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This is ’ becmtse of the importance of the work i “done by the kidneysw work which must .3 proceed normally to insure good health. . A very large proportion of eivllthli ’ twoplehnve some form of kidney trouble, :‘otzletiittes without knowing llllll their malady is of that nature. Milny obscure pains can often be traced kidneys. to diseased Their function is to strain out of the blood and eliminate through the bladder the worn out tissue and other impurities gathered by the blood in its CUlll‘SL‘. “hen the kidneys become congested ' :l‘ndsltiggish, these impurities. including 1.”; ;r:’::..lu‘.;; .iilll poisonous uric :lcid, are not entirely removed from the blood. The result L: that the uric acid is deposit- ed in the joints and tissues, causing the :lg‘ouies of rheumatism and frequently meeting the liver and other organs. Father Morriscy, the famous priest physician of lilirtibogue, .\'.B,, after much research compounded :l remedy \i’hlell --... __,. ._____-._.‘ ..__- * r. l . H in 1' :vrked hand in hand with Nature ills : .: - w-s ': ,c'. _ - - _ \ l (1; it ‘ (“X i l‘..«.t.u.e, instmul by thousands ol cures. . 'l _ - ’ ‘,‘ ‘ t' '5 .. . o . . . . t ' I ; 3 .- : -. ‘9“ - \‘1‘1‘ 1' l.‘ l \ ts \l-Ul the need is not a patchwork l . . .â€" si . .‘ '5. .' : i "v .' :?:,L.~\t..D-> . ”rm" ‘ r;-.le._ out ;l treatment that Will enable 3 . .. .» s l t ' s. . . ' ‘ ‘ :T , ..__ ‘ 'l‘” l .1'.- li-ress of .\.iture. working through i l . ! t‘~-~ killilt‘}'5, to accomplish lllCll‘ ultend- ‘ 3 "'- Work. a l ‘ a ‘,L'.; f‘l"kl"': 'l't‘s‘t‘rirtlinl" V’) '- . - "1‘ i .' ‘ : (“A ‘ URSED 4..l.. .. . ,l.. ,. ‘ l'. .. . ., o, .lhnlb S = w J » ~ CO l‘: ~ uducv: to work ‘.'l_QOl'OllSl\‘ :tnd elim- I . _ , : ,., ~. ....‘..v z. , c ~ , ’ 1 rs . . , t.< ...xl...l.ll um and l.t)l]l the: t i . '."‘."‘“.O " ll ‘ | ' ‘ i ‘ Him a, ~~L§i§USb {C0 ege j a .4: .‘\'~l(‘fll in me form n: tablets, ! _‘ ,4... ' . . . . t " ' ' 3 P (. ,. 1 T. . . is mo ..» ..lkl-, ant. will eltect Clll't‘fi , ' s | l r ' -- " . - w ' ~ V 3‘ "‘ ‘2 “‘ l . ‘gle o:.:e: l- ltledles have i'rlllL'Ll. Du‘ A ...'. _ .. ‘o'. ' l.'vn u- ' b ' ‘ ‘ t :t \ \ ‘ Tax. President ‘ . :le ‘..'l... l.l"ll.‘.-v (ll‘(.l\c, ll-l-l like ‘ . Li A.” ; lynch, ilt‘ tl‘eutnlcu? that has 1 ml s l \. t‘l‘ws‘siill with other sufferers. 3 ‘ " .. l‘wx, .7 your niruggisi's or from i .,.. ”g . v" “muse; Melli-‘lne Cu, I.ld.,, Em} .nmm ' 93 l g l » MONTREAL QUE. i l Girls ' slllljt‘l'EQ by living. \' , .‘ .1 IllileT \ “I, c llll .‘l A Spotton's Business Colleges il‘l't' " 3., ,;_~- 2, guns in t'an‘iuzl. ‘ :l'l'tl‘t'.‘ M‘l'lll‘i‘ [llt‘ ‘l-x -,,.- ., »-' v,‘ \htll I'-\ll sllltlY , '* ..; ixlttly .tt llUlllt'Jlltl 't' .s‘ ' ill" (Itlllt‘qv IVDl‘k'rDL‘AL INSTRUCTION; ) PETERBORO COLLEGE BUSINESS 220. S3OTTO‘4. ' ,Pâ€" Sold and Guaranteed in Lindsay by E. Gregory, Druggist .._...â€" _â€" ooâ€" 1‘ WENDMENT ; T0 tuition ACT! Owen Sound, March 10.â€"â€"Tbe liquor . - interests of Owen Sound have receiv ed a staggering blow in the announCeâ€"i ment that a section has been included l in the amendment to the Liquor Li-l cense Act by which Owen Sound andg other municipalities which haVe car-l ried local option under the straight! majority vote before the three-fifths"! Vote was established, will have ' Cake 8. threcfiiths vote in order tol to l repeal the measure. l The hotel people contemplated put< ting on a repeal campaign for thei coming January election. but this) amendment will make their casea ; hopeleSs one. It will also have its ef- fect in securing the stability of the! . .. . ,...._....._.-_.._“.. -- : youth. that extremely innocent. young HON. Ml]; "Mlclllv “all” THE LINDSAY POST PROVINCIAL FINANCES CLEAR-CUT AND CONVINCING SPEECH DEFICIT _ OF $553,363.25' Wizorous Colonization Policy for Northern Ontario Advocated-u Industrial Education-Scarcity of Teachers -- Reforestation and Other Subjects Eloquently Dealt With. (Continued) One can scarcely realize the irrita- tion that such explanations natural- ly cause‘rural school trUStees. Who are working overtime endeavoring to get. qualified teachers. I fancy I see the honorable member for West. Hastings giving this explanation, particularly to the trustees of a sec- tion