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THE DAILY EXAMINER .

PROVINCIAL LEGISLATURE.

| debt of $337,000

Debate on the Address.

| out vears ago by

$14,000, in 1882 « deficit, and deficits continued year by year uatil they ran up a If, iastead of repealing the Davies Assessment Act’ they had property amended it, it would have been a

good thing for the country, and to-day wet

such financial straits taxation was threshed men who studied this

wou'd not be in The question of

the taking of such a vote wottld do no good, and amount to nothing, and the ree turns shew that from 5000 t0,6000 persons did netvote On that « stiony né doubt owing'to this actiénot the toriés and their organ. This question is becoming more

| practical every day and something i will have to be dene before very long. Probably the reason the tories

Fripay. March 30 | subject and who laid down rules and | were so cold towards the plebiscite was House met at 3.45 ear. = rae great financier, | becanse they were afraid it would conffict Mr. MacKinnon moved that the House Adam Smith, submi ited certain rules | with the report of the prohibition commis- aa a . consider the address | 49d =principles, which, though some-} sion, which is agon_ to be made..public , Coarse ~~ , ee the Throne. | what amended by other great auth: | He proposed to reserve his remarks on ng = me wyen . cnteied the House, | Orities, have never been materially | the scheme of taxation propased by the In eo doing thas Prete oy _ the Speech | altered. Here are Smith’s principles :— Government until it is laid before the ; eo Gissne calivenee is made to the | QUALITY, CERTAINTY, CONVENIENCE AND House. He said he would have in® short ‘ath of the late Lientenani Governor ECONOMY time the views of the farmers in every He (Mr. MacKinnon) felt sure that t ds Lil : a wint | Pat of the country on this point, and amunie wal wot vearet the action of th SQUALITY.—-ialke Owner@ OF & JOD! | from ope end of the Jeland to the ‘other, Ce ae Gaveraes the | ¢#tate. Each one to contribute in propor: | and in all these already received, no person ne tli — ne a 7 _ on. ovinion | tron to his interest in the estate says the Government “ought not to tax.” ia a rs b ian re ne 2. Cexratyty.—Time of payment, man-| The day has arrived when politicians ’ _ “ ae st of his action. | ner of payment and quantity | must face this question and lay down a : ieee eaete ale deakinanen Convenience -Every tax should be | measure to make ends meet. The public nied @ poor Now as levied at the time or in the manner to | @ccounts will be laid on the table in good

cations le ef rred Looking | which it is most likely to be convenient time.

firat esse thy Gov- | forthe contributor fo pay it. House took recess for two hours.

Suaeaen: tn inland seat thane 4. Ecovomy.— Every tax ought to be so} _ After recess the debate on the Address ae = te was ; ae he out and-te keen | 7@ resutoed, Mr. Shaw being the only \* one amembly ¢ . » § contrived as both to take out an : ile speaker. He congratulated the mover and as vee wg a om of the pockets of the people © pe | seconder of. the Address. upon — the « idea. In arly story of (the | as possible, over and above what it brings ameiches’ ther” hail ant a a ; said he, the y thing thst | jate the public treasury of the state Pee ST. ee SOP TEe: ORE: SABES ' i > aie se : : a the opinion that if they were laboring in axed f e | " give \ , 8 In proof that taxes were c lectable here a good and righteous cause, they would ah ae i oot that | if the right means were adopted, Mr. | have done much better. He agreed with 2 Og F “les that , Peters pointed out that the schoo! _wee*" | the criticism of the Leader of the Opposi- ae a ot 1 ments are collected with GORTCE)S ~ tion concerning the paragraph in the ee trouble and this shows that a tax is Col} speech in which this was referfed. to ns . the | a oe ' : . | lectable in this Prov ince Phere are many “the first cession of the Legislature.” He rn Dep at opinions on the subject of taxation and it quite agreed with the reference in the 2 on over had much | 2 impossible to levy a tax that won't. be | gasech t6 the present Lieutenant-Governor, ; sa ole "| unjust to some, Smith lays it down | gag paid a deserved tribute to his char: a e sche Twenty “rs AZCs | thus in bis “Wealth of Nations — it is | eter aid ability. He alko agreed with wever, had be bec 1a that wy means | 4 fundamental Jaw in succeasful finance the paragraph regarding the late Lieu- e} ) d be al at » adie | chat theee imposts are always found to be teuant-Governot, Wham he apoke.of a» a

