Canadas as They Now Are: Comprehending a View of Their Climate, Rivers, Lakes, Canal, Government, Laws, Taxes, Towns, Trade, &C (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover
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It would be quite superfluous to reiterate arguments to an Amer1can, in proof of the ad vantages of being seated on or near a navigable water; nor should it be further noticed here, but that some persons, from interested motives, have contended that the small settler is not so much interested in this question, because he can find a purchaser in the nearest storekeeper. It is true that he may find it his best interest to dispose of his crop to hlm; but as the latter pur chases with the sole intent of sending it to the great ports, the cost of transport, be it more or less, must be paid out of the produce, and nothing else. To this consideration is to be superadded, that the cost of every article consumed on the farm must be enhanced from the same cause.
It is also true that land near the great lakes and rivers is not to be obtained except at a high price, compared with the inland tracts, (what need of greater proof of the value of water-com munication and that fine land on Lake Huron or Lake Erie may be had at a much less price than land near Lake Ontario; but the real value of each is pretty accurately measured. The small expense of reaching a market com pensates for an increased outlay in the land.
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