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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Signal, 1900-04-12, Page 5went E - S1GNAL ECH, TRIIR8DA' , APRIL 12, 1900. / _______ L5uppIment. - sew taxes somewhere else, Well. It will N no doubt ratlfylae nth• bfla ►le_ _+at aar�r-•term „e atatlL. • ave been Imposed, mad lbat co.segeereug the eoeces.loe of,plouy postage has been • great reduction of tetanal' to the peopIO • t large because there 1s no tax that is Rare esthetes' throughout t'anada than that which may be ca'led talatloa to areal the lost of the postal service of the eons - try. The public will be glad to know that the •ntlelpatlor of my b000rabls friend baa not been realised, and that Cels great boon has been given without eatalling the neceralty of auy lyrics*, of talation in other respects. 11/1 inea.) But while there e. temporarily a lose of revenue In consomme* of •the granting of that boot, 1 rejoice to know that that loss w-1(1 not la.t much longer. It I a prlpelple which w. ou this stde at any rate mewls' that when you cheapen an article to the public they will use more of It, and that principle applies in the matter of pournge as In other matters. We ere glad to know that owing to the r.dnc- tlun In puatage• rue people see writing more lettere than ever before, and It will be but s few .no0tba, In all probability not more t&. 1 ,wc:,e months. when the revenue from the lost -once Departm..t will he a. moth r+ It ,vas before the pansy postage was established. IApplauw.) EAT BUDGET SPE 3h Preference Will in Future be 331-3 Per Cent.-Canadi4n ties uu British Trustee List -Free Trade With Trinidad. Beet Root Sugar lndnstry Encouraged. Jeb 83 -.Seldom has such an important utterance fallen f a public man in Canada as that which was delivered in .amens this afternoon by Hon. W. S. Fielding. Rarely Parliamentary history of the Dominion has a budget enthusiastically received. or of Finance has a well established reputation as an able miter,and crowd and a full Hones ed galleries greeted him lssk at 3.35 o'clock, and followed with the closest' atten- rl7 speech, couched In clear, concise language and full of gide and the Empire. gelding wan to splendid form, and wan generously applaud. BRITISH PREFERENCE RAISED. (4) The raising of the British preference from twenty-five per cent. of the duty to thirty-three and a third per cent. This measure. the most important of a11, would, under normal conditions be an adequate ezpre.sion of the feel- ings and wishes of the Canadian peo- ple. Its Importance can scarcely be over-estimated at the present time when Canada is awakening to the con- sciousness of the debt of gratitude which she owes to the Motherland, when the Dominion has everything to gain by cultivating the good opinion which the people of Great Britatn have formed of Canada as the result of the sympathetic legislation enact- ed since the accession of the Laurier Government to power. REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE. j Thr totalrevenue for 160bfe .was $4s,741,- .149, or an Immense of $6.18edi0Q over the w.'rens - fi!-t bet prlt7eet-year. The ex pendmlure chargeable to epakotldated fund for the year was $41.900.m00, or an to• crease of 13,070,974 '.ref the previous yergy. HON. W. S. FIELDING, h. -„stet of Foance. vwnment members as he proceeded to drive home point a mfnner which carried conviction. POU21 IMPORaTAINT ANNOUNCEMENTS. ty giving the House an account of• the Government's stew - faithful picture of public finance in Canada was in turn result being to show that the Dominion has Just closed the u year in its history. 