where the assessment is over 340.000, and where though they ad- ’vertise once. and have no applications from any qualified teacher they must still spend money in advertising it second time before the inspector is allowed. by a superlatively-foolish regulation of the Department. to grant. a permit to any person to teach in that school. First then, there is a scarcitv of labor of all kinds. next, we are a nomadic race. and then the honorable member for West Hastings, not seem- ing to have satisfied himself that he‘ i l t l has given any sane explanation oft the dificulty, consoles the trustees in l the rural section with the information 1 that there is a great surplus of? teachers over in England. and that.‘ we may import them. This, Sir, lSl comforting advice to parents, especial- i ly of the poorer class, whose sons and 1 daughters are practically debarred‘I from taking up the teaching pro-1‘ fession owing to the centralization. policy of the Government. and the." wiping out of our model schools. Il say, Sir. to debar our own young men ; and women from entering the teach- .1 mg profession, and then to suggest? to the trustees that. they importl teachers from England, is adding insl sulf. to injury; and I repeat were itl not. for the serious condition of af-ll fairs such explanations would be a very interesting burlesque. Then. Sir, there is that guileless man. the honorable member for South Renfrew. who comes forward with an explanation. How extremely guile- less it» isl "l will show the Honorâ€" able Leader of the Opposition.” says be, “what is the. cause of the scar- city of teachers in the, rural districts," and holding up in his hand a report of a speech by the President of To- which -_ ......_..;--~. .. ' Vi!" TGR EA NILLQ lime-usuro ir. municipalities such’ as 4 ronto University, apparently : l :. l U! Ov~en bound, where Since the bl’lah 3 says that 25 per cent. of the univer- ‘ - v iGOLD MEDAL luvs: patent lllZlUt‘ " '~ . '1 . -~ ~v~ Nurtlwl-n )liitl- ' \7 tu- lit-fll't' for BAKERS Q"EEN Also :1 first [mt- " '- 7h»- lzl-s! one .\ot'tltern 33.13? it xx lzzli nukes henn- ... .....-. .c. - -. 3 i i , HEW" CROWN IMPERIAL .\ ("lit nil-e ltlentl .‘r. ill )1 mi: .‘l‘lll Ontario win- 'wl Spietuiid for either "Paul or ;\.ls:: v. ULY WHITE .\:1 t'Xi‘t'llt‘lll. soft 'l '.: I- 2- ;» Art}; made from ~Plet'- 7-..: “luv-t \t. il--:ll. ~â€".......â€"... .~ . At All Grocers. l lflS. mulling. sutl CHAIN. ! M_ -7. SOME OF OUR BRANDS FLOUR COAL WOOD 7 in W H ,___.,, _â€"â€"- o . DR. J. M. RICE verRluAnY SURGEON _. . t »' w: illl‘ ()lllal‘llt (it-lulu- \l-H’rinarg' (‘nl- ' l. '; 'iwi FUillml Ul. "..' .2 {i o... r.. I’H\i ., ‘ . ll ‘... I l ‘>’ "‘ 1‘ lllilu r ‘1 is lili:?lll)il_\' ill- Mâ€"mâ€"â€"aâ€".»..mâ€"~_ . <1 BAMBRlUCE-ST , tluaSAY WWII- www- . > ‘,i ,t..\', ('lilli'gt‘g do i’. .;~T, nilllft‘ :uul 'Jul' " i. ‘ "'l ' lilzssml and :tr . _ , ,_ ‘_.____,’-.â€"-_:= I: , -‘A,~'â€" "fi ”iii/V; i ‘_ "' ' .J ' ' ' 5" S'ALT A . ~32: 3. l‘. L\ I I iféWATQHES . ll) :13!- =1? :2: -â€"l :2: ' =33 g E =l. â€"' ¢.â€".| = A ,3”. . '._. ,-. . ., FOr< WlLL LAST A has been in force there has been a) most, persistent violation of the byâ€" law. l The movement of the Provincial Se-i cretary may be taken as the direct lresult of this opposition to giVe the local measure a fair test by the an- Iii-option hotelkeepers. ’SPRINGTIMEAND THE SMALL BOY When small" boys gather in groups on a street corner or in an untravel- led alley and, regardless of the pass- spring is within social distance. Even the harbinger of may be is fairly safe to guess that return of the robin, ‘ing crowds. begin to play marbles, it i Tchanging seasons, along-.11. sity graduates "0 west, he gives this as a complete explanation for the scarcity of teachers in the townships. How innocent, how extremely inno- cem me nonorame member 13! 