-_ _ _ 0- amos - ' nn: _saucer \ w | W5. _ Capt VI. A- hlluione ~ " lofley S- Accriulanazer- ` ._A full house €l‘0°ted the Soc.let¥ ...Par dress goods department h _a . ' . Circus entertainment 'in Squrls on place daya._ Wetgiave gat 1 ' w . Member For Queens, P. E. L, Makes Speech m»m~=-dw °w=l°=f _ _ sm, ,~,_,‘§2_,°,',, 2{',",,,,,,,§ ,,,,,,, ,om . swim, , . _~~~ ' ___[,°ha-ber, fishermen in King's out. But we still have a very ex- ' -40 UI J. J. Hughes: M- P” County, have opened this week with tenslve range to select from. Try us od catch Herrin are plentiful at for your new suit J P (Jmckett& Dehveredon Budget Debate in ilouse _<'_‘=`2.,5g.¢_9_w_..°.: _ cs.. uomgu.. Had.-n. _ ' fc ' as orasrisfz with as or your ' _#_ R i _-..M. B. Acorn has resigned the » 0 ommons mms but yin ieceige _'care management of The Guardian Branch (From Hansard.) l '_lh. A. MARTIN (Queens, P_E.I) It was not mylntention to take part in thisdebate, for Indeed I was of the opinion some days ago that it had already extended beyond the usual term of debates on this very ii_np;ii-tant question. But, when I lc1olid_~my.1earned friend from Kings (Mr. J. J. Hughes) msde.such a halting and rambling speech about some other things which he knew very little about and some other things which were noi. exactly to the point. ' I thought I would any a few words in reply to him. He commenced by talking a- bout.Sir Mackenzie Bowell and his cabinet of some Years ago. An hon. MEMBER. Ancient history. Mr. A. A. MARTIN. Very ancient history. He gave us some ancient hiltory which was not very true and some modern history which was not history at all. Just think of comparing ,the cabinet of Sur Macken- zie Bowell with the Liberal cnbinct whichhas existed since 1896. Why, Sir, the men who were in the cabinet of Sir Mackenzie 'Bowell leit it rc- cord which stands high in the liis- tory of this country and they went out of power without any one ever thinking of making charges against them such as have been made and proven against members of the Lib- eral cabinet. Then, che hon. gentle- man (Mr. J. J. Hughes) referred to the balance of trade. Now, I bel-ieve it' to be true that whena man knows very little about a thing he can talk for a‘long time about it, and the lcsa he knows about il. the longer he will talk. An American statesman was once asked bow long he could speak on a certain subject and bis reply was: If I know a little about it. I would only speak for fifteen minutes, but if I know nothing n- bout it I could speak for three days. That' ia the position of my hon. friend (Mr. J. J. Hughes) in regard to the balance of trade. His first statement amounted to this, that the larger the balance of trade against a country the more prosperous that country would become. I suppose, if the hon. gentleman were a member of the government he would have a paragraph in the speech irom the Throne, put into the mouth of the Governor General to the eiiectz We are most pleased to see that the balance oi trade against us is larzs- ly increasing every year: we are also pleased tolsee that the imports havo largely increased, that the exports have largely decreased and we look to the day when the exports will vanish altogether and the <-ountry then will be prosperous indeed. 1 suppose these are the happy dnys my hon. friend would be glad to ace. I s uppose if he ever gets into the cabinet he will have that statement in\his speech from the Throne, al- though I have not yet made up my mind as to whether he is lookmg for s portfolio or a seat in the Senate. but I think from the prosy speech be has delivered to-day the Sqiatc would be the proper place for him. an-hon. MisMBER. what about the tunnel? Mr. A. A. MARTIN (Queens). The hon. gentleman did not mention the tunnel. He was strong on the trans- continental railway but ‘he neversaid a word about his own province. In season and out of season he is hers praising the government and I sup- pose they will have to reward him. If not they ought to. I wish to point out something which is very' remarkable in his speech. He said that the revenue and the expenditure of the country had increased nearly three-fold but the taxation had de- creased 14 per cent. Can you, Mr. Speaker, can any member of this House, can any sane member or any insane member for that matter, lay down the proposition that the rev- enue has increased nearly three-fold, and the cxpcnditurc fully tlircc-lold and the taxation has decreased 14 per cent." I do not think I need dwell. very long on that. The hon. member spoke of the stringency, he steered clear of ir., but he would tell us that this country is very prosper- flgures as to the iinnncial condition of this coigitry I have here the latest: retnr 5 of business iailures in Canada. They show a heavy increase in the number of failures and in the liabilities of the iusolvents. I shall. read these returns to the House to show just how much the hon. gentle- man knows about the financial situa- tion : Insolvencies in Dominion of Can- ada during the first quarter of 1908, according to returns of R. G. Dun & Company, were abnormally heavy, ex- ceeding the returns for the corres- ponding month in every year of the preceding decade, and there was also ii new record as to number of fail- ures. . Liabilities heavy. The 512 defaults for $5,036,093,com- pared with 320 failures last year, when lduhilitics were $2,976,625.Miinu- fncturinf: failures numbered 133, n-\ gninsl. 80, and liabilities were $2,- 105,463, against $1,491,296. There were 362 trading failures for $2,732,- 318, zigninst 229 last year, when the amount vnvolved was $1,255,149. Other commercial failures numbered' 17 against 7, and liabilities of $109,- _l22 made the only favorable coni- parsion with last'year's returns,when the amount ol defaulted indebtedness was $230,250. Ontario leads list. Comparison 'ny provinces shows an 'increase over last year's figures In every instance ns to amount of iia- bilities, the chief difference occurring in Ontario, Quebec and Alberta. F.\ILl'l~lES l.\’ CANADA. Number. Liabilities. Pi'1i\'ini'c 1008. 1007. 1908. 1007. _Oiifurio 200 120 $`!.040.8-i0 $1,476,099 Qucl>ec 1210135 2,959,740 1,190,575 British . Columbia 12 11 101,030 Nova Scotia 14 12 80,800 Mnnitoliu ll ll 200,100 New Bruns- wick 10 12 P. Elsland 1 1 Alberta 50 9 _ _ _ gh we ous. I beg to give him some recent them to you? J_ p__ mkegg >& . amen sm, 500 57.000 102,500 21000 417,-:sr liT,9l2 2,300 01,0710 Tomi me :no $5,000,003 i='~§_e'»'70._lsf5 1 (To be Continued.) 1 1 _ _ _ '"‘~ -_ l _g_<_§g‘_;\_. \‘.\- _ lf~ .~J _M line oi wli`it.e~wa\`&ts. -We-haN_ most anything you could wish and_ _ithe prices are very moderate _ Montague. ` 5-13 I.. _ A -_ _ - -._/lg 5.-K.| n ’i4L\\»t\_\_\_.\>>..>Tsa-.0 _ K'|»D~>,;‘¥;e-aiél »=J¥='1.=+"»;fe*;é=_»¢: ' ' i:.'f“..'.-i . _ " ai ln- `*~zfz',_'»_',_', 5_1 i`»' ¢w1Ni>0w anamas iron TWENTY Fiva GENTS AND _nr-AT ous wAnL PAPER snor-ANNEX NUM~ ,ann Two-sacoNo rLoon_MooRE a Mcnnon. 5-iafirn =cm-1ToNN_-ES FOR six onNTs PER YARD I,A'1’T_HE WALL PAPER |sHoP sacortn rnoon'-ANNEX .Nuixaan Two. 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