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I l ["Nfqpir6i_riii1rrorttiitir% T9 . tittguttilCifigiitiLtt,,"te)iii? (thetlrpoaittortprt-dtnett. did "would maimed by ttdt The concluding portion of his address _ receipts g,',',,'," timber 'd1,faf'hfotd be was devoted to the Oppositions Hene, t " eapitat t. Hon. gentle ?heent, parufularhy that part relating to I 2tten w" not 'l'rhe'Jl"ll mm- to m e, (l'Jgf'ltt"2,ht', 2t,fT,'attt,1 "' atantdate that contention, and their " er {030th p t 'fd to" 'posed notice was'not followed dgt other li ht ' ed purpose o "a?" Inte. eat, countries or Provinces. (material Ht- t: an t p ower, q " .. furnishing plants.) e same tt municipalities " cost, h In his speech on the amendment the _ The eerie. Policy- tttttht'?, It"; am (Mr. Misca'mp- Mr. via a ks of the "saw-1 , I a re erre to settlers' rights, and attttiey, 2; Whig the 0ppositioes tlttS' had made the statement that if there , " much credit. On this he took issue were 10,000 feet of pine on the locations i with them, and read from the records of he would give it to the settlers, with all i,', the House in "rrort ot his cat. the other timber they were entitled to, The Government as far .th .3th and without payment of dues. Mr. Davis a manufact . clung in timber limit did not agree'that such a wide power 1 sales in 'lthlllh,' River 1iieetiiiii,i,i) should be given. but he pointed out that the records did not show that t e O _5 on free Crown lands the settlers had the, _ " directly with the subject prior to and had the right to all the pine required 1393. (Ministerial applause.) In 1892 fa-ttld/tr and fences, free of charge. the Dominion Government, under'the (MihisUrid applause.) They had 'We leadership of Sir John Macdonald, and the right to cut down all fine trees Which the Unit-ed States Government 'greed required to be removed or actual clear- not to impose a duty on saw-logs id con- P?', and to ditspoaus of the i".""', iub' sidention of the American Government tt :21 UTd tt t the Rainy River red . th dtw sr ' ec umacesweresome- test. CII') 1fi'ie'og,i,g,'gdttrgd t what different and pine not so plentiful, Ontario Government were not able to A the settler had theright to all the tim. continue the line adopted in 1890. But be". (Renewed Ministirial applause.) Re.. when the Dingley mm was put into terriyti. then to u". latter ttf of the elect in 1890 action was "mm. t resolution. Mr. Davis said yy.t even in Dinghy not only laid down . tariff for the case of the agreement with the Ni- his own omrntry, but attempted to do agara Power Company, made when no the same for Canada. That they could N om, perhaps r.e?lized the wonderful de.. not submit to (Ministerial nppreer-- velopment which was to take place in , "a an order in Council was passed, con- s, few years with reference to electric taming a TanNtreturing clause, and this powe.r, the right had been retained to w" brought down as a measure in the require the company to supply for users . session of 1897 and passed by the House. in Canada one-half of the "we; gener- During the summer preceding that Ber. . ated, and at a price not exceeding that sion, and while the question was agr I charged to consumers across the line. tating the public mind, the leader of the (Ministerial npplause.) In the negotia- Opposition had made a t our of the Pro- tions regarding the development of the vines. but, looking over the reports of (lf,',',,"', at Fort. Frances, 9n the boundary his a "he. he (Mr. Davis) u d been, t me of Ontarionnd Minnesota, it had I to iii d a sin ttlet reference to the? been found that'in order to attain proper question upon which the '0 tian no w,i development united effort was necessary, such great claims. "all" ','fl,'ld1'Ji, and that a larger proportion of News) ' _ miners: a; his: 2'l, "I: ', e advantages offered to settlers in \ s . . pite of that, the Government, with a a't'd'2,vnt'1t't,trrtot2u'2,r,rg,2t,fg'd desire to conserve the public interests, b the O T ition in this connectio Mr l had stipulated that one-half of the power Dim cfg'md the o , . n u n, iii; degvelopeg should be on the Canadian advantages and ogportunities- were; t/ e, L Ii"tr.itl applause.) , greater than in any uu of the Union) Public Rights Safeguarded. _ or any other Proviiwe inCanada. In another case, on the boundaries of m then dealt with the "ueiat ad- Ontario and Quebec, the Government had ministrati/on of the Province, and dur- gone even further in their desire to pre- l ing this portion of his address he point- serve Provincial rights and aid in On- ed out that Ontario', only debt was 83,- tnrio'e progress, an had stipulated that i 186,080 in ,o,S'tgf'g2y2tr liahili- all the power should be on this side of l / ties and annuities. w . the debt of, the line. (Renewed Ministerial ap- f j the City of Toronto, which was "hm-f please.) Not only waa'this the case. but t / I 000 in 1878, had risen to $23,853,973 in i 1898.