. the { ‘ ummer- : : . : - aon Me ri et een agen was alr Ya ae — man who was possessed of good ability, pr » as the instrument in Charlotte. | “"" Pe™* ama ae saat sak and who deserved well of his country. went he would not have believed it re a SS a er aia " . hich is tian | In reference to the agraph concerning Phas he Mferred @ the appointment of cane og cee ay of a os thes the wbolition of the egielative Council, he Lieut. Goviveer. Meals ead wicked Hic a «99 aie s - ' ras scaly | pointed out that the Conservative admin- Honor and Mr’. Howlan long life and pros- i eid ot te most willingly ‘accorded.” jseeenen had iabored hard for years to ef- i Referring to the appointment o This es ahah iis hae, “eae Wiel | fectthieend. While he believed in’ the

13 18 &@ point that hon, members : vd

’ = Lord Aberdeen as Governor-ieneral, lhe

fully consider Again, taking up

the

| wisdom of abolishing the Upper Chamber, he could net approve of the conduct of the

sod the ho ke treturn } ‘ 1 ry . = “a Serene ene a apeten, he i wet pear Government in depriving franchise voters He said he felt sure that all were wel ae . ao —. pe Ca oo cae Shel | of their just rights. The paragraph in re- pleased at the good harvest. although hay or pepe are t a ce fos | ference to the bountiful harvest seemed to was a trifle short; and then referred to the | oe a ene een ee hed lal, [n, | Bim to Savor of hypocrisy, in view of the ens eurannaia had aabiiced the | “tatesman and his ac complished lady. In| face that the harvest wae not aa bountitul aster cobtabensiibe and dairying He Sia .# — a | as in former years, But, then, everyone hought the people were pleased with the f fede . seid it eae beth eel knew that hypocrisy was a leading char- Dominion Government for sending down 9 epee ceetae ~ “anearned jn- | eerie of the pyesent administration. persons tu instruct them in the business. hb : Mr Sensas aa similie be: In reference to the paragraph concerning Phe st important paragraph in the aaa the conduct of mblie affaire under | exhibitions, be’ pointed out chae the ‘pre- speech was that dealing with the tax | the Geliican Mel Aad eet iae lice oail | sent Government had done nothing to fur- estion. Both ends should ke made to | th 4 a ahi : . . a ‘ . ' ther or promote them, except to carry out He thought the House would do | *'** % * 52'P On & voyage. _ | the arrangements entered into by the late ts best to devise a just and equitable | Hen. Mr. Gordon congratuiated the | Government. He pointed out also that of — direct taxation, a | mover and seconder of the ad iress upon the late Government had sent exhivits lo echeme that would fot bear too} their speeches, At the same time, how- the London exhibition and the exbibitior s arshiy on the people There | ¢¥e?; he deemed wit his duty to protest at St. John, Halifax and Montreal, and were several claims upon the Dominion | *8@!net their coming before the House and many of the exhibits carried _oft. prizes which should be paid, and he felt eure | “8Y'DZ 489 they do in the first paragraph, | in the classes in which they hey would be pressed by the present lead- | of the address, we most respectfully thank | were entered, thus advertising the Had we these sums. or even the most | »°UT Honor forthe Speech with which | country,and iuduging buyers to eome here

mmpartant of them, he theught we might be able to coon without resorting to dir- ect texation. He would like to go on with owt direct-faxation; no man likes to par taxes. But while our claims upon the Pommmensremmined unpaid, he saw noth- ing Jor ous diteut taxation. He felt suite, however, that when the people had to per the taxes ont of their own pockets,

