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LxI,,.c¢_,,| ‘U pmm ‘ “ WH' '"'- “lm " ¢‘ i “°ll‘“U" will UIYHCU WI\0 *HH to Inv- Iilducatioii wus lice tl at is ficc io ‘V ' VH H ' “ m bu ide H" "'I’°e°h I lmsten to “dd all who h.iil the Tic-.oliitioii to sci/c W yu" H M) mn 'Bt “H "mer P‘""°V°"* "I ’°`f"“‘~l“ uponl it and iimki- it tlicii own liiki H ‘ WM( ’ “ "H ent will obviously be iyliimeless up- (hc Kinigiloin of Ili-‘wi-u it must in. I-ircoiis in ( hu Tis. ti .‘ , _ 1 iii iiiiii il XJ! lui I "3 "“‘B"’° Lt 'Baht u U-Bl' t.ikcii by violence It iv is Iii-c in thi ( HMI' ,gun tu h_l,m(_ M °"V “hmh I “I” glad tl’ I-UV” 0" bf” same wny as thi- eleincnts ini- fit i i iii of an oft niulf ned class of husl °, -ll 1 1 'U1' L -ss men g 111201053] NINEils[mliilltlieluealltlil-;i»:.:, last ci-nsus-whicli so far ns it di-'iI< \fy commission, ns I understand if only to those who me wining to on uitli that province I believe is correct to gwe the gmt of a Sen” of ad” ilure the toil of making them their pogulatlmél H WWF' “E 'J`}'0U0 £8505 upon ie ning Provinggq of it ls 0 Silly lerehre euer pcI“l0llS anuila, a series undertaken to en- 33311110 cugolgc Fr ,elvcerq so Qurcel ` there than there ueie forty yeari- rge youi knowledge of the country hom bgizlxg svn; p"c’0mid;ed° ein; ago Iiet me put thc facts in anothci “meh V0" uve' 'Ibm Zeal fm of stu id '\|t1u'c ii in the lg P nl Way By uctuumul eqhmute tnkm iowiedgc in n place where it is not 3 ‘Oth 1’ tmp, t ) Y fi, ‘ account of the uatnial increase,-ani .niinonly looked for, is most com- a wig G Gb 0 mas 0 St ‘me t 1° the fertility of the ini‘i\iilnnl fumil; endnble, as it indicates a gwwlng megs ers f usinessl wus, 0 mfm? un; is greater than in any otliei part of liei in your minds that Ontario mt; gr’ en Ogc rlsctm mc’ 'im '“’\mc_ (nnadu, not i-wen excluding Ouelici-__. iii-h is ri part is not greater than ffolenfel' to tlcregf 1'1") a néoslfnsfl' the population should he 1i.5 000 e whole I commend you also for lg “mme o le L Hume" 0 Accordingly there ii. a dcficieiicy o ind in those who had minds to de ivini, begun at the east, with the , 72,000 persons It would not be so ovince of Prince Edward Island velop ,mel only cacape hom limp' depressing if we vicie -.nie that this id I congiatulate you, Mi (hair: :fgxfiné‘sc2;)3‘et`l2:§ “_t£‘; flower of the flock uns iriigratini. ll". “Don the excellent choice of to useylo those hmghts were forced to othci parts of (‘nnada lol the up eukei which ou hav Bde N , builiiin of a nation, but iinfoitun ie could slieslf with sicirin fulness of fmt llmlo would :gum nndft(é“:;:' utely tim is not the case By a care ‘°“'ledKe and H0118 Wlflh a wider yd tot? ‘mr Dttiic las il fra 3) A ful calculation Inspe