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the Erie Canal praying for alteration in the tariff Of
tolls on merchandise coming from the west TO put
them on par with Oswego The petitions stated that
discriminating tolls on the canal were required to pro-
tect the revenue Of the State and prevent the attraction
of freight through the wslland canal Oswego to the
injury Of Buffalo and other places at the western
tremity of the Erie canal It proposed to regulate
the rate Of tolls the Eric and Oswego canals that
the charges merchandise from the western States
reaching Syracuse by either route should pay the
tolls or in other words that merchandise transported
forty miles should pay the same toll as mercha
disc transported about two hundred miles of canal
Public meetings held in all the places interested
in the movement one way the other and the lobby of
the Legislature was for time filed with advocates
from both parties The whole question be narrowed
down to contest for the trade Buffalo
and Oswego. The completion of the Welland canal has
given Oswego greater command Of the western trade
than it has heretofore enjoyed, and that
the Legislature has any to place restrictions upon
the commerce Of one port solely for the purpose
eng another The revenue of the State from tolls on
the canals should be at all times protected as much as
possible and every fair and honorable effort made to


increase 1T but do conceive it to be within the
province Of the Legislature to equalize the Of tolls
SO as to put every place having Lake commerce. upon


par with each other, to shut out the trade of one
port to benefit another 1t would be equally just
charge the toll wheat raised in and transported
to market, from Onondaga county, wheat raised


in and transported from Niagara county The farmer OF
Niagara county might complain that it him more to
get his wheat to market, and consequently could not
compete successfully with the farmer of Onondaga coun
tywithout Legislative aid and demand an equalization Of
tolls place him par with ue farmer nearer
market meeting of the canal commissioners to regu


late the tariff OF tolls the canals will be held in
July but do not anticipate any discrimination in tolls
being made