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LA U [ERANJU 7[tIJfB. LARTE R CA NA lUAO TOO BRITISH FOR THEM. AURICULTURAL Le journal, o!f Monreal, fthe Conser- vaieorgan, declares i.hat Six Wilfrid DEVE OPIE T. aurier failed f0 maIre an impression upon bis audience at Sorel, a faibure due to the absence o! warxnth in bis bang- Growh ofOurExpots o Gratnage, which Le journal attributes fa ls Growh ofOur xpots t Gret .Engliali associations' and Engliali Britain. ideals." This is a variant of Sir Charles Tup- pers famous verdict (rendered in Que- EFFECT OF PREFERENCE. bec): "Laurier is ton British for me." Ift i the sort o!f hing Laurier bad ta _________contend with in bis own Province in flie basf two general elections and will have Farmners Reaping the Benefit of ta contend with again.-London Adver- Liberal Policy. tiser, British Attention Centred on Canada by the Preferential Tariff of Sir Wil- f rid Laurier-Statistica of Trade Increases. Canada's Agricultural Exporta. Under Conservafive rule, r88g~6............$368,710,078 Under Liberal mile, 1896- 1904 .,... 679,782,663 Increase.........311,272,585 Fort unately for Canada, elab-,orate statistics are not neýcesary f0 prove lier prosperity under the Liberal te- 01mbi. From the selection of the Laur- ier Cabinet of business adrinistrators and specialiets, the tariff revision, and the return tide of exports f ollowing the British preference, an impetus b", ocen given our trade which is the most remarkable incident in our commercial history. T1he Government wisely saw the line o! development for which we werc best sultefi, that of agriculture, and the figures ibove showv the resuit that lias been reaclsed. The Blritish preference gave Canadaý an advertise- ment in thie mutherland-putting it on that basis for the moment--which g1reatly increased the demand for Can- adiau proituets. That feature, in conjunction wîth the' extension of ag- ricultural education under both Mr. Fisher in the Dominion and Mr. Dry- den in Ontario, forced the planets fa the proper positions for our agricul- tural prosperity. Canada Becomes Known. Mien in 1897 fthe preferential taiff was given and Sir Wifrid Laurier was the central figure of the visiting colon- ial statesmen in England, the wealth of Canada ):>came known to thme mass of ]British people as nov1er before. The London correspondent he Nlontreal Sta-, the Coniservative 5rgan of our1 --t1lue infu wy:-'lSugt pec o! 1 a . Mm.'Fuelluciýg ~'rcsage dleal o! at'tenlitIon, I eard a GCeuser- vatixe me-tube Lr o!Paliament eay this uîoraiag, 'Ounr Mînsters jaw, jaw, jaw, andf do littie but jaw about the unity coflihemrpire, but Canada keeps on do- i"g. ding, doig '"Tlhe tendon 'limes iaid if 'vas "flic mosf remrarkable stop 3 cf madle toîvard the fiscal confedema- tiom o!fle ic epire."'l'imehabondon cor- respondent o! Thse New York Times fcud .flua situation --"For the flrst funie ja niy experîcance, Euglaud and flie Viluglishu are regardîng Canadiaus andi the Dominîioa wlfl affectionate enflas- Thsm" ie bondon Bullion' t said- «"While flic Canadian oie reewaif- in, for fthe mulenluni f0 corne Vo them. flic Canadien Libemalasot about ceing whlmefcoulfi be dous etobrlng about loser trade rclatiouship bstweeu flic Dominion and flic moflier cotun- try.'I On tbis aide flic Deparfmenfs o! Ag- riculture et Ottawa and ia several of! flic Provinces set about a systematic training for the future marliet open- in- ouf for ns. The work o! the ex- peiotlfarine wns exfonded andi thousaufis o! educaficual bulletins scat- I erei.' Farmers' institute wevrk wass jn<pulazized, sud JIveu stock faims placcd ilime latest pointera ou !affeuag anul- munis withiu flic readli o! almost cv-ry farmer. Cheae-caning sud chimiken- !aftning stations were establishefi, sud ncolf-storage service aecurcd direct f nom he remofe railway stations ta fhelcÀverpool market. Nover so Prosperous. 