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NI. thi'. pk " Me f0. or Cl Honorable J. P. B. GA SGRAIN, Hon. Mr. CASGRAIN inquired: That he will call the attention ot the Government to some 'utsatlsNetory tea. tlres retarding the regulations tor the trrttrortatton, duty free, of thorough- llnd tunes and stallions. and will in- quire whether it is the intention ot the Government to remedy these condi- tion. should they exist? Hon. Mr. CABGRAm---With the per- mission ot the Home I should like to bring before it some objections to ”sent conditions regarding duty-tree importation ot thoroughbred mares and stallions. I may say that this is a question which is altogether free from any political tsutsittetutee, and no political party could take exception to it. It there is any grievance existing. or if there is anything amiss, both parties are equally responsible. be- cause the conditions complained ot have been in existence tor a long time. The contentions of some who are a;- grieved are: 1.That the Government does not enforce the customs law " to free “upon for breeding purposes. 2. Thu the Government delegates this enforcement to the National Re- cord Utrmmtttee--. body not respon- Ilble to the public or selected by It. and having interests not always the name In those ot other .C'nporters. v uld in a few years by the utlMge, ot the class ot tutiqutla bred by them, demonstrate the “WM!- tuo ot that system, They evidently do not like to trust to this or they would not try to 'rire those who do not are. ' than: into their In- ton. If, old century. they Mme u their ”rt-Roug- do. ammo ”than not“ tht 9.. watt to w it , t out! by but. Merlot ttoeA, It “zloty to (one lt " that: coppetltorl b uni-MM” -- _ le" _ A V 3. This committee decil'nes to use certain powers. thereby depriving im. porters. run ot stock to ndopt such a system. lt is questionable whether theirs is such or in in my event deeinbie. Stud book. are only record- of bustling ex- periments. In countries where they hue been most eucceumi the use of then bu been voluntary. Their value depends entirely on the reputation tor are no" end integrity ot those who l t . The 'dtrtttitteatiott requirg- tBuli'lh) futile tet tag osten- _ JU."' "> are; gm Du’90'ik N- " 3. This committee declines to use certain powers. thereby depriving im- porters of part ot their rights. It be. ing a private body under no Iettttl duty to perform any function, there are no hull mans to compel it to act. Tint Is the rennén why I am now presenting the subject. 4. Brtetty, the customs law gives us entry. duty free, for breeding stock, leaving the Governor in Council to make the necessary regulations. The Governor in Council nllows free entry, if the animal is registered in the Can. adian Register. or in a foreign record recognized as reliable by the National Record Committee. Hut here is the kernel of the whole thing. The Na- tionnl Record Committee will not de. clare that the English. the American. the Australian. or the French Stud Book are recognized as reliable. It will not pronounce as a public body could be compelled to, that these books are. or are not, reliable. Ani- mls entered in those books, are, how. ever, in practice eligible for entry in the Canadian Register kept by the committee; in fact they are the foun- dation books tor the committee's books. s. The committee thus takes away from the importer of an animal regis- tered in the English or American Stud Book. etc.. one method of free entry. " imposes on him no alternative but to submit to entry In the Canadian Register as a condition precedent to tree entry-a condition not authorized by the customs law nor by Order in Council. Also, it gets into its own hands a power to obstruct the impor- ter. tor it can make entry into the Cunndlan Register easy or hard, slow or otherwise, or refuse it altogether. 6. To have one's case considered by the committee one must be the owner or the animal tendered tor free entry. That is to say you must have parted with Four money and have purchased the unimal abroad and have so far committed yourself to difficulties be. tore knowing whether the committee will allow you to get out of them. T. Amongst the terms it imposes at present are the producing of written transfers of the animal from the orig- inal breeder through every owner down to the importer. Such docu- ments are not usual in transactions relating to thoroughbred horses. are in many cases not procurable, and sometimes only proeurattte by paying for them. The mere demand for them in many cases would prevent the pur- chase of a desirable animal because lorelgn buyers do not need such docu- ments and the seller never has them. I The result is that an animal un-ldoes not publish such a list, but itiwith foster mothers. The identity can doubtcdiy registered in the English or-does not itself decide whether anyjonly be traced by the testimony of