HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton New Era, 1911-03-16, Page 3WRITSPATI MAWR lath, 191.1.
Hot 11146-kOr " AT,DEATIPS1000 FROM
Provincial Finances.
' COntintted frOMIPage 2-
tain standing offers for reezprocal
trade in a long list of artielese
In 1$91ekhe Canadian Ministers were
sent to act with the British Ambassa-
dor in a coosultation with the United
States Ministers with a, view to ob-
taining better reciprocal trade rela-
tions, and, Sir, so important did. the
late Sir John A. Macdonald consider
the subject that he made it a pretext
KIDNEY DISEASE
,SAVED :ONLY BY
"FROIT.A.TIVEP
CraattintaeatX, Ozer.
"Two* years ago, the doctor made
forty-four calls on 6ine, and then said.
he had done all he could for me. I was
suffering with intense Kidney Trouble
and Inflammation bad set in. Two
for an appeal to the coutitey in order other doctors were consulted and agreed,
that he might have a xnandate from that nothing could be doneto heirme.
the people,' which he reeewed, and Onthe recommendation of aneighbor,
upon which he acted in an attempt to
secure freer trade relations. In .1892
the then Conservative Government
continued their negotiations. The Can-
adian Customs Tariff Act of 1894 con-
tains a standing proposal, in several
of its clauses, to enttkely remit or to
reduce duties on a lona list, of articles
produced by the United States, pro-
vided similar concessions are made
with reference to Canadian products;
ao that, Sir, you will. observe that as
late as 1894, that is two years before
the Conservative Government went
out of power, they placed this stands
ing offer upon the Canadian Sta-
tutes. Their course throughout was
persistently consistent. end consistent-
ly persistent in an attempt to get, freer
trade relations, and yet the Honor-
abre Provincial Treaserer takes the
position that even the old Reciprocity
Treaty web an injury to Canada. The
late Sir John Thompson in 1894 (see
Hansard vol. 1, pp. 1505-6) informed
the House that, "the Conservative
Government had dispatched an agent
to Washington td ascertain whether it.
was the desire of the United State§
Goverument to enter into negotiations
wih the Government of Canada on the
subject of Tariff Concessiona." In.
1896 the Liberals continued similar
negotiations; but the Honorable the
Peovincial Treasurer tells us. notwith.
standing that the leaders of both par-
ties were a unit in b lleving that freer
trade relatiens would be beneficial to
7ianada, that such is not the case, and
that as a matter of fact t.:.e old treaty
was injurious. The honorable gentle-
man, I repeat, Sir, has taken on dur-
ng this debate an extremely heavy
oad. He has swallowed his own peat
ecord with reference to taxation of
c`orporations, the Succession Dutiee
townehips, that the results will
Act, the Brewers and Distillers' ,Ls, .11OW
be Increased expenditure by the pro-
ceoses, the proper classification of
vince, with the further inferential re -
accounts, as to Indian treaty No. 3;
but he now, Sir, adds to this the Her- 'suit that the province derives ' no
benefit Item these settlers; but that
eulean task of swallowing the whole
past commei:cial history of the Dom- the • Dominion is greatly benefited by
inion Conservative party at Ottawa.
He says in effect with reference to
those great chieftains, the late Sir
John A. Macdonald, the late Sir Leon-
ard Tilley, the late Sir John Thomp-
son, and others; "'I shouted for you
in your lifetime. but under pressure
of party exigiences now I recall all
that, and I Say to you now that •you
were all wrong." I repeat, Mr. Speak-
er, that this is rather a heavy lead..
•
that' the Honorable the Provincial
- Treasurer attempts to lay upon the..
shoulders of his provincial following;
and I apprehend that he will experi-
ence very considerable difficulty in-
deed in getting them to swing into
line on such a heretofore unheard of
and absurd proposal.
• The T. & N. 0. Raitway..
