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We." k; 'tR,tt,t,tp,',rM'etft',tgrt,ir _ 1 52 (i.ltvi,'lt,'l51','it 'ir,?iriit?til,ilr,t'1'l,i'i'i At conclusion It..." on reform! e .to the United. suites to' he rednsd; an I to the low of mt not. shins the Lieu.- i employment "you there to: thob. tenant-Governor in council. power. to fundB. while our mills here were idle impose I mineral tax.' to be remitted .w deprived of work they should have. iwhen the ore was refined in Canada... iThere was in the United States an im- He obtected to allowing this to hang Eport duty of six cents a pound on re- over t e head of capital. The law lee nickel. Whenever this country should be ntguU certain. Put the duty Ethreatened to compel the rettnement on. and refinerie- would Brow up here : here the United States tried to frightenI and multiply; and we would have in us ott by talking about New Caledonia. two n't,tT1'f,'.'u,r,'et of them to refine all nietrqt. He' believed the Government! the file 1 for vears.to come. It the in their amendment a year ago were) matter Werre' properly dealt with We patriotic. They had st least been pat-) would In o few year! make Ontario riotic since the Opposition stirred theml the centre of a crest nickel and nickel- up. (Ministerial laughter.) The porriri steel industry. (Opposition applause.) tion of the nickel industry was identical [ T in principle with that of the sawlogs,? For a Mineral Tax. and the home manufacture could bei Mr. Carsoallen moved "that there is enforced in the same way. There were] in the Province of Ontario one of the, three or four known processes of renn-i two met nickel deposits of the world, ing nickel. so that the Orford Copper and the only one [on the North Ameri- Ci mpany were not in possession of the can continent. And the product of the only method of refinement. f'g,pt',1t nickel and g','lf,',tG'l'nin,y It', _ or many years een s ppe n s cm e Deceit Cttartred. state 30 foreign countries. there to be Mr. Carsoallen quoted figures to show reune . _. the growth and the irrgggrtance of the And the process of refining nickel nickel industry. In 1 the value of ""1. copper ores can be successfuly and the nickel produced was $500,000. and profitably carried on Mt Canada. And in 1899 3525000, as returned by the the establishment of nickel rettneriea Canadian Copper Company. As amat- in Ontario would probably result in ter of fact. the product in 1890 was the erection of plant for the manufac- double what it was in 1892. The cop- ture of nickel-steel and the consequent per produced in 1892 _ w" Jr'2lf,'s employment of large numbers of work- , compared with $176,237 in 18. . The men in that industry. Efact was. the industry was growing and V And section T, ot chapter 18, 68 'developing in value. . The Canadian ictoria tontarioh intituled An "t to 'Copper Company and those allied with amend the mines act, provides tor & 'it found it to their interest to conceal tax of ten dollars per ton on ore. of the true stats of facts. because they nickel, or sixty dollars per ton on nic- have such a source of wealth ttowintr kel ores, it partly treated or reduced. into their treasury. The metal con- and seven dollars per ton on ore. of tents as returned were less than half copper and nickel combined, or fifty what they ousht to be. The "use: idollars per ton on nickel and copper Dlld in the industry in Ontario was lore. combined. if,partly treated or r0- 8442879 in 1890 to 889 employees. while duced. And section 10 of the act pro- . in 1900 it had grown to $728,946 to l,- vides for the remission of taxes on 444 employees. This showed how the oree refined in Canada. industry we! nowirw He had no nuar-,I "And it is provided in section 18 of rel with the Canadian Copper Com- [the act that section T and 10 shall pany. but he did find fault with the Inot come into fo:ce or effect unti. so way this great question had been hand- i brought into force or edect by procla- led here. The sum distributed ii) motion of the Lieutenant-Governor in the United States in wages, etc... Council. amounted to $i2,6T8,000, or T per cent." . "And although nearly a year 4tttar of the whole. We had the wealth and passed since the act was assented to, the furnaces. but trot only 28 per cent. gno such proclamation has been issued. of the revenue. The United States trade ',it is the opinion of this House thatthe returns showed that that country trot taxation of nickel ores, and of copper ". in. per cent. ot her nickel from Can- and nickel ores combined. as provi ed ads. The figures in their official re- for in section 7 of the aets should be turns; showed that they received from imposed. and that sections I anle of Canada more than double what the tttr- the act should come into force from and urea given by the company to the On- after the ttrgt day of July, 1902.. And taric department indicated. Of the further, that the revenue accruing from nickel which the United States receiv- such taxation. or a portion thereof. be ed trem us they exported large quenti- used to encourage. by bounties. the ties to other countries after'lts rei'ine- manufacture of nickel-steel in the Pro- ment. ivince of Ontario." Advantages to United States. l Mr. Davis' Reply. , Tho figures presented at the annual l Hon. Mr. Davis agreed with the hon. meeting of the Canadian Copper Com- gentleman that the question should be van! showed that during eleven looked at trom a business standpoint. months last year the Orford Company It pleased him also to hear the compli- refined for them 6,000 tons of ,eflned mentary remarks regarding the Bureau nickel. valued at 8tM00,000, coming of Mines. The department was a most from this oountrr. Of copper there useful one. accomplishing]. splendid mi; been 4300 tons, valued at $1.462.- work. . The Ontario nickel deposits ' or a total of 38.051000 in the two were. he continued. very large, the larg- metals. while Ontario got a paltry est in the world. with the {123000 in wages. In the same periodf exception, perhaps, as had ' been iriTi?iioii was paid the Orford Com-l said. of New Caledonia. They