tor Mc(`oimai inpntliy than I can for the Hills- :al 0] ers upon B an N 1° has demonstiiited that in ri series of “`°“f¥ll und the Orwell. rivers of the B Sea séhool ilistiicts wiiicii nie under hi. |“|1<|. uie more precious to me than Am” the “9't°f“l “ska of tht ciiie, 88 per cint of these cinigriinti I the waters of Canada As the °°”°°‘ the severe" Wally 1ab°“" "" Iiave found homes in the United .alniist said of another famous falm °" 1" the W°"k5h°P was legm"d` 'states U06. I vias born therein, and the cd as the hlghest luxmy t” “ll hm; A new light lius ilnuned upon th .st of which wa are is the dust of the few who in some wiiv reihaps people They have dl__Cmc,.cd ,hm °~` I’ll1°€ Ill which we were horn °" *‘°°°““t of lamness- had become political nffaiis me iiiunazcd no Also 1 was educated there, accord- Infected with the deslre I0" 1e“r“‘“f' piininrily in the iiifiici-its of the pi-c g U’ 1* Syiftelll which none of you Ulm" these few this Old mast” W0“m ple, but in thi- iiiti-ii-st~i of the politi :uid understand, and we ouuerved lavish his affection and lcuining mans umnselws mm thu, obsmva iii- nearly lost the memory of t _NU Pearls were L00 I"°°‘°“s and no tion is not confined to Piince Ed c heard that you in Ontario had a solicitude too laborious After hav wma Ibkmd “lone For bcveml year, iiiilcifiii system which had been ict ing been iliiiy piiiiished foi such giui-is ’,,0v(,mment by UMW ,ms mme to F .uni from heaven and was delivered vices as lying and fightiuri tiielse “ate of Vmmus ,,c,|,.Ct,o,, Nm sys » iii people by the hand oi 1),- chosen few weie iescrve for t c ,em wud", wen if Um, pmty 1,, Strom, rerton niyerson,-cnc of you, own iprcclous privilege of being whipped ,Hough un] HN, Dum. “may ui said it A year rigo we sent. n, for pioiiouiicing ci latin vioid with ii ,Hough but “"iO,t,,nat,,lV m um. Duiniission to study that system A false iiiiuufity flint nas n. distiiir- movmte' both thu ],mt_,,,B au, Dori: wiis issued at a cost of thirty. tion to wliicii noni- but thc few could Sunni’ that g0\,,,mn,c“t’ whlch H, K Iiiiiiilred ilollari, but I “lil E106; mwlre first wus diffiilllt soon iiecani- im env the matter has gone no fiiri,h_, Anil yi-i l hfi\i- sci-n upon those- lmsmlm, nmgmuny W0 had an th, - liriiiiise we havg 9, vague feeling iudi- bcnehi-s boys of tliviitceii who Immlmnlmhn Ui un Inmmmy govern at thi- best system of education in liiiil inasteii-d ilu- i~..