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HOUSE OF COMMONS,

Railway Freight.

MK, MUTTART’S

Mr. Merrant, in moving for an Order of the House for cepies of petitiens, cor- respondence, and ail other papers relating to the lowering of rates charged on the Prince Edward Island Railway, for carry- ing farm produce, tirewood, lumber, coal and salt, said : I have ne desire to trespass upon the time of the Houseto any tn- hecessary extent, but the importance to the whele country of the subject referred to in the motion, as well as its special im- portance, when considered in relation te the interests of the Island, f

SPEECH.

form a sufficient apology for any little. demand I may make on your patience and attention, I am pleased to be able to state that in refer- enc> to its railway the Island has few grievances to lay before Parliament. The chief object now sought to be attained is to procure a slight diminution in the amount of the rates charged for freight and passenger traffic. At the inception oi the road 1¢ was exceedingly unpopular with the peeple. But that unpepularity is a thing of the past. And so great has been the convenience to the public, and so mani- fold have been the advantages of the read, that the people in the settlements remote from the main line are now petitioning for t railways. East Point, Rustico, Campbellton and Cape Traverse, are all seeking to participate in what is now gen- erally recognized to be a great public bene- fit. I trust that at no gistant day tle Government will see fit to listen to thie these petitions,. and extend branch railways to these settlements. Under the late Administration the peeple never entertained any very sanguine ex- pectations that these branches would be constructed; chiefly from extravagant man- agement, number of officials, and lack of economy, the expenses of the Railway under the late Government far exceeded The people could hardly ex- pect under these circumstances that the Gevernmwent would consent to an increased expenditure in the construction of the branch line. But. fortunately for the Island and the whole country, a change of management has been made. A great saving, as J shall presently show, has been effected in the expenses ef running the road, the receipts more nearly equal the expenditure, and these are circumstances that lead the people to believe that thers is now a fair prospect of the Branch lines being constructed. | have said that things have changed for the better. Frem lst may, 1878, to Ist February, 187%, the expenditure in connection with tlic road has been less than during the correa- ponding peried of the year previous ly about $60,000. The present Superin- tendent, Mr. MacNab, has been able, with the assistance of two clerks, to do the werk heretefore performed by Mr. Me- Kechnie, Mr. Cunningham, and six other efficials, effecting a saving in the cffice of the Superintencent alone «if $5,000 per year. Mr MacNab has proved himself to be a careful and painstaking oflicer and an able and efficient Snperin- tendent. Inthe light of his arduons and responsible duties, and in consideration of the valuable services he has rendered in reducing unnecessary expenditure, and promoting the interests of the read, I trust the hon. the Minister of Railways will see fit te recommend that his salary be increased. The Gevernment have acted wisely in re- ducing the number of officials, but it is ne less its duty te see that those retained, and whose services ure actually necessary for the preper working ef the road, from the Supsrintendent down to the lowest employe, should receive a fair and adequate compensation for the services rendered. | now desire’ to call the attention of the House to another phase ef the matter, more immediately connected wiih this motion. The people of the Island com- plain that the rates of traffic imposed by the Government are too high, and that they are propertionately greater than are paid on ether Government roads. It will be remembered that the Island is essentially agricultural, and the object of the Government is and should be to af- ford the utmost facilities for the transport- ation to market of the products of the soil. Besides, the road is obliged to compete with water communication at many points, and rates that it would be expedient to adopt for inland railways will be found tuo high te enable it to compete successfully

ith cheaper modes of transport. It is a peculiarity, too, of the Island Railway that, being a surface road and following as it does the curvature of the hills, a longer distance is traversed than if the road were straight, and the farmer are thus charged for greater mileage than what they derive benefit from. Now, if we coinpare the rates on the Intercolonial with those on the Island, we shall see at ence how justly eur people cemplain of the discrimination on the part of the Gov- ernment in fayour of the mainland route, and of the disregard there appears to be

ito Halifax a | miles, is Sc. per bushel, or an average of

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distance of about 800 lo, per bushel for each 190 miles of road. It will thus be seen that. after we allow a little for the difference in the cout of ter- minal handling, we pay on the Island four times as much fer the freight ef eur grain as is charged on the Intercolonial. This, we submit, is neither fair nor reason- able. Where lines of road aro under the control ef a Government, it has no object in charging one section of the people more than another, nor in levying more in pro- portion for a short haul than fer a long han]; and I am satisfied the watter will only require to be brought before the ai- tention of the Government to be promptly and adequately remedied. I am satistied, that the Government will find it to their interest to lower both the freight and the passenger rates on the Island Railway. itis a matter of covstant experience that the lowering of the rates has a tendency to increase the amount of traftic; more especial- ly is this the case where the road is new. The people require to be educated. and in- duced to travel and take advantage of the facilities of transporting their goods by rail. Then, in the course of time it becomes a want and a necossity. The interests of the road and of the. people are instance, identical; and the ihat will enable and encourage the farmers of Prince Edward island to get their grain to Montreal, and to use the road as a convenience of travel, will, in all likelihood, presently, and cer- tainly in the future, be a source of constantly increased revenue to the Government. In view oi the peculiar circumstances of the island, the local chacacter and cheapness of construction of its railway, and of the other considerations, to which I have briefly referred, I irust the Government will at least try the experiment of lower- ing the rates of freight for beth freight and passenger trafic on the Island Railway. Motion agreed te.

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To the Editor of the Examiner.

