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I cannot do better than show this House the loss which the people of Prince Kd- ward Island sustain in being unable to ship: their products to market. In Prince Ed- ward Island, as hon. gentlemen belonging

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@ obliged to carry were we provided with continuous communication with the mainland. We lose the interest on that inon+y, and, more than that, a great many of these goods, ia all probability, might have been purchased at lower rates during the winter months. Any business man will know that, under these circum- stances, it re«uires twice as much capital to carry on the same amount of business in the Island as on the mainland. Take, for instance, aman engaged in the flour trade, and there are 75,000 barrels of flour import- ed into the Island during the year. A inerchant doing business at Pictou can order a carload of flour in Ontario within four or five days of the time that his stock runs

to the Maritime Provinces know, although it may not be so well known in Provinces | like Ontatio where they have an early har- | vert, our harvests come in very late. Last year, for instance, our harvest was not housed until the middle of October, owing to the unusual wetness of the season. In ordigary seasons we are not able to complete harvesting our grain until the lst of Octo- ber, In that respect we are placed ina different position from the other provinces, Prinee Edward Island raises more potatoes to the acre than any other province of the Dominion. A great many farmers raise as much as 2,000 bushels, and some as much as 4,000 bushels. The farmers of this House can understand how long it will take a farmer to house from 2,000 to 4,000)

Is of potatoes iu the fall of the year. An hon. gentleman the other evening, in speaking of a railroad, remarked that in some parts of the Dominion the people did theig fal’ ploughing at the very time that the people of Prince Edward Island housed their potatoes. The people of Prince Ea-| ward laland have

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in which to do their fall ploughing ; in fact, in seasons like last year, they gec scarcely any done atall. During the month of October, when the farmers are housing their potatoes, the markets in the United States and in the neighboring provinces are low and the must of the potatoes that

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They are shipped to these markets at a time when the pro- ducts of those countries come into compe- tition with them. It is the Ist of Novem- ber before any potatoes are shipped in large quantities outside of those shipped to the Maritime Provinces. This being the! case, as a merchant doing business in Prince Elward Island [I find that whereas you can charter a vessel to take potatoes to Boston in October at from 12 to 15 cents a bushel, at the time the -market is likely to be of any service, as in) November or December, these rates go up to 18 cents and, sometimes as high as 25 cents a bushel; and as soon as the Ist of December arrives every hon. member of this House knows that in the Gulf of St. Lawrence insurance rates go up from 1 and 2to4or5 per cent., and sometimes it is not obtainable at all. These expenses have all to be charged against the products of our farms on the Island, which are ship- ped to the neighboring provinces and the

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United States. Again we know that, from the lst of November until the middle of December, the people of the Island have only six weeks in which to ship 1,500,000 bushels of potatoes; and any hon. gentle- man who will give this matter a moment's ‘attention will understand how hard it is ‘for us to seud 1,500,000 bushels of potatoes ‘to a near market like the neighboring pro- 'vinces orto the United States and find a ' protitable sale for it, while the people of | the Island are competing with each other in these markets. It is well-known that sometimes we ship a good many of these potatoes to the Halifax market, which is the market, to a fair extent, for many of our products. It is also well-known, and the hon: members from Halifax will bear me out, that sometimes after westerly winds have prevailed for several weeks, which prevent four vessels reaching their destination, an easterly wind sets in and as many as 70,000 to 80,000 bushels of potatoes arrive ia the Halifax market in the one day, completely demoralizing the matket; and you can understand, Sir, how hard it is for our people, who have no ‘shipping advantages, to have to face this state of things, for they have to make all their shipments in the fall season, within a space of six weeks. If they do not ship in the fall they have to house their potatoes until the spring, so that DURING THE WINTER

while the markets in the United States ‘and the neighboring provinces may rule | very high, the people of the Island are as ‘much excluded from them as if there were no such markets in existeuce; and besides, ‘in a great many cases, fully 25 per cent. is lost of the quantities they have to store in their cellars before they can be shipped. Again, we have only a market in those places from the middle of May to the mid- dle of June, because then the markets fall off; and if not shipped in the previous fall, the potatoes have to be shipped in a very short time in the spring of the year, so that we ate obliged to compete against one an- other. And what is true of potatoes ap- plies to all other Island products. T hose are some of the disadvantages the people of Prince Edward Island have to contend against, through not hiving the means of getting their products to market. Another loes which the people have to sustain, and which was pot touched upon by the hon. member for Queen’s, probably because it was not so plain to his mind as it if to mine, being a merchant, is due to the fact that the imports to the Island—and its imports amount to about $3,000,000 per year— must be brought in during the month of October, or, at the very latest, before the lst of November, in sufticient quantities to carry us over until the Ist of M+y of the following year, so that we are obliged to import six months in advance and carry those goods over during all that time. I claim that there is at least a million dollars’