I took “Frott-a-tives and they cured
me. To -day, I take "Fruit-a-tives" as
my only medicine, I am in excellent
health, and tl Prult-a-tives" is the
medicine that Ciired me after bed been
at Death's Door for months.
I am -glad to -be -able to give you this
testimonial, It may benefit some other
woman suffering as I suffered, as I
believe that I would not be alive to -day
had notuaed "Pruit-a-tives".
MRs. P.
°Trait -a -fives', - by its marvellous
-action on the kidneys - completely
restores these vital organs to their
normal, strength atid vigor --and cures
every trace of Kidney Trouble, "Itruit,
a-tives" is the only medicine in the
world made of fruit.
• sec. a boxe6 for $2.50, trial size, zec.
At dealeneor from Pruit-a-tivesLimited,
Ottawa.
Anaress, tone tue strange posnion,
that if Ontario increases its popula-
tion there is apparently DO beneficial
result, but there is an extra outlay
by way of aid to municipal ,govern-
ment, providing•lockups, etc*. The in-
ference frorn such an argument is that
it does not pay. this peovince to se -
sure settlers for our Northland. It ie
strange coincidence, of course only
a cdincidence-a: case of great minds,
ete.-ethat almost on the very day up-.
on which the Honorable the Preznier
delivered himself of this strange doc-
trine, the Deputy Minister of Agrieul-
ture, speaking before • the Empire
Club, advanced exactly the same ar-
gumerit. The argument of both, and
that of the latter as published by
Toronto Saturday Night, simplyaneans
this: that - if the iirovince spends
money in securing settlers for North:
• ern Ontario, and opens up -and -settles--
.
her' wealth of the. thevince iyius
di-
reetly behind the line Of settlement?
These settlers. will in time form com-
panies, and develop interests, pay for
commercial and other charters through
the Provincial Secretary's Department,
end will thus directly increase the
nuances of the province, to say Pah-.
log of the indirect benefit that Will
be Obtained by developina trade be-
teeen the Northland and North Bay,
Tonto, and other points.
Mere Railways.
I fear, Sir, that this Government is
deliberately retarding the development
et Northern Ontario, owing to the fact
• that it does not treat the Temiscaming
end Northern Ontario Railway as, a
colonization road, but has endeavored
by exceesive freight and other charges
to make it pay. Then again, Sir, the
Temiseinning and Northern Ontario
Railway should have branch coloniza-
• tion lines. If, for example, the min-
ing co.nips are teal camps, and I think
del undeubtedly are, why should the
Gterernment net at once build into Elk
Lake, Gowganda and Montreal River
-dlitriete- -Shoot- out your feeders to
the main railwat-you cannot afford
to stand shivering on the brink of
duty We must build these roads,
ard they will prove effective and pay-
ing feeders of the main road. The
or;ginal conception of this Govern-
ment road was that it was to pass
through the clay belt and reach James
Bay, and thus tap the untold fishery
wealth of these waters: This is, the
only way to develop this Northland.
The Government'shoulcl at once adopt
an up-to-date; aggressive and progres-
eive
Town Sites Should Be Taxed.
Let me deal with other points, Sir,
that are hindering and retarding the
Now, Sir, with reference to the
Temiscaming and Northern Ontario
Railway, instead of endeavoring to
work himself and the province into
a state of • alarm ever the decreasing
earning powers- of this railway as a
result of proposed freer trade rela-
tions, let me show him the better way.