1 ban done and the financial administration of the Gov - been vindicated by its results, he turned to the oon- d hie speech, making four important announcements. each its effects and all showing the determination of Sir d his colleagues to make it possible for Canada to make • great resources and to take the place in the van of Dil- le which she has been called. BEET ROvr SUGAR INDUSTRY. ' laxarea are. - management of the beet root sugar industry by placing k the machinery used in the manufacture of sugar from I. As Mr. Fielding explained, Quebec experience has not Waging, but companies formed in Ontario claim that with Il14 from the machinery which they bare to buy in the Banc. and Germany, they can compote in the sugar mar- k, assistance of a bounty. He had been informed that I2 requested to operate the industry on • paying basis 8121r.4 for machinery, much of which had to be imported The Budget Speech, Ottawa. Much 34.-(9peclal.)-Budget day lieoufhl b * mivarrirge itteudinc• of sae der. kir. Fielding was in wleWtd form. had his speech of -two boon and twenty minutes length was attentively listened to and frequemtly applauded. At oat polar, when he mnooneed that Canadian securities could be placed opal the Trustee List In E.glead, ha was Cheered by both sides of "- the Hama At the eaeas the members all rose and seas "O0d lyre the tiros" Am. Mr. Fleldtng row at twenty fire minutes to tour, sod was recehed with hearty cheers. Ht ukI:-Mr. Spotter, when I lied the honor to deliver the budget speech a year ago, 1 spoke to Ibe house of the affalr. of the preeedtag year. which I wns`able to diver:be as tbe 11104t prosperone period •• Jo the history of Canada. 1t to, 1 am sure, a case of gratle.atioe to u■ all that the favorers reediting. which thea exist- ed hare oonthoed, and that tbce year which ar followed was aloe one of wurederfnl pro- gress In Canada. The year )196 was regarded an a phenols. teal year, but great as was Its activity, that of the year 1199 was ■till greater, and I may say of that year that It was beloud all question the moat prosperous year In Canadian bistory. The evidence of that prosperity will be Lound In the pabile doeumente, In the returns of the banks. In the report,. of the Boards of Trade, 10 ib, reports of our great railway and- Industrial corporative,. 1 may as 1 error hare occasion to refer to a few of the more striking features of that pros- perity. and at the clow 1 .hell plait on the table of tbe House. as 1 hid on • previus realm, a serial of diagrams which will In a very vivid way illnerrnte the progress which t'asad■ has mode der. Ing the comparatively abort period of her na(Ioual exlateace. The Year 1898-99. Lel me. dr, following the usnal method of the budget useeeb, invite attention to the financial •Oalr. 'ot the year ending the 30th of Jur last which we describe In oar blue books as the fiscal year 1A06- pp. 80&00. During that year the revenue collect- ed from all sources amounted to 246.741,- 249. This assort, Mirk 1 may say. by the way, exceeds the anticipation 'sprees - ed In my statement of last year by 2108,- s30. represent. the very pronounced In. I term. of 1,18,,•000 over what was 'emir - ed by way of total revenue 1. tbe preced- ing year. tCheera.l Sources of Revenue TREE TRADE WITH TRINIDAD. *Wm )o inaugurate free trade with Trinidad had, the lin- e arplalned, been arrived at as the result of the findings 19 Deputy Minister of Trade and Commerce, who had been 1 the pant summer as a commiesion•r to discover the pos- 1114 with the West Indies. Mr. Parmelee had reported fa- h• prospect of the development of a profitable trade with Trinidad, which at present imported large quantities of ted other commodities from the United States, and which raga and cocoa. The attention of the people of Trinidad toted to Canada as the result of the operation of the pre- ,aallotiatlons have been entered into, and the Canadian Gov- niimed free trade between Canada and Trinidad in ul eons'• gat tobacco and spirits. Up to the present the Trinidad N made nn final statement, but they have declared them - re de °slop trade with Canada, and there is every likdf- 11'407 arrangement being concluded. The effect so far a itned will b5 lower prices to the Canadian consumer, mad red market for Canadian products. gscURlTnlfm IN 'eTRUITIR LIST -!T,....:..,-,..:_ 4.;......