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BRUNA, Prop: e.F. i sr septl9—dy Gin wy oe — one Neuwr ‘Store. i<n’t a side line aity of it—levole WATCH REPAININ: With us«—w mics @ spe Most of oir tim: t» tt. There are n> me expert resiirers io theecity tian os, Wa repairaviiasirs your wee: against injary for 75. a year. GOSDSTLIN, EXPZR2e WATCH RUPAIREL Fverything 69 now ani nice, Ev-ry bing soto is price, Everybody oar. ta cail Ant se: our Bargains for tee Fall. At our Now 3192 opp site J. D. MsLeo V's. . Nov’—'m dy & wky HOTEL. TERMS : Four Dollars a Year “This is true Liberty, when Free Born Men, having to advise the Public, may speak free.”—Euripides. | " NEW SERIES eer The Senator’s Tuk complimentary dinner to Hon, Donald Ferguson at Hotel Davies last eve rng was attended by a very large compane, “Geurre Peake, E: ;. ofcup ed the ehair. Ja his right were the guest of the evening, fon. Senator Prowse, Hon. Le: & Owen, Hon. William Richards, A. Martin, Esq., f Belfast, De. MeNeill, of Stan'ey, Hon. Wiliam Campbell, of Park Corner; on his left the United States Coneu!. Mr. Kane: lohn Mel ean. M. P., Souris; Dr. Jenkins, Rew. W. Corey, Hon. Mr. Arsenault and tev. Father Burke. The viee-cha‘r was oceu- pied by M. P. Hogan, Esq., woth Lent. ‘olonel Moore. and Hon. James Clow m his right. and A. A. MeLean, Eq., and Rev. Father Curran on his ef. The following is a list of those who in adiition to those already mentioned had hi &, | ne tickets ’ Neil **:Q iarrie, ArtharSimpson, J. ©. Taderhav, J. Weber Ha-lam, Atian Me- Phee, Stephen Srowr, Thos. Vesey. kK Ves-er, John Fergueon, Jdutn Forre tal, Peter Seott, F.H Horne, Henry Horne, Mie! uel H. McCabe, U.C. J. Lewis, Dr. Murphy, Geo. R. Montgomery, H. D. Me- Ewen, Jas. Kennedy, Montague Stephens, A'ex. Scott, Jos Kenne ty, D B. McLeod, Walter Lowe, R. Beairsto, W. S. McKie, \. N. Large, Howard Dingwel!, Harrison Carvel!l, Geo. A. D.xon, Geo. H. Foster, Eiward Hackett, John P. Esdale, Jas. Paton, Geo. Stanley, Ger. D. Longworth, W. H. Batt, M. Bake, Dr. Me Millan, Geo. Mutch, Capt. D. Siewart, John S. Me- Donald, Donald Nicho'son, S. W. Crabbe, €. Lvon:, A. Horne, W. D. McKay, Jas. Johnson, Geo. Wakeford, John Inge, T. J. Dliow, A. Herman:, Mark Wright, F. Perkins, C. D. Rankin, W.A.O. Morson, J. T. Mellish, Dr. Dold, Dr. Conroy, W.S8 Stewart, Tho<. Hantrahan, A. McKinnon, D. McKenzie, John Newson, James Byrne, 1. O'M Reddir, Chas. McGregor, T. B. Mothersel!l, W. L. Cutron, Jas. MeTsaas, Peter McCourt, Arthur Mellish, W. A. Brennan, James F. Curtis, Charles Small- Ronald MeMilian, W. C. Harrie, w vod, " McK uchern, Lewis Carvell, A. W. John Sterns, He Among those who signified their regret that they were unable to be present were: P. Blake, President of the Liberal-Conser- vative Association; A. C. McDonald. M. P.; Hon. D. Gordon, Leader of the Provincial Opposition, A. F. Larkins, Tignish; Dun- ean Crawford, Wood Island; D: Schur- man, Donald McKay, David Donglass, Hon. J. Nicholson ; Uriai Matthew, A. Schurman, George W. Bentley, Stewart Burns, James EB. Birch, D. McLeod, J. T. Weeks, A. McKinnon, Coleman; G.lbert DesRoches, John Anderson, Capt. Frank Gallant, John R. Larkins, and others. The dinner was one of the finest ever served at the Hotel Davie, the menu be- ins as follows : MENU. Oysters. Lemon Points. Consomme Dubelloy. Clear Green Turtle aux Duenelles. Boiied Salmon. Sauce Hollandaise, Fisn. Egg Sauce. Cucumbers. Tomatoes. Potatoes. Fleurette. Roast Torkeyal’Allemande. Ham. Goose. Apple Sauce. Sirloin of Beef and Horse Ralish. Fresh A-paragus. Brussels Sprouts. Potato. Lamb Cutlet and Green Peas. Lob-t:r en Caisse, a la Newburg. tock Roman Punch. English Hare. Red Currant Jelly. Musbrooms. Pluin Padding. Pastry. Vanilla and Brandy Sauce. Civtted Cream. Glace ala Reine. Venetienne Jelly. sorted Cakes. Water [ces. Fruit. Cheese, Coffee. The toast list comprised : ‘he Queen. The President of the United States, The Governor General. Our Guest. s The Senate an! House of Commons. Our Lieutenant Governor. The Local Legislature. The Agricultural and Dairying Interests of Prince Eiward Island. This Canada of ours. The Clergy. The Bench and Bar. The Militia. The Press. Woman; The hand that rocks the cradle 8 the world. ee States Consul response | te the “President of the United States” ina neat and eloquent speech in which he expressed his great pleasure at being present upon an occasion to do honor toa distinguished and honorable fellow citizen, and set forth in brief, the greatness of his country, in- habited by 59,000,000 of English speaking people, and presided over by Grover Cleve- land, eminent as one of the great states men of his age and generation. Dr. Jenkins in response to the toast “The Governor-General” said that he thought that Canada was to be congratu- lated upon the character and standing of thestatesmen appointed G ee Haunch of Venison. As Celery. Crackers. and referred particularly to ability and standing of Lord Aberdeen, The care with which the British Government selected the Gov- eynors.General of Canada proves that this country is rightly regarded as one of ne 10st important of Hriti=} pau an in Lcates that the tie which binds it to ' the Empire will pot soon be seyered. He one of the finest countries in It is great in natural resources. want is population and energy to” develop this greatness. to the services of the distingnished guest, who, as a farmer, had set a good example, antasa pol.tician had taken a_ leatinz part. and. done bis daty well Senator Ferguson he& been constan'ly met by great opposition, and he ha constantiv, in the long run, overcome that OL bhD of the people than he ever did. In his ably advocate! the the them the representatives of other parts of the Province, and we need men of the trv. Ferguson, and it is fitting that we should show our appreciation of him, (Applause. seconded the preposition. est of this Province it tural rauks high. presentative agriculturist, who, a3 a poli- tician has occupied a prominent position in the beat Government this Province ever had (applanse) abilities of