Allow me to point out to him, first,"
that this road was in its conception
intended to be in its early history • a
colonization road. As such, Sir, I
think it still should be treated; that
this Government has • an entirely
wrong conception as to its duties with
reference to that railroad, and with
reference to Northern Ontario. It is
an absolute mistaketocharge exces-
sive freight and other rates in order
to attempt to produce annually a bal-
ance 'on the right side. It does not
lie in the mouth of any citizen of Old
Ontario to say to this or any other
Government, you must at once make
that road absolutely pay. The pio-
neers have a right to be treated -liber-
ally. It is true that the forest wealth
and the mineral wealth belongs not to
the Northland especially, but to the
whole Province of Ontario; but, It.
is also aqually true, Sir, that the pro-
vince has ever since Confederation.
derived a very large percentage of
its revenue from that Northland. Hon-
orable gentlemen oppoeite have been
even fulsome in their laudation of the
Honorable the Minister of Lands,
Forests and Mines. desire to ask
• him frankly but firmly the question
"Are we doing the square thing by
the Northland, by ourselves,. and the
Province of Ontario?" The Honor-
able the Premier. in his speech on the
wa,y of revenue received under tariff
.regulations. Ther' is an element of
truth in the contention. rianiely:' that
Znereased population encouraered by
this provioce would indirectly be me
benefit to the whole Dominion; hilt
it is economic heresy to say, that the
• same incteasdd population is • hot a
direet benefit to. the province. ..1f, Sir,
• we roll back the map of settlement iko
we not thereby of absolute necessity
increase the valee ef-'lleseteeown lands
and crown thnber lteing Immediately
• beyond the line of. settlement? Does
any sane man tibubt this? Sir, if we
increase the population, or as I have
already said, , back •the map of
• settlement, do we not "ipse facto, ' of
nece.e.eitv. inereasp the land and
fim-
BAP -COLD
Developed Into
BRONCHITIS.
Neglected Bronchitis. is very often ill&
direct cause of Consumption, and on. the
first symptom appearing Dr. Wood's
Norway Pine Syrup should be used, and
the Bronchitis cured.
The symptoms are, 'tightness across
the chest, sharp pains and a difficulty in
breathing, a secretion of °thick phlegm,
at first white, and later of a .greeniali or
yellowish color, coming from the broil.
chial tubes when coughing, e,specially the
first thing in the morning.r ;,-
" Mrs. Dan, J. McCormack, Cleveland,
N.S., writes: "My little boy two years
• old caught a bad eold which developed
into Bronchitis. He was so choked up be
e could hardly breathe, Reading about
your wonderful medicine, Dr.' Woods
Norway Pine Syrup, I decided to try a
• bottli: and with such good result I got
'mother which completely cured him,
without having a doctor. • I cannot say
too much in its praise; I would not be
without it in the house as I consider it a
sure cure for Colds and Bronchitis."
• The .price of "Dr. Wood'" Norway
Pine Syrup is 25c. It is put up in a
yellow wrapper. Three pine trees is the
trade mark. Be _sure and accept no
substitute for Dr. Wood's.
Manufactured only by The T. Milburn
Vo., Limited, Toronto, Ont.
progress of the north. Yeers ago this
•House unanimously decided that borne
recognition should be made by way of
land grants to lhe volunteers for their
services; but this House unanimous-
ly, made the mistake ofsallowing aueh
land gra:nts to be taken ,up in different
townships, and so long as they re-
mained in the bands of the volunteer
'they remained untaxed. This retard-
ed development and prag,ress, and
steps have been taken to remedy this
evil. Why then, Sir, should a similar
mistake be made by this: Government
in connection with town sites? If the
Province of Ontario is determined to
own one out of every four town lots,
• then, I say, thee Government should
,pay taxes on these lots. Why should
sthe provinces take the unearned incre-
-menteethe increment earned by the
hardy settler, and not join with the
settlers in paying their fair share of
taxes in order that proper municipal
improvements may be undertaken?
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order for then they take out of the blood 'alt the Uric Acid, which
alone causes the Itheumatistn,
Father Morrisey's "No. 1". Tablets
act directly on the kidneys, toning them up and .lielping tliern to clear
the blood of, the Uric Acid. If the Itheumatisin is ef long standieg it
may taktesome time to clear out all ,the poison, bin almost from the
first “No. e" Tablets relieve *the pain, and if' used faithfully they
rarely fail to cure.