\ boois of iiiuc mmt' nmmqy at ||“,,,t,,,m,,U'0v,,,. lim" Um" U0 BWI-Gm HIS fill l‘7<\l' ‘ *md “U” ""t "‘"‘""'m" nl "` noi, ii Iiegishitive foiiiicll, und lim" hke rvugloll. IH lm i|\"f‘f` 9*' “"" ‘""'"'"'V " 'H N ‘W Iloiisi- of Ai.si-miily Within ri-ion’ lmnte. iind the moii- you oigiiiiizi- c'iiiii- uboiif nlso, thut 11 will l.iici wma UWM, ,W0 Hm,H,s we,” mu", mm" "ml Bd“°5t|U“ Ulf* 1939 Of fill' HIM' W"‘” “`“‘h"l'5 the HU“l"" poi .iti-ii in ouc which coiituiiieil thii Mlrtitt remains Also, like rcili;'ion_ (,,,i,.k it would hc diffiii;ii_ for iliii- io Ly memhunk h K " n ‘F word ' and “mt 'M " e sixteen eisoni-i on one bidi und foui- E lleiieiils of the twin vires ofie- wus diic tn thi* niasti-I s bi-llef I ' 3|““H Ilyiiocrlsy and educational ediiintioii sliouiii seive no pi-nctiiiil lem "" lh" ‘mm wh"" “ Bl"'“k'" ‘“9@l` i-nd, and that,thi‘ moment it sfiovi “"‘“‘ "h‘”‘”"- the |§[f’V°"‘}';“`“tlel:t‘|*}`n‘; 0| _ _ _ inujniity of our vw yc e °°"“‘° I “° “°t ““"“‘ “mt "‘°"° t" "° ‘“‘°“'l ‘t ""°“'“‘ ‘"`“"‘““ fm "ny i...»-0 iiisi ni-ei. iitiii with nu. .~..ii sri- no schools in tho-ic dn s 'I‘herc purpose uliiiti-ici 'i"lii- end und uini "“ l»|i'l\tv of them nnld ninth educn- of his aniiiiiloii was thi- ciiltiviitiiui “"5 '“"‘"" "mt "W |"'Ul’|° Wh" ‘“l '~”' ‘*f ll kinil which must seem veiy of taste- iinil thi- .ii-v¢.\,,|,,,,,.,,¢_ uf um, liliunisi-Ivi-ii ii.iitr;ii\.iiiivi-9 noyv Iioiil i i ici-rf tl | ,t. |. , “Nm fifteen Heiifu e ptiuuiui wii i.i U uma M y°“ wh” have ‘md act" HD mm “qu "H ‘ cl" I \ tlioiiiui-Ives lliilieinls hold fouiiiii-r "\l\i'lii-lice of an cililentioii which this, lhiif hi- i-oiild do notliiiii., oi '"4 ‘I°'UlKl\eiI solely for its i~i‘|i‘i‘f | liiiy who hiiil no niiiid Ili' coiiiil noi NMU9- 'UNI I-‘NW 1" ""9 "\‘lU|lf‘|“\0"L i IIN. mnrncter of the mm" do mom rm hm, "Hu, (md had ,|,,,,, iiicmbei which iiinki-ri up the tliiity I “uw in mind Buch n “mul wlux the making of ,.,am,me“ he had iiovcinnient iiiiiler sucli iiicuinstnn huh wng \,us¢,q upon th theory nothing to ilo hc was coniccrueil "W IH IIDIYOHBIINP. 1111*] I |100? I-fill” if "lt it was the master and not the merely wltli the making of men i-tencial election is shortly to be held fsti-in which made the gcpool At any rata nil persons agree tliiil TIIIU il1‘10D9“.)___,, 1 ,Z __ .__’.'_,_5,,__,:;_ é_,,i>;;;, *_ A I S' ‘s 1 me 2 1 u I ship before duty--thi-, »e\iiii-.iiiiiii iiiiist bu fuccil. _'Phe llrst liiislni-i-tr: of ii coiiiiiiiiiilly 'isYto"ii'i>sc5ier`tlTc i_ii't'\uiti'i'Iii 'iii 'irliicli it iliiilu itself, and thi-ii ;.roi~,eeil to ii- ilapt itself to its eiixiiroiiiiiciit. 1l`I|¢ I-zirly settlers lu I’i‘iriie lildwiird ls- liiiid iiiiileriitooil tlieir siti:ni,ii»ii per- - ` - fe, :-' ',';.;ii,,,5,_`f _ ._, i _.=.z»-all# I 2/4.. *__* - x - . __ /_ 1.- _ ~';'_ ’ __,_, , " 2,53 ‘z,;'=';:._§ ' =§i.='.-;=t,v _I3 ». 1 _-,. -_ -.: > ~. - :fr --_--.;¢i= _ ~ _¢- -_ , ' " ' iii: “ ' .`-( »§,_;jg< i _,.-=_ _. -,=;;._ , _.=‘~, _ ;- _\i;‘ :<-.Y ~ wg fi' -" , ' .~ °~i:;_._-»;y,-.