Senator Ferguson hal been re- ce ynized by the Government at Ottawa and that he now occupies a high the larger ep'iere of the Dominion. In this drank my health, and I alxo thank the CHARLOTTETOWN, P. a ee ~ COMPLIMENTARY DINNER To Hon. Vonall Ferguson BRILLIANT EVENT AT HOTEL DAVIES. Great Gathering of the Senator's Political Friends. SONDENSED R&PORT OF Tdb SPERsHeS DRLIVERED. ee Great Effort. the maintenance of Dritish connection The United States had obtainel a | mir start of Canada. The stream of immigra- tion hal hitherto been in her direction But he felt sure that a fair share of Euro- pean immigration would soon get into Canada and that she wenuld never be “annexed” to any other nation. We have the world. All we Alexander Martin, Exq., proposed tie health of the guest of the evening, am/‘d rapturous app'anse. He referred briefls Pi Po.lay he vccup es a higher p+-itcon in Parliament and in the opinion tio. of Canada he has rights anit claims of Island Province, and obtained for the attention and consideration of Senate ' place in the weak best ability to bring oar case before the coun We have such @ man in Senator Dominiow. This is a smali andl Arthur Simpson, Esq., of Bay View The chief inter- is and must ever, vecesaarily, beagriculture. As an ayricul- Province, Prince Edward [sland Senator Ferguson is a re- He was glad that the position in positon he had very ably presented the claim? of Prince Elward Island, and he had the greatest pleasure in seconding the propesition that had been made by Mr. Martin. Hon, Senator Ferguson, upon rising to reply to the toast (which ‘was enthusiasti- cally drunk with all the honors) said : Me. CuairnwMan anv GexrLemMex :— I thank you most heartily for the en- thusiastic manner in which you have gentlemen who introduced the toast for the complimentary manner in which they have expressed them=elves. It is needless to egy to the gentlemen whom I see aroun! me that a pos.tion in peligical lif: is not a bed of roses. Bat such an oc :asion as this is a very good offset to the rough as- age to which a public man is often obliged to submit. There are, I dare say, not a few who think the aims and objects of politics are regulated by selfi-hness, the promotion of mere party interests and the gratification of personal and party anti pathies. Looking over this large assem- blage to-night and Jistening to the speeches which we have heard, I rejoice to know that you have a nobler and truer appreci- ation than that of political life. If there are cften, unfortunaely, antipathies in polities, there are also true frieudships, fair appreciation as well as manly and honorable torgiveness and reconciliations. But even with these redeeming features, a life devoted to politics would be a fear- fully wasted one if there were not some dominating principle to serve asa guid- ing star to a life of public service. I know I am rege rded and have always been regarded as a strong pariy man, and I do not now, standing as | do in the pres- ence of many who have been my friends and comrades in many a well forghten field, as well as some who are here to-night more out of personal compliment than party feeling, desire to alate one jot or one tittle of my record as a loyal party man, But I do say, with the deepest conscious: ness of its truth, that I would never have been in pudlic life, nor would 1 have re- mained there, had it not been for one do- minating idea or principle, and that is my AL{HISG PAITH IN THE UNION and development of British America, now sonstituting the Dominion of Canada. — It was my fortune when very young to read two remarkable speeches which were de- livered in the Legislature of Nova Scotia in 1854 by two eminent men, James W. John-toue and Joseph Howe, the first in advocacy of a Federal Union of British North America, and the latter unfolding a scheme for the organization of the British empire. Mr. Johnstone in his speech outlined a plan of Federal Union for British Anierica remarkable for its re- semblance to the general frame work of the British North America Act, and Mr. Howe foreshaduwed the great project of an Imperial Federation. From that day for- ward I was a Unionist and an advocate of Iperial Unity and when, ten years later, the question of union was taken up at the Charlottetown Conference, I took my -tand asa supporter of the cause of Confederation, aad I have been, and still am, @ Liberal Conservative, be- cause | believe that that party which was formed in the struggles of 1867, out of the ranks of the old parties, bas been and still is the exponent of the principles of union, consolidation and development of the nor thern half of this continent under the British Crown. One of our city papers Kk. ISLAND SEE = If incorrect, o ie times as opposed to the Financial! basis cf the Quebee scheme as far as it related to Prince Etward Is'and. Again in 1869- 70 when what was called the “better terms” were offered, | again as a member of a committee of the Union Association presented a report which was published shown that these terms were not just to P. E. Island, and again in 1873, I helped to defeat the Laird-Haythorne terms, as not being sufficiently favorable to P. E, Island. I was al! the while an advocate ofthe principle of Union, but inst-ted that Prince Elward Island should be fa'rly treated. At Confederation the Liberal-Conservative Party, under the leadersiiip of one of the greatest men of the 19th cen ury, adopted the idea of THE CORNER STOXE of their political system, and the great ra/]- UNION AS way projects of the last 13 years, the Natioual Poliev,. steam cerviecs on the two oceans, and the Imperial questions discussed this year at the Intereo'onial Conference, have all fittel closely and compactly into the grand Union scheme. Sir John Macdonald might be said to have preempted the ground. He took grat care, when the opportunity came, to seize every gool thing which harmonized with ; the central idea of Union, and his oppo nents have always Leen put to the disad- vantage of having to construct a party platform out of material which he