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to fjiiko Ontario was Is. (M. — fliaf tlu* <:o!it, of transit tu> 

 Liverpool through tlit^ Erie Ciiiial is y«. lid. less than by 

 rli«^ way of the S;iint. Lawreiirc* 



In (iKMneniorial of I-larl IVIoiniloaslii!!, he. {v'\(\r pago 5) it 

 Was stated that the lVei<;hfaf;e olti barrel ol Flour from Cleve- 

 land to Kin;ifston, was Is. \U\i\, from Kini;sfon to Montreal 

 2s., other charges tip to that port 2s. bid., charges from 

 Montreal to and in Liverpool 7s. I. Ld. ni.ikinjj a tutiil from 

 Cleveland to Liverpool ot' i4s.(Id. 



In the course of the debates on tho Rill, Lord .Stardey 

 Stated th'jt a larj^e portion of the Flour which came into 

 this country from (>anada was not the produce; of Canada, 

 but of the United Stales — the Ureal States of tho West — 

 Illinois, Ohio, and Indiana. 



There can he little doubt that whaten-er quantity of 

 United States' Wheat may be imported into tho United 

 Kingdom through the nKMliiitn of Canada, tho prin(npal 

 portion of it will be the j^rowth of the Western States : 

 and let us rellect on what was said by Mr. Cmtis, an 

 American, at the Manchester Corn Law Conference of 

 Dissentini;' Ministers, in /\u;;tist. LSI!, lie said "The 

 portion of our countrv best adapted lo the culture of Wheat, 

 find to which I wish to call your particular attenfron, iscom- 

 prised in the G North Western States and Territories, 

 Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michiyan, Wituonsinand Iowa: they 

 contain more than 178,000.00!) acres ol' land, chielly arable. 

 England contains 32,000,000 acres. That portion of their 

 States which may be called f^ood Wheat land at 3 qrs. per 

 acre, would produce in a year 200,000,000. (jrs. They are 

 at present just commencing to pour the innnense amount of 

 bread and meat they are capable of |)roduciii^- into the 

 markets of the world. Ohio alone last year had 8,000,000 

 bushels of Wheat to export. Michi<Tan, which never 

 exported till 183!), has now a surplus of 250,000 bushels of 

 Wheat, and 5300,000 barrels of pork. The population of 

 these States is now 3,000,000. It has increased during; 

 the last 10 years at the rate of 202 per cent. It has been 

 estimated by practical n?en that the amount of their exports 

 would be doubled or trebled by a j^ood demand in 10 years " 



A gentleman long resident in Canada states that much of 

 the American Corn and Flour is finer than any Dantzic, 

 and when the Wheat conies to market it is very hard and 

 does not sweat. It was also stated in the House of Commons 

 by Mr. G. Palmer, that American Flour would be consi- 

 derably better in condition after it had been six months 

 ground, than any English. Americati Flour, three years 

 after it was imported, was as good as when it came out of 

 the mill. 



• Vide note in page 31. 