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you have tried Father Morriscy's “No. 7" Tablets•.
etic, at your dealer's.'• 27
rathor Morrlsoy Medllohis Co. Ltd, a • Chthant. N.B.
Sold and gnaiinteect bytrctra galolmes in Clinton. ,
•
'tautv," since tne auneuncemeno eee
agreement, C.P.R. stocks have run up
to the highest figure they have reach-.
ed in the history of that company?,
The purehasers of that stock are sane.,
intelligent business men. If, there-
fore, the result of the agreement meant,
destruction to our whole transporta-
tion system, ot which the Canadian
Pacific Railway constitutes a very im-
pedant part, one would naturally ex-
pect that the price of C.P.R. stocks
•would ha.ve greatly declined. As
against; the vagaries of honorable gen-
demen place the substantial fad
that these stocks have greatly advanc.,
e<1. in price.
Disloyalty. •
• Prospector's Rights.
Then again, Sir, the Government's
extreme desire to make money out.ot
the north is shown cin its dealing with
pre.spectors. When it was proposed to
•tax the prospector before he could go'
out and search for a mine, and the
amount fixed by the Goveynment was
placed at $10, we, en this side of the
Please vigorously opposed this, and
argoed that ' if ite teorzTe-aSi'6i1isite to
charge any fee the feM-440„, onisebe
nominal. Thae$10 f ein glad; to
say, has since been reduced to $5. It
should have been reduced -JO $1.
Then again, Sir,. if this prospector:
is fortunate enough to make a discov-
ery, the province charges biro $10 for,
filing his claim, and $3 for imitator
of the some. This is more the.n is
charged An any ,of the Old Provirsees
for a sixnilar service.
Assessment Work.
wen teiteee. xt le not :oar tO any anon i triking illuetratiou Of the duiproof Trained Norge on bus
of this economic heresy. the trade
between Great Britain- and Geernany.
Everybody knows that tor the ten Read Whalt She 110 FOAM&
1009 the last
in Canada, it is p,a insult to lue Wale
ligence toetelle him that it viill =the
him dieloyal if he follows that UN
implanted in him by God and nature.
'which is Part of the WerP end weof
of his very existence, namely, that
he has •a right to eel' in the dearest
and buy In the cheapest Market. This.
Sir, is a law of the Inman raee, and
it is an insult to the intelligence of
any community or any people to prae.
deafly ton them they are disloyal if
they desire to follow that law. AS well
at once argue that, if a man ehips
a horse across the line he must ship
his nationality with it. Generally .
sneaking, the paries that are loudest
in preaching the doetrine that every
man's loyalty will be affected, if al,.
lowed to trade with his neighbors,
will be found tie a matter of fact to be
directly, or indirectly, interested in
trading with that very neighbor. I
have already clearly shown, Sir, that
both political parties from time to
time since 1866 down to the present
date endeavored, to make better trade
relations with our neighbors to the
years prior to the year .
year for which we have returns, that
these empires looked somewhat`ItliWs `,.T. Keith, ot Olds, Alta., * .
askance at each other. The low, rum, "trained puree, Vilna has had a widw
bling ,growl of the British Lion might eXperienee of ZioneBuk, epeake of at
be heard as he glanced across the as f011ows.- tI wish to express tar
Channel and Kiev the German gagle high, appreciation of Zara -Buie. X.
plume her wings and sharpen her have personally tested it in a great
ma several patients, iwitle highly sat -
trade between the two empires,
beak; hut, Sir, during those very. tincaneseboer1 hpalf:easi,beeeerlen,wd,arml findiy ittb:e;
years there was a steady increase of cellent. 1 haVe introduced it to
minating in 1909, the year of the war %factory: results. Indeed, in many
scare, in the largest figures ever eh
tained between these two empires. fottry ietaa:Lsturfoferclueertsi3O:.014- skin disease
£58,000,000, while
tBot:git312611,- t5te following adnice.---Cleanee the
In IOW German exports to Britain. ''Speaking professionally, I Would!
c117,00:ritles.tediforit°'°ethe same year German parts affected and apply Zara-Buk
exports to the British, colonies freely and regularly. Use clean
amounted £12,000,000, while exports lint and Clean,soft rage for dreeing
Zf oaraun-ct us uki faine ideaetleoanr
£146,000,000 or 8705,000,000, the larg. born )case of slein disease."