1\o one is so blinfi ns nof o sec flic result o! this immense scliemno5 plan- ief by statesmea andi executefi by bus- iness men., The exodus o! farîners ta the United States lias cea.sed, and I- stcad f-loy are giving o!fliseir licat Vo people our own vast fertile aremansd reap the afivantages o!flihe market we have developei., Agriculture, intead of going backward, lias leapefi up f0 and beonf Oie progpeîity o! the days o!flice Russian war a hlai century ago, ,whicli for a geucratioe awss ecallefi as flic golden age by farmeaewbloss liopes o!f-lic National Pollcy lad bem crue-,I 1y disappolufefi. Mortgagos au-e bcing p ad off, moacy Ilaclicapensfi, and f-be laa compauy lias littîs business Vo do with tflicfaumer. 'fic a selltown la Ontario lias takea on the airs o! a city, for if uow enfers tVo'people o! money and teste, just as do the stores lanflic langer places. Insteafi o! a front win- dow filed i wtl cleap gingimams,, lai- dollar lamps, or rufle fable china, fiey noir displny flic latest silks or crepe de clienes, beaufiful parior decoraflous, sud cnt glass ware ta mocf flie demands e! a new faste, neyer before assertiag if- s3elf. If is no longer a roproacli, as if used tfohlinluhlic yes o! soma, ta camne 'qrem flic country,." for agriculture, stimîulated by our almost uulimited mar- ket, lias becomne a science, the farmer a eienfist, sud lus famîly, wif 1 fli rural trclley and daily ncwsàpaper, as up-to- dite as sud offon liettor posted flia their urban rivals, Prices Have Soared. Not only lias the produco licou greatly increesefi, but picos o! farmars'1 prodUco hamve isea. lime !ollowiug is cmp1 i son o!flice higlicat pices o! amr'po duce lunflic Toronto markeasrprd lu The Globe for October 3, 1896, sud flue saune dateý 1904 : 1896. White wleatf..-.----$ 7 7 Oatts-------------------23 Blarlev-..-------------381/, Peas ... ... ... ....... 44% boUy, tona...-..--..-..-15 001 Drcîn-d lioga, cwf. à S2 5 E'gsdozen-. . .........15 Butter, pounf ..,.... 16 Potatoes, bushel . . .. 50 67 10 50 7 75 25 23 70 If capunof le deuied fliat tiis lucreaso in prices has made l 'iving more expen- sive for the people o! the cities. This bas. however, licou more than offset by flie higli wages ruling for labor, skilled and unskilled, and by flie steady em- ployaient which tariff readjustasent and stability bas'supplied. How Exports Increase. Enfering the reaai of statistics, pros- perity is as evident as it is in the fotally altered conditions of every-day life, Our total agricultural exports to ail coun- tries in 1889 wcro $37,304,818 ; in 1896, $'50,591,002, and in 1904 it had jumped to $114,441,863. The British market 1takes neariy nine-tentlis of our agricul- tural products and animais and their produice. The following table shows liow our agricuitural exports f0 Great Britaîn alous have grown in the last eight years 1896. .,...... $42,074,387 1897 . . . .,..... 47,108,233 1898 . .. 67,484,22à 1899 , ...,6Q,052,542 1900 . ...71,566,595 1901 ... ,. 66,523,658 1902 ,.- ..-.,,80,661,501 1903 ..., ., .......96,205,620 194 ... ... ......100,951,992 If is a matter o! history Ilow our cx- ports have developcd along certain lines, iiotably in cheese, bacon and wheat. The f ollowing table shows the exporfs f0 Great Britain ln 1896, 1900 and 1904 o! a few of the more important linos Canada's Exporta ta Great Britain. 1896 1I00. 1904. Horned cat- tie, living.$6,816,361 $7,579,08() $10,046,651 Butter .-. 893,053 4,947,000 4,403,094 Cheee,- 13,921,,G72 11),812,670 24,138,Z91 Eggs ..... 704,768 1,447,030 1,036,0M5 Bacon an d hamns.,, 4,570 349 12,749,175 12,996,720 Wheat ,, 5,677,637 11,350,942 17,309,285 Wheat four 347,e85 1,665,708 3,568,130 As the demand of thie Britishi market- will remain almost unlimited, and as no hostile tariff need lie expected ln thaf quar@ter, Canada williec fortunate if she retains the services o! business adminie- trafors who know how to develop a trade, and ta enable the farmers fo realize the best results from our unlinm- if ed agricultural heritage. BRITISHI FARIdERS NOT PLEASED. erument for the first time send a cal-1 Ict ion o! dairy produce and dressed poultry f-o tho Daîry Show at Is ingVon, f-le excellence o! Which la admlffod, but oue gafliers fliat flic British dairy farmer doos nof vieW if witli favor.1 Lord Crewe said thaf (>ee caunof fail1 tc, hink that f-o some extent If com-1 potes witli aur owu produces. OVER FIFTEEN MILLION Surplus o!flihe Dominion For the Lest Fiscal Year. Ottawa, Oct. 8.