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out, and is not obliged to import to any extent in advance, whereas on the Island we haveto importin October sufficient flour to carry us over until the spring, in- stead of importing it as we requireit. I admit that the cost of the tunnel makes the undertaking a very serious one ; but, on the other hand, it would confer more than com- meneurate benefit on the people of Prince Edward Island and of the provinces of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick ; and I believe that if the question were submitted to the people of the two latter provinces, they would be quite satisfied to support the scheme, provided it can be accomplished for a reasonable amount of money. And it has

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to be feasible. I believe also we would have theguud will and assistance, not only of the men doing business in these provin- ces and who know the advantage it would be to them as well as tothe Island, but that even the hon. member for Centre Toronto (Mr. Cockburn), when he comes to think the matter over, will not be so unfair, re- presenting, as he does, one of the largest constituencies in one of the largest pro- vinces of this Dominion, as to take the stand that because the Islandis our smallest province it should not get what is its right; and I am confident even he will give his support to the scheme when the House is called on to vote the money. The Govern- ment lose at the present time the difference between the cost of the winter service and revenue we derive from that service, which amounts to $15,875. They lose also the interest oathe costof the steamer, which amounts to $5,438; and the depreciation and insurance of that steamer, amounting to $29,000 a year, andthe summer mail subsidy amounting to $5,000, which would not be required if we had the tunnel. That makes a total annual lossof $55,313. Now, there isa loss on the Prince Edward Island Railway of $105,000 per year. If we had the tunnel built, and were in con- tinuous communication with the reat of the! Dominion, that loss would be reduced by! $75,000 per year.

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how that reduction would take place. Any hon. gentleman at all familiar with Prince Edward Island knows that the railway runs almost from one end of the Island to the other. It runs within at least ten miles of each shipping place. {[truns from Tignish to Alberton, from Alberton to Summerside, from Summerside to Charlottetown, then to Georgetown and Souris, all being ship- ping ports, At present, suppose a man doing business in Souris or (Georgetown wishes to havea carload of freight carried over tu the mainland, he ships to the near- est shipping port; and [ venture to say that the loaded cars hauled on the railway are not on an average hauled a distance of over twelve to fifteen miles. For instance, they will go from St. Peter’s Bay to Souris, or trom Morell to Mount Stewart, or from midway between Tignish and Alberton to either Tignish or Alberton. If we were placed by means of the tunnel in communi- cation with the mainland, these cars, in- atead of being brought toa shipping place and the freight then transhipped on* board vessels, would travel the whole length of the railway from the place where loaded to their final destination. Not only that, but I claim the tunnel itself would give a revenue of about $75,000 a year; and | further believe, in case that revenue be doubted, that if the matter were submitted to the people of the Island, they would allow a rateto be imposed on the goods passing through that tunnel, which would, beyond doubt, bring the revenue to $75,000 a year. I claim again that if the tunnel were completed, it would increase the trade of the Intercolonial Railway by furnishing it with additional traffic to the extent of $100,000 over and above what the Inter- colonial Railway receives at present. Take the item of potatoes, or oats, or any of the classes of goods shipped from the Island, Any hon. gentleman who will consider for a moment, will know that it is almost tempting a loss to ship from 3,000 to 5,000 or 8,000 bushels of potatoes in afvessel when they are not actually seasoned because if we commence early in the season we have toship the potatoes right out of the field, and if we house them that entails addition- al cost. I believe that four-fifths of the potatoes shipped from Prince Edward Island to Boston, New York, New Bruns- wick and Nova Scotia, would pass over the Island railway first, and then go through the tunnel, and then pass over the Interco- lonial Railway, and be the means of in- creasing the traffic on the Intercolonial Railway to the extent of $100,000 over its present traffic. If I am right in these figures, they amount to $305,000 per year, which this Government would receive if the tunnel were built, and I claim those figures are pretty nearly correct. 1 believe that if the Prince Edward Island Railway were in connection with the Intercolonial Kailway to-day by any means, the Island railway, instead of showing a loss of $105,- 000 per year, would be a paying institution, because, if it does not pay at present, it is on account of the hauls being so short. For that reason I claim that, if these figures are right, or nearly right, the terms of Con- federation can he carried out with Prince Edward Island