Ytoatmalainbeithel
sealp sorea, eruptions, children's
ltinbr moatwI elute-
toof the colonies ttboeGgerrmanadn
est figure ever 'reached in the history Zam-Bifin 'will also be found a,
•
scratehes, :scalds, and all skin in -
of the two empires. Thist Sir, is but sure !cure for absceeses, ulcers,
. .
juries and cliseeees. 50e 'Wit, all
rashes, West eutarburus, ahrations
druggiSts and stores. d'ry Zaps --
Buie soap, too; 20e, per tablet,
south of us, and yet, Six, no truer one of numy striking n ustra ions
Britishers were ever ithis IN:minion" I that might be hven, showing how
n
than thee two leaders of the Governs little the flags have to do with. trade.
ments who attempted to secure smelt These large figures are arrived at, not
• trade relations. Sir, when. the =bias- ma account of 'the friendliness of the
ed historian comes to aerate the history
of Canada, and when through the
lapse of time he will have a better'
perspective, he will give an outstand,
ing place to two Premiers of this Dom-
. triton, both of whom sought wider and
freer trade relations with the great
nation to the south of us, and both -
to whether the flags were friendly or
of whom were British to the core. . otherwise,
The names of two great nation -build- . Amendment,
ers will stand distinctly out, two men, Now, Sir, I desire, by way Of
who by different methods and iineans amendment, to place bur position and
did much to make a united and con.. that of the Government, in direct con-
tented Canada, two men who sought treat, and I therefore mote, seconded
in a similar way, whose endeavor it by Mr. Clark (Northumberland)e
was, to obtain larger markets for the . 'That all the words of the motion,
produce of tle soil, to make a more - after the first word "That" be struck
happy, more prosperous, and a more out and the followine inserted: "This"
contented people. These ,two names
are none other than those of thg late,
Rt. Hon. Sir John A. Macdonald and the Provincial Treasurer is maccur.
the Hon, Sir Wilftid Lander! — • ate and misleading„ •inasmuch tja
The British Preference. when current receipts and expendi-
The tremendous anxiety of honor- tures are classified even as classified
•able gentlemettopposite_as to the10- by the present Provincial Treasurer
alty of their Iellow-Canadians is in in his Financial Statement of -1905,
strange contrast to the cry •that was there is a large deficit last year of
heard when a preference was granted $431,818.66,
°by the present Liberal Girvernment at And this House recognizing the fact
When argument fails, we have in
this Houee, as, elsewhere, the loyalty
)
cry raised, and the fear is .expressed
1)30 the, opening of another market
lo• Canadian gals will mean disinte-
Sration of •the whole Empire. The
Donomble noeinbee for West Hastings
ilosed his speech with an expression of
Jou. that -the obtaining of reciprocal‘
arrangements will certainly lead to!
iistintegration of the Empire." This,
House might be pardoned in view of•
tho.fazt .that .the hoperable member's
name is JOhnson,"if dreen
honOreble 'members to. a recollection
•A a statement .made lei the greateet'
--
Johiieson Adie line, namely, that -
"Loyalty is dften the • last refuge of a •
scoundrel." Of course, Such a remark
would not apply to • any honorable
gentlenian in this House, but •the
statement is absolutely true, never-
theless. Loyalty is too oiten dragged
in as a cover, or a bleak. where argu-
ment and reasoning fail. May I be
allowed, Sir, to address an "argumen-
turn ad hoininern" to the Honorable
the Provincial Treasurer? Suppose he
has a horse to sell, and a purchaser
'for the British market Offers $200. A
purchaser for the American market of-
fers $225. Which will he accept? If
that extra. $25 is flaunted before his
face by the buyer from the Ameriean
matkot I venture to say it will be's.