-An aboundig pros-1 perity thirougliont Canada is denoted ly t'he revised Officiai, figures o! the basf financial. ysur. The Federal sexchquer i8 full Vo repbetion, sud flic revenus la exeeedingly bunynuf. There nwa a sur- plus o! $15,227,006 over ordinary ex- penditure, sud a reducfion o! $6,32 1,318 bas been mnade la the public delit. The surplus, over ail expendifures comblned amounts f-o nearly lave millions. Com- pared with 1902-3, f-le recelpf s show a gain o! $4,620,000. l Ic helree main Sources O! Ineomo, aoustoms, excise sud poatoffice, fliere were satisfactary aug- mentations. lime sum. o! $2,046,878 was paid ouf for rallway subsidisa, and $1,. 130,041 for Iron sud steel bounfies. lThe latter is less than for the previons year. Thme !oliowing stafement gives flic de- talla e! receipts aud expoudituire s Revenueie ndi expediture on account o! conzoidated !un.d- Cusfoma..s ...$37,001.726 $40,702,610 Exoce ........12,018,779 12,M58,708 Poetofiâee......4,397,832 4,652,824 Public works, lu- cbuding raiways 7,088,501 6,971,2221 misçellaneous . 5,685,228s 5,372,211 TOts s.....6G6,037,68 $70,657,078 Expeudtur . .$51.691.902 .5,3,7 Expenditure ou capital account, etn- Publie works, rail- wars aud cLaala.$ 6,174,09 $ 5,817.773 Donifon lande.. 449,542 750.760) Militia, capital . . 428,22?, 11299,910 Ptallway subsidlea 1,46a,222 2,046,878 Bounty on iron sud* ete . ...1408,2529 1,180,041 SuhAf rioacon- tingent .. .........1049 6,818 krhwest Teritor- les rebellion .. .. 8,040 2,574 Total .. ....... $10,051,628 811,03-5,970 VOTE TORY OR -, That If secs flic unfaIrnesa o! "a aolid Qucbe," sud that a persistence ln separating itsei! frous the rcst o!flice provinces and consolidafing ifs support irrespectiv8 O! poltical issues, wbile if will Win temporary sus-ces, thaf suc- cesa will lie et fhe price o! eudless fu- ture disadvantage fa Quelice and flic Frencli-Canadiaus. The coutroiliiug posi- tion Is likely ta paqs rapidiy !rom Que- bec lunflic future. BF fhellst ceusus feu votes went ta flic west. Since Con- federation constituencies bave increased fromu 182 fa 214. Population is pouning lut otfli prairie provinces. By 191o there will lie a tremendous change ini flie distribution o! represenfation geo- graphically. Ail fliese mattors fthe peo- pie o! Quebec will consider caîe!ully before polliug day, au.1 ail will fend to influence fliem agtaýmsf a pcmpc. tua' flou o!flice "solid Quebec'" idea.-Oftawa Citizen. HON. A B. AYLESWORTH Oae of the leading juriste of Canada, wbo ais joined the Laurier Government Ontarûo Cand l'ates in th :Iold. Algoma E .... ............. Bantgord ....... ......... Brout..... ...... .......... Br-u ffor................. Bruce Sv............. ........ Caruleton................... BuferiS.......... ...... Cnaneton..... .............. Duffrin .................... Elgndas........ ............ DElinaW,.. ............. .... Esseg.In E........ ............ EssieixV.. ............... . Fronenac........... ..... Esex S..y.................. Groey ......... ........... GreuvIl............ ...... Grey S.E................ .... Haldimand........... ..... Hait on .. .............. Hamilton E ..... ............ W mmitn i........... .... Thý,.tIIgS 1E. ý..... .......... 0un............... RofE....... ............ Kingston , - ..... - Lanîbton E..... ............ Lamulifon W .............. Lnnark N ........ -......... Lanarl, S............... Leedis .........,........ Lennox and Adduugtom...1 Loncon....................1 Middlesex E ..........- Middlesex N Muskoka ...... -............. Norfil................. Nortliumberl'd E............ No-tiimhinerl7d W. ý......... Ontario N.................. Oufaria S .......... ........ Ottawa-------------------}. Oxford LN...................1 Oxford S .................... Pns-ry SouuId ....... ........ Peel .............- ....... Perth N .................... Port h S------------------... Pcemero)E ........ ........ Peterboro W ................1 Prescott.