1'18 ' is under the impression that young men and women immediately upon being graduated from Toronto Uni- versity go forth into the townships to teach in our rural schools. He is evidently trying to get in line with the Premier’s explanation, that he has turned things upside down, and he will have university graduates go out to the townships to teach public schools, and doubtless he will have our model and normal trained teach- ers go and lecture in the university. On second thought, however, I am inclined to think the honorable gen- tleman is trying to qualify for a posi- tion in the Education Department, and is endeavoring to display his fit- ness for such a place by seeking to show that he knows absolutely nothw ing about educational afiairs. He is shrewd enough, Sir, to know that if he is to be in line, an absolute con- dition precedent to his receiving an appointment is, that he should show i utter ignorance of educational affairs land is respected by everybody but the generally. and particularly of any ‘cherry grower, is no surcr sign that winter is growing weary of its reign Ethan the lad and his game of "pinks." He isan unfailing adher, cut to the natural laws. No ulterior‘ force. such as school books, study or even the measles can draw him frOm the pastime that human instinct de- mands. Other ‘things may be proper and acceptable to the “folks at home," but a turn at marbles is in keeping with a h g rejuvenating outâ€" of doors. and he obeys instinct rath- er than the catechism. _._- .- l l Nor does the admonition given 'by mother or nurse not to get clothes dirty have any efiect in mak- can his l ing the lad melancholy when he get a chum to “shoot" for "keeps.” The sidewalk does not neeu to be clean. A trifle of mud and water do no harm. In fact they make a suitâ€" able setting for the. picture and the careâ€"free, rosyvcheekell, sport-loving boy, finds the pavement just as good to 'sit on as u cane-bottomed ~ chair. The element of sport is uppermost. in mind. The Luvs of Parliaments, and of men have no jurisdiction oVer him. All he recognizes are the rules of the game and the superior libil ty of his opponent to hit an alley square in the eye. There is something cheery anti al.~ tractive in the simple pleasures of the boy and his marbles. sonc‘ning that makes a man think how great a distance divides him and his youthful days. _ , .. his question bearing upon the welfare of 1 our rural schools. I Technical Education. Many a time and oft. have 1 dis- cussed this question on the llO'll' of this. House and elsewhere. For rea- sons already stated I do not purpose to occupy the attention of ti!" HUUM? . but for a moment on this question. 2 On the main merits of the case there l can be no justification whiltr-wr for I this Government's delay in adopting * a. full and sweeping system of techni- I cal and industrial Odul'ntlon. that will cover at least. all manufacturing I centres in this province. Nothing. Sir, would add more to the success of this province as a manufacturing centre than to have well trained, skilled mechanics in all our work- shops. Any (‘t'lllt‘illlullill syrll'm that tends to lead or drive young: mm or young women to the professions. (llll to take them away from t:lill~'l' the farm or the worksllogl is. lil-lmlxttlnl. and should at once he :lsliustwl’ l have frequently pointed out. Sit. Yin; â€". "w“ .- 3125 MODERN t .32 £3 E m .'. 13 to use ORE Dye '7 that will color either ‘ V3001, Cotton, $111: or Mixed Goods Perfectly, ‘i ' ' , «‘ You will find this in ‘ fl, "’ 1 . ‘ ' I. ’ j’ Send for Sample .fl D ._' _ , Cardnnd Story '5 _ ’ . - Booklet 89 : . - ' The JOHNSON- RICHARDSON 7- ONE"! “All. KINDSP'W co.. Limited. ‘ - -- ,. .. , . , .1 Montreal.Cun. Vim}: this Modern Dyeallyou havcto do is to l 8.51: for DY-O-LA then you CAN'T make a, mistake and use the Wrong Dye for the wood: you have to color. ‘ o i l l l l l . hiuh school stage. I lusfration of . continuation classes fl’tis province spends on rm :lvoratje per annum $1.38 on every public :tnd ‘. 3mm.- school pupil. $4.66 on every high school and colleaia’tc iu<tituto slllllenf, $1122 on every model and normal student. $126 on every lini- vorsify student. Sir. I do not com- plnin of these expenditures: my voice, I hope, will new-r he raised against this or any other Government mnkinu as liberal a grant as possible for education generally: but what. Sir. is this province doing. or what has it over done for the large class of young people who are fort-ml to leave school at an early age. sly from thir- l““.'l to fifteen years? Cllll thu pro. vinee :lflOY‘l'l any longer to take the position that it, owe: them no duty. {lll'l has no rt-slmtlsihilfti' then with reference to them“ 'l'hi 'lll“s- lion hzls liojlt :l lirlztttt‘inl :l‘.’"i- up e’tm‘nt smo. Ont-o :‘l‘ltlll‘. l Sir, lint this province cin rlv- imam-r, from vi‘llll-t‘ an (aluminum! or ltfiziml v’.lll:lft0llll. Tli‘l'r'l 41;; 1.. ill“ :‘uv'ttly. “r ll lrfy. or rf‘; tlnit'dlzltl s‘lltll‘ttfs. whom chili ""lll.'