the American Stud Book and perhapsisut-h foreign stud or herd books areithose who were on the spot and saw perfectly well known on the race track I reliable. That duty it delegates to the l this done. No records or chain of as a performer. cannot always be im-iNational Record Committee. a body ot:dottuments effectively cover the risk ported duty free into the country. The ', breeders or dealers no doubt well ac-iof loss of identity at. these points. Nor trouble and annoyance are so great as luuaiuted with breeding and dealing in . is it desirable that they should be. to discourage Individual importers. Tutti"! classes of animals in which theyicause stud and herd books are not thoso or limited means they are pro-jam interested. but perhaps for 'tfirtli'iii'i; ot title but are essentially re- hibitory. The story of those who have 41 very reason. not a body which should cords of breeding experiments. They been through them tends to deter be selected to make decisions affect- have been of most use in those count others from attempting to import.)ing the rights of others who may wish tries where recording in them has This. no doubt. ip the underlying otr'to breed or deal in horses or cattle. been left as a voluntary matter to the JP” [The salient point of difference between [ breeders. They are of value only as in. The Canadian buyer with a lim- I the American and the Canadian 'a"Gir/iiiGiiirti the results obtained through ited sum to spend cannot buy as good cation of the principle of duty free the unions of one family with another an animal as his foreign competitor. ientry for breeding Mock therefore isiand only of value in so far as these because the foreign competitor has no i that the one Government publishes a , have been carefully carried out and doubts or ditncuftie.i before him and l list of the books record in which car-irecorded by people whose reputation can pay out the whole sum. while the ', ties with it duty free entry. while ourIis beyond question. The character ot Canadian buyer has to hold back own delegates this duty to what is'the breeder counts for everything. The enough to pay the duty in case. ofiessentially a private and 'nurrGiioiiy,iaiiGG' as well as the successes of the need. Or. to put it another way. to'sible body. breeder of high character are equally get a particular animal the Canadian) Whether it be legal tor the Govern. valuable to other breeders. The en- buyer has to have the same amount l meat to leave to a committee of dea1-ltries recorded by breeders about whose or available cash as the foreign buypr;eN in any particular trade the powericharacter or diligence there is the and in addition enough to pay the‘to meet their competitors' importsgslighteat suspicion do not add in the duty. it levied. Importation into 1iiiiliiUr" be doubted. The point to be slightest degree to the value of their ads. for a given capital. therefore must F noted at the moment is that by acts 1 stock. No matter by whom recorded be of an inferior class. This appliesof omission rather than eornmutsiop,lth1sre are probably in any herd book whether you buy abroad or on the (firstly of the Government. and second-iquite as many worthless animals.“ race track in Canada a foreign animal , ly ot the National Record Committee, l there are good ones. racing there in bond. Home importers suitor through til The Canadian importer bidding at a lt. The National Record committyli11etralitr. " there be one, and are lo; sale any in England stands at a disad- claim that its "tem ll necessary in {exposed without having any legal rem- vantage as compared with his Amer. ordor to identify the animals and toledy short of interference by Parlia- icon competitor. The latter can safely build up an ideal Intent ot rcgintra-.mont. buy an artirntr1yryartynttyrd to trt re- lt. The National Record Committee clnlm that its "mm ll necessary In order to Identify the animal: and to build up n ideal system or registry don. The fountrT its not sumclently 8. A Canadian buyer competing with loreign buyers. therefore, labors under several disadvantages: in) There is the certainty of delay while discussing with the committee; tbt There is the possibility of being unnble to procure the documents re- quired: 9. The result is that an animal un. does doubtcdly registered in the English or does the American Stud Book and perhaps such perfectly well known on the race track I rella " a performer, cannot always be im- Nath ported duty free into the country. The Mom trouble and annoyance are so great as I quail to discourage individual importers. To ' the l those of limited means they are pro-Iare hihitory. The story of those who have Ivery been through them tends to deter-Ibo st others trom attempting to ie,ri,rtt,2jtrt,t, This. no doubt, tp the underlying " to b1 Jeet. (The 1 tore knowing whether the committee There are a certain number of stud will allow you