-------------------* Prince Edward.............( Reufren' N................. . Rcufrew S----------------... Russel.... ...... .......... Simcoc E----------------.... Simcoe N.................. Sincoc S .... ............... Stormont-. .---------.----- Thisunder Bay and Rainy River, A. . Dyment,, lý.,,., J. B. KChoM......... C. B. 4acoyd.....,,..... ............i. .,..... J. R. Ampeslýth....... P. E1. Maenze,ý,.. R.F uherlaed. A.H. Ciarze,R C».. W. J. Shibley..... .T....or.d........ H. Hl. Mlo........ J.S ea con..... Aid. J. M. Easîwond.. Adam Zimineriman .. G. E. Deroche,,. .... Reb. olm......... D.A. Gordon..... GYeo. Stepliens,. Hon. '%V. Hart y... J. Cownn.. .. . ý...... Dr.l. G. Jolinsfon ... T. B. Caldwel........ à-lima M e-ed* ' .-----*.* E. J. Lovelace. .. J. M. McEvoy ........ WV. S. Cslvert ...-. IF. Boston ......... ... I D. Marsalal..-. -,... 0. A. McCool ..-t-----. Hal. B. Douly...-- J. H. ogn.... Gea. D. Grant, -... fVm. Ros... . M. A. Belcourt-.... qolif,-Stewart-........ Lion. Jas. Sutlioriatd. - Ml. S. Schell....-»...... U-. J. Watson.......... W, E. Miner,,,, J. P. Malice...... G. H. McIntyrëo... John Finlay........*' R'. R. Hall........... Edmond Prouix... G. Nelson Rose. .. R.D .Gn.......... W. C. Henry ........ . P. Siaith .u............ Jas. Conmee ......... Toron te Centre ............. T. C. Robinette . Toronto E ..................................... Toront o N ...... ........... T. 'Urquhart......... Trouta S. .............. ........................ Tenante W..................................'- Vittria and Hal burton------------------------... Waterloo N ...................... ....... ... Waterloo S-----------------..D. Beckrer............. Welland.......... ........... W. M. German . Welinigton N---------------..Thos. Martn.......... Wellington S Hugli Guthîle....... Wentworfh ...... ........... W. O. Sealey......... York...............L J, Anderson . York N-----------------------------------------.... York Centre........... ...... Àrch. Camnpbell. CONSERVATIVI B.H. Turner. A, C. Boyce. A: J. Ludlow. J. Cibe rt J. J. Donnelly. L . L Blaudl. Dr. Barr. A.. Broder. H. A. Xard. A. 13. Ingram., J. Robinson (mnd.) J. W. H-a.inna.' L. Wigle. M . Avery. D. R. Macdonald. J. D. Reid. Dr. Sproule. T. 1. Thomson. C. AleKinnon. D.i Hderson, Samunel Barker. Fiànk C. Bv~ W. B. North,'iup. E. ......Lw.y J. E. Armlstrong. Jas. Claucy. Dr. Preston. Peter Bisou, J. D. Drmîrnmoad. W, m. Wni"h t. Gea. Gordon. Erie Ammour. G. A. Proctor. P. Chiristie. Thos. Bimkett. N. Champagne. J. G. Wallace. John C. Headerson. Dm, Freeboru, R. Biain. A. F. McLaren... Dr. Steele. J. A. Sc.xsluith, James Kendry. G;eo. O. Alcom Hou, Peter White. N;orma-i Wil11son, W. HE. Bermuett. Major Cmmmie. H. Lenncx. R. A. Ps-bugle, G. T. Marks. ,LLPciiem (ýLaI.)ý E. F. Clar~ke. A. E. Kemp. Hon. G. B. Foster. John McGoîvan, W. F. Macleamn. ýiV H. *i PUgsiey. *' WORKERS RATHER THAN 1 The reader who would like to get ammunition whercwit opponent who sighs for fthc gooti old days of Bowelland Tuppe' and the IlMouldering Branches " should take a look af tho figur page 9 of this issue. During the eight years preceding the fall ment thbe agricultural exporta of Canada totalled $368,710,00. Liberai goverument that followed thle agricultural exports havý is an inerease of over $311,000,000 ini eight years, or an average year. The population is probably about a million more titan if but that dees not accouint for the increase in agricultural expor The fact is that f-he McKinley tariff strucic a staggering b Iu a timid sort of way fthc Conservafive Ministers, when, not ený fried. to diret the attention of the farmers Vo the productionc barley, hay, horses, sheep and lanibs, amîd other products sor Their efforts werc not very successful, bowev-er, anti agricultur in 1893-4-5. When the Liberals came in Vhey lauuicheti tho preferentia ising Canada and Canadian products in thé lde0( Land via Bullionist, a flua-nei paper, thus put the case:- IlWhiic Vhe Ca for fthc millcnnium fo coine to thoîn, fthe Camadian Liberals set donc Vto bring about dloser frade relationship betw'een flic 1omuin