--,f, - hiylen of Canadian securities to the "TPSu1N i10Nr In How great will be the advantage of this meat important "ones be admitted by financial man. The effect will b. R velum* of funds hold to trust, such as ]money held in Oro capital for whfoh absolutely safe 'armament is °a, and the inv..tment of whfoh has hitherto to melt gilt-edged British securities as console, eta Gnveramsnt securities, and, as Hon. Mr. Field- ;ftrill greatly improve the standing of Canadiaa bonds 6.Practically on the same footing as British eensols, will ra'a tnaneial standing, will advanee the Dealing pries of t bI from two to three pointe, and willdir•etiy bring ` bit° the treasury of the Dominion. This advantageous hi,, has arrival at ane the result of the loudness .soarfty "bora' rule, the efforts of the Canadian Government, I M lord Strathera and Use 91iOd 'Werk doe. by Mr. Joke a Llrialetrr of 1'Inans*, whose land-- Eon Er. Fielding Zli troth stating -was strengthened by the statesmanlike hi,.td7 M Firearms for Canada. As the remelt of this abatis hehip Connie will b. at once and folly recouped for 14aa"lay involved 1•111 Small Mdse. ved b y sending troops to Srica. N Partianalmtn tlt)tlaly b7 i.g a1*141a r. Yd L____ The following are the particulate of how the ferrous has bra derived: - 1807 -A 18118-0. Commas ',....151,704.14X1 j25,:11A,61 keels" 7,871,303 9,041.227 Pest Osco'" 3437.809 3.196.777 Mleceltsaewa ` 7,490.973 ill ea Total .. 240.053,238 140,741,249 IScrea.. of Customs. Toe tortesse of enetows was great elofg the Iloe, there befog bet two articles ow wblcb there was not an Ingna.e of nv- rue. In case of excise there was as in- crenne on ■11 artlelea. 1 have here • stetemomt of (he revenue collected on each article 1* the excise department as fol. tart - Art law amaArtklw Dirty Thtty I()crease, accrued. scooted. 11616 17910. Spirits.... 91, 363.673 14,3416147 11.102.571 It 3144,41 843,198 253,872 cigars . 676.577 69. 91,919 cirettes 340.841 309.041 0(4196 Tobsocw seed �� 2,(k1t.8a 2,014.1161 260,211 27,71•;•4. 11Qkeile $t.Tf21t1/ 1•• es 1 bare already stated, 1e mincalat- .rma revelers we hare • lees* rowlpt rem the Teton. whish Is • tofprr•tlrely new rota of error In the last year or two; Cod we bar• •a sect~+.. of MOItoon h th..& w1tiga of Aoretem•nt nllwya The host-Omos Dspartasat, 1a tete goe rel el.astralles of rear rimer .f ....wee, tea only Item which there • eta tewlNm M the resto9lee Department, o ne that we do bite "Ward as • matter a regret. bee.ow the rMactlna Ib tb. f*weetate .t tie Poet -Oar Depsrt"1.t 1. a maileder d tea remit refer" ser.mpllnh.d la tie e.p.rtssestt be q hssrwble treed uta P..truereGrand when be ese.ble.h. .4 the great boos of leo power pet. (11.,,, tsar 1 I reebemeter that my timesMo friend the tender of the Oppnml(ben wham err lag .w1 *bet atthtetet it a addle gathering h ter. rite of Prattville wet mar mirth. ago saM that the GeeoemaOst bag re zt 00 reelage ss two onto1ml t►at 1101n -alit iii 1•• oat iwwtw{ gig 315 240 480 ceptloaal charas. of ow kind- or ■not ter wdtteb • V Lpf ttyR.�ert_:( 1k� '. +' •_ !It@Vt+t11188. thew from time immemorial are collected togetber under tr• beadle of Capital Ac- count," dbtlogullbed from the urdluar, r et e •ue accatat. Let It be clearly understood that the se - runts of the Goveruwout as respects these two clamor et espeadltur. are :rpt today eXactll as they were In former dales, and therefore ti. committees" we make err thome we bare the rtgbt to make witty the expenditures of former admlul,tratlons. 1 trout. therefore, that tboee honorable gen- tlemen who bare aoafused these two ac- counts will draw the Il,u between them and see that any comparisons they sub- mit are properly made. . We expended during the Inst year on capitol account. that Is to any outride or dlnar7 charges agalur( rem nue. 10,137,562. The Public Debt. 711.'