had rejected. Under the circum-tances, it would not be much wonder if abler men than the Liberal leaders should fail in for- mulating a broad, patriotic and harmonious plaifurm which would suecessfully chal- lenge the *upport of the people of Canada. The history of the last twenty-seven years j presents, as far as platform making is ; concerne!, a record «cf blunders, rash ex- periments (not of.en, fortunately, reduced to practice), sharp curves, and not very creditable denials on the part of the great Liberal party of Cana- da. So thoroughly have they becn in the wrong on every great public ques- tion, that the earne-t prayer and desire of the party to-day is, that their past record should be buried in forgetfulness. I say that at this moment any grit politician in Canada would rather meet his grand- mother’s gho-t than be confronted with any of the numerous pa-t policies of his own party. (Laughter.) Take confederation it- self, and it will be found that hostility to it formed the real bond of ~ympathy which brought the different elements of the Oppo- sition together in every Province, except partally m Ontario. Here is what Mr Laurier admitted in a speech in Quebec in January last: **I do not ignore and Ido not forget the fact that the Liberals of Lower Canada feared Confederation, I do not forget that Sir A. A. Do:ron and the French speaking Liberals were afraid that Confederation would prove the grave of the things which we shall always re- gard as a sacred inheritance; but Sir George itienne Cartier did not share this apprehen- sion, and I, disciple as Iam of Doiron, pupil of the Doiron sch vol, I do not hesitate to say that my ideas are with Sir George Cartier on this point, and not with Sir A, A, Doiron.” Every word of this is true. SirGeorge E Cartier was hounded to the death through the unjust suspic:ons and bitter animosities which were disseminated by the Rouge party (or Grits) in Quebec against Confed- eration. Here are his noble word=, spoken in 1866: ** Tn our Confederation there will be Cath- olics and Protestants, English and French, Irish and Scotch, and each by their efforts and their successes will add to the prosperity, the power and the glory of the new confedera- tion. We helong to different races, not to make war upon each other, but to work to- gether for our own and the common well being.” Even Mr. Laurier is compelled to-day to admit that Cartier was right and his own party wrong. We have not forgotten the attitude of Messrs. Jones in Nova Scotia, Sir Albert Smith and Mr. Anglin in New Brunswick, and Messrs. Laird and L. H. Davies in onr own Proyince, towards Con- federation. They strongly opposed it; and the bitterness of their’ hostility has made them irreconcilibles to a teue Canadian national sentiment in the long years that have intervened since the battle of Union was fought and won. On the question of building A TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILWAY FOR CANADA they have been equally wrong. The terms of union with British Columbia called for the con traction of the Canadian Pacific Railway in ten years. But Mr. McKenzie proposed to repudiate these terms on the ground that the resonreces of the British Empire were not equal to the contruction of that road in such a period of time. The Liberals went out of power, and the Conservatives came in and built that great highway from the Atlantic to the Pacific in-less than tive years, without even severely taxing the resources of Canada. The signal fail- ure of the Liberal party in dealing with the Canadian Pacific Railway was due, in no small measure, to their want of faith in Canada, and their absence of enthus- iasm in the great canse of Canadian union and development. But it cannot b: de nied that there was, as well, a want of gra:p of the demans of the situation, a simall ness of conception, which are weil illus: traied by Mr. McKenze’s now famous propo-ition of utilizing the “water stretches,” and Mr. Blake’s pronounce- ment that his policy was “the land for the settler. an {I the price for the Govern- ment.” That is, settlers were to be made happy by the offer of land which they could not get at, and the Government was to be enriched by the prices of land; which under the circumstances would never sell. (Applan e.) This policy reminded me of the munificence of the Eastern king who maie a show of presenting h's sub jets with all the fish in the sea, but den- ied them nets or hooks or lines to catch them with, (laughter.) But it is on great QUESTIONS OF TRADE AND FISCAL POLICY that the Liberal party has shown the greatest weakness and the greatest in- consistency. At the termination of the great American war new conditions began to operate on the continent of America. The great obligations which the war en- tailef on the American nation forced the adoption of an excremely high protective policy. This policy, together with the re- turn to peaceful pursuits ofa va+t number of men who were engaged in the war, caysed an extraordinary deyelopment of United States industries, gnd the infant jndustfies of Canada, which had not re ceived any such abnormal stimutation, were threatened with complete de-traction. About the year 1876, Canada became a slaughter market fur American manufact- urers, whch was found to le injurious to even the Canadian consumer, for as. soon as any Canadian manufacture was crushed slaughter prices ceased, and the price in Canada was advanced beyond the price in the States. Under these circumstances the representatives of the industries of Canada approached the McKenzie Govern ment declaring that without the adoption by Canada of a sonnd fiseal sy-tem the workshops of Canada would become as silent as the ruins of Herculaneum. The anawer they received was that nothing could be done and that the Government ntly alleged that [ was willing to ac- He had always been strongly in favor of cept the Quebec scheme. The statement * was as helpless in the mattey as the prov- . of I placed myself on record of | a re nae ». TUESDAY, DEC aimee erbial fly on the wheel in controling ite