“.‘ 'Iri\ .- from any ltlil‘:il‘ will ul~ to {Mu walr’; shot illlll sttuh like plums, tl:::t .7 lt‘ts no midi-“Him". \‘.l 'th‘.’ r' :r‘ l macs lhum llolltill': ".lt:l?~\":‘ \ii z'. ? tlzw lino Sllllr‘flliillll .‘llll ' :ffvv-z‘ t4; the high 5(‘llinll \ltldwnt and zini'tw-r- sity student. and nonw t4. the l’l'l whose parents po-sihly cannot afford st'lu‘mkvm'nu to the ill (llltl‘r words wr- holp the sons of the \\'l':llllll~‘l' and decline to give any assistance wlm‘. ever to the poorer hid. Germany perhaps, furnishlu :1” EL the splendid rwsnlls arising from n “'l‘ll considerrd and fully developed technical and indusâ€" trial system of education. Here. our are conducted purely along the old scholastic lines: there. the continuation class is prac- tically an industrial continuation class. Beginning with the continua- tion class, the state never loses sight. of the practical side of life. The question of technical and industrial education is so closely allied with that of trade and commerce that one can readily understand why the em- pire as a whole pays so much atten- tion to this matter. In Germany the schools are, rough- ly speaking. supported as follows: ‘23 per cent. of the cost is paid by tuition fees; 49 per cent. by grants and dona- tions by municipalities. employers of labor, and from other philanthropic sourcesywhile the empire as a "whole contributes about 28 per cent... It is a. matter of common knowledge that in every village, every town and city. in this province :1 larger number of the more ambitious of our young men and women have for years been en- deavoring to get. some general knowl- edge of the scientific principles that underlie their life vocations through schools of correspondence. These young/men and women have been forced to leave our public and separ- ate schools at an early age, and havâ€" ing commenced life’s battle. realize the necessity for a better equipment, and the result. is that. they sign con- tracis with these outsidta schools. and in nine caSes out of tefi‘tbey find it practically impossible by means of such co ndence schools to get any great benefit. and they drop the course and pay their large fees with very unsubstantial returns. It has been stated that from the Province of Ontario in this way there is sent out every year approximately $1,000,000 to these correspondence schools, situâ€" at/zd south of the line. If this esti- mate is at all approximately true. to send him to . and I think if. is, and it is supported by teachers interested in industrial training, it shows an absolute demand on the part of these young men and women for technical industrial train- ing. Assuming, Sir, for the sake of argument, that the amount of money thus sent. out annually is even only $500,000, and placing the support of the industrial schools upon the same basis as now exists in Germany. namely, that the students should play 23 per cent. it will be readily seen that there is now going forth from the provinces an amount. of money that will justify the annual expendi- ture in all of $2,000.000. The tremen- dous amount of money practically wasted by these ambitious young men and women all over the province is another strong argument in favor of immediate action on the part of this Government. There should have been no delay. We. on this side of the House contended last year that this Government should have ap- pointed a commission composed of competent. educationists, to not only ascertain the facts within the. pro- vince. but also to by way of inter- viewing ‘boards of education, boards of trade, municipal councils, and such like bodies, to have conducted a regular educational propaganda in favor of a general system of indus- trial education. Text Books. Honorable gentlemen. speak of the wonderful saving to the people of the province in connection With school books. The honorable member for