The Canadian Liberais have been doÏng flînt ever smîîce,a vie sec. Ask that ConservaVive frienti of yours howr iee au a( the came sunshiue, fthc came farmers cager Vo get fthe besf resu], fthe cane tariff barriers Vo prevent our produ--ets, getting in' almost double the value of agriculfural exports in eight yca.rso coînpared wiith fthc iasf eight yeàrs of Tory govc,,,rnment. The jusf thie difference betwoa trying -to run a stor7eon a back str running one on a leadfing, thoroughfare WiVthLibra advertisi lias cauglif the world's eye. A BOON TO BRITISEl COLUMBIA' THE FARM8 OF CANADA, cAn D I GUO S '«" need'not go into defails o! the flï)ll ~ proreessudprosperity prevamliug un] .iliop1 i- LI n.\ )j Bnifisli Columbia as a result o!flthc SOME INTERESTING STATISTIOS -~ policy o!flihe Laurier Goverumeut," sa- REGARDING AREA UNDERCOP Dr. Sinclair, eue o!f t-e umoaf prominent COP The Deyelopmrent of Dry Goods nie n in Britisli Columbia, to a aewspapcr Tlie Daily Graphie Was Led Intoaa Mnfcuein, Toronto. reporter flic ofler day. "«To mention Serions Error by Takiug Lofsansd REMARKABLE G R 0 W T H. Twelve New Factories, Giving Employment to 1,420 People. Four Others Have Increascd the Numbcr o! Their Employoes From t 5 0 ,oSo-Arficies 110w Beiag Produced Here Were Formenly Imjported. There is no more sfriking evidence o! industrial prospeify la Toronto than tuat provided by flic manufactmir- ers of whitewear, cloaks and kindred linos. Bclow is given a lisf of six- Veu o! those factories, employiug ?,,- 450 porsons. T1welve of rhein have been established smnce 1894, aud they give emipicyment to 1,49-0 people, w hile the othor four have iacreased the numn- ber of their operafors ini that timeý from 300 to 1,030. Thie sixteen fac- tories, therefore, show that 2,150,nmore people arce orking lunfliese industries in the city to-day than thora were feu Y-ýàrs ago, ain increase of over 700 per cent. Tfhis is a remlarkable showing, and particuiarly gratifying from the fact aliat the articles now beîur pro- one iudustry will suffice, I refer to the Calliuig Themn Farms. miuiug. The entire Kootenay district_______ in tlie interior lias nover known better Ia an article on the numnber and size timies since the Dominion Governaient of faims la Canada a receat issue of The showed ifs grasp of conditions by aiding fhe silver and lead iudustry. Prior f0 the inauguration o!flihat policy flie in- dustry languished, and scores o! mines hlld been closed down, because o!flthe machinations o! the American bead trust. At one time the trust purchased British Columbia silver lead ares, cliarg- ing suieltimig rates fl'at practîcally 10ft rio profit for the Canadian mine owuer, This trust has millions af ifs cabi, aud absolutely dominates the silver and lead market o!flihe. United States. Thaulis ftethe Dominion Govemument, by iuauguratiug a system o! bounties, the Canadian mine owner lias been made independeaf o! the American oc- topus. That policy has resulfed lu stimulafing flie Canadian silver-lead iudustry and allowing Canadian silver and lead to comupefo with ftie Amenican producf in flic markets o!flice wonid. Many mines formerly idle are now lie- ing operafed, giviug employmnenf fa large numbers of men. These silver-lead ores are beiug treated at flic Nelson sud Trail smelfers, aed tfbe value o! this yesr's tonnage promises to exceed three million dollars, a sum o! wealth fliat would nlot have been created but for the patriotic polîcy o!flice Dominion Gavera- ment.", duce hee wre ormrlyaluîost en- minute and saine o! tbem usake 4,5002. tircly imporfed frouoicheUited bfat.es, The Minerva Maaufacturîug Comu- Brifain and Germaamy. Time Canadian pauy, makiug whîtewvear sud dres amanufacturer lunf-lis case lias captured shirts, have 225 omployees, uearly ail flic home trafic by flie superioritY of female, Wliea estsblîsbed eigVt ycars lis produet, sud it ms statefi thatfthe ago the Company oecupief coesftou price f0 the consumer lias not ouiy nof Richmond street, thea two flats, subse- been increasofi, but lowered. As will queatiy fliey occupied a portion o! their lie seen by Vhe bris! defaiied state- prosont large building oui Front street, ment coucerning each compauy, cvery andfi inally the wliole o! if. 