revolutions. Sr John Macdonald, who Was iu Opposition, was not slow in appre- ciating the demands of the hour. He knew that uo country without manufactures could «ver have even rich farmers, and into a strong and self-reliant people was to ensure & S¥Ytnmetry in the industries. The Liberal Con-ervative party went to the country in the elections of 1878 under the lea'‘ersbhip of Sir John with the National Policy inseribed on its banners, The peo- ple of Canada recognized in that policy a plan whereby the material prosperity of Canada would be ensured and at the same time the national sentiment broadened and strengthened, and at three — subse- quent general elections they have repeated their verdict of 1878, and there cannot be a doubt tinat that policy, mod:- fied an ladaptedas it has been from time gti me to sult the wants of the cocntry, i+ the policy as regards trade in woue” an overwhelmning majority of tue people of Canada believe to-day. ‘The opposition arty ever since they announced the fly on the wheel policy have been racking their brains to diseove: some trale pohey on which to carry the country, but tseir fail- uses have been most signal ant humiliat- ing. At one time they announced that COMMERCIAL UNION with the United States was the grand panacea fur all our fiuancial troubles. At another time the grit nostrum was Unre- stricted Reciprocity,and now | believe that, with bated breath, the opposition are ad- vocating what they call Pree Trade for Canada. At this place I am bound to say that deniais have beea made by the grit leaders as to their alvocacy of Commercial Union which denials are verv far fram be- ing creditable to the parties making them. Livery prominent man of the grit party ex- cept Messrs. Blake and McKenzie pat him- seit on record in the summer and autumn of 1887 as an out and out supporter of commercial union, I will not take up yonr t me, g-utlemen, with showing in de tail how untrue are the denials so boldly made on this point, but I cannot refrain from showing how very incorrect Mr. Davies ha: proved himself to be in deny- ing that he ever advocated commercia! union. Speaking at Muadlieton, Nova Scotia, last year he is reported by the Hal.fax Chronicle as saying : **Now commercial union may be a good thing or it may bea bad thing. I am not going to discuss it, but wish to make this state- ment, that never has that policy been yet pro- posed by the Liheral party, or by any aythor- ized member of the Liberal party.” Now, gentlemen, that is a bold denial— butis it true? Many gentlemen present may remember that a discussion was brought on at the Charlottetown Board of Trade in the fall of 1887 by Hon. Donald Farguharson of this city introducing the following resolution of which he had given previous notice : ** Resolved, That in the interests of the people of Canada, and more particularly of this Island, this Board regards the proposal of Commercial Union or Unrestricted Free Trade between Canada and the United States as of the greatest importance, and demands our hearty sympathy and co-operation.” Speaking to this resolution Mr. Davies wasteporied in THe Examiner as saving: ‘** Unrestricted Reciprocity would differ from Commercial Union in this respect, that while under it there would be perfectly free trade between the two countries, each country would retain the right to form its own tariff as against the rest of the world. Canada, for instance, might have a 25 per cent. tariff, while that of the United States might be 35 per cent. The immediate consequence would be that exports to the United States would be taken by way of Montreal. To this the United States, whose people are not arrant fools, would never consent, and Unrestricted Reci- procity, although it would suit us as well as Commercial Unicn, was therefore impractic- able.” A few weeks afterwards Mr. Davies came out in parliament in support of Un- re-tricted Reciprocity, and he has ever since denied that he advocated commercial union or denounced unrestricted recipro- city at the Charlottetown Board of Trade in the fall of 1887. Ja-t session Sir Hibtet Tupper quote t his Board of Trade speech, but ie denied jts acenracy. Sir ibbert then p odaced THe Examier’s re- port of a speech made !y Mr, Vavies at a gtit picnic held at Cape Traverse on the 23rd of August, 1887, in which commer- cial union was lauded and unrestricted reciprocity condemned. This was met by another emphatic denial by Mr. Davies who said THe Examiner’s version was a “travesty” of his speech at Cape Traverse. Now, gentlemen, I am in a position to read tu you, from a pretty fuil report of Mr. Davies speech at Cape Traverse which ap- peared in the Charlottetown Patriot on the 24th of August, 1887 —the day after its de livery : ‘** The difference beetween Reciprocity and Commercial Union is that the latter would do away with all custom houses between the two countries, and they would have an uniform tariff against the rest of the world. Some have said that the United States tariff is double the Canadian. _It is only 8 or 10 per cent higher. Commercial Uniou does not necessarily involve an increase of our tariff; on the contrary it may lower it. I. 1883 they decreased their tariff largely, and will probab- ly do so again. _ There is no annexation in- volved in the matter. Commercial Union would also settle the nasty questions arising respecting our fisheries. * * The ides that we would be disloyal to the British flag under Commercial Union was humbug. He wanted to live under the flag as well as anyone but he wanted a flag under which he could live. The key-note should be struck in the banner province. Commercial Union means a uniform tariff from the North Pole to the Gulf of Mexico The age eH Treaty of 1854 he was prepared to accept, but he was afraid the Americans were unwilling to con- cede it. As Commercial Union seemed to be more easily attainable he was prepared to sup- ort it, because he believed it would secure to us wealth, peace and happines,.” It is well known that Mr. Davies is one of the owners of the Patriot. JI am told he is