‘you have been pleased to open the “first” | from abroad. What bad the peesent Gov-

session of the Legislature. the addresa told us that we Legislature for the past hundred years

The mover of } had & | samples to exhibitions elsewhere ?

ernment done in this matter of sending The >| Only exhibits they sent: te Chicago were

and in view of this facet he (Mr. Gordon) | the 47 sainples of heterogenous grain

objected to the present Legislature being | grown on the Stock Farm. He thought the peragraph in the speech referring to the | Lieut.-Governor ex-

| apoken of as the firat.

of the late

; death

ut could any | - gentleman stand up in his place and teil | us what prizes this grain carried off? | Why did they not send the fanious bull!

they weuld Le more careful to see that tke | pressed public feeling. The late Governor i Challenge to Chicago; that famous ani-

mey was properly expended. Speaking fthe manner in which the Publie Ac- yynts were made up, he asid he thought apital and current accounts should be kept separate He congratuiated the Leader of the Government upon the great ictory he had achieved on the end spoke of the great progress inade al! aieng the line by tle Liberal party. He iid not think it 2 discouraging sign that # tax Was about to be imposed. It is now acim: tted by all that a mistake was made ynen the Assesament Act passed by Davies administration was repealed had uo dowbt that when the Liberals were

efurned to power with Laurier at their heal, ara Davies aa firat Jieutenant ¢t look after our interesta and assert our trvlits, that taxation wotild not Le neces- sary. Looking from Ottawa to the old , he referred to Lord Roseberr: 1 Gladstone, juoting from the former’s rst epeech as follows

“He (Gladstone) heard the guns salat-

the batt! eof W aterioo, he ti “ard some of Canning’s greatest speeches, he heard the Reform debate in 1831 thie Hous and Lord Brougham’s memorable speech. He

was, over halfa century ago,the right hand man ofSir Robert Peel's

famour govern- ' :

ma when to this coating of history

; h he acquired so long ago is a lded own transcendent personality,

t seems to me, help being reminded

f®ome noble river that has gathered ics rom various *&

nis through whicl

has passed, but has preserved its identity i pe red anu volume bef

“plendicd eternal sea

gathered itself into one

re breasts

13th Dec., ;

the |

He |

} was an open-hearted, generous

i per. : men who framed the address might

i

| ceased Governor.

Hon.

| appointment as Governor-General,

| Mr. Gordon dealt with the paragraph re- | garding the change in the constitution, re- marking that it was yet tco soon to ex-

man—a | |} man who desired to sce the Islard pros- i He thought, however, that the gentle have | said something more in praise of the de- After referring in com- plimentary language to Lord Aberdeen’s

mal which the hon. member for Spring-

ton. said, -had carried off 0 j many first. prizes at fairs? Mr. | Shaw then reviewed. the . paragraph

| Concerniug the eheese industry. He point- }ed out that some years ago several | cheese factories were started without the ; assistance of any administration, and, a2 a

consequence, they went down. Then the | Dominion Government took hold and sent | Professor Roberston here to help the in

| press an opinion regarding the benefits that | dustry along. At first he could hardly get

would be derived from it. tive party had tried hard to effect such a change, but, through no fault of theirs, success had not attended their efforts. He

hoped thai the change would prove bene |

ficial. He regretted that the harvest last year was not so bount ful as im former year, and that there were many persona in actual want. When youcowe to a-k those people to contribute to the taxes - of the country it will be very hurd indeed. He then dealt with the paragraph relating to cheese factories, and hoped these factor es would be even more successfal in the future than they had been in the past. The Dominion Government was deserving of hearty thanks for way in which they had assisted this movement. There