- -.W gi.;-Q _X 1 , , _ Q, y , _,gl ;}:3\§, i_ s.,,Q.v,,,_,4 41;, ip . _y.,._,._ " ’ ~, . _ . ”=f,»:,»- .if-f. , ,.»,..,_..,__.»_-.._»-._ , `;.‘ .".*."- *"""1 -""" .."',.‘ QA '._, . _.~._»-.==,';",~.~3."=~\i.; if , __ ‘iictly und kiiew how to |.io;it_ by it, Z‘hcy found tlieiiisi-l\~es in iiiisgeiigioii if the most ferliie pnrt of the enrth's . iui‘frice and ii cliiiulte above it, which .lermitted thiit fiwtility' to come to its full fruition. They i-,li.ai'ed away the forests iiiiii tillcd the soil, 'l‘liey sent their proililrts into all the iniir- rcts of the world in ships hcwn out if their own timber, and brought ‘iack in those smile ships i-iuieh gnoils is they required, bought in thc best narkets uf the world, und iidi-nitteil 'oi' cnnsiiniptioii at a rate of duty vii ch was less than one per cent in advance of that which is ciiargeil in Einglniid to-day, AH ii result of this -_djnstiiient to environment the popu- 'aticn increased from three thousand at the beginning of the century to| 108.000 in 'eighty years. With this i"a~i iid increase of a sound and homogcn-I :ous native population social life flie- :ame organized. Schools and churches 'effected the geni-ml prosperity by ii :eucroiis eiliicntiiiii and a priifoiiiiil religious life. But about tliiit time somethini; niippeneil. ’l‘hiit was the Uonfeiiera- tion of the Cuiiiiiliun (loloiiles, under vhicli the people of Prince Edivarii "slaiid handed over the power of tax- ng themselves to others whose inter- :st was that they s"iould bc tnxcil on ‘iaavlly as possililc. This new powi,-,r ‘inmcdlutely utilized the opportunity iy liiiwriiiislilg the ciistonis duties from ’ivi‘, to nineteen per cent. First it priz- ,ienlfed thc people from buying in thc. iinrkcts of the world. As ii result itu ,wcvoiiteil ihcni from selling in the markets of the world, und the ruin iviis coniplctcil by ir chain of other evils. |"n.i'f. of this nioui-y wliiiiii wfiu coll- ~cteil :is ciistonis diitieii wus i‘i-tiirneil as siibsldics :init for the coiistl'\ii',tloii if public works; but these ainounts .rare expeiiiled not for the piirpoiui for which they were iiiteuileil hui; to en- trencli one giiveriiiiieiit or iiiiotlier iii 'iowert When the people siuv th‘iit f.I\i‘. taxes \\-.hich they paid were used to construct \viuirves on dry land, to 'iuiid Iu~iikwn`tci'i~i where tliore were ui. ziiiiliinci- of ship,-i which never cuini-, :hi-ii iiii-y knew tlii-,ir money w_ns bc- iii; Tim-d for their own corrillltmll- 'I‘i~.i|.iipoi'tntion with the upper limi- ndiuu provinces wus slow and expen- sive, ]iiii,i»,~i upon good:-\linll\1fl \‘.'l‘FIf ward wi-ri-, higher than upon i$~»i`ll“ going to ihe cast. It was hard cn- _mniii to buy: it wus impossible to scll. 