President of the company, and the paper is well known to be his organ. The re- port which I have just read showe how un- reliable he is and how crude and unstable are his opinions. AmT not right in eay- ing that he would rather meet his grand- mother’s ghost than the policies which he and bis party supported a few years or even a few months back? (Applause.) Gentlemen, when this policy of commer: cial union and unrestricted reciprocity wus proposed in 1887 an] ]888,] opposed it with all the earsestness and zeal I could command. Wher it was bronght up be- fore the Board of Trade I pleaded as well as I was able with my fellow members of that institution to vote it down. You may remember after we succeeded in defeating it inevery form and guise in which it was pre ented a compromise resolution was drawn up by Mr. Davies and myself ex- pre-eing approval of reeiprocity advocated as by the Conservative party. You can judge of my surprise when | heard Mr. Davies, in Parliament, quote that compromise resolution a3 con- tradicting Tue Examiner's report of his sopeech. (Laughter and applause). In 1889 Sir Richard Cartwright introduced the following resolution in the House of of Commons : { “That it is highly desirable that the largest possible freedom of coramercial intercourse that the on'y hope for Canada to develop | EMBER 11, 1894. shall obtain between the Dominion of Canada and the United States, and that it is expedient al products of either of the said countries, subject to duty of excise or internal revenue alone excepted), That it is further expedient ; the Government of Canada should take steps at an early date to ascertain on what terms and | conditions arrangements can be etlected with . . : ! full and unrestricted reciprocity of trade there- with.” Gentlemen, I looked on that resolution as the MOST PANGEROUS PROPOSITION ever submitted to the Parliament of Can- | ala, and immediately on its introdaction I | issued an address to the electors of Queen’s County in which I tried to arouse them to the gravity of the situation. { have a copy of that addrese in my hands now, and I am proud to be able to say that every word it contains is to-day acknow- ledged to be true all over the country. (Applause) Three years later, in 1891, Mr. B!ake in his address to the eiectors of Kast Durham repeated almost every argu- ment I had advanced in 1888, and I de not believe there is today a leading public man in Canada who will dispute the ac- curacy of the coaclusion at which I then arrived. During the campaign of 1891 ] declared that unrestricted reciprocity meant the surrender of our fiscal inde- pendence to the United States, and that it would lead to annexation on any terms the Americans might choose to dictate. An- hexation to my mind would be the graye of many things which ax Canatiaas and British subjects we regard as a sacred in- heritance. But bad as it woul t be of itself it would be intiniteiy worse if our commer cial independence was surrendered in ad. | vance of Our political anatomy. With our | manufacturing e tablisim.euts clo-ed and their employes transferred to the great industrial centres of the States, our rev- ennes wilted away except what we could collect on Huropean goods and direct tax- ation, our farmers obliged to abandon the pro luction of meat and content themsclves Wi h growing the coarse and exhaustive products of the land, our great railway- runing east and west, of which we are so proud and which have cost us so mre’ money, deprived of the principa! part of their traffic, and our cred.t, now the best in the world, trailed in the dust; nothing would remain to us but to go down on our knees to the Americans and implore them to take ue into the great Republic on any terms they might choase to dictate. Gentlemen, { fought that base treacherous scheme of commercial union or unrestrict- el reciprocity us I would the personifica- tian of evil, and I say that in that cam- pa'gn of 1891 Mr. Blake and myself con vinced the people of Queen’s County that we were right, and were i: not for the wicked and cowardly attemyts of my op- ponents to injure me on account of the fault of another man, Mr.Blake and niyeelf would now be the representatives of tbe County of Queens. As it was we reduced their majority by 600 votes an 1 our oppon- ents have since been compelled to aban- don the policy on which they ran their election, Speaking at Middleton last year Mr. L, H. Davies said ‘IT admit that the phrase (Unrestricted Reciprocity) was unfortunate and that it was capable of being misrepresented, and that thousands of voters were terrified by the pos- sible prospects that would follow its adoption. We have not introduced the phrase into our Ottawa platform.” Mr. Laurier also spoke in the same strain at the Ottawa Convention in 1893. He said ; ** In 1888 we adopted a policy of untram- melled trade with the United States. This policy was distorted by the most wicked per- versions of our opponents. They asserted on the platform aud in the press that what we wanted was Unrestricted Reciprocity and nothing else.” I presume it would be in order for wick- ed Tories to bow their heads and aeknow!l- edge with becoming humility their great transgression in saying that “unrestrict- ed” means unrestricted, or,their stil] great- er wickedness in asserting that the true | meaning of the words of Cartwrig!t’s resolutions of 1888 was unrestricted reci- procity. .