case of "Now yea see it, and now arbu
don't see it:" -The larger prite would
be aocepted. I desire, Sir, to .use.
this homely illustration to make the
potut that :by ' accepting the Jaeger
pried' the Honorable. the Previncial
Treasurer.would be a more loyal Brit-
isher than if trade barriers prevented
him from receiving the greater price,
• Canny Scot that ' he is, he would • be
better pleased to •receive the larger
price, and let me say, Sir, that 'eon-
tentinent with one's •lo t' and one's eri-•
virenment produces, nay is, twin
ter to loyalty, and discontent • with
conditions, including trade relations,
•produces disloyalty, nay is, twin' sis-
ter to disloyalty, If man is pros-
perous, if he is satiafied with con-
ditions, including trade telatfons, if
he is satisfied that they give play,
he will be contented, and if contented
'he ,will not only be contented with
such conditions and trade relations,
but natitrally contented with and
loyal to the fiational.flag that guaran-
tees hira such. - 1 repeat, Sir, that i1.
trade relations help to meke •a man's
circumstances more prosperous •he will
• be the more loyal. Further then, Sir,
• in the last analysis, the question of a
reelpiescal agreernent comes down to a
straight question of business,.pure and
"simple. If; Sir, trade with our Amer-
ican cousins „tended to make Cana-
dians disloyal and to make "Old
• Glory" float coter.this whole continent,
wonder, Sir; that we did not long
ago become disloyal,' and that
Glory" is not already flying over Can-
ada. Look at the figures'of our trade •
With the United States: For the year
entlin.g Mareh let, 1010, we shipped in
...value seven time as many horses to
elle United Statee as we did td Great
.Britain; •pf :beep 52 times as many;
Of poultry about 800 times as many, of
egga twenty per cent. mare; of oats a
greater 'quaatity; or pease about 60
per cent. more, and so on with a
large list of produce that might be
named. If then, the argument ofethe
honorable gentleman is true, our farm-
.
ers, nay oer dairymen who sent, $3,-
000,000 worth' of cream last year, must
bY,,this time haVe their Uyalty pretty
• Then again, Sir, as if we did not'
place difficulties enough in the -way
• of the proepeetore under Our law •and
:regulations.at present, if he inakes a!
discovery in the late November or,
Deceniber, What happens? Withini
ninety days from the date of •filing hia
claim he must do thirty. days' work on!
that claim. Now, what ilk actual peace
tiee does such a ridiculons require-
ment mean? It means,..Bir, that drsr
• ing the winter month a when there i
probably four feet of enevi on•
gronnd, that poor fellbw must go f
with Snowshoes on his feet and sno
shovel oinhis shoulder to do practical
Mining work! After..he hes built his
little hut, •and moved his provisions
out, he commences trenching in thel
snow, and the practical result it •thatl
he is obliged to spend thirty days in a
• pretence of doing mining work; when
practically all that he has done is
washed away by a spring freshet. r•
say, Sir, that eit is an unealledefor
hardship to the prospector to ask him:
• to spend a Month there, doing work
which is of .nee benefit whatever, and
which he might wen be allowed to do
• in the suramer menths, when his ac-
tual trenching would • be done, not in
the snow, but in the earth, and when
he could work intelligently •and with
some ' beneficial results. If, Sir, all
• these discoverers were allowed to do
snob. work in say,, Audtst or Septem-
ber, they could then do practical
trenching, blasting and drilling'if ne-
• cessary.. In fact, Sir; they 'could go
to their work .singing ,the little -ditty!