WITHOUT ANY MATERIAL LOSS to the rest of the Dominion, and I sincerely

both sides of the House, and that they- will uot claim that, because Prince Edward Is- land is the smallest and most insignificant province of the Dominion, the terms made by the elder and richer provintes with that province shall not be carried out. A point was raised that this was not a party ques- tion. I claim that it is not a party ques- tion, but it was a live issue on the Island as the member for Queen’s said the other day, at the late election, aud 1 for one do not wish to deny it. Hon, gentlemen can understand that the question af the tunnel was in this posi- tion. The feople of the Island were not sure whether the engineers would pro- nounce it feasible or not, whether the esti- mates would show that it would cost $5,- 000,000 or $25,000,000, but they expected that this parliament, after the reports of first-class engineers had been received, if these reports showed that the tunnel was feasible and could be built for a reasonable amount of money, would deal honest!

y and fairly with the Island. There were letters and telegrams received from gentleman on both sides of

politics, and I will trouble the House by reading some of them. There was the following letter from the Right Hon. Sir John A. Macdonald to Senator Howlan:

““KARNSCLIFFE,

“Orrawa, 6th February, 189).

“My Dear HowLax,—In response to your pressing request with respect to the tunnel across the straits, I desire to repeat that under the present circumstances, the Cabinet are not in a position to deal with the question. if, as | believe, the country will continue to give us its confidence, the Ministry will, under my guidance, take the matter up without delay. I understand that Sir Douglas Fox is of opinion the scheme is a feasible one. The chief thing still unknown is the cost of con- struction. I fully appreciate the nature and extent of the obligation incurred by the Dominion to maintain continuous communica- tion between the Island and the mainland. We have tried to carry this out by the Stanley but of course she cannot fight against the elements. So, if the cost comes within a reasonable amount, such as Parliament feels itself justified in incurring, [ shall be pre- pared to submit the question for their favor- able consideration. “I am, yours sincerely,

“Jonny A, Macpoxa.p.” { claim that was just such an answer as we might expect, the question being in the position it was at that time. The right hon. gentleman did not know, when the estimates of the engineers came down, ae oe would be such as could be entertained. We have a tel from Sir Charles Tupper to Hon. D. latent ; ‘I regret deeply that it is impossible for ine togo tothe Island as the Stanley cannot cress, and I dare not attempt the Capes. I have satisfied myself that the tunnel can be made for six million dollars, and you may rely upon all the aid I can give tothat important and necessary work, ‘‘Amberst, 28th February, 1891.”

I claim that this is quite a proper telegram. Sir Charles Tupper knew exactly the terms upon which Prince Edward Island entered the union, and he knew that these terms had not been fulfilled, and that the ex- penditure of $6,000,000 would place Prince Edward Island in a similar position to that of the other provinces—in auch a position that they would feel, as they have not yet felt, that they are part and parcel of the Dominion, that they are truly a province of the Dominion in every respect, and that every dollars worth of taxation placed upon the rest of the Dominion they should assume their share of. They have not felt this yet, but if they have this communica- tion afforded them they will not hesitate tv bear their share of the burdens of the whole country. We also had « telegram from the leader of the (pposition. I always heard, before I saw him, that he was a man of honour and stood high in this country. We know, of course, that he must stand high before he could ocevpy the position he does to-day. Since I came to this House, and since { have seen and heard him, I have come to the same conclusion—that he isan honorable and h yh-minded man; and it is clear that he kaew that this would be a live question in the Island at the last election. Here is a telegram from the Hon. Mr. Laurier to L. H. Davies, Esq.:

**] am in favor of the tunnel, provided the surveys show the scheme is reasonable and practicable.”

That telegram is quite correct and proper. He knew the terms upon which the Island entered in as well as other hon. geatiemen did. Then there is a letter to the editor of the Guardian, and I am quoting these tele- grams, not to find fault with them, but to show that on both sides these gentlemen knew that this was a live issue, and made these statements not to influence the elec- tion but as a promise to carry out the terms of the union. This is « letter from the Hon. Mr. Laurier to the editor of the Guardian :

Dear Sin.—I have your favour of the 2ad February, inst I hardly would have thought that an expression of opinion as to the con- struction of a tunnel to connect the Island of Prince Kdward with the mainland should be required from me. Every man who has given any attention to the condition of things and the necessities involved hy the entering of the Island iato Confederation must admit that such a tunnel must be}constructed if the thing is reasonably practicable. The first requisite is to have an accurate survey and reliable esti- mates. lam only sorry that these were not obtained long ago.

W. Laurier.

This puts the two political parties in this House in exactly the same position. They both realized that the terms of Confeder- ation had not been carried out, and those letters were written to show their willing- ness to have the terms carried out 80 soon as an} opportunity offered. In conelusicn, let me say that I would not have troubled the House so long but that I felt that I would not have been doing my duty to the county I represent and the Island from which I come without placing this matter fully before the House, and I have en- deavoured to do so fairly and honestly #

worth of goods carried over on the Island from October to May, which we would not

trust that when this question comes up we will haye the votes of hon. members on

the case presented itself to me.