(Laughter.) “It is expedient that all articles manufactured, or the natural products of either of the said countries shou!d be admitted free into the ports of ihe other, articles sulject to ex- cise duty alone excepted.” Mr. Davies tells us this was not Unre- stricted Reciprocity at all. I say out upon such puerility. It is quite plain that the Grit leaders have found out that Canadi- ans cannot be fooled into supporting their wild-cat scheme of commercial union. But they are not manly enough to own up to their ridiculous blunders and rank dis- loyalty, but reek to escape from the dilemma in which they are placed by de- nying the past, and by quibbling of such a nature as is insulting to the intelligence of the people. THE PRESENT GRIT PLATFORM. In June, 1893, the Grit party held a convention at the city of Ottawa, and they are never tired of boasting as to the im- portance of that gathering and of the wonderful wisdom embodied in the plat- form agreed 10 on that oceasion, [ hold a report of that convention in my hand, and here I have the full text of that platform, and with your permission, gentlemen, I will say a few worde about the policy of the opposition party. The first point that occurs to one is in the words : ‘* That it (the tariff) should be adjusted so as to make free or to bear as_ lightly as possi- sible upon the necessaries of life.” To make free the necessaries of life is not at allafree trade principle. Quite the contrary. Tea and coffee are neces- suries of life, but ‘t is no part of the Grit policy to make them free. Here are the words of the Hon. David Mills, uttered dur- ing the la~t session of Parliament : ‘* There is no country in which there may not be customs duties, bet a customs tax does not imply a protective tax. The hon. gentle- man will not pretend to say that a tax on tea and coffee, at any rate in Canada, would bea protective tax,” Jn his speech at the Qttawa convention John Charlton suggests that $3,300,000 in- come could be raise on sugar under a free trade tariff. The Grit party in 1874-78 had heavy taxes on tea, coffee, sugar and other neces- saries of life that are now free, or practi- cally so, and yet in Ottawa the platform says that they are going to make the neces- saries of life free. In 1878 a pretty full list of the necessaries of life paid $5,305,- 938 in duties. Thesame articles only paid $3,067,419 in duties in 1893. A equally fall list of the luxuries of life paid in 1878 only $7,379,488, while the same ar- ticles paid $13,973,877 in 1892. This shows that underthe national policy taxeson neces- saries have decreased to about one-half since | 1878, while duties on luxuries have nearly | doubled in the some period. Inetead of re- ducing the taxes on the necessaries of life a free trade policy will, if adopted, increase them, (Hear, hear.) The next point in the Otiawa that suggests itself is found in the words: ** The tariff should be so arranged as to pro- mote free trade with the whole world, more particularly with Great Britain and the United States.” that all articles manufactured in, or the natur- | should be admitted free into the other (articles | States, the Government of about opening up new markets, and for tion. THE DAILY EXAMINER. Single Copies Two Cents VOL 34.—NO. 137 2 condemned because “it has discriminat ed against Great Britain.” This new formed zeal in favor of freer and larger trade with Great Britain would be very commendable if it were sincere | But what has been Mr. Laurier’s declara- | tion regarding the intentions of his party On these points? In one of his speeches | On his western tour he declared that if he the Un'ted States for the purpose of securing | Were returned to power he would at onee } Send commissioners to Washington, and it the offer whieh the late Mr. Blaine made to the Canadian commissioners in 1892 was repeated they would at once accept :t. Now, what was Mr. Blaine’s offer? Here is Lis own version of it in his report to Congress : ** The (Canadian) Commissioners then en- quired if the Government of the United States would expect to have preferential treatment extended to the list of manufactured goods of the United States on their introduction into Canada by virtue of a reciprocity treaty, or whether it would regard the Canadian Govern- ment as at liberty to extend the same favors to the manufactured articles of other countries not parties to the treaty on their introduction into Canada. ** The reply given to this was that it was the desire of the Government of the United States to make a_ reciprocity convention which would be exclusive in its application to the United States and Canada, and that other countries which were not parties to it should not enjoy gratuitously the favors which the two neighboring countries might reciprocally concede to each other for valuable considera- tions and with a large sacrifice of their respect- ive revenues, That is Mr. Blaine’s report of the condi- tions on which he was willing to give reci- procity. Tie Canadian Finance Minister, Mr. Foster, made a statement in Parlia- ment in 1893 which reports the negotia- tions a little fuller than Mr. Blaine : ** At this point another question came up; suppose that Canada were willing to discrim- inate against the goods of the outside world and of Great Britain on this proposed basis of a treaty, who would fix the discrimination and what would be the measure of the discrimina- tion ? Mr. Blaine admitted at once that this was a vital point for the United States. And that he saw no way out of the difficulty unless the tariff of Canada were made uniform with that of the United States.” With their customary politeness the Grit leaders declare that they do not be- lieve Mr. Foster’s statement only so far as it is corroborated by Mr. Blaine, although there is nothing in the latter’s versicn to contradict what Mr. Foster said. How- ever, there is this basis which is not dis- puted, that as far as Mr. Blaine goes there is a perfect agreement as_ to the terms the United States were willing to accede, and that discrimination against Great Britain was asinequanon of the American pro- position. Mr. Laurier declared this summer that his party were ready to accept that proposition, not- withstanding that vital and obnoxious fea- ture of discrimination. What becomes, then, of the Ottawa platform and its accus- atiun against the national policy that it discriminated against Great Britain? Or of the other declaratioa which I have read in favor of freer trade with Great Britain ? This proves tome, gentlemen, that this Ottawa platform isa fallacious one, and that the oppositior are merely at their old work of trying to deceive the unwary by deceptive phrases. It is absolutely untrue that the national licy discriminated against Britain. n the present tariff of Canada precisely the same duties are placed on goods, no matter whether they come from Britain or the United States or any other country, and there is no discrimination for or against any country in the tuciff of Canada, and there never will be under Conservative Ad- ministration, The policy of the Liberal Conservative party has always been to encourage and develop greater trade with Great Britain. When the McKinley Bill struck such a vicious blow at our trade with the United Canada eet this they were sneered at by the opposi- In his speech on the address of 1894 Mr. Laurier hala fling at Sir John Carling becouse he had honestly endeav- ored to get the farmers of Ontario to grow # variety of barley which is in demaad in England, instead of the lighter kind which they had sent in former years to the United States. following remarks in derision of the at- tempt of the Government to open a market Last session Mr. Perry made the in England for Canadian eggs, which were so highly taxed by the McKinley Bill. ‘*] know several gentleman in Ontario shipped eggs to England and lost everything. We were told on one occasion that a gentle- man sent alot to the English market, sold a few of them, and the balance he presented to the High Commissioner in London, and they 3 ) were used in his kitchen.” That-is the spirit in which the Liberal porty have treated every suggestion of ex- tending our trade relations with Great Britain. _ Every Grit orator, ali the way from Mr. Laurier to Mr. Perry—and God knows that is a wide range—have ridiculed ard belittled the honest efforts of the Gov- ernment to open new markets for our farm- ers. I am proud to say that every day we are gaining new fovutholds in the Brit- ish market. A very enterprising firm in this city who handle a large quantity of eggs have placed information in my hands which convinces me, as Iam sure it wil] every gentleman in this room, that there need be no apprehension in the future re- garding our egg trade if the Government.is successf | in carrying out its policy re- garding the fast Atlantic service. I am proud to be able to say that Messrs. Nash and Lightizer have during the season now coming to a close transacted a highly sat- isfactory trade with Great Britain in eggs, and that the latter market promises, with improved shipping facilities, to become much more yalnable to usthan the mar- ket of the United States, even if the duty were removed. With existing shipping facilities it takes on an average about 18 days for P. E. Island eggs to reach a Brit- ish destination. With a fast line touching either at Halifax, St. John or Quebec, and railway connections, the time could be re- duced to one-half. Here is what one of Messrs, Nash and Lightizer’s cousignees say on this point: ‘** They were too long in transit, »>nd were quite hot to-day in coming out of the steamer I rather like your brand, and if I had from 300 to 400 cases arriving every week, in good order, | would soon make the brand famous. Can’t you devise some means of having the goods sent quicker ?” The policy of the Liberal Conservative party is to enccurage Btitish trade in any shape and form. ence their efforts to open the English market for hay, barley poultry anp dairy products, and Ihave no doubt the list can be largely extended. As Canadians we should be glad to find the trade following the flag of our codntry, be- cause improved trade relations wil! strengthen the 20nd between Canada and the mother couctry, because the British market calls for a better class of exports and wil! thas excourage our people to send away what we saveto spare in the very heat form, and Jastly because trade with the mother country is much less likely to be effected by fiscal changes or urfriendly legislation than in the case of the United States. Qn all these points the action of And in an ther place the existing tariff the grit party has heen one ef unfriendship to British trade, and the professicns of the Ottawa platform on this poiot are insincere and haye *’"eauy been flatly contradicted by the party leader, Mr. Laurier. ButYhere is another clause of this Ot- tawa platform which to my mind looks very snspicious, It reads thus: ** That the highest interests of Canada de- mand a removal of this obstacle to our coun try’sjprogress by the adoption of a sound fiscal policy which, while not doing injustice to any class, will promote domestic and foreign trade and hastea the return of prosperity to our people.” The expression used bere, “while not doing injustice to any class,” suggests a back door fur the party if they should find themselves face to face with the difficulty of framing a new tariff. Any pereon can see in a moment that free trade for Canada or in other words a tariff from which ine principle of protection was estimated, would work the rankest injustice ta a large part of the people of Canada. Ifthe prin- c.ple of protection were abandoned every man who has ingested his capital in manu- facturing poe ms allor nearly all of the money he has put in plant and build. ing, and those who have acquired experi training wsuld have to go elsewhere for work. That would clearly be doing in- justce to more than one class, but the Ot- ‘awa platform says it will not be done, therefure we must conclude there is no sincers intention to abolish protection. In proof of this I may say that there were some manufacturers at the convention. Ona of them, Mr. Copp, of Hamilton, after getting a good deal of taffy from the chair- man, Sir Oliver Mowatt, took the platforni and said : ** T realize that this question of reciprocity with the United States isa very grave qucs- tion. . - “> So We ae ot forget that there are still important interests to be taken care of. It is very well to talk about the millionaire; but we have the smal manu- fscturers and the large manufacturers; we have the small business men and the large business men scattered all over this country, and when changes are brought in they must be brought in gradually but surely.” Gentlemen, it took something more than tafly to bring Copp Bros. to the grit con- vention, They are the manufacturers of the road machine that are used by the Government of this Province and I have no doubt are used largely by the Mowatt Government in Ontario. Mr. Copp was there in return for favours received and for the purpose of seeing that a back door was provided to retain protection for his own industry, Another proof of this is found is fuand in the fact that Mr. Blake has declared himself perfect!y satisfied with the Ottawa platform. That gentle- man’s views regarding the abolition of Protection and the application of Free Trade to Canada, may be gathered from his speech delivered at Malvern in 1887, wherein he said: ‘‘No man, I care not how convinced an advocate of free trade for Carada he may be, has yet suggested—no man, 1 believe, can susgest—a practicable plan whereby our great revenue needs can be met otherwise than by the continued impesition of very high duties on gcods similar to those we make, or can make, within our hounds. or on the raw ma- erials. _I invite the most ardent free trader n public life to present a plausible solution of his problem; and I contend that he is bound o do so before he talks of free trade as prac- icable in Canada. I have not believed ix olubie in my day; and any chance of its solu- ulity, if chance there were, has been destroyed »y the vast increase of our yearly charge and ww tha other conditions which have been cre- ated. The thing is removed from the domain of practical politics.” The more closely I examine the Ottawa platform and compare it with the utter- ances of the leading men of the party, the more convinced Tam that they are not one whit nearer a sound, honest Canadian policy than they were in 1878 or 1887. Mr. Davies says that the “phrase” Unre- stricted Reciprocity is not found in the Gvawa platturm; but the substance of Carestricted Reciprocity, which is much more vital, if fuand in Mr. Laurier’s de- claration that his party were prepared to accept a similar proposition to that made ty Mr. Blaine to the Canadian Commis- sioners in 1892, which contained the prin- ciple plainly expressed, of discrimination, an involved a uniform tariff in fact could eot be worked without it. But this won- derful production, (I am speakin? of the Ottava platform) has a rag for every bush anil a feather for every wind, fer while it discourses free trade it, solemaly prom- ises to take care of the manufacturers hy “not doing injustice to any class.” The Liberal party in Canada remind Yes eam me very much of a ery f heard of students in a _ eoliege who took che cene of a pine tree and put wire legs and gauze winge on it, and put in beads for eyes, and took it tothe old professor of entomol and asked him to be so kind as to tell then what species of bug it belonged to. The old man adjusted his spectacles and looked at it very intently fora short time and then said: “Gentiemen, this creature be- longs to the species of bugs known by the name of “humbug.” That is very much like the game that the Liberal Party have been playing onthe people of Canada. They may alter their phrases as they a. but the hideous, bogus reptile of Jnrestricted Reciprocity creps out in al} the changing phases of their political creed, A genuine policy of Reciprocity is now and always has been a part of the policy of the Liberal-Conseryative Party, but we will make no treaty which will sacrifice any bona fide Canadian interest unless we get a fair consideration, and we will not consent to any treaty that will discriminate against the Mother Conntry as the heart of the Empire. It is quite common for Grit writers and speakers to assert that the Liberal-Conservative Party have not made any honest effort to secure Rec!- procitp. The best denial which can be given to this statement is to recall the oft- repeated Grit allegation that Sir Charles Tupper, in 1887, offered Mr. Bayard to concede Corestricted Reciprocity as a set- + tlement of all the questions pending be- tween the two countries. Of coarse Sir Charles did nothing of thekind. He only offered to enter on an unrestricted discus- sion of trade questions, to see whether a basis for a full settlement of all questious could be arrived at. But the offer, in its proper meaning, showed how anxious the Government of Canada were to get a suit- able Treaty. In further proof of this anxiety, let me quote from Mr. Charlton’s speech in Parliament. He aaid:-— ‘* The truth was, sir, that the British minis- ter at Washington had danced atte pen ugon the Department of State day after day supplicating for the privilege to send commis- sioners to Washington and the Government of the United States would not fisten favorably to the proposal. But after repeated supplica- tions and requests that 2 commission shou'd be received, Mr. Blaine said that there was nothing in the law to prevent the people of people of Canada sending a commission if they choose, and if the commission came to Washington he could not without discourtesy refuse to see them.” : Here is the testimony of John Chariton, who is far more truly a representative of the United States at Ottawa than ofa Can- adian Constituency, that the Goverament of Canada, through the British Minister, were most pressing in their supplications for an Opportunity of discussing a recipro- city treaty with Mr. Blaine. While I do not for one moment admit that Canada is dependent onthe American mar- ket, yet know there are still many ar- ticles in which we can trade with‘the Unit- ed States to an advantage, and I “honestly believe that fair trade relations with the United States have been prevented by the conduct of the Liveral party, firet, in pro claiming that we were being ruined with- out the American market; and segoadiy, by deliberatel uett.ng with the politi- cians of the United States, and i legislation prejudicial to Canadian trade. An extraordinary instance of such traitor- ous conduct came out this year, wher the Wilson Bill was before the Senate. 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