Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from A Protest by a Member of the Commercial Exchange Against the Report of the Committee: Appointed by Order of the Commercial Exchange to Inquire Into the Cause of the (So-Called) Decadence of the Grain Trade of Philadelphia, and Remedies for Same
An examination of the report (page shows that the Committee, after stating the fact, that by vigorous methods, (i. E. Energy) New York rivalry (i. E. Competition), sustained by Railroad protection (a misnomer) is wresting from this city benefits which Philadelphia's nu surpassed geographical advantage would otherwise naturally secure to herself.
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