' the

was no doubt that the people at the polls |

on the 13th December had given the Government a strong mandate to put down the liquor traffic, and they

vow look to them todo their duty in the matter. The paragraph regarding taxa- tion was very important. He hoped the Government would act with and not tax the farmer unmercifully. He was astonished that the public accounts were not laid on the table the first day of

moderation |

The Conserva- | an audience, but finally one district took

hold of the matter, and now there are no

| less than 11 factories in the Province, and | upwards of $50,000 has already Leen placed in the pockets of the farmers through this , medium, He then contrasted the conduct | of the Dominion Government in this mat

ter with the conduct of the present local | Government. While the Dominion Gov- fetnment bad » done all in their

power to help along the industry, the | local government had closed their hands to

the farmers. The question of prohibition

was next taken up and the remarks of the ' preeeeding speakers on thé Government

side were reviewed. The hon. members : from Marray Harbor and St. Peters and | the Leader of the Government, seemed to vie with each other as to which was the | most sincere temperance man and the

greatest friend of prohibition. But how

had the Leader vf the Government kept | the promixe he made to the King’s County Temperanée Alliance? . He told the Alliance he would give them prohibition if he was returned again. He was returned, } but what had he done in the matter since? | He had done nothing. The Alliance had | in view of this fact, passed a resolution con-

After some further remarks Mr. Mac- | the session, and stated that the Premier | demning the.conduet of the Government. kinnon closed his speech with the follow- had not kept his promise in the matter of | Mr. Shaw then took up the statement —a tabling these accounts. The remark of | made by the hon. member from St. Peter's “There's a Divinity that shapes our ends, | the mover of.the address that a good time | regarding the drinking habita of far-

Rongh-hew them how we mar. ” was coming, when an eminent statesman | mers when they came to the city, denied

Mr. Arthur Peters seconded the motion | fom thie Province would be in power, | its truth and hurled the statement tack t> go into committee on the speech fron: reminded him of the fact that Virgil nearly | into the teeth of the hon. member. He the throne. He congratalated the mover | *¥° thousand years ago predicted a / glso denied the statement made that the

i his able effort, and eaid he would en- | “golden age” when all should be under @ | Sullivan Government came into power on leavor to be as concise as possible. The government which would be most sublime | the promise to repeal the assesement act, matte s referred to in the speech may, he | but that time has not yet arrived. The | and quoted {rom the card of the then asid, he narrowed down to three: Jews, through their poets, prophets, and | Leader of the Government to prove that

Change in constitution philosopher+, predicted that the time was | such was not the case. Proceeding, he

2. Question of prohibitic coming when they should occupy Jeru- | contrasted the financial policies of the

Guextion of taxatior | salem and give laws and religion to the! Jate government and the present one,

I any years it had been tried to! * orld But the Jews are to-day exiles | pointing out the deficits of the Peters ad- bolish the Upper House and lessen the | scattered over theearth. He thought the | ministration. “God knows,” said

f legislation thie Province. I, | ™O¥e? and seconder of the resolution | be, “what the deficit will be

: ed by both the Sullivan and Mc- | before the House would find that their | this year.” After pointing to the farge Leod Governments, but they failed becanse | BOpe#? were founded on the same baseless | amounts owed the banks by the Govern- und equitable measure had ever | f™Undation | ment, he took up the Premier’s speech in

heen submitted. The Liberal Govern-| Hon. Mr. Peters followed, but stated he | the Lyceum, quoting that part of it in however, formulated a measnre and | did not intend to prolong the debate. He | which he promised to go to his constit-

arvied it, thereby effecting @ large #aving | teit he expressed the opinion of all mem- | vents. before resorting to taxation, and

na giving the people what they desired. | beas in regard to the elevation of Hun. | Showed up the deception practised by the ” ponents raised the ery that the two- | Mr. Gordon as leader of the opposition, in | Leader of the Government when he ap- ause in the bill amalgamating | saying that no man had a better right to | pealed to the people. He (the leader)

was unconstitutional, although | that high and honorable porition. He | knew just as well when he

“eh legislation had been enacted in both | congratulated the mover and seconder of | ™de the speech in the Lyceum eogiand and America. The result ba+| the speech. He thought ho etronger lan- that he wanted $100,000 as he did proved that the Government wae right | guage could be expressed regarding the | when he addressed the meeting at Mount

