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tioii of this trade, but will greatly increase it in 

 the '"irection of New- York, for these, among other 

 reasons. 



1. The climate of New-Orleans is hostile to 

 the great products of the west — wheat, flour, and 

 meats, are ruined by it. 



2. The European market is the only one in 

 which any permanent reliance can be reposed for 

 the consumption of the staples of the west, and 

 New-York is twenty days' sail nearer to this 

 market than New-Orleans. 



3. The insalubrity of New-Orleans is great, and 

 a healthy will always be preferred to an unhealthy 

 market. 



4. The enormous expense of steam boats, and 

 the delays of ascending navigation, will always 

 make transportation more costly, more dilatory, 

 and more exposed to loss and danger by the 

 New-Orleans than by the New-York route. 



5. When the contemplated canal from Lake 

 Erie to the Ohio river is completed, almost all 

 the commerce of the west will follow the track of 

 the Western Canal. 



G. The New-Orleans market furnishes an in- 

 different supply of foreign merchandize. New- 

 York is the great emporium of foreign commerce. 

 There the country trader can obtain his goods 

 cheap, on better credit, and with a greater ex- 

 panse of selection. 



