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hon. gentlemivn's Whole spoech, all his bud-| ge Ss Igces, ever’ budge spee a I have! heard him deliver in this House, would lead any person to suppose that he was no’ mas | tor of the very firsS prineiple of taxation in|

re | ti) relation to tis country. Why, the tiriff doxs no’ impose taxation, The tariff) collects taxation ; win dos 1 LUpPoOs9 |

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coun’ *y: Th } i public eredit.

wurpos. of maintaming tho Tho hoa. gentleman ought to know, I say, that the customs tariff is adopted as a means of collecting the taxation imposed by the} public debt; and that the public credit must be maintained. A means must be found by taxation to sustain the public credit, and carry on the ordinary adminis- tration of public affairs.

DO WE WANT RECIPROCITY.

Sir, I say if we want to see the treaty of 1854, under which both countries pros pered, renewed, there is only one way ol getting it, and that is by putting ourselves in the position we were in when we ob- trined it; and not by going into negotia-| tions, as Hon. Ceorzge Brown went Into tiem, asking for concessions from the United States, and when asked if he had anything to give in return, saying that we hil alecaly given all we hal to give. They, o: course, said ** Goold morning to you, li we hive it all our own way now, we wil let} mi:ters stand as they are.” I had the pleasure of meeting one of the most eminent ia2n on the Fishery Commission, from the United States, at Sir A. T. Gali’s dinner table, and he asked m2 what the party lines were in Canada. I said the policy of the party with which Iam connected is to en deavor to toster Canadian industries by such a readjustment of the tariff as would give them increased protection. ‘‘ Ah!” he said, ‘‘you and [ would no} agree then, for Tam an out-and-out free trader.” I said “Tt am not certiin that we would not agree,’ and L asked him, ‘‘What would you doif you were living in Canada, and if you knew that nature hal provided in the coal fields of Nova Scotia, the means of providing Boston and New York with coal, and that nsiare had provided the United States with| te means of supplying the great Province of Ontario with coal!’ Would yoa allow the mining industry of your own country to be dsstroye by a 75 per cent. duty on coal going out of Cxnada into the United States, and would yoa be willing that Camada should receive 699,009 tons of American coil without charging acent for duty?’ “No,” ho said, ‘{ woald see them further.” H3 said, “ Fre2 trader as ‘I am, [ would m23 ths daty of the United States with precisely the sam2 duty as they imposed upon m» There isn> onsin the United S:ates more auxioas to see you doit than I am a3 a bystanler, and I will tell you why. All you have todo is tv pursue the con- mon s2n32 plan of meeting the Anerican as he doves you, and put th» duty on his coal, ani I will g2t thecoil cheaper, and the sa n2 thing will take place in Ontario.” I give that to hon. gentlemen, and I ask if it doa3 not appeal to every man with common scnse. °

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Hon. gentlemen opposite sul: “ You canno’ mee the diffizalty ; your position is a p2ciliaron2 ; the peopl? of Canada can- not choose their fiscal policy. Ther: is a power a ove and beyond us which controls our actions ; anlif we wanted to-day to have a different tariff with the United States and Great Britain it would be re- fused! I join issue with tho hon. gentle man, ani! say the time has com>? when I believe it is not only the duty of Canada to haze a Canadian policy, but I believe they will m22t with no difficulty whatever in carrying out a Canadian policy. Have we not hvi differential duties ? I want to know wat the tea duty was if it wasno5 differ- ertial ; if it did not operate on tea coming fron the United States very diffsrently from wht it did if the tea came from Eng jani. I want to know whan the national policy was carrie] in the House whether we hal nos a dif>rential tarif, and if he looks on th: S:atute Book, he will find that when

2 proposed to have a duty on salt, we ex- em ‘2d in the Act—wa specially exempted —all salt coming from Great Britain and all British possessions anywhere, cdlonigl possessions, or com'ng from any part of the world to be used in the saa and galt fish- eries, so that the hon. gentlemen will find tiat policy has been fairly conceded as far a3 the Imperial Govern nent was con- corn}; but there is a mode of meeting the quastion, which [ am satisfie] would avoid any diffl:ulty whatever. Tae hon. gentle- man sakes Gis head, but I will give for it as hig an authority as ho—Sir A. T. Gall, in the sneech to which I have referred. He pointed out that it was not only the duty of this country to protect Canada against un- fair competition on the part of the United States of America, but he pointed out, and he expressel himself as having enter- tained no doxbt about it,—anl he is cor- tainly as well qualified to express such an opinion as any man in this country, what- ever,—that tigre would not be the slightest objection on the part of the Imperial Gov- ernment to having sucha policy adopted. I say that this policy could be adopted—a revenue policy, or such a policy with rela tion to goods coming from Great Britain or, from Britis possessions, as the necessities | and the fiscal policy of Canada indicated, | and another jariif for all the rest of the | world. That would apply only to the) United States practically, because our ln- ports fron outer portions of the world, are aimost uniformly articles upon)

which there are specific and not ad vrulo-|

rem duties, and we could adjust that) however, something decided would have} be that they consider the drawing of their I protected it in a great measure, and a large | s4laries the principal duty required by them,

to the interests of Canada as we pleased. I) have no doubt that this would meet the, only serious difficulty represented by the. hon. gentleman opposite a3 standing in the way of atruly Canadian policy, and one, zat those who wish to see Canadian enter- | ris2 and Canadian industries flourish, feel 1; is m2 that the country should grapple with earnestly and deal with as I have men- tioned. I shall now conclude my observa- -tions by thanking the House very much for, giving mo this opposjunity of meeting the