. Let us turn now to the effect of this ex- penditure In Increarink our public. debt. 1 ha•e beret a statement abowlug the ad dittoes to the net debt of the 301b June, CaeItal expenditure 13,U36,11141.94, railway seleol41e. $t.201.112).06, expense of loan of 1697 $3,786.67, allowance to Meal- luba (.bier 61 h'Ic, Cap. 4) $$J7.Oreti.4$, awouat puld 10 Man soba (under 61 VM. Cap. 4) $2a1. W2.tri; total, 10.039.• 61111. L,•es surplus it.$37..i49, sinking fund $3,432.46.66, refund account Y.W.T. mt4n411on 11.863.11. con. fund ansate" jfrs4.I6; total, 1T.541 laeregse a>t. not debt, 42,3;7,047.W. TW. hatter.it of the pnate debt, kir. Speaker, Is somewhat tat. ger than 1 at Ane time exptv, but It 1a. • otwttiatsading, a vary saderataledbeeps, the.. expeedltures have produced moans* blunter--_1-.bare- bene - n pubic works, I.C.B. and railway subsidies ter two periods of three year. the t�LJ56 train 14-36 and the three years i-jq All there elpeudlturee •re charseable to capital, and were as follows : 1694-8. 1607-9. Canals 17.736,216 19.dad.T I'ubhlc works 116.677 e00, lutereolodad 1 O6T.11W 1.619, Railway entwine" 5 TIP,181 5.038,11» Taking these tour large threes of ex - pestle ere chargeable to capital. 1 end In the Iael three years of the late Government they ap,'ut 114,851,483, WWe our eapeuell ture est like ebaracter to three years amounted to 116,167,500. and eon will be seen that, while we have a larger ezpeodl- ture las the aggregate, weare aWr to point to swab Ilona ea the. to elms that til■ ea• penditure liar been applied to services ak. *Mutely uee.saary fa 111. " growing time " la Canada. • M 'A SURPLUS PREDICTED. i 1 turn now to the affairs of Jr, year ut which our eight ttroutbi .vet 'parsed. I,altlouat• that ate total -reveres for this year will paw the arty million stark. (Cberrs.) Our experture up to the drat ut the present month was 123,- 018,260. It will be necessary to mate ■ somewhat liberal allowauce for the rapen- dlture of the reurulnder of the year. fast' 'yelp', 1t will be rewewtx:ed• Parliament. itdJtmrned at a late [late. The Minister of Yublla Works was, ase dlttutut*l/, absent through Ulnen., and very many of the grouts which were appropriated In trade - palmist wore nut expended. But arrange-, nests have name ,barn made. sod 1 have eerily, therefore, dr. le • v'y Waal ens women- :'"as .� r , • oat st,•tad with finance 1. aware, we Aptfe been parries through a period of Meal •tudngeucy in the ,,hooey world, it 1. grad. tyingto ua to know that we Dan beeu able to bear these dlteculaha and net 15 upon -the money market at all. Predictions of Prosperity. - T have spoken Of the year 1[198 99. end)oa In Jnue, and 1 have spoken of Inc current year-whteb w411 end o0 the 301.11 of Jun. next. I have pitted on the able the ,,rein estimates for the year bsgtenleg the 1st of July next •red supplw•utar7 eatlmatee .114 follow la due wane. 1,40 not think It le oeuewry at present to go Into any epeculatIou as to the dt0uua o[ •ext year further than to ear this, that greet as has bees the progrers and ptoap.lty of (allude during tike poet two or three yeah we hare no reason to believe Wet there 1s gulag to be any early chert to that phis - peaty. 1 do not think It le reasonable far us to )hook forward to, a Continued period of ouch pre•peeity as tie 111.. had. AA 'T vsetured toAlr,wark on a drevloua occ•elao, the pen- dtillum that •wtiir one way utay some del ...wag back and 11,1s nisi}.. w.11 that we should keep that In mind. But so tar a■ we can •ee now there Is not a bte.kein the wood there is every reason to beer. thea the new taunt year will be me of 9 •r1 tY to Cao a and that we will cam out of It le the clole wick a goad ynnaogN statement. (Applause.) •5• THE YUKON EXPENDITURES. 1 waist to ask the attention 01 the Here DOMINION OF CANADA N- • DEPOSITS BY THE PEOPLE IN THE CHARTERED BANKS. of CANADA JUNE 3OTH. 18- �lMrii- (D(.aaaa .5 C.aetev,.s time 5u5ty •Prtaw .