1 the Opposition wrong, and nobody | death of-Lieut.-Governor Carvell than the | Stewart. Why did he not have the eour-

donbts the constitationality of the shortcriap words contained inthe refer- | 8g¢ and manliness to say so at the time 7 sure As to prohibition, Mr. Pevere | ence thereto in the speech. He believed | He assured the Government that the Op aid that politicians must now listen to} the action of the late Lieut-Governor, in | Position would give their support to a he people on this question. Many farm- reserving the amalgamation bill, was one | scheme of taxation that would bear lightly ers "9 spend one or two dellara when i which that hon gentleman at thet) 0m the people; but ifsuch a scheme were the come to town on liquor, yet. ry | time conscientiously believed to be | not formulated, if the tax were not & just Mere mod bs wll het pr tas | Henn Moo'nl, %,Lreonane ovron | eevee sar Shey coal ete a to pay iy was congratulated | “e!r support. she question is now being tried in Oo-| by every person on the Island. For a! The motion carried and the House went aria ae to whether the Provinces have ihe | number of years Senator Howlan had tak. | into committee on the draft addrese, with power to pass a probibitory law. He \ | Mr. Robertson in the chair. The report

thought they had not, but if the court de- cided that they had, then he pointed ont owing to our geographical position the means that would hase to he adopted and the coat entailed to enforce prohibition, he feit dubious as to whether they could af. ford to employ them Proceeding, be said the hon. member for New Perth stat- ed thet before the session was over, some of the members of the Government would he glad io fly to the bosom of their fami-

* when some of their acts came before the House; no doubt, meaning more par-

‘teulariy that relating to taxation He (Mr. Peters) believed that the people were prepared for taxation. Phe large meeting held at Mount Stewart

endorsement of Premier Peters’

that meeting, was a proof, if such were needed, of this. Secchine of why taxation was rendered ao imperative now, he pointed out that in Conservatives obtained poweron the tax curse cry, and which, although they

and the epeech, by

promised to repeal, they kept in operation |

the three following yearr, collecting more _ than ever the Davies government did. by Hoe ae otions statement was inade they could

rf run the ation.

eas - country without tax- be untrue when it was

In 1987 they hed 9 surplus of

1879, the}

Ferguson, rew Senator, that |

en an active part in pressing @ certain matter—the tunnel—upon ment of Canada. He had

the Govern-

thought at times, with two great zeal. He

(Mr. Peters) deplored the contemptible |

attacks on the Lieutenant-Governor which have lately appeared in the press, and con- demned not only those who would n such, but also those who would allow such to be printed in a paper against @ man who himself. Proceeding Mr. Peters said we have been accustomed to hear “blue ruin Grits,” but now the hon. leader of the Op-

position preaches that doctrine. as witness his speech to-day. He has, since the c nlargement of his d¥trict had an Opportunity of

going among the people and has found out | that the story of “bine ruin” is true. The | hon gentleman may have exaggerated the toutter or like a man seeing a thing for the first time he thinks it is awful. He (Mr. P) “nee the picture regarding po verty on the Island was @ little overdrawn by Mr. Gordon. The leader of the opposi- | tion is glad of the result of the plebiscite, , and probably looks to this govern- jment t© put the liquor question | right. Will the tory arty and press assist in this, or, willf} they do as they did when the plebiscite was taken, all they could against it, At that time Tur Examiner and tory politicians etated

made that ob |} ject a hobby, and persisted in in it, some |

* pot in @ position to defend |

of the committee was adopted.

The address was ordered to be engrossed, and a® committee was appointed to wait |} upon His Honor to ascertain when he would be ready to receive it.

} House adjourned until 3 p.m. on Mon | day.