'Po this day there is no_i:omD0l1' ltion in ruilwny or steuiriship rutes. The railway service is in the lmnils of a monopoly, the worst of all mon- oplics, namely, the government. SWG” whatever l-usincss a government dues it docs bndlv. At the present mom- ent it costs -26 cents ii hundred l>0\'\'“‘F to carry freight from ii mid-Island point to Sydney, n. distance of 300 miles, whilst it costs 16 cents ii hun- dred pounds to carry thi’ “me “IM” of freight from Montreal to_9yd“0Y. adilstance three times as ¢.\‘¢8f- _ Instead of facinz the situation BB it existed the people indulged in vain dreams of the dev when they ¢0\\\d again trade with the States. and con- vey thelr products to the mnlnllmfl through a hole under the sea. Now that dream is nt an end. ff” the i i .,,. » -»“>. »,<~ . 4 #4 \ , , { >_ I __ 9 i ui. .\_\ii.iii-uv .\i_.\.-i-iiiii.. i `iurlioiii.-i, und llghI.~ houses for thc' I rio ilcciweeil on rlepi.ciii'|.i»i~ Zlst. thai; 'this tiiuiii-I, i-veil if it were built, lshoiilil be iiieri-ly ii lii.i'i'/.onf.i._i hob, ii. lille gi"iTiiiTil uvith its eiirls in 'iT'f`iHTI'f ' i Whitt now is the rcmciiy? ’l'lic rein- eily lies in zicizi-ptiiiv, the sitiiiitloii iii- utiintiy and proiitliig by it iiiiill ii 'new situation ciiii be i~reiii,ed, hy up- ilflyllyz to thni. piirt of Viiiiiiila the \pi'oi.i-i~,live sysii-ni wliii-li is- dci~l:u'i-il iii- bi- .-ii. ifooil for tho wlioli-, by re `I'ii:¢i|ii; io buy Iroiii I.lie iifhi-r pl'iivili~~ li-iii ol' Uniiiiilu any i~i.iuii,iodlf.y wiili-li ii-:iii bi- |.i~i.ii icleri of iliiily use fi'i.iii l.Il_oi~iewlio :ii‘i~ tired of the i‘i»i,i,eiiiiiesi: mid biii'biii-ity file;-zv 'fiiiu;rii_ iiliinig with thi- ciioiize-,it fiioil.-i eiiii lie |`.i>..iiiir-f-il in If‘i~iiici- lid r..piiliitioi. ii; :ilIi.w.-.l to i-<.ui.iiii.»< .Ll will bi- dui- i... i.liie gi'i..~:.~i-ii ii.-|f_li~i:l| ilpoii Ilii- pilit of l_iiie gii\'i-i'iiiiii-iii iiiiil of the pi_»i.ple tliciiisi-Ivi-:<. lt wus; of tlie liistory of l‘i'iiii~i-, lilil- wuril lfvluiiii i.wi.:i li. api-:ik ii. y<.u_! _-_,iii I hiivv by iio iiieziiiii foi‘igoi_ii_-iil iiiy ::ll>_li'i~i._ 'l`Ii.~ii-, is ri tlii--.ry of Iii., i,'u'v of uliii~li lily illeiiii l’i'i»fi‘si~=oi“ \'/i‘oii.:_, is nu i-_\;1..ui-iii., iliiii. ii.:- Iifi- of i_h-- priipl- is ilii- i-lili'i i.i:|ii-i l:i_l l`..i' ii |il::liii'i;iii_ iii ;iiij. i‘:i-:i-_lliul ii: ull the liisiiiry wi; |ui\~i-_ \\.- h;i\'i-_ iio i'i~i:ui'iI.