• 11011. W. a. rIC&DING. •,aisrea .e re . $...s.n or 1100.) CM 70 ®IEMEN10E1 .796'0'6Y Ce ?3 64 ee : , ;91 SetaltD95 9B 7 j 220 210 200180 180 170 10O 160 140 190 120 110 100 90 I .99 111101111E11111111111M1111111111111=1111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 .■■■■■.■11■■■■■.■111■■I1 .■111r111111■■®11■.■■r.■.■■■ 11111111111111111111111011111111111117* 111■■■111■■11■11111t11 .11111111111111111"111Mur.I s. .1 �:t�s.+Jii 1.■bi i.sw.a•t's".Yw.wr1.:.*.a. r24 4 x 44, E`TFEE� fp r tittFe� mE� � ig g� � Oeyps�� g� Q� t- 00 Ib 0 •ti lel The reel 1 I Ixla toe Int enn D on the pas Ile debt. In which c000eetlon we had to pay a full year'. interest In the previous year. In legislation we had to provide for the plebiscite; In militia we had to pro - rlde for the Yoko. co0thnpet expener and the expenditure on aanoal 8811; In public works we had to provide for Id- dklosal dredging platen And monorail k pain and extensive addition. to these works; le our corms and tire? service W bad to provide iter the Co% of a new steamer. We had alae to pri"r.•Ide for ex- pendltne* in the Yukon teeter, whleh was absolutely nelreary, and e. honorable gats tlemen know. our Government rallwnys ate being deretoped to a rnnsldereble exert. but our expendltnre to that roneeetkon Is a profitable expenditure. a. It 1n the eau.. of Increased earnings nu the lataregoetal. Wr had. therefore, a revenue for the year 109* -9 of 146.741,249, •nd as export tate for the same year of 141.906.500, sn that we closed the year with a earplug of 14,627,749. /Loud cheers.) ▪ Capital Expenditure. 1 'honed now refer in the grotto' M whet we call capital expenditure. There le a 4Mposltks oessk,nally oe tea part M eam. honorable gwitlem•n, who perhaps ear. not 01,11 rhe ma MM.? aniteleet .t- t•"rtlnn, to ronfo5e rapltal sear -.rest with herwnw aoreat, sad even during the Area. eat restos we have heard honorable wee themes frost thews two arson.(. es If they were or sad the our. and pet the total •xpeadlt.nre ot both repeal sed rear 4nong oar tire. ag.tat the expadlrl or frerei r aev.rnmeet. wbke IsilfltN . ereeae *bargee only. ....r.. •..._.:..1._-. ,.. There Might to to e6 meminareiteelag In s matter of that art. 1 net Inc. that there will eo he may on the part of tbe loader of the oppnnitt a, who at vert time enerniled tee please. Department blm.slf, ser s tb• part of ere. e.•Mswe.4sr .,f WI - Renee. begone* bath these brewer. gee - Gomm are well aware that there r • boned distlsctles betwer three two acts. t>rnusnal Expenditure. Thom sr erre. !Alas. nr .s nonwal eet.r.reer, re% as be a matate4les ed greet p"M4 Ivrea, railways Cpl oaea lits setehi glss •t'eUltwyt s( gam * 1. of the debt, having regard to the ser/ large uDdettakln"w In whirls we Love In•ee engaged. When 1 looted that It was some- what larger than /oto, of us anticipated. ane of my boo. friends opposite weld •• Hear, hear." There Is n popular Idea, 1 tens; In sem* quarter. that. the Inerenee of the publlr debt under this ■dminletrw- lion hen bees very large. No atatenent is more unfounded. There la abwoltttely no ironed for any statement of that themes pi it a fah rompertaen be made between the expenditure of the present Government v1S4 that of our predecessors. A Comparative Statement. I bare here • ceaperetfve statement of the public debt for two perfodt. 1 take Ant the ported from 1878 to 12(6. 18 yearn. Nee debt.. tat July. 1876, 1140,362,O611.91: n it debt, lat hely, 1806. 