Monck says that dunng the currency of the agreement the people of this province will save $360,000; the hon- orablei member for West Hastings puts it at $750,000; the honorable member for West Toronto raises the limit, and makes it a. clear million. How beautifully, and indefinitely it grows- with each calculation! Not only in Toronto, among retail deale here; but. also in every Village, every town, and every other city 111 the Province of Ontario, every one knows What a. tremendous advantage has been 'ven to one large depaftmental store €111 this city, to the detriment of every retail trader in the Provmce of Ontario. The agreement with the Eaton Camnany is drawn so as to-‘ ,1, l make me ocuoux noun contract a direct advertising medium for that large departmental store. The bar- gain is so made, that a farmer living out in the township, can buy direct as cheap from the T. Eaton Co., Limited. as the retail dealer can. What, is (he result of such an agree- ment. and what else could lleithe result? None other than to induce people all over the Provinr-o of On- tzlrio to write direct to this large departmental store for their books, Then, Sir, for example the. books go truck wrapped in n "bnrcaln dry" lid. vertisement of. say, millinery. rcnrly- made clothing, or whatever the line may be, with the result. that the orders pour in through the mail order department for purchases along those lines. and thus the whole retail trade of the province is hit by this cun- ningly devised agreement. The agree- ment. places every heartllstone in the whole province directly tributary to the Eaton departmental store. and invites everybody in the province to send in orders by mail for all classes of goods. Then.Sir.as to the cost of. the Reed. ers: me publisher is turntsned thh the copyright; the province pays a committee to prepare the manuscript and make the selections for the Readers ; all plates and electros are paid for by the province; the type is actually set up, and then all this is handed over to the Eaton Company. and they are asked to run the Read- ers off. And the people are deceived and humbugged with the statement that 49c. is the whole cost of the Readers. Reciprocity. Now, Sir, I take up the question, which the Honorable the Provincial Treasurer introduced very naively into this debate, technically justify- ing its introduction on account of its alleged effect on the Tcmiscaming and Northern Ontario Railway. Without discussing the correctness or incorrectness of the principal reason given, let. me say at. the outset that I do not propose to give a. silent vote . on this question. The honorable member for West. Toronto justifies the discussion of reciprocity by this House on the ground that it affects the people of Ontario, and therefore we .have a right to discuss it. By parity of reasoning, and because education, and all the laws and regu- lations in connection with if. in this province, affect all members at Ot- tawa who come from this province, they then will be justified in placing on the order paper at Ottawa. 8 reso- lution with reference to our model schools or our normal schools, or some other such question. I fancy, Sir, if some Liberal member at. Otto. wa, from Ontario, were to attempt to do this, not. only would the occupants of the treasury benches here, but the member for West Toronto would join them in a pretty violent de- nunciation of any such Ottawa poli- tician, and would raise a tremendous cry about the fact that the provin- cial field was being invaded. I re- gret, Sir, the growing tendency in this House among Conservatives in their desire to have a. fling at the Government at Ottawa. What. must the necessary result of such a prac- atice be, if Conservatives of this House unnecessarily go out. of their way to find fault with the Liberals at Ottzp Wit, and similarly the Liberals here were to do the same with reference to Conservative members at Ottawa? The necessary result will be to lower the tone of debate in this House, and to lower the dignity and standing of this Legislature. Anyone can readily see that the public under such cir- cumstances would be justified in con- eluding, and could come to no other conclusion, than that the members of this Legislature