~: of wiiri: :ilid iiizissiii;i'i-i~i; \.'iirii i:=.liTiiil, :iiiil ii Liu- piifitr-iii. .ii-»i I-IDDRESS OF DRIINDREW MIICPHIIIL ON P.E.ISLIIND GIVEN I BEFORE CIINI-IDI]-IN CLUB IN TORONTO NOVEMBER 27,1911 FiiiST or ii SERIES or ADDRESSES upon THE NTNE i>iioviNcES or ciiiiiiiiii-_--DEALS wiui THE Einuciiiioiiiii SYSTEM Island Industries Including Shipbuilding the Decline in Population, Politics and the Party System, the Effect of Protection, Transportation Difficulties, the Exodus und its Remedy, Co operation llmcng Fcrmers und in Biinking, Growing New Crops, Oyster Production, the Growth of Strawberries, Tobacco-The flush to the Cities, ond General Observations on Improvements Needed in Social and Political Conditions I teiiiiri: limi, Llii-_y wi-,re unable to en- t,Iiii:liiii', \\Iii-ii il iiiiil bo pi~iiiliii'eiI ini |oi'ii- pi~..|.i~i` i-i-uiiiiitiiiiis lest they /7 iiii;:liL io-;i‘ ii fi-iv Votes. The people ‘ - ily -aiiil_'. '_ Y -. ii, ii. little iiisti'iicl.iiiii iiiiil iiii,liiisl:i.\'iii iiiw-‘sti-i»ii;;ly in fiivoi' of closing the bi-ilu iipfziiiist iiidiscriiriiliate Bshing,` uliii li\'c iii the vicinity 1 'z iii-1. i-iiiiu,5h for their own iilily sliuiiti-ii for thi- iiroixili .iii i..<.»_ 'l iii- i1i'\\'i:ll iriver, for example, Htl‘ii\\'lii-i'i'ii-si 'l'iii~y ripi-ii iii ii _-I-.i lli:»;i Iii-.ii i-limivil,--l.liiit is where 1 .~;oii of ilu- viuii- ull:-ii .-.il oilii-r .-,up 1li\'i-, ;iu:I ii.~: ii iii-iiglilioi' said to me, -s :iii-_ i-.-il.ii.i:.l-il. .\ ii r. f-iiiizi-i ,A ".'i'luil ulll Iii-i-|» oil fol'i‘I|:ll€rS from Iiiiiiiiiiil ‘ii |i..i \i iii ' _ _ ; .I fii-iii l\1ui'riiy Har- ...i_ - ‘i'i.i_ ulll iii.dri'siii.iiiitIli1f. , iiiiil yii if ..iii |.ii| Il i io - i-,Il:ii;i»ii ii boiilii iii :.iiii'.\'bi~ii'_y iuiii ini l'i'i~|..i| iii iii i\'ovii :li-iiliii; Iillt you i iliiip iii iill liiiil lhil il ui iiiilii |\\l|I‘Ii iliI|\ \ II - ii _ iu..\\/iliiit f\lui'i'ny -ar iiliii~iiii'.~i| in I-liii'_l:iiiil_ Jflie uniiie i~.‘. ,' iuil' iz ,, i»l:ii-i- iiiii iiiori- i.|iuii twenty i»<»i‘i»_-iii‘i- Iioliiii liiii- lin' :iii oihi-i ::ui;,ll l iiiiii-.-: iidiir. 'l‘h~e iii-iiiiu: loci is i`i'li|l.~;. - l :1li.,|i|( eliiiillight U81 1|, At l,1ii'_iiioiiii~||i, I.Iii'|'i: ur :i i-ry iill i :iiii noi i..ii~ i.. i\x|.ii,~i' our minor iiviei' thi: world for Iiiiiiii-iiiiiiiir zii‘L_ iIiiili>ii|i.li‘,~:_ iii' lil i'l~I:ii_e the sorrows ivliivli liiivi- itiiuii- i`i. ii.~i by reason of -our fiilliiip; po|>ii|iiii<.i|. 'l‘Iii>.i'e ig 5, UI UN? Iii'oiIui~i. of I.hi~. fiii'.Loi'ii-zi. 'I‘Iii-` liiiiilziiiiiiiitul Iziw of l‘iiiltlll‘o thot, rriiiotesl, reiiioii.-: in-ie iweiiizlicii for iii.u»E .iiiiiiiivsl ii pi~opli- \\'iui-li is fuiling nn~ wil. iflotli. lieathi~i‘, and iiii'iiit.iiie_. All iii--iii~:illv_ili.~ lndi\'idiiii|.~i thi,-inselves .li-iiiioivili-. 'l’lii-i~.»lii ir. the sadness, the li':ii-i-,ily .ii iI_ Anil ii is not as .i ilu.: .l.~|...,»iii.lii».i. .ifi.’