121[.497.4.32.77; lo- crww tor 18 retire. $118.133,2113.66: Inc, a e her { ease per ■nanm for IA years, 26,• 09,073.71.1 sow present a similar atonement for he three years front '06 to '99 : Net debt, tit Jdy, 1119*, $116,04,422; net debt, 1st Je1y. 1199, MI1,273,446; IDrnYe.e tow these years, $7,776,013; average Morro. nee 'mom. $1502,000. But this statement, fa- vorable as It Ia, hardly tells the whole story. Of the expendlt,t}a of the last three years about two •od s Mit million., le tonne numbers, has [teen erredod In pay Ina o0agatlea. sneered Into by the list. 0oversesent or obligations whet extorted prior to toe. Onveraeoent ranee( into prorr ei sod wbinb thea14 have been mea by th• pte•kwls Gerenensen1, and. If inn take this two end s half Minor from our esprit. him .44 hold the. Government reepontµble wry fee Mot platten of the throve., of 1090 wroth 1. represeet.d by their own tett., her rhavga (wearing entoarainonr to Moe coming Into neat, yoe will fled that die sveesp anneal lorr*sae et Me reedit debt solar MM adnidrtretiow has twos weir shwa *1,766,091, evident alma M.Mo.. as for overt year et thm envsrmment of *sir M'elet'__. Tho ether day, wive sone rwarrsee wee mane In M. entre• .4 dlsrwsrlag morn* largo •epewe"f•wea on the part M MI* (Mteromeet. swenebale ..k•A Mat they wore fs, and ea bon eoetbemee .ppesll. red -' NalSitag." ant let net tall e lartl•e te4tyo• ole there It .4 or et psbt•re 1111 y 11a0 the .tea 1v *Wail oD d .•w>A SRO K viv: i i I / pmt g# 0.4 114 °.� d 11 '90r'. wan 1 (Le burden, • 4,,04141117. .a a, alga* re tete relltel f -V301 Wert our CUV ; su sur• 1i 'um WIC tl♦e 114 w 6.11, if ...due Ibis v 1rirld f u tutu two w 4u tie carrot et Of 10.- stall ,tercel. We 5 ;,,,111th. or s} no man to Id not du w) bad be put do rtltwoet. '1L eel hu u. by . a11rA fur roil were 1010ed. r, of eoitlM. Augly U1e1 bole ,nth 40 r1.5'U,t$ t. 1 lug o[ drat kI ua•ud young .,e thdr Uvs try and tea -1,•nd- 101104 t .ts•ause Instead 1001 two th boa. ftarod w vu! ('maria M ,[ 1051 wbO w1 In Bumph Aft ,'lMi d Nom re hundred 11 ive been r)1. e o.1a7"• A•d, atter *41, sad 111 of or ' stet In iter. 1 w•awtnd m Sw 1 t,. pronmob w sane, to go to .e•.•tns t0 ma 1 occu•ba 011.5 of dl..ect 1• t oceaisa. epeeeb 0[ my 1 ✓ from diarist' bOm to tomes ,atrioUr faintly, ,•tlt upon him rtlr. •rthcrf we v bun own tam wt4es uD ow M awe d.tlSS • t • 1,ow sweet r err .Id.! g..u; one die •ad 1 I(.tho. .Il M ' otter? Wo 1 ,...w..asw.v--...l ...a,e Oma [O - - - WIMINIIIIIIINONOINISIll+pr,rtRa. v would err In t the ootiorgethN out o mthtary a Lot me tali heart [bat my tet ntertaln of rho b 111 •error horn ung rolubteen m In the Br1"at * e»r. our:ewl". al .7 00 [how du 00111%17 wblcb ✓ (tither. 010.0 1 r t0 t0e I.N 0504 ons breast. (bete ealtasr at the 1110 muatitr7 by raw ter. trial. But 1 us the later= 4 - I"preealos toad ,e commander -In-. ane post of bona .Ids with [bat tat ighlaod15 wb5n ,,.turd 10117 Lie teat 111.70.40* it their conduct • them the en,om •hied and the oast: •01rada O! [how teed death upon s 1 para of the w0 • 0..000 414 mit 1 rot of .11 prude. lam, 111. pr10e of riNng otresgt0, mamma that that the world that a th• wrtit to work of ante* m dlfhreat eaotsed 5t romplc 1. We l occurr.Oeea that that there Ian mu4 But three le no 11 Rhe band create m o mos. Too -day treks repre•entl Cadlab tamely, thehonor of 5manhat. 1.11.0, r ✓ reentry the lase Their deed bodies to grave, there to t that lane fraternal bop. -t a.k my . In [oat grave *0. Ii•a of oar forms, shall bs toe revel hope, 11 we can N ,ball M for mor Y ,n., toe wnding el b. the grretrwt w Dada •lore mrirder. ttv,e whlrh 8014.4 tet* shut 1a/311'ed ,*red the hart .0d knowing him u I ' drmrnt, they sbouh nom further this moll no doubt Mat tiering the working .amore between now nod the tat of July very lib - foal expenditures will balm to be made. We make allownnee. for n liberal expen- diture oo that account, and, making such allnwancee. 1 ratlmnte that the exposits d the year will be $4'1,11'5,000, ■ id 7 antici- pate ntlrGpate that at the clow of lett ascot year, making all o,w calcnlatlota and keeping our sc,onnta In exactly the mime way as our prrdere•wwe, we shall lave a surplus of I ,52,,000, the lament euretna In the h1. - tory of ('cneda. (Cheers). 