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severely is thet they have not adjusted their banking systéin to the wants of their country. — That system+-was an abnor- mal growth of the civil war, and the states- men of the neighboring republic have not heen alive to the necessities of the | time. Had they been, they would have | mere thoroughly adapted their. banking system to the wants and. neeessities of their, country.. Another reason is found in. our climate. . Notwithstanding the i grumbling we ‘sometimes hear among our peor ‘about the. tiggrous climate of ‘anadla; T believe, and haye always felt, | ‘that our climate is caleulated to develop a | mote Vigdrotis And Pélust type of man- hidod® than’ midré southern latitudes. In no small degree onr people ate indebted to | our rigorous climate for their ability | to face difficulties -se bravely and successfully as they are deing. Although we sometimes. cast jetlous eyes on the neighboring cougtry and eavy them the comparative mildness of their climate, I believe that the best part of the Re- | public is found in the strip of country ly- ing within one hundred miles to the south of our boundary, possessing a climate sim ilar to ours, and that if it were not for that portion of their country, the United States would not be as great as it is to- day. It isin the northern portion of the Republic that the greatest development is taking place. Although some hen. gen- tlemen may not agree with me, I think that the moderate character of our fiscal system has had something to do with our ability to successfully stem the tide of depression prevai'ing around us. Al- though we are in the habit of speaking of | our tariff as a very extreme One, ‘We | should bearin mind that it is. very

mod. | erate as compared with that of the United | States, and just asthe Banking system of | Canada has proved iteelfito be adapted to the wants: of the , our: fiscal tem, though it may not be perfect. and may require; as beliéve _ it does, ver¥ serious ‘tonSideration adjustment, has saved us from disaster— the test.of experience has proved that the principles underlying it ate adapted to the condition of ourcountry, I feellike con- gratulating the Government on one very gratifying feature of our public affairs-— thet is, that having ‘ong ago grappled with: great enterprises,such as the Canadian Pa- cifie Railway, and having aceomplished what they had mndertaken,—thereby con- siderably increasing the debt ofthe country | —having still [iberally provided for such great works, theréhas not been any serious inctease in the taxation of the country, during the Jast ten years. I Jook upon that as a very gratifying. circumstance. In expressing to the age ese of the G overn- ment biy views on thix point,dam pipased to be-the medium of conveyingto. them the congratulations of a very mucly greater _au- thorify’than T am—one whose good opinion, T know, they will very-highly ~appreciate. ‘Ten years ago, a very distinguished gen- tleman, till dietingarshed in the political affairs of Canada,Sir Richard Carttright, declated himself in the words which Lam now about to read toythis House. ~ 1 am quoting . from- a speech. of his —in- re- ply tothe Bidet Speech, in 1884~

“Now, I admit that abstract proposi- tions cannot always be depended on. But I say that-in matters Snancial you can al- | most certainly, with safety, lay down this proposition; that whenever, without war | or some. other extraordinary cause like that, you find the. taxes of a country in-| creasing very rap‘dly, increasing out of all proportion to its population, you. Nitay rest assured that the Government ‘has been grossly extravagant, and in al! pro- bability grossly corrupt, And when you find the taxation remain stationary for a term of veare, you may feel equally aseur- ed that the Govérnment has been honestly and economically conducted.”

sys

In connection with thie proposition, I | have here rome figures that I have taken |

from the Public Accounts.

TAXATION,

1BBS-B4 ... eee esse cece ee nes « $Z5,483,199.19 | T8B4-BB oS. ceeeeee 25,384,529.32 DIES... .5..ncconsvessnnccaiea » “SD ean BT ooo os 5 cnesesn ses oa cuney A NED «0.5. 9:0.01s -cna-cerspenaae oI BI occa concrihetie nes saik ies 30,613,522.51 gn eee , + 31,587,071.73 at ee . 30,214,151.15 ook eee 28,446,157.31 PUM Sos 05 << ca vese kee 29,321,367.42 $283,240,869.95

Average taxation for 10

FOOTE oo .n cscs sens -.c0: sR OO Taxation for years 1882-88 29,269,698 81

do do 1892-93 29,321,367 42 |

Amount of average taxa-

tion for 10 years, less than taxes for 1882-85 Amount of taxation for 1892-93 in excess of taxa- CE Bilt BI icine ns cscs. Rate of taxation per head ‘

945,611 82 |

51,668 61

Oe ahi ccotcuioes es 6 75 Rate of taxation per head SO | SIP ics ices conse resins 6 07

