States census for 1870, nor (]jlacing the value of each emigrant at the reputed sum of $1,000,) would Canada have lost $498,000,000, and the United States gained an equal amount by this enormous exodus of Oauadians. 7. That whilst the requirements of different industries for ussirtouce from protective tariffs vary from absolute exvmplion (iu a very few catth) ujiwiird^, twenty-five ptr cent. Hd-valorem, o. a correspondini,' amount of specified duty will give e fit dual aid to those irdustries like the citton, sugar refining and hard- ware industries, that now arc suffering so severely . 8. That to combine and cement the several Provinces of tins Dominion, into one strong,', prosperous and progressive whole, and at the same time sucnie an adequate return for the largo expf-ndit'iro made, and to be mado upon Canadian hind and WHter hiuliwuys, it is important that the greatest pt ssible encouragement should be given to the mutual interchange of products between the Inland and Maritime provinces. 9 The existing adjustment of the tariff tends to hinder rathrr than to promote this object. 10. A sufiicient duty on foreign msnufactuies and products, including American Bitumous coal and flour, will bring about « profitable a.id extensive inter-proviiieial trnde, especinlly by pn^viding trcight each way for steamers und sailing vessels en^mged :ji it, and when on^e this mutual interchange of [iroduits shrill be fairly established, the enormous advanijce to be deriv'd from freight each way between tlu.' It land and Mari- time Provinces, will cheapen churges of transportation suflBoiently to offset the customs duties. The experi- ence of the Eastern and Western States of the Union, c.irroberutes this statement : 11. Ar.d as the advaiilHtes flccrutd to the trans-atlintic trac'e of Canada, by the establishment of the Montreal ocean steamship line have well re-paid the couutry, for the heavy subsidies of |>ul)lic money gianted for its assistance, so niil liberal aKbistance given to promote the interchange of products between the Inland and Maritime Provinces by subsidies of money to shipping engaged in this trtiflSo by specially favorable rates on the Intercolonial mid Grand Trunk Builways, and a suitable aiijustmert of custcm .'!uties, leading to the same end, produce similarly satisfactory results to this country. 12. That the so called over production of i-ucli Canadian Manufactures, as iron, cotton and woollen goods, is grossly exaggeruted as an assi^^ned csuse of the past and ])resent stHgnation. The facts arc that the shelves and ware-houses of our merchants are loaded and filled with foreign (including British) goods ] ur- chased at sactificial rates, to the exclusion of home productions. A sufficient increase of the lutieson such goods fsay twenty-five per cent) will, as the foreign supply gradually moves off, set Canadian mills and fac- tories m prosperous motion to replace it, to the manifest advantage of iill clas es of the peoide. Fcr the foregoing ard other goudauxnB, your Petitioners humblv |>ray, that the Customs duties on such importations ot foreign manufurtures and products as injuriously compete with Canadian ones, may be raised to such an extent, say twenty five per cent., as will correct the evils complained of, and promote trade be- tween the Inland and Maritime Provinces in a proper degree. And as in duty bound, your Petitioners will ever pro> President