1 may and my Reif tempted to Inhinge on the copyright fir the Postmneter General (Mr. Unlock) and Ineetibe on the public •ccoant., " We hold a vaster surplus than has been." (Ap- plause.) The Capital Account - Coming now to the capital 0 0001111 for the current year, our expenses to the 1.t of Barri, have been 1.,341,462. We .have lag* ripens!', on railway.. on canals, end on publlr work. yea to make. We have provided liberally for these. Then we bare thin year .nm• services of se exreptaotal character, which, we are pm.d to mention: a-Rrvtt4 whirls M net fol. ourselves• but for the Empire and for the m.Intennsce of ever trope le Africa. IChe•r..l NCe have a large 0190014' to Dreg on that .ervire I dealr.. tospeak of the puhtir .1eht M the year with same emotion because t know that nae may Melly or, and I knnw that the torr.+/e Met year wan aremew0at more than 1 antlrlpeted, het looking at Me matter earefelty, making the beet eatlmete one ran for M. year of which four monthe have yet to elapse. 1 am of the opinion. and 1 think that oration will prove to he rorrert, Chet daring this rut, rent year we dell pay 511 the IIMr l out- lay on trdlnery neron01 that bre'. gentlemen taperer. talk •f so often : w• w111 trey ell the rapltal MINI rite. we sraslooatly beer sheet : we will pay all the railway sorb tor ; we will pay every dollar of the ..• poem reepilt d to tot of July for err ear. vier In Math Afrlea. and et the end ,M the yeer w• .halt 0a hare, added one den - lar to M• pnblle MM. ([Tera for 0710 moment to An item that haw nnll recently appeared in our public. •rea1nt5, which has taken n "rest deal of ear irony and whl.T .wells the .X0.71000 millet hen. gentlemen opposite 11ke to .peek of se well. I dale@ to real Ute attention of the House to It as 50 e•Idenre of the fact flat t mere lhereset of eatien5e 1a not_inItself an evidence of any Incresstog burdens to the people but (here may be cases 1. whirr Inerraing expendiUwe., far from being a burden, ■rtdally totals to r,dure the bur. dens of the texpa-er. I have here the 2g errs of the Ynkmt dlwtriet, receipts and exposers, for throe years. Though this Yukon statement swellsole the total expenditure, though irg)vei hon. gentlemen opposite an opportnnity to talk of thla great e190o55, still the same 5r count .bows that the Yukon hes also Mea sassily the source of a shall e. (Applause.) SURPLUSES AND DEFICITS. i will TOW oar • word an t0 ourpi61M and dc6rlte. 1 do not know that 1f 1e aheolnt$v nee•a- aary for the pmwperlty M a country that we *beald sisals hare a sandlot We can- not properly say there may not be elr- eanratenees In whlet1 a rovernment would be well Justified to having a dr4c11. Still, 1 suppose we shall agree that It la wall to hate b bares. on M• richt aide, and It 1s hotter to have $ .erles of surpluses than a series of deceits. • 9 P•*Ipg, then. that erre of one oilfired friends have been dienewesl to expert that great theater w111 roar trotn th* rnanilal management of this Government, It ml/ not be 011tbo111 tntel•Mt to ersse•t entrart. dee statemeeta o[ the 'ureters and 4.46. Its for the period. or the three year*, 11th to 1196 001IPARATIVI STATEMENT. SURPLUS AND DEFICIT. 1898 TO 1868. Defial t. 1885-4 91,210,332 45 1804-5 . 4,153,875 58 1865-0 330,551 31 Strong Pleasefal Position Total deficit for three years 95,0194,759 34 T1s lend capital enemies, 1.stla,ate, vW.a sgsantaal 4a- md i "46.191 II`.t'Qe:.01/1M.+M�. 4 tAai faWAu.a.a_..s.J..11$10,i es 1j THE USUAL. g• Mamboed a pet suit, ,lel the advtr •let attorney, who M ate [lad 1116.1 11 I that the material cwt whom the as d. .an InvMllgatkr Detroit, says If 1' alt each year from .ted to the pr*wnt. .50 a day he would 1.tltap aw much prey y b Way one of tett yin America. ✓ a • New York paper dla m recently ma saerdlog to prove ettaf the ,ennsouy, placid lb bit ha tug m min. Aft whist Maple the al pond to contain .• of snmgthlwg the%! 1 maw years ago. *tarried be kook 1lrt Oar ret the pear. { tad Mara performed w 'tgnire 0114 le . istredde asked: enuigf v• 1e pilre, "1 he la •t.." t, Jd,1M!" exrlelale'1 Into hie Ieaters a more. Naw �s a Maple d pet/