The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

'and lumber and the growth of the reei-- ing until it had reached the present acute stage. He pointed out also that many of western Ontario lumbermen were willing to make the concession of free logs for free lumber, and were even willing to go the length of revok-- ing the regulations if timber is admitted Into the United States on the old terms of $1 per thousand. Personally he had not come to a practical resolve on the whole question. Possibly it would be discussed by the commission, or pOS-- sibly it might not reach the commis-- sion. Put if it was to be brought into question the Province would be repre-- sented there, and its interests. as they understood them, would be presented 'before the commission to the best of their ability. (Applause.) Mr. Whitney read from The Detroit ' News an article stating that the lum-- bermen of Michigan were very hopeful | of having the prohibitory act with-- drawn. | |_ Mr. Miscampbell asked if the Govern-- i ment had the power by order in Council to change the terms of the act. Mr. Hardy gave it as his opinion that the act having had the sanction of Parltament it would be impossible to alter it without the consent of that body. The order asked for by Mr. Whit-- .ney was then discharged. ._ Before adjourning Mr. Hardy and Mr. Whitney had an exchange of views and smiles over the possibilities of ad-- journment. "I would like." said Mr. Hardy, "to ask my hon. friend when he proposes that the House should adjourn?" "My hon. friend should have given notice of the question," said Mr. Whit-- ney, laughingly. Continuing, he ex-- pressed a desire to thoroughly debate the constable bill, but he thought the views of the Attorney--General and his own would not be far apart as to the t,xmiet it would be necessary to bestow on it. It is generally thought that the , House will adjourn about the middle of the week. s geennmmnnmemennnemam nemnmnammeenetwem ces I