'flie busi- f actory thaf- lias licou la operation for noeslias growu very rapidiy, and is a f ew yearslias bMen compeliefi f0 la- stili oxtendiug. Creuse ifs accommodaftion ta a coasifi- Cloaks and Ladies' Costumes. erabie exteaf, in soins Cases purchas- iag oxpeusivoe buildings, whule othvers The S. F. MeKinnon Compauy coin- are at flic proseut tîme procodiag witli menced flic manufacture o! cloaks sud the erection o! structures that wiii skirts soi on years ago wif h 25 eînploy- bof fer bsouse theus. cs. Now' fley employ aIl the yoar Here is the comparative table- round la this departfmcat from 150 to 1894. 1904. 175, about eqyýallv divided lietweeii men Eclipse Whitewear Co........400 and wonu. lime goods fliey are manu- Allen Maaulacfuring Cao .250 j550 !acfurîug îveîe !ormerly imporfcd ai- Minerva Mauutacturing Co. 225 Most dîrocfly, mosfly froîn Germlany. J. N-£ýrthway & Soun ,. 10 300o John Norfliway & Sons, Limited, om- S. F. IvcJÀuuon C o . 160 1ploy V'l) people, about oquaîly dlvided Merchants' Mantie Mfg. Ca, 100 betwee nonn and women, lanflic manu- Consoidated Cloak Co.......150 !actue d des'cloaks and i uits. Goat"..ntsl...gsf-m - 125 WheuV!rtl l_4paîmutwis ostabmsied Ideal __io. tmý 50 were îçssm a lree years silice il," Purifan Kaîittia M415 5s..... 0Cmp,-'rece d a finle five-storey ituildf- T. E. Brame Co., Ltd.... 25 150 iug on r elug streef, -with a floor Harvey Quiiiu0gB C' ........3 spaceOfo!50,000 square feet, thie greater Mackenzie Mfg. Co.. 20portion o!fîvhich h devotcd te manu- Merchants' Dyeing & Fia- facturing. "W o are doing a big uorth- ishlun- Co----------------. .15 30 wesf business," said -Mr. Norfliway. Ladies' Ready ta Wear 'CJo, 40 Time Merchant s' Mautbo Manufacfuring - Company have beeca iu business live 00 years, and duriug fliat fime have fouud Manufacture o! Whitewear. if uecessary fa move into a mmchl arger The Eclipse Whlfewcýar Company building. Tliey now employ 100 people sfarfed la business ciglit years agolanflie manufacture o! ladies' cloaks. with 19 bauds. Affer tliree years The Consolidafed Cloak Companuy, es- fhoy niovefi int o a larger building, andi tabhiilied six years ago, eomploy 150 peo- gave ernployment Voa109 persans. Sf111 pie, about evcuiy dividcd botweceanmale fhe business iîîcreascd s0 apdly that sud female, Tliey occupy a floor spaco greater accommodation was required, o! 12,500 square foot. and tliey erected eigliteen montés ago The Continental 'Costume Company, flic magumldeent building at thme corner wheo have been lu business' for tive o! King and John streefs, af a coaf o! years, have 125 ýemployees ongaged lu $45,000. They uo-t employ 400 peo. fthe manufacture o! manfies, costumes pie, o! whom 75 per cent, are girls. and ikirta. The factory !ormerly accu- Formerly nearly nil flic whiteweam ivas pied by the Company was desfroyed lu lmporfsd, but the Manager o! tie flie great fire, and a aew building is now Eclipse states that now vcry lit tie ~iai course o! eroction flirce times as brouglit o Canada !rom !oeign coun- large,.lime Manager stafes fliaf wlmeu tries, owlng ta the perfection o! the fbey move into their uew prcmises flic domcsfic manufacturcd article. "%AleCopn ilgvemoy ntttwc use baffer imaterial and aur goods are acompauy wbagneds. ymet ofwc botter made with a superior fin-asuaylaf. ieh f-o f-li United Sitates product." Tlie Ideal Wnmea's Wear -Company, Thes Allen Manuua1cturing (Company sho startofi in business two years ago omployed 250 persasfeu years ago, for flic manîufacture e! bloulses, îvrap- whereas to-day flicir employees numu- pers andi undcrskirts, have 50 cm- bier 550, o! wliom 400 are wouîen. Ilirce pl.oyees, mosfly uvomucu, A ne-iv four- yoars ago thoy erccted an addition to story !acfory is now beiug built for f-heir !actery, w-hich gave tlicm twice as thom at Bathurst sud King streets. mach acconîmodation. "Ounr great ditf Ibie Merchants' Dyeiag & Fiuishingf ficulty uow is flic scarcify o! lat>or," Company have lcea lanflie dyeing luimai said the Mannuer. -If we couid get uess !i for cîve yoars, sud have In- more Lelp 1 thuak we could do a mauch ci eased ha thaf time the number o! their biggcr business.