were mere henchmen or shouters for the politicians at Ot- tawa, and thus this Legislature would hold, in public opinion, a decidedly inferior position. I have no such views, Sir, of the rights and duties of a Provincial Legislature. We act, Sir, by the same sovereign right that politicians at Ottawa do ; we derive our powers and responsibilities from the same source, and we ought not in any way to lower or degrade our position. My position is this, Sir, that while every member of this House as a citizen of this Dominion has an absolute right to discuss any question that affects the Dominion, it ls doubtful procedure for us, I care not. what the precedent. may be, as a. Legislature to deal with the question of Trade and Commerce, which by the British North America Act is tssigned to the Dominion Parlia- ment. However, Sir, leaving this aspect of the question aside; as a matter of pure party politics, I wel- come the discussion of this subject upon the floor of this House, though l doubt the. wisdom of it. I am bound to admit, Sir, that the Honorable the Provincial Treasurer realized that he was treading uporr doubtful ground, and he took great pains to explain that he only referred to the question because of his fear that if the reci- procity agreement is consummated the result will be injurious to the Temiscaming and Northern Ontario Railway, which is owned and operated by this province, and therefore upon that ground, and that ground alone, did he Seem to justify the introduc- tion of the discussion. In thus nar- rowing the reason for introducing this subject, the Honorable the Pro- vincial Treasurer was more careful and judicious than certain other honorable gentlemen who have spoken. The Treaty of l854-66. I am afraid. Sir. that the Honorable the Provincial Treasurer has given his party a load that they will never attempt to lift when he says, that not only would reciprocity, if adopted, not be a good thing, but when he goes out of his way at great length to quote figures and argue that the Reciprocity Treaty of 1854 to 1866 was very injurious to the old provinces of Canada. One can understand any honorable gentleman taking the posi- tion that circumstances and condi- tions have changed, owing to policies adopted since 1866, that it does not. now follow that even if the old treaty. was beneficial to Canada that. the adoption of a. similar one would now be so; but, as I have said, the Honor. able the ‘Provincial Treasurer asks his party to lift the tremendous load of movinn‘ to tho people of this province that the 010. treaty was (115- astrous to the people of the old prov- inces. His argument is meaningless unless this were his object, and, Sir, um ouite certain that the aide. 2 Difference costs the dealer more than ordinary sugar, but it is worth the difference. are absolutely the perfection of sugar refiningfi brilliantly clear and sparkling-4nd an ornament to every table. Ask for “St. Lawrence Crystal Diamonds” â€"â€" in 5 pound boxesâ€"â€" also sold by the pound. the St. lawn-cc Sugar Refining Co. United MON I'REAL farmers of this provmce, mm r”Cu1- lect the facts, will have difficulty in understanding tllo; Honorable 'the Provincial Treasurer! \‘lr-w point. in fact. they will be amazed at the load he has placed upon his party. They Will recall the disastrous the abrogation of the treaty . e fi act abrogation sold for 40:. dropped immediately to 130.: lambs that. sold for $4.50 dropped immedi- ately to $2.50; the prices of horses, cattle and hogs were cut in halves as soon as the treaty was abrogated; barley, which sold for $1.20 to $1.25 per bushel dropped immediatelyto 40 or 50 cents, and so on, for practically everything the farmer had to sell. When, therefore, the Honorable the Provincial Treasurer essays the Hur- culoan task of proving that these re- sults of the abrogation of the treaty werebeneficial, at all events to the farming community, they, to put it mildly, will indeed be amazed. ' Both Sides Desired Reciprocity. If the Honorable the Provincial Treasurer is right. and the results of the treaty of 1854-1866 were injurious to the Old Provinces of Canada, how under tv11v3>_$!1-11 does he explain the layer-occurring and persistently recur- ring attempts of