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. l . f _ - ' he country and we imprm mimdF . K "It. Whitney said he did not Know'hb'iit l 'ion of the Prayiiice in every department . hc'thought " very creditable to the n id ot industry. What was needed was to led States. ttrst, that such a law Bhou make it a condition of sale that the timber "i have been passed, and, again, that it should be manufactured ht the Province. "should have been acted up to in the case Mr. Miscampbell anticipated the argument . . lnstanced. that it lay with the Federal Government . Mr. Tait interjected the remark that Mr. 1 to Impose an export duty, and said that wanamnker was a merchant and 'he._h;ul ' if the Federal Government proved re. been a member of Mr. Harrison tg f unmet. t cream he was doing his best by endeavor- What was the difference between the ins to get the Province to do what it chses? could. The encouragement of the saw mill Mr. Whitney said he did not know that. and the lumber industry would Ae the _ He knew what ma been done in this case. creating of a home market that wodld- qo . p , Mr. Bronson's case was similar to that far to improving the condition of the Pro- of Mr. Stewart and ho should withdra'n - Vince. As a further proof of the exhaus- , from his connection with the Government" _ tion of the Province's resources he men- , ,. 'Mr. Whitney cited various other can" tioned the gradual diminution of the size f f,' ., from the United States in recent "qtft ot the lumber cut, showing Ihat the where he said legislators similarly '% 'r smaller trees are being cut. lie then held' ed to Mr. Bronson had been held by: " EI' "rt ' that there was a Jiscrepaney between " f incnt authorities to have fit-parted , ti. 1%, the Crown lands reports ol different years " tt _ ' Atmt princjples. He urged the same . i." t as to the area of timber limits under ' t' . ments applied. to Mr. Bronson. He 57:3: license. It was a question J'."',',:"':',',',',')', In not say any specitic evil had happen " the interests of the Province, e contimh bad one. ' Ira ed. and there was no greater. or more im- _ but teit,teuf,','Jatl',,ee frinciple a a I, at portant task to which the V House could (0131108 "in I'.?,',','),),',", rose to reply. He de- .--,:.¢;3 devote itself than the building up and fos- on. . l 't t Mr Miscampbell'a L}; tering of this great trade. The taking ot voted himself irs o ' . t. .7: _ . _ l 1. . . I charges against the Governmen . Proper measures would tent. to comui- geneia h suit he asked of .. trate trade. and the examples of the great " but would be t e J"t'"/,'e" Opposition; in 5. American cities showed what that meant. adopting the policy 0t he Province dill. i, He had much pleasure in moving the regard to the timber o t . k . 2 3" 2me ldm nt the building of a Chinese wall aroun " . if} - * e . F timber? Such a policy would prom _ '. MR. coxmaa's SPEECH. the industries or the country and t " y '9 Mr. Conmee said that the risolut'on upon them a blow whlc yell . amounted to an asscrtion that lllc tim- . would not recover a 1 'N P ber of the country should be USN] merely years. In timber, a. bl 'hLI 'ir', T for home consumption. Yet Mr. Miscamp- other part of the V9364? e " . a' t.) a: bell had enlarged on the bent-{its of the there is a period of gmwdhof Til)',', it lumber trade. If the timber had not berm and ofiiecay: there comes :l imc I', efll e cut in the past where would Ottawa and) should be marketed, or it uoultl I'," n. the other lumber towns be ? The timber" in value. The (novernments policy has near James' Bay has been the property" been to market it as soon as the proper of the Province tor years and has been\ time comes. At tlic last timber sale. some of no value, because development has not of the timber sold was on the point of de- rpm-cached it, and PO with the timber now teriotation. and would have been injured standing. Mr. Conmee thcn referred to; by being kept any longer. Mr. Bronson the way in which the northern \listrlctI then nuestiurted the smt'nmem, that the has been gradually filling up with settlers, 1oipinrt of the timber m the: .00.]?er under the present systcm, and s,up,zr.'stt'd would result in cities lilo! {lav City, hasup1- that if Mr. Mist-ampbcll was timrothn- ' naw, t'tt'.. growing "D on ll"? Canadian going in his dislike of the conduct of thc shore? of the Kiiat Iukes. I'he trade de- Federal Government in refusing to imposi- pends on the American market ; only the . an cxport uuty he should prove it by tuk. best can be sent to Europe, and a great . " ing the stump against them at the coming deal of low-grade tlrabtur must be cut elections. There would be no danger of and must be sold by Canadian lumbermen: that: all his attacks would be tor the lint if the timber were kept in the coun- Ontario Gonrument. It would be wrong try this mnrkr-t would disappear. and the to tic up the timber of the country; it country would suffer. He rcmiii'ln'd shouhl be used to kccp the mills going in the House that once the announcement the country. A i'hlncsc policy or rt'pl'n-b- that an export duty would Od Charmed sing the in'lizatry would driyc still more of by the Dominion Government stopped it the pcoplc away to thc Attttrilttt side in sale, as the lumbertncn woult not, IE Mt . order to seek for work. ilc was against those circumstances, give the P a .. 