"Drill, ."7 Terriers, 1)rill"L ;but this,
under 'the arbitrary regulations of the
present Ministry 'has been changed in-
to the let -twilling. chorus, 'Shovel, Ye
Prospectors, Shovel." In a word, Sir,
if we •are going to • get our fair share
of people for the North Country, if
we are to .get oar fair share Of 'the.
population corning te Canada fcir nur.
own North Country as against tho
inducements of the West and the Vex
West, we Must build railroachl, and
other reeds, :and inake 1116 CO tiUTIS
.c.1.1011 as to be inviting to •immigrants, •
-mid we Must le; towni liberal in our
•mining and ottr land regulations. • We,
Sir, Must all along the- liao he feir_e_
and even liberal to till: pioneer, whe-
ther he be settler, miner or prospector.
Effeets on C.P.R. Stocks. •
Returning, again to the question of
Reciprocity, let us follow to their logi-
eal conclusion tho remarks of the
Memorable the Provincial Treasurer.
He says in effect, if the Reciprocity
agreement ie consummated and • the
duty is taken off our grain, that the
grain from the West will. go eolith,
and our whole transportation system
will be injuriously' affected. On the
Other hand, Conservative newspapers
say "Let us stay our hands. The
Democrats are likely. to 'gel into pow-
er, and tie duty will be taken off any.
Way." •What difference does it make
as to how the duty is taken off once
the American duty is taken off? Would'
the effect on transportation not be' the
seine? Or, is it not tater if the
tiAely is to be taken off anyway, that
it should be removed as a result of"
aneagreement whereby we get advane
'•taps to eounterbalante any seeming
dieadvantageeP But, in view of tho.
doleful wail of honorable gentlemen
opposite as to the effect this' agree -
mein will have on otir Whole transpor,
• Wiwi system, is it. it very pectilkar
flag", but as a result of the people of
both empires follovsing what may he
termed the natural instinct of .every
man, that is, the desire to sell m the A proposition la 'under discussionl
dearest and buy in the cheapest mar- oe the Bahaina Islands becoming,
kets, utterly regardless of the fact as part of the Dominion of °Canada.
• They are said,to possess a popula-
tion of 75,000 and cover a distance
of 780 miles in length, 'being locate.
ed off the (East coast of Flarida.
The islanders, both white andblackl
are intensely British and -would
fall into hearty, accord with' the,
laws and hisuages of this county,
The Bahamas enjoy( a delightful
climate, ranging from; 85 degrees in
House regrets that the Financial They are wonderfully produettve
• the summer tat filY in the winter,
and would prove' a valuable addle.
Statement issued by the Honorable
Ottawa. to Britieh goods entering Can- that our forests are Our greatest
ada. Then one heard frequently the source of revenue, strongly urges up -
statement that there was no "quid pro • on the Government the adoption of a
quo," and occasionally a. harking back proper system of conservation and re- ). ./t•Is Miserable
to the statement "Se much the worse forestration, in order that this source I
for ,Britislr connection!" But, Sir, of revenue may become perpetual
every intelligent Canadian knows that and abiding.
nothing else in the history of the,•Dom- This House further regrets that I
neither the Honorable the Minister of
EdueatiOn, the Deputy Minister, nor
the Superintendent of Education, has
any practical knowledge whatever of
the condition of our rural schools,
and that the result of changes im-
properly made by this Government
has been to increase the cost of edu-
scation in the rural schools by at least
fifty per cent., and •to necessitate the
employing as teachers in a large per-
centage of said schools of persons
with no qualification .whatever, either
professional• or non-professional.
tion, There is litt1e! doubt hitt
• Canada would, heartily' welcome
them into ehitier connection and!
the prospects are that the nnieu.
would prove Most helpful to all
=corned. The Bahamas have •u
legielative assembly of their own
eleeting but the Upper House is
appointed by the Governor.
inion. of Canada, nothing else that any
Government ever did in Canada,
brought this nation out, so conspicu-
ously, not only befoee John Bull him-
self but before all the nations of Con-
tinental Europe. We know the opin-
ion then. expressed by British states-
men, how the newspapers 8.nd jour-
nals dealt with it; but perha.ps, Sir,
nothing that has been said or written,
so beautifully' describes the situation
as the words ' of Rudyard Kipling,
when he Says: ,
"A Nation •spoke tO a Nataon,
A Throne sent wo o a
'Daughter am I itt my Mother's
_
Bid Mistress ,in ray. Own. .