Ï Alfimougli Vhe scale employees froir. 15 to 30. Five years O! wages ia more, than double what if age fli Ccompany establislied a dopant- was ta 1894, wc cammot obtain sufficient meut for tlic manufacture of ladies' lianda. 'lime white goods we mai- ready-to-wear cefhing. Beginiug facture soore !ermerly inported, pris- ,ith 20 hands, fhley now employ 40. cipally fromtflic United States. Tlie The company are erectlag a splendid selling price o!flihe goois lias net been building on 'York if reef for wareliou&e iucreasod. Tlie increase la our eut- purposes. 'fichefttii- f actory will lie put in ton ycars is f ar groafer f-han acmmdtdo lctpforbtfi flic dîfferenca befwecn f-le number cf dyeiug work will stili te cars-ted on at liands ive enployed thon sud new wculd flue Parkdabc promiss indicate, owing ftafthe extensive infro-mas dîmtion of labor-saviug imnachiuery - Erecfiug a NIew Facfomy. For instance, in 1894 f-hoe apacity o!The T. E. Brame Company, Limited, our fastest machine was 1,100 stutches mnfcueso vrlsadîeka per minute, ve'hile neîv we have not aie m eueso veal n okn fIat operates loss f-han 2,000 stîtches a mca s coff on clofhing, have iz4en in business for twclve years. Ia 1896 flîey had 25 bandis, wliule o-day tiîey have 150. A facfery of 30,000 fEeqt floor ) PP 1'J PP ~space is aow bcbng erecf cd for tlîem a DREA E R S.the corner o! King and Bathurst ith to bombard some political streels. or, of Ilthe Nest of Traitors" The Harvey Quilting Company, est ah- lishefi wifhia fwo eanis fcr flicmanu- res of agriculturâl exports on facture of eiderdown sud cotton-flbed Il of the Conservative Goveru- comfortons, empley 30 persans. Tliey Durimg ftle eight years of have reconfiy acquired thle building ad- ve risen Vo $6'79,782,000. ilere jouning thir !aetory on Pearl streef in of close uponi forty millions a order te mnet flic deaîand for iacrenscdl acoemmodationu caused by the nýapud wVas under the Conserva ives, grouftli o!flice business. ,rs. 1 The Mackenzie Maniufacturing Com- blow at Canadian agriculture. pany starte limhe iaking e! silk blouses igaged in kniflng one another, two years ago. Tliey uow emùpley 20 of articles more salable than lianote nwcmpns. h urt af to the States before 1890. Kaitfing Milîs, Limitcd, wvhlih fure L'e wvas iii a serieus condition ycars cge startefi tle manufacture cf 1 kniftcd uder-îs car la flic building af flic al ides.. The effect in ativer- corner o! Atlantic avenue sud King .s marveilous. The Londlon street. Tîiey have 60 empîcyces. ýanadian Tories were waiting CUTY1 ON RT about soeing what could bo h ih ae i oa osr ni flne teuint laseio hntry" vafives lu 1900 was aggressivc one, tceount for if. The saine soil, wisi hscmag le r lt ts, the saine world's markets, ing on flic defensive. If may ao lie to the IJnît&d States, and yet duo la part ta a realization fliat, how- of Libers.l government, wlîen ever Hamilton may go, flic country la explanatton is simple. It N , prefty sure ta go Grît auyway. Ia r-eet without adverfisingy an(; mgaa if was generally lielieved thaf fthe iing appropriations. Canadau Tories had a _good figbting chance ta Wlu-Iiamiltau lferald. London Daily Graphie uses figures tak'nu froin the last volume of flic Statisticai Year Booki o! Canada to show that the number o! !arms in the Dominion de- clined f rom 620,486 in 1891 10 544,68 ina 1901. The Graphie says that to a certain extent the matter is explaîned by the fact fliat fliero lias licou a g-roat decrease in fthc number o! farmns of 50 acres and under, and a suîallcr decrease la the faruis from that size up f-o 104 acres, while faraîs of over 100 acres bave laigcly incron.sed. It is no doulit truc that tlie tendoacy in Canada is towards larger farais. In the ton years ironi 1891 to 1901 thore was am inlcrease o! 20,555 tamis of 101, to-200 acres la sýize, s-nd o! 11,679 farmns o! 201 acres aud ovor, 1ieing a total in- crosse o! 32,234 lunflic number