to get out of them. books or herd books in foreign coun- T. Amongst the terms it imposes at tries in which the breeders record the present are the producing of written births ot their animals. Of course it transfers of the animal from the orig- does not follow that animals there re- inal breeder through every owner l corded are valuable for breeding pur- down to the importer. Such 1i.ocuhoses nor that many not so recorded ments are not usual in trantraetiona';ttre not valuable. To avoid entering relating to thoroughbred horses. areion any ground possibly debatable, the in many cases not procurable, attdidiseusssion may be limited by assum- sometimes only proeurattte by paying I ing that an animal is not valuable for for them. The mere demand for them i breeding purposes unless so recorded. in many cases would prevent the pur-‘iCertaln of these books are recognized chase of a desirable animal becauselby the United States Government as lorelgn buyers do not need such docu-ibeing reliable and a list of those so merits and the seller never has them. lrecognlzed is published by that gov- 8. A Canadian buyer competing with ' ernment. foreign buyers, therefore, labors under That is exactly what we would like several disadvantages: the Government here to do-publish a ta) There is the certainty of delay i list of stud books that they would ad- white discussing with the committee; "nit. Surely there must be in the tbt There is the possibility ot being 1, whole world some stud or herd book unable to procure the documents re-‘that is reliable. lithe Government ot quired: ‘the day would do as the government tot There is the possibility ot being ', of any other country is doing, and pub. unable to satisfy the committee; llish the list. the Canadian buyers tdl Whilst the duty free entry ques- , would be on the same footing as any tion is thus held up the animal has to'other tmyor in the world. be bonded or duty paid under protestl The Canadian Government not only 'TS. It the Record Commune“? ". gem " "no in theory. than who fol On Importation of Thoroughbred Mares and Stallions OTTAWA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26m, 1914. SPEECH OF 13. Paper identitleation is not pos- sible. even ot snimals bearing extra- ordinary marks. A chain of idayntitlea. tion is alwnys as weak as the weak- eat link. The animal’s parentage de. pends (tirtrt) on the word ot some one who saw the sire put to the dam, and (second) on the word of some one who saw her foal. These things in prac- tice depend on the reliability ot the people dealt with. The only result of requiring transfer documents is to form a basis upon which animals may be rejected and importers discouraged t The article of the tariff dealing with Iduty tree entry for breeding purposes leaves it to the Government by Order in Council to give elect to the pro- -vision. Tho Government purports to do this by saying that free entry shall be granted to animals owned by Brit- ish subjects reside t in Csnada (a) ‘if the anlmsi in 'l'lltula in the Con- ‘rdlan register tor “Le breed, or (b) , n I y reco kept a road and recog- nis no r l, by the National Re- 26 09m ... - g 1' e prov on sounds both fair and :wiee but falls short of what is de. ’siroble, first in that there is no au- 1iiiEtititt.t publication of a list of lioreign records recognized as reliable [by the Government, second that ithe National Record Committee will not recognise any foreign record kept Esbroad as relinbe if there is a Cam gem record fog the breed. and lastly in that being e pnvato body there are {no legs! mango: coupling them to 14.h'he following considerations show the worth of the identification system adopted: _ _ '1a) Thossis unlmals already in the country at the Inception could not have the system applied to them; - (b) The offspring of animals brought in since upon which duty is paid are registered without identH1ea. tion ot their parents; _ te) Obviouély. in ho event, are the parents ot the identified animals also identified; (d) A mare brought in in foal may be rejected and the owner forced to my duty for lack of identification PN pers, but the foal is registered without NU: id) The credibility' of those who sign the papers can lievttMs pasted; It) The series of identifieatiott pa- pers do not in themselves prove any- thing and would not make a prima facie case anywhere-because the ani. mal referred to, if it had not some ex. traordinary marks, could not be shown to be the same as that mentioned in tho papers. 15. The material in the country is poor. The system adopted tends to keep it that way. " tends to compel those provinces not already provided with breeding stock to buy the culls from existing establishments in the provinces that are so provided, or to buy abroad animals the breeder has not been able either to sell or to train. They being still in his hands he can give the complete transfer