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the Minister of Finance, and of broadly S ving our policy tho oli sy on \ h ch We are prepared to stand an { fall in the pres- enes of the free and intelligent people o! this country, and to that people 1 can as- gure the hon. gentlemen we shall be mos arbitrament of that great question an 1 bow to their decision sovereign people of the country 13 entitled.

Dr. ‘lupper was three hours delivering his speech. He criticised very severely the public accounts as presented by Mr. Cart- wright. His utterances upon the trade question Lhave quoted at soime length in order that the people of Prince Edward island may know just what the opinions of one of the leading members of the Liberal Conservative party—one of the two greatest politicians of Canada—are upon that lmpor- tant subject. /

Mr. Pops’s Speech.

frHE ADDRESS RESUMED—GOVERNOR GENER-

ALS POPULARITY—THE PREMIER'S RE-

CEPTION IN THE MARITIME PROVLINCES—

SOURIS BREAKWATER WINTER MAIL

COMMUNICATION—THS NORTHERN LIGHT —THE NEXL ELECTION.

The following is the report of Mr. Popes |

ee Hansard -—~ Mr.:Pors (Queen's, were told in the Speech from the Throne that nothing beyond the ordinary business of the country needed their attendance ; \ 1 7 . : wes a that there was no legislation required. That was a matter of congratulation, anl both the House and the country should rejoice that Canada had reached such a happy state that no legislation was required. He had the that not a single important measure had added to the Statute Book while the present party hal beeen in power; and therefore they might conclude from that that the country was left in such a state by the Conservative party that no more legislation was neces- y. Inthe second resolution, reference was made to the departure of the Governor- General from this country. ‘This was a mat- ter of regret in which he heariily joined. His Exzellency hid male himself acquaint- ed with all the Provinces of the Douinion, and conversant-with the wants and wishes of the people. He had gained a great deal of information which he would necessarily carry away with him, and he looked upon his departure a3; nstional loss. He was sure that His Excellency and Her Excellency, when they left this country, would carry with them the very best wishes of the commun- ity. Further on in the speech they were t id that Sitting Ball had come into this Dominion. Weill, he wished him 4 pleasant time; he was sure the gentlemon was wel- cong, but he did not know that they should feel any very special interest in him. Bat, a3 there wa3 nothing tou legislate about, his opinion was that the hon. the First Minis- ter—whorn he looked upon as a greater man than Sitting ball, as he occupied a more im- portant position in this country—should have told tlie House a little of his own ex- curaions during the sunmer. H>2 might have told them of his political raid through the Maritime Provinces, and of the success which attended that raid; how the people flo.ked round him, and how satisfied he was at leaving—particalarly Princa Edward Is- land, where there had been no reaction and where he expected that at the next election there grould not be one Conservative re- creat When the hon. gentleman arrived at Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, he set to work at once to gather people together to hear -his politizal harrangues.. The Railway Superintendent sent a macssage to Ontario that large placards were posted all over the Provinze inviting people to hear the hon. gentleman, and about one- third of the people were there. He had no o» jection to an hon. gentleman who ocsupied such a high position, getting a good recap- tion. He woald like to hear that the hon. the First Minister hala good reception, and that he was treated with the respect his position entitled him to ; but, when he (Mr. Pope) saw the public institutions of the country used for political purposes, he con- sidered it would be well for every man to vote against anything of the kind. Weil, the hon. the Prime Minister did have a great political meeting at Charlottetown, and he addressed the meeting for a long time. During his speech three cheers were asked for Sir John A. MeDonald,and three- fourths at once cheered for the Opposition. This was an indication that six Liberal members were to be returned for Prince Edward Island at the next election. It would have been much better for the coun- try if the hon. member, when he was down there, had looked a litile more to the in- terests of his country, and had done the duty that the responsible oftice which he held required at his hands. He (Mr. Pope) referred tothe great public work dowa at Souris, for which this Elouse had voted sixty or seventy thousand dollars, If the

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great work, he would have seen that, unless

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Speech on the Ad lress, a3 reported in the |

P. E. L) said they |

' ‘would be. ‘or eighty thousand dollars, and this year ‘probably twenty or thirty thousand collars ‘had been spent tomake her fit for sea. 'Thoy have heard nothing of that boat in ‘the Speech. But he did not blame the |Government for that so much as this fact : 'last Session when the matter was brought lup in this Honse, the members of the Senate | fr Edward Island and one from waited upon tho First