During the last year a-most important exhibition of the industries of the world was held in the city of Chicago,and jt is a matter of great satisfaction and gratification to the people of Canada that our country took such a good position on that occasion. I have been looking over the reports, as far as they are available, and find that’ in two articles especially Canada has made extraordinary progress : one is in the mat- ted of dairy products, especially of cheese, and the other manufactures,

At Philadelphia, in cheese, Canada re- ceived 49 awards out of 195 entries, while at Chicago, Canada received -736 awards out of 849 entries, at Philadelphia, the Canadian cheese was very uneven, some made four points over an American cheese others a very low grade.

It is most gratifying, that almost, the entire exhibit from: Canada was of such a high character at Chicago. that it-almost debarred United States cheese from taking awards at all.

In another department Canada has proved herself to bos progressed admir- ably, that is in manufactures. Jt is true that at the Chicago Exhibition there were not as many Canadian exhibitors as there were at Philadelphia, but the more im- portant and higher character of the exhibits is proved by the larger percentage of awards given to Canadian exhibitormen that oceasion, and it is worthy of notethat a very é¢minent authority, the Hon. Robert Thurston, who was chairman of the cam- mittee on jurors and awards at Chicago, made a statement which is certainly in the highest degree creditable to Canada. “He is from Cornell University, a professor in that university, and was officially connected with the Centennial Exhibition as weil, and he stated that he had examined the Canadian exhibit of genera! and agricul- tural machinery with very great care, as he had sixteen years before at Philadelphia. In design, construction and smoothness of running, he considered ours eqnal to any

small extent it infty be in thes Northwest. Canadian manufacturers have not had so long an experience in manufacturingfor the

prairie country as their competitors in the |

south, but this difficulty will, no doubt, be overcome before very long. It has been overcome so far as the old provinces are concerned, and we have implemerite well suited to our wants, and I think as good in quality as can be found in any country underthe sun. The state of Canada in respect to farming implements might be compared to that of the children of Israel under the ru‘e of Saul, the son of Kish. It is, perhaps, unnecessary to recite to

| hon. gentlemen, who are well’ acquainted

with this little bit of biblical history, how in that time—

“There was no smith found in all the land of Brael. For the Philistines said lest the Hebrews make them swords or

spears. But all the Tsraelites went down to the Philistines to sharpen every man. his share, and

his conlter, and his axe, and his mattock. Yet they had -a file for the mattocks,’and fur the coulters, and for the forks, and for the axes, and to sharpen the goads.”

We were not quite as badly offas that twenty or thirty years ago, but our condi- tion approximated to it. We remember the extraordinary industrial development ofthe Israelitish nation under King Solomon when was built the temple fifty or sixty-years afterwards. The change in Canada has perhaps, not been so great, but it iyratifying that we now find manu- factured in our own country a line of agri- cultural implements wel! suited to our wants, lent in their character and cheap tr theie price. Iam not exp*essing any Opinion whatever as to the rate of duty impose on these articles, whether it may be reduced or otherwise,I am not ina position to express any opinion on that point at the present time. If these manu- facturers are as well established aa I believe they are.and can now maintain themselyes with asmaller rate of duty, the farmers of Canada will hail the change withta great deal of satisfaction. ~1 con- gratulate Canada on the showing made at

the Chicago exhibition, and on the atmissioh “of the chairman of the committee. of jurors and awards,

that Canada had progressed wellin th matter of manufacture of agriculture implements since the Centennial Exposi- tionat Philadelphia. Similar testimony

was given by the commissioner represent-_ Aastrian nation on that “oecasion-} 4.

ing t to whi¢h Pwould also refer. “While speak: ing on this subject, I may also say a word about the breach of comity on the part of the American managers of the exposition in regard to these very agricultural imple-

‘ments, Tt was mot extraordinary con-

duet according to the information I have obtained—the treatmeft which Canadian exhibitors of farming implements received at Chicago. It appears that Canada and:

even Great Britain bad no representative

on the committee of jurors. here were

five American gentlemen apon that’ com-} mittee and a representative each frorm:

Austria and Russia. Neither Britain nor Canada was represented upon that board 6fjarore, nevertheless awards were inadé to the Canadian binders, mowers, reapers, threshers, separators and al] the, different classes of implements. The awards were made, but were either changed ‘after’: they passed out of the hands of the jurors, or suppressed afterwards, so that they have net been given fo the manufdéthrers of

Canadian goods. This is a matter of very 4 great regret, for it isthe only unpleasagt.

tijng and the onl¥ catise Of unpleasant feeling that has arisen between the two countries in connection with this Chieago Exhibition. I might here refer to the examination of the Hon Mr. Thacher, the chairman of the executive committee of the exposition at a meeting of the National Commission held at Wash- ington in September last, where he was

asked some questions on this subject of awards to Canadian maunfactures, He Paid ;

There are only three exhibits so far as [can understand, represented by foreigners of the class that were ordered into the field, and those exhibits were examined, but as I stated iu my paper here, they did not receive an award—that is infomation which I perhaps ought not to give.

Q. Does that cover the entire ground that they will not receive an award ?—A, Yes, sir.

Q. Then there will be no cause for alarm on the part of American exhibitors that foreign exhibits will be examined on the floor in any way to harm the trade of the home exhibitor at all?—A. No, sir.

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1894.

- SAURDAY, MARCH 31,

. —— renee a eS SENATOR FERGUSON'S SPEECH | in the exhibition, and he considered that? irs i ' nah is f | Canada had in these sixteen years show ; n U ; * greater progress*than any other nationipy, e ; ; 8 7 n . f He, iM t . hi . 7 f veal ‘ f ; ; e a. ia I may say that this is a matter o ar x rod : t 0 Mo . the Senat Add ess satis tion to uss, because it is not sO -Very - a Pe 1 I long ago since Canada was dependent upon I ul 6 é "| the neighboring republic for its agricul- EW ! | . i . a: iain i . @ eee tural implements, and it is a very unsatis factory state of things indeed when a | OBB Y ! j 5 ( i \ - Z 4%2.4 and Arguments oting. | country has to depend upon foreign | | ag Pacts 6 Worth N ng | nations for its agricultural machinery. It | A g - is less than twenty-one years since Canada ia dal . —at least a part. of it from which Leome ; ea a ’ i ; ; : Ss. Ce LCONTINUED. } | —was the dumping ground for the agri- That’s ou New Hats. | » The Speech from the Throne congratu- | eultural implements of the United States, | : ee Sm Dethte: Nat lates us = ofr comparative ccbiale from re and ete py a our window fér Prices ‘and the Cepression which has prevailed in | Which were passing out of use in their own | ” 5 . ; ; ‘la almost a other poe dnring the eomnteye: shee: emabintacannestrags Sty les. past year. am ine ined to attribute the upon us andi - m 7 ‘ a } = : immunity of Canada from the great and | years after they had become unsaleable in | JAS. PATON & CO.., = serious depression td <attses—-some at] Se United States. They purchased them sel which I shell réfer to-a@aieaes which hon Sat very high prices ipdeed, and it is very i Dy, e Re ii al le Hatters gentlemen will bear me out in saying are , pleasing that during the last few ro na - 2 very potent inflmences if warding off such | oUF manufacturers have 80 auccesstully i an ste’, Sean 2 . a depression as that which has been passing | grappled with this question and ~— } : over the earth. -One Is our banking system | Canada on an equality with = ms nl “ag | AN OFF -R which will not —the adaptability of ‘our system of bank- | States in the matter of agricultura impie- | : J “ty ing to the wants and necagsities of the {‘ments. I believe that our manufacturers | ~ « be repeatedg ,.We will offe: country, Oné.very pow 1 reason why | have the _— in thelthhendetbaere oa tine aie i cm tof i ncebealt 2 s time a large ican nei , “re time very well in, their hands / 3 , : ¢ . b €¢ BD re a our republican neighbours have suflered so ) ’ 7 shipment of New Portieres