o! faims o! 101 acres and ýover, The alieged decrease in flie aumber o!ftarmns was chiefly in arcas oftetn acres aud undcer, being- from 191,612 Vo 91,186, or 100,426 so-caloed farms. lunflic 1901 cousus ai areas of icas fLan five acres wcre dlas. ed as lots if tliey had agricultural sta- tisfics, and as farais if of five acres snd over. The aumuber o! less than five acres w as 72,8-55, and the rnumber of fivG to ton acres was 18,331.,,I he 1891 cousus ail areas o! ten acres aud under were put into onec <la ss, whether tlicy liad agriculfuirrIsfatistics or no>t, and a large proportion had noue. H-ence tlie mistake of The London Graphie in fol- lowiag the tablog o!flice Year Book ; if has colinted cel-ty smnali lot as a farin without kuowin4 that in a great many cases no live Stocýk or field crops or f ruis Or gardon Stuff was returned wiflî the land. But TPhe GraPhie roakes a more serions mistake in compriug the areas o! baud la field crops forflie two cousus yeas, mn whiclî it lias the clear authiority o! flic Year Book. If say.s tbatf no les flian 63,4-22,338 A cres wero occîîpied lu 1901, as cornpared wifh 58,995,995 acres mn 1891, and that of this arýea 19,763,747 âcres wele ila crop as againsf 19,371,471 acres feu years previousiy, Tliese figures for 1891 are accordiag to fthe Year Book, ftlthougli not accordîng Vo thle census volumes for thaf year, whici gave the crea occupied, as 60,287,- 730 acres aud ficares. in 11-1d crops as 19,904,826 acres. Ilie coirrfïùvion l ic YearîBl-k foýr Qeico ,btfi duo ti i -, 171737,îo w amasin f j t<e anas vlum.o 1891 ior lu, he e - eus ulltin o!1901. As omsae Ihowever,wa due to fli filrcto) cou- vert arpents, into acres ia that Province, the correct'in is fortflic cousus of 1891. B ut fthc area of land occupied lu the Do. minion lanfliat year is sf111 foo large by I 'î,,ut two milliie o! acres, owhmlg Vo an errer lu Br'tisli Columbia, wliere uin ce district, wit'h an area o! only 45,843 --roi, the qiea of occupied land , va& givon as 2,029,620 acres. The actuai area of baud Occupfied lu 1891, thcrefore, was about 57,000300o0 acres, sudflic iu- creuase iu feu yf< o 1901 was near- by six aud k a lai!millions, How fo fiud the aica lu field erops wlmen arcas O! tl4e several crops are gîven, as lu the c(buus of 1891, s1ionld be an easy and sinmPie matter to a school- boy. But if wa§ aot so ianficchu, ofcanmd insfead O! an area o! 15,662,- 811 aerrs as shobu liy the mcturus of eiiunueaors, if i§ given lunflhc print cd volume as 19,904,S26 acres. Tlie Ycar Rook o! 1903, whos, figures o! baud in [mJe'1 rOPS iu 181 ara qnoted by Tne Graphie as 19,371,471 acres, lias madle a corrcction foi- Qucbec by conversion of arpents luto acres, but ail flie other or- r,-rs peîpetrafed in tfle.second volume et thlic <nsmîs of 1891 arc retained. The followiuo- table gives flic areas e! field crops as priatef lanfliaf volume by Provinces, along wifh the corrcct-ed ares ss and alsa ficena"for 1901 Field Cromîs of 1891 Field Provinces, As mn As crop,, of vci. IL. coran-ted. , u1. acres, acres, acres. Brit. Col... . 50,123 11),184 171,447 Manitoba .. 1,226,439 1,229,0412,610 New Bruu'k 1,018,704 7(3,248 897,417 Nova Scotia " 969,548 723,s,25 730,148 Ontario . .. 10,56,281 8, 166,499 9>212,478 P. E. Ldanud 536,175 09,940 447,737 Quebec .. .. r),542,780 4,064,716 4,704,,893 Terrîtorles . 194,773 190,358 844,013 Total -.. 1,90,86 1,62,811 19,763-,740 Thme aca 0o! uian ufield crops ln 1801 wss ascertaiued, net liy addiuýg the de- tails of arec~ as given lanflie refurus, but lyyçledxltiug from the, total ares. of land occupied the total amen o! land la pasture, in woodlaud aud forest and lu gardon a.nd orcliard, aud calliug flic differeuce land la crops. 'nie resuit was a linge excoas erreýr o! 4,242,015 acres o! land ia crops for tîmaf census yo-ar. The correct arcs of baund l fin ru occurred toteicConservafive party under ifs former leaders; in fact, tîmose leaders repeatedly iveut ont o!flice wav te denouac if, aud spoko ovit h flicau- thonify o!f uen who had experuenco 01 the luterýcoloniaL.-Clia-haauNew& ivianuiautuve in à uruinu. 2