5 putting tv.strictiott.c on tht, irudc of the Government a sumeient .... '3' . ' '._ Province ; he would leave the pcoplc free ed on the danger of ttre, " ' H -t.\ 'sl. to make the most of the natural cupubdr show hundrcds of miles when " I _, a: ,1 ties of the 1ountrt " the prostmt Gov- should have been cut years 1129 Bl " _ F crnment had a fault it was in being too Burned. The export duty would you ..T -.r9e chary in disposing of the timber. ch mills to be shut down. The assertion - might as well ask thcm for soil as for 'that the manufacture of lumber in this tiiniwr. MP. ('oiuncc tbcr rct'crrcd to tho 'country would lead to prospt'rlty depended "(tram-s which this commit, and drvclattul on the United States allowing the Canadi- ' that If not cut it would be in danger of nus to send them lumber free of duty af- being butust and bring " total loss. As tot ter the cxport duty had been charged, the Mnullcr low-l now out, it could be cx- (which Mr. Bronson doubted. I'he closing WNW" hy the "Wt thut the rccent lm- Idown of the mills would inevitably result pron-hunts in the lumber business, to- from the imposing of such a policy as Mr. getbcr with the regulations of the Govern- i Mlscamphell advocated. mom. have made it prvtltahle to cut and Mr. Bronson then rcfcrccd to Mr. \Vhit- use stizallcnlcgs than before. The course ney's remarks. He was unaware. he said. of the Dominion Government in regard to that a man who was engaged in develop- its timber limits. the waistc and small to- ing ore of the great interests of the Pro- turns, were then commented upon by Mr. Vince was, tlwrerore, unfit to be a mem- ( lmmw' who will! on to Wheat his useor- ber of the House or of the Government. IP, ths." tl"'/'""'r'rtrneut had been too The eiectors of Ottawa did not think so. economical in its count}. (Applause.) Mr. Bronson then explicitly ATTACK ION" MR. liltONSON. denied that he or his firm had c xcr bought Mr. Whit.ruy coliilnuml the tll'billo, lo a foot (if timbcr limits from the Govern- snid Mr. ('onmcc had tn'..crt-prcrvntt,d .'Ill. $051!. layery foot that they .r.e1t"""et? Miscatv.ptrvll's position. and spoken gent-r- Y;', been bought from third t'at<l'1"."s Icur ally so wide of thc Hark at with h the rcso- plause.) All transactions which his nrm Con was aimed that it was not bccossnl'y had had wore [e the ordinary way of to reply to him. The Speaker rcfcrrcd to :tmde' and he was unaware of any dis- Mr. lii'olsiii's Connection with tho Gov-. M'rlmination having been exorcism m his ernmcnt and up] it was I . . . favor. indeed. Mr. Whitney b.rl been very . l . . ." . . '-mlrrolrer, muss 'l tul to make no actual tha vF'r0 "i " much its lu. "its cht-nslvely engaged in the Eu"? . L' "r J . 'yt?, ar',tt It. lumber "uriirvv. Tlu. tiullipuiiy of which 1in. As a matter of P.tf. the timber he bunny," Mr. Bronson was l'l't'Siilrnt rues were fixed, not shifting or tie- iii-Id no foir than 335 licenses. all of which 1:319"? on 11t will of Pe .'..'eip'.fyeiiey 'Ut't'ts m," by the sanction of the Exccutive t ay, if? for was he from haying: prolited,' 1hruncil, of which Mr. liionsnn was It 1','tic111'.,-',, he had. become a member ot nttrtt,ltr. He ht'lil that Mr. Bronson should ttll', tf,',).',","!)'?,).',",),', P.t dues on timber sold not c\'. n ('t 'rcclstotly sit in the Iorgislature 'Ill " or) _.Hl\unced 33 per cent. If he had mtteh less lll tha Govtrrirtnmt. lie thuugh; ."al hail). i1ly.eyy1y it evidently had been there wcrc no two side-s to this tquestion m / l llliciests of the Provinee, tlot of Mr. Whitney rrcul hm" the rules mourning: tin lutnlwimcn. tApplause.) 'Mr. .llronson the muniwmmp in the House and Iu'xucu- then loinuikcd that the lumoer interests tlve Council, pm", in Canada and in ltlng- It the lrovuice are very great. and the lard, 'Ilzli "wish-ii that they covered the yy.).."'.?,',".,"?,? might easily "ind the pres- case of Mr. Bronson, and showcd that he (tine ot a practical lumbermen in its coun- was not (luullliml t i sit us t (ils or some. USO, and any inttuence .wmeh member of the Ficutive. Gcncrtl he might exert )would be exerted in the Grant had, when I'm-sldcnt, .liumlntcd i' interest of the l robin-cc. He then touch- T. Stewart, a New York tntuvhant Sure; "l "Pull the precedents quoted by Mr. I tary of the Trvusury. Such u position " hltne),_ and held that they did not ap- was one in which less intl . \ ply to himself. since the dues which he "From", . Hence could be paid were ilxed and )ubll . _ . . m er lcnlslntion than was passi- , f. ' 1.. . . I c, and had, in a bio under the British or ('nuadiun sv'tch act, m vanced r"lm.re he entered the Gov- ' l Mr. Stewart's nomination wit-i 2/i?i'i1lfll meem' If the Opposition Wanted an- 1 yet subsFquevtly it was: found that b 'y.? ' Utah? precedent, the): might have quoted act of 1789 he was disqualinea for the) an II e -asc or Sir John Larling' who, as Min- sitlon by reason of his being in L','lfi,t',f,.'s- ste'r ot Agriculture, had voted himself l over which, in his oillclul Dositloh ha) 9.11%?8 on malt, which w"? of importance I would exercise some control. Mr Ste J' e y?. private business. tie thought the '"fdl',', we»: to reslKn. . w- _ at? 'eitt,ue 1CltA?t1e,g.,,wgr, t','",t 2lil r.a '... 'ei=wtMettwottldi t asked what was his business. be affected by his position ln.the Govern? ' ' ment. " Mr. Whitney could prove that