.'i'ii in ili'n\\' lofi: uiiil- i.iii-ri-by I>ei'.»iiii-, oiviii-ii of n io\viiulii|»_' 'I`heri~ \\'i'v'i~, oi' iwiiiiiiv, i~i-riuiii iibligii tion.; ;iiI,iii'Iii-ii, A niiiiiiii-i‘iif |ii‘i':;..ii,~: liiiil fo bi- scitlcil ul-i-ii ilu- Iiiiiil uiiili n i|l|If. l‘i‘ili:ll llfliii friiiii _vviir iii _\l':Tl', 'I‘Iii:: iiysteiii Iiiiiiii[i||lsoi'_v |Iiii‘i'hi:ii- uns ii.iii».liii'i‘il bv ii»i-nns of siiiii of ..~.|ii._\' ii.l‘~'liiliii.ii,\-li-ii mis noi lii~ |iii'iiil:i':iiii~i- il.i-:=i- iiioii woiilil i'i»iiii' Iiiiiizc fiom l`.ii‘i>igii |i:ii'ie= briiiiqiiiig .-ii'i\I|i_'i- _~ii|i|ii:il:4_ \\'i-:ii',iii;: iiiruiiigi' i'li\iIii'N, ;.II of \\|ili‘li viivi- iii Ilii- i~i»iiii il‘v :iii i*-ii|i'iiii>Iv iliii-i~i>.iiiii»' .-|iii|'ili~I i‘l‘. l\liiiii' ..i Iiiiisi- i"Ii<.'_- :dill ii-iii:iiii_ lilli llii-_\ iiii- -Ii:-iii-,‘i-iiiiiirz i`i.|. Ii_y ;iii.~i of ihi- i¢lii|il.ili!iliii-i iiii`i\|r'fi" iii ihi: Miii'i|liu.i- i'i--\'i1ii'i:~' Viiiiiiiiii ohl.'iini-il ilii' foui Ili |il;ii'i- iii ilii- uiirlil in i'c,~1|.ci‘i. of ialii|i|~lu_i:, but \\iiliin i.lii- liisi, furry §'eiii'ii ii, Iiiis ili-clliicil to ihe i-le\i-nth iinii- iii i-iiiiii-i'|iciuI uri.-:T thi: liirizci-it of iiic I'i'iivinces, iililiiiiiuli you uiiizlit think it wus if you took nccouiit of the number und intelligence of the peo- ple whn have issui-,il from it. I Imvc pcrsilnileii iiiiiiiy people of lfi; fertili- ty, niiil its bi-iiuty, but l cunuot pi-.i~» simile even myself of its arent size. Home hiimorist has liirif. linndcil me n card on which the enquiry ig writ. ten, "Wlmt about the oysters?" Without being drawn ni-'fliic from my inaln theme I shall take time to siiy that this lndustry will not escape attention; and if in future you rihoulil have ti- buy more for oysters than selves b reflectin ii on in is tobacco. Every year there is lm- when yell did not 'izmy tenoiigh? dsx YO" ‘I0 "0W. you can comfort your- |.i‘i.,yi°i-:4.~:,lli:ii_ you ia/iiiiiot believe the i_i-nth; und the truth is that we are uwt liilliliiiiq our iiiiI,i\’i=, piiplllation. In tliii lust if-ii yi-his l,7flII,OOO emi- ;_i'u|it:s liiiiii- i~i.iiic into i.iie country, iuui that i.~. ;iboi.i, thi-_ liicrciiue which ilu- i-i-iisiis sliows. l risk you where ii;i\'i- our iiwii iiiiiivu horn gone. I nsin you ul.-To, what will it profit a iieiipli- if thi-v \_':iin the whole world :inil Iiisi- their ovvii e-Tons. . _ iiur i`..~ii-.ii policy for tliclast thirty yviiis liiis: f:iviu'i-il tho cities at the i-xi-i-iii~'i~ .if thi- i:oiiiii.i‘y; but I think I sc-ie sinus of the end. Men are get- Llni: iircii of noise and machinery, iii-cd of living the life of parasites iiuii piiiiipi-i‘i\,i's. They are spending ii-,ore iiiiii- in the country, and in the :.ii|iiiui-i- iliii i-iflivs ,ire ilesierteii by all v.-li.. ii.