The gates are mine to open,",
trateS of commerce, if you will),
"The gates are mine to close;
'And i abide by my Mother'e House,'
Said Our Lady of the Snows."
Honorable gentlemen opposite, who
talk loyalty, forget that Pref-
exence remains sti:1 intact. If honor-
able gentlemen opposite urge that now
'srOird be-ifiefeasej.
from 33 1-3 pr cent. to say, 50 per cent..
I fear they will speedily, and in no
• unmistakable terms, hear teem their
manufacturing friends, some of whom,
regardless of party ,but ever mindful
of their own pockets, and properly so,
are at present apparently extremely
apprehensive as to the loyalty of their
neighbors.
s, •
Does Trade' Follow the Flag?
The old slogan has been sounded
in this debateethat "trade follows the
flag." That may be true in the ex-
perimental stage, whet . any empire
is pursuing re eolonization policy; but
as applied to the :trade of nations
generally it is a distinct economic
heresy. What bonstitutes •the trade
of one country With another? An,
empire per se does not trade with:
another empire per se. The indi-
viduals of one empire or nation trade
with individuals of 'another empire. or
nation -so with partherships, so With
companies, - ,corporations; and the
sum total of trade betvieen these in-
dividuals, partnerships Atompaiaies
and corporations constitutes what we
Call the total trede between these two
empires or nations. . That individual
men, partnerships, . companies . and
corporations will sell in the dearest
• market and buy in the cheapest goes
without saying. They do this abso-
lutely regardless of the flag; there-
fore to .say that "the flag rules
trade" is simply to give utterance to
au economic heresy, that no sane
bilainnee man - 'rake. Sir, .o.a
To Be
Dyspeptic.
Dyspepsia is one of the most prevalent'
troubles of civilized life, and thousands
suffer untold agony after every roeal,
Nearly everything that enters a weak
dyspeptic stomach, acts as an irritant;
hence the great difficulty of effecting a
cure. •
The long train of distressing symptoms,
• whieh• render life a burden to the victim
id t Throne' • This House further regrets that this
•
-
Headaches Quit
when • the ostomach $ liver arta
bowels" are kept ,in the good
condition in which they will
be by the' prompt use of
BEECHAM'S.
PILLS
nold nveryiraere. in boas 20C
Government, while liberally. !tithe%
itudents itt educational courses,. that
lead to the P'refessineW. IOW:taken no.
Practical steps whatever to establish
a 4syetem of technical and indostrial
schools thioughOut the proyince, in
which the mechanic and the artizan
may, receive training supplementary.
to his practical training in the work-
shop.
, This House further deplores the
fact, that this Government is appar-
ently of the opinion that increaSed
population is of no benefit to this
province, -and this House strongly
recommends the adoption of a vigor-
ous and active colonisation scheme
for peopling Northern Ontario, • and
regrets extremely that its settlement
:Its been hitherto retarded by the en.
forcement of laws and regulations
that are , oppressive to the pioneer,
whether prospector, miner or settder.
This House deplores the growing
tendency on the part of Members of
the Government to introduce Federal
issues into our debates, and regrets
the organized attempt or Ministers
and their supportera to discredit :the
.agreement for better trade relations
'made between Canada and the -United
States, Which, if consummated, .will
prove so beneficial to Canada, and
especiallY to the agriculturistg."
This amendment was defeated on a
straight party vete.
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