his Dominion leaders to secure a renewal of the treaty? What has become of his loyalty to the principles advocated by Sir John JA.hMa§donald, Sir Leonard Tilley, Sir o n bomtison, Sir Charles Tu and others? pper parted, how your influence has waned with our Provincial Treasurer! The honorable gentleman. in the extreme position he has taken, turns down the Whole record of the Conservative party on the question of trade rela- tions. Let me, Sir, briefly summarize the attempts made to secure fairer trade relations with the Union to the South of us. The treaty was abrogatâ€" ed in 1866. Confederation was con- summated in 1867. In 1869 Sir John Rose, who was then Finance Minister. was sent to Washington by the Con- servative Government. and with Sir E. Thornton, the British Ambassador. made an inefiectual attempt to obtain a. renewal of the Reciprocity Treaty. In 1871. the late Sir John A. Macdon- aid and his British colleagues who negotiated the Washington treaty. endeavored to secure a renewal of the Reciprocity Treaty, but ineffectually. In 1872, the United States National Board of Trade petitioned Congress for renewal of reciprocity, and the then Conservative Government at Ot- tawa declared its readiness to accept the same. In 1874, the Hon. George Brown was sent by the then Liberal Government to Washington, and in company with Sir E. Thornton. Brit.- ish Ambassador, actually secured an agreement. to a treaty, which was not, however, subsequently ratified by the United States Senate. In 1879, the Customs Tariff prepared by the then Conservative Government at Ottawa inaugurating the National Policy made a standing offer for Free Trade or reduced rates on a long list of Unit.- ed Stat/es products if the Unit- ed States would act similarly With reference to Canadian products. The Hon. Mr. Tilley, Minister of Finance, on March 14th, 1879 (see Hansard 1879, vol. 1, p. 415) refers to “a. reso- lution that will be laid on the table containing a proposition to this effect that as to articles named which are the natural products of the country, including lumber, 11 the united States take ofi the duty in part or in whole we are prepared to meet them will equal concessions. The Government believe in a Reciprocity Tariff. Sir Charles Tuppcr in the same year as reported on page 464, vol. 1, Hansard, said: “My honorable friend, the Fin- ance Minister, also proposes to m- sert in the bill the statement that. when the Americans shall reduce then- tariff on these natural products we will reduce ours to the same extent. and that. if they wipe out. thedutles altogether, we will admit their pro- ducts free. At no distant date _we shall enjoy all the advantages which we possessed under the Reelproclty Treaty.” “All the advantages.’ note the words, and yet the Honorable Provincial Treasurer would now have us believe that there were no advan' tagcs such as Sir Charles Tupper speaks of! In 1887, Sir Charles_Tup- per, acting in concert With 511’ L. Sackville West and Joseph Chamber- lain, British plenipoteutiarles, went to Washington to negotiate a treaty as to fisheries, etc, and proposed to discuss tariff arrangements looking to- wards the old arrangement, With no practical results. Later, Sll', such a treaty was actually arranged by the aforesaid commissioners, and was ac- tually signed, but the Umted States did not ratify the agreement. If the Honorable Provincial Treasurer Will look at the Canadian Statutes of 1879 and 1888 he will find that. they con- tain standing ofiers for rec1procal trade in a long list of articles. In 1891 the Canadian Ministers were sent to act with the British Ambassa- dor in a consultation With the United States Ministers with a. new to ob- taining better rec1procol trade. rela- tions, and, Sir, so important. dldthe Late Sir John A. Macdonald consider * Continued on page 12 _ in 1866 had f upon prices: wool. that. prior to the I a pearl ' Shades of the great de- f 3 C! 9...? O m .4 Organist St. Andrews Presbyterian ('hurt-ll j Lindsay, - Ontario 0:. mwms‘smm 0:. OUR NEW PREMBES Are those formerly occn- . A pied by Wilson chue. where we will be found with our choice stock of Suitings and Overcoating s -â€"o\â€" J. J. 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