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of sending the mails by another way. One of those hon. geutlemen stated they had ‘lived a lifgtime in those parts, and had | crossed the Straits for thirty years, and sup-

| posed they knew a little about them. ‘This was‘a most important matter to the peuple of Prince Edward Island. Well,

the first ice this winter, this steamer stuck ‘in and remained for eight days about seven miles from Pictou. ‘They had an_ ice-boat but no crew to take the passengers on shore. The passengers at last got to Georgetown,

where they remained several days ; an’

the people of Prince Sdward Island . . ° ry

were eigat days without a mail. Ihe

boat was cut out the other day and went back to Prince Edward Island. ‘Then she /made another attempt to cross the Straits, ‘and he had received telegrams from infl- jential gentlemen the previous day—a post ,ollice imspector, a railway manager and 'others —stating ‘‘ No Northern Light since

i Saturday: sixteen miles from Pictou, with mails. No com uunication since Saturday.” If the Government wsiel to try exper- ments with this boat, let-them send it where they would, only allow the people of Prine Edward Island to get their mails. It was a strong cause of complaint, and he did hope that the hon. the Postmaster General would at once make arrangaments so that the mails ‘should be regularly received, This boat might have done well in running when there was noice. This and last year they had had exceptional winters, but they never could depend on having the mails sent in winter by that boat. Let them experiment with the boat at Wallace or Pugwash, or where they liked, but the mails must not be detained for days and weeks together. Now the hon. gentleman (Mr. Mackenzie) had made a statement that six members of his politics would be returned from Prince Ed- wird Isiand at the next election. He could only say this—give the people of that Pro- | vince the opportunity and the hon. gentle- ‘man would see what he would get. And he ‘contended that au early opportunity should be given to the people of this country, be- | cause he thought Ministers had no right to ‘carry on a Government so long, when they (had every reason to believe that they had inot the confidence of the country with 'them. The evidence of the elections was that they had not. In eight out of every ten single elections that had been run du- ring the past year, the supporters of the Government had not been returned. In Yneen’s County they had a candidate who was looked upon as a thoroughly strong supporter of the Government; but, not- withstanding the influence the Looal Gov- ernment brought to bear on the election, he (Mr. Pope) was returned. He thought they could not have stronger evidence than that the people were against the pre- sent Government.

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To the Editor of the Examiner : Dear Str,—I wish to call your attention to! a great iujustice which has been inflicted upon: me. Some years ago | borrowed some money upon my leasehold property, and since taen 1 honestly paid itand interes in full, I also | paid a lawyer fur marking the mortgage. dat | isfied, i took the document to the Registry Vilize anl paid seventy cents for ita registry. his was two yearsago. A short time ago I weat to the Laud Office ant offered them my lease to get a Government deed, but | was told by a lawyer I could not get one because 1 had| given a mortgage which was still unpaid. I ial nothing to show except the document | had left im the Rezistry Office, and which, through no fault of mine, is still unrecorded. {tis a very hard matter for me to be subjected t» such treatment. Lf L was a Charlottetown

swell or relation of any member of the Govera ment I would not have been so treated; but I ask you, sir, 1s it fair that [ should have to submit to such treatment because 1 am Yours, etc., A Pook CoonTRyMan. March 1, 1878. sid csdidphbilitbihi Nand G43 To the Editor of the Examiner :

Dear Sir,—A few years ago I bought a property and for part ot the purchase money gave a mortgage thereon, wuich mortgage has since been paid, and a satisiaction was ieft in the Registry Office, proved and paid, for reg- istry.

ttaving occasion to borrow some money late- ly to purchase’auother piece of land, 1 applied to a solicitor, who iaformed me that i couid get it, provided my title was perfect and unin- cumbered. You may readily imagive my sur- prise, to say nothing of my indiguatioa, upon

not Leea registered according to law. ‘That,

something were done to protect it when the | autumn gales came, it would ba washe away. Asmall amount would have saved! it; but, although the engineers recommend- ' ed that something should be done for its

the first gale came, three or four hundred feet of the work was washed away. He (Mr. Pope) had been told that the work had | been run up and never properly secured; |

amount would have been saved; whereas, | now thirty or forty thousand dollars would | be added to the cost of the work to make it! what it should be, There was another mat- | ter in regard to which some remarks | might have been made in the Speech. | The Government had spent a _ large amount of money to improve the winter navigation of the Northumberland Straits,

and they might have known what the Pe | sult of putting the Northern Light there

d and done ail that the law requires of me, to en- | title me to have that incumbrance marked ofi,

; ; | ** whole ariny of offivials’ of the Registry Office as ‘ - t ¢ ae ‘ 2 ‘ protection, nothing was done; and, when }may be pleased to perform their duty.

sir, is my pusitiva. Ihave paid all the tees,

bat it appears that i might as well have savea my time and money, until such time as the

Judging from the figures published in the EXAMiNER, it is quite evident that there is one part of their daty which they perform, with satisfaction, to themselves at least; but it may

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