Dear Srr,—In flat contradiction to Mr, K. McLennan’s letter in the Examiner of Monday, I beg to state :—

1. Mr. McLennan, in his first letter, evi- dently did write to defend Mr. Harper and not himself, because himself was net at- tacked but defended by me in the Preshy- terian, and therefore, as he now admits his defence of himself was ‘* unnecessary.” The necessity which induced him to write, therefore, was really to defend Mr. Har- per. What I had said was :—

‘* We ask aitention to Sturdy John’s boasting He takes ail the credit of thwart- ing the Government in its wise scheme of amalgamations. It was he, according to his own showing, that carried the movement of opposition before the Legislative Council, and Rev. Mr. McLennan, who abominates ‘hateful polities,” was sturdy John’s pli- ant, humble instrument-”

In the above. all mention of Mr. McLen- nan was what, ‘‘ according to Mr. Harper's own showing,’ Mr. Harper represented him to be, and not what I myself held Mr. McL. tobe. Mr. McLennan well enough understands the language, because he uses similar te it when he says of himself :—

‘“*T utterly deny what the Presbyterian suggests. The tenor of his writing would imply that I aid er concur in assailing the Prince of Wales College and its officials. Mr. Harper concocts all the wicked news, and I am his ‘ humble, pliant instrument.’ ”

In these last words of his, which we have italicized, Mr. McLeannan is not giving his own words, but what he represented my words as implying. My mention of his name was showing what Harper’s language was implying of him. As well, then, might I maintain that he himself says that ‘‘ Mr. Harper concocts all the wicked news and Mr. McLennan is his humble, pliant in- strument,” as for him te unjastly ascribe language to me, which | was showing Mr. Harper’s amounted in the Argus about him.

Moreover, to still further show that Mr. McLennan did write to defend Harper, here are his words :

‘‘In the Presbyterian of the 19th inst., Mr. Harper is denounced as an assailant of Prince of Wales College and its Professors, and is held up to public execration as a worthless pretender and mischief maker. . The tenor of his writing would imply that I aid or concur in assailing the Prince of Wales College and its officials. Mr. Har- per cencocts all the wicked news, and | am his humble, pliant instrument. It is no new thing to find the insinuations of the Presbyterian such as will net bear investi- gation,”

2. Mr. McLennan now says that he was not aware that the Argus had assailed him, and that Mr. Lawson was defending him. Well, what I blamed him for was that he was in such haste to defend his dear Harper that he did not wait to see, but lustily pitched into the wrong man ; attacked the friend and passed by the foe. Surely this should make himself feel foolish. If Mr. McLennan had been really writing to de-

en the two lines between rates and dis-

fend himself, he would not have dons this,

3. “lf Mr. Lawson did not attack me my defence would be unnecessary,” says Mr. McLennan. Well, then, Mr. McLen- nan, why did you attempt an unnecessary thing 7? Of course, to aid Mr. Harper ; still you profess that others ‘‘can conduct their own defence if they sodesire.” Well, if so, why did you net let them do it with- ont your unnecessary interference.

4. In my last letter I declared that, Mr. McLennan’s conduct towards me,‘ first and last, especially the matter of causelessly excommunicating me without frial, was ‘such as weuld net bear investigation ” according to the rules of the Presbyterian Chureh, and those of the common sense of the world. He says that these are the principles which he professes to respect ; but that he, as Moderator in his church, does not respect them. Well, this is ex- actly what I declared of him, and that his conduct in this respect ‘* will not bear in- vestigation.” And he proves this fact toa demonstration before the public. Because he fears that the public should know his behaviour—he dreads that« his ‘conduct should be Lrought before the same tribunal which he has brought mine to be judged, namely, ‘the general public,” through ‘‘the seenlar newspaper.” He professed to have amoral charge against me. He ac- cused me of repeated lying, because he said, “Jt is no new thing to find the assertions and insinuations. of the Pretbyterian such as will not bear investigation.” He did not take me befere the Presbytery, as he might have done. That would’nt defend Mr. Harper. But he immediately rushed into print, he resorted to ‘‘the secular newspaper,” and appealed to the ‘general public.” J at once met him before his own appointed tribunal, defended myself againat his unjust attack, and drove him from his own chosen ground. Because I declared in his own language that ‘‘it was no new thing to find” his conduet towards me ‘‘such as will not bear investigation.” I cited only one instance, namely, causeless and tyran- nical ¢xcommunication—surely a more in-

teresting subject than lying. He then says :— “Jt is ‘hateful’ to drag these matters

before the public, who have no special in- terest in them. The secular newspapers have their own previnee ; in Church affairs we have ours.

Is lying net a Church affair? Here, then, he ‘hatefully’ drags me to a tribunal to be judged, where he dreads, for his own conduct, to be breught te the light, refuses to me a privilage he takes himself, just as he laiely did in claiming to be the best ex- ponent of his own views, while he denied me the same right, but condemned me by his own false interpretation ef my words, {[t is not a good indication, when we see people afraid te come to the light. After ‘dragging me before the public,’ and dis- cussing my supposed fault, he refuses to

have his judged at the same _ court, but complains, by implication, that I did not go befere the Pres-

bytery, aud says he is willing te ge. Yes, after he met me and begged me_ not ts take the matter before the Presbytery, and he got my premise that I weuld not take the matter before that court. The highest tes- timeny new to my truthfulness and faith- fulness to my word is the fact that he in- sults me to my face and professes to invite the Presbytery, so as to save his conduct from public exposure and shame, knew- ing that I will keep my promise and not take him at his word. Will he dare name any rule of procedure or law of the Presby- terian Church, or of any other church, that would justify him for his ecclesiastical des- potism and ridiculous injustice towards me? Does Mr. McLennan understand this? Yours truly, S. G. Lawson. April 28th, 1880.

MENTATURE ALMANAC.

PRADA: . 28 bbe APRIL 30, 1880;

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