-iw iiii-niis eiioiigli or sense ciioiiiili to ;_ti‘i iiwiiy. l uni siirie flint inuuy persons here iircsi'i|i, \vi‘i'i‘ hiirii in the country. You vnu iii. niiieli for those who still fin- ||ii-i~i- oiiil niori- for yourselves. I :iiliiii-.~ you i!ii~ii ii. il.. somcthliig for Ilii- i-i>|iiiii'y ili.i|_i'ii'I.s, liieiiiillse if ltln not u'i~li ivilli llii-ni ii. i-.innot be well '_-:liii i‘;iuiiil:i :is ii wliolc. I give yoll lui' lliiiiiloi for this piitieiit hearing, mul ,I i~..iii:i-niiilutii myself that none of you i-n\"i: foiinil it necessary to .._-.-...ll _vi-iii'.~;i-lws of flint inalienable |.i'i\ili‘;'i- \iliii'Ii I iiiciitiolleil in the !-i-igiiiiiji-i<,~-~ ii very loin; time ago, as ii iiiiisl, :ii-oui. ' Flllfllillllllli ll LUWEH NIUNTIGUE _..__f ' Iii-i<.i-u li-nriiii: f..|~ hi-r iii-wliome in ilu- |'iiiii-il riiiiii-_-:_ Mrs. ((‘:\pt.) Har- t " 4' I 'A " '° "_", 1| N 4' ; l lry (':|ii-_i-i'..ii wii.-: pri-iieriteil by the iiowi-r i\loiii..ii;_giu- i-liiirirlioi-i with iiwcll illli-il i-iii',~ii-, :ind ilu- liiivvcr Montague iiiilfcil rbi-ii' |i|'i>.~:i-iiteil hcl' with 8. ,~.iivi-r piidiiiiiiz dish iiiiil tho following :iiiiii‘i-ss, \\'iiii'h l\li'i-i. Clilneron ac- liuiiuli-ib:i~iI in hi-ii lndylikc manner: Ili-:ir i\Ii'.._ i`:iiiii-li-ii!--We the m8m- |.i-i¢. ..i' ilu- |.i.\\-.-r Montague choir i-.iiiii 1.. i-..n\'i-y 1.. you our apprecia- lioii of your high ni.Llui(‘Al talent uliii-li lizui I\i‘i-ii Iii lla n ciiiirsu Ol edu- ruliiui iinil iili-n.siirc of the painstak- iiii: work you did ini our organist. Wi- know flint often you came to i.i~iii-.iii-e nt grriit sacrifice to yourself nnil hoini-. We may not always seem ii. lmvi- iw-cipriicatcd your seLf~ileny- ini; spirit :uid work ns we might, but wi- iiii fi-i-I fhiit you were the heart Tinii soul of the choir. It would be liiivossilile for us to put into words what we feel ut this time. We fully i-eiiiixn that with your departure from im we ure suffering an irreparubla loss. And it is with sincere regret tlint we bid you good-bye. We elm. nstly hope tliiit you will meet, In your new home as warm friends as you _leiive behind you. And now, dear friend, pci-mitugh, present you with this little gift, 5 small tokeii of oui- appreciation 01 your service of song, as well as n innrk ol'personal esteem and love. Again wishing you and your family Godspeed and every effectual blaming in your new home,_nn behalf of tn, _ l iron .le in the past has been that th; gy; remnin, yours In lfncetisii 0 V ~ ‘ f ` .‘ .,i*‘<,.,-'f- ‘.. ‘ ' ‘Q 'fj_"" .. Mr* r ' - S- ~,_-f-2 ~-‘ =~;- i-» ~ 1*-if. it ' ii* * i. ---~ ~» ,.-_:_-,.,,~. .~ ».,, -.v. , . I -. ., . / i . 1 , ~’,=‘»'.1,-...’ ,_A yy-_._ -~ /_ l_,___,,.,~,.~),,-_-i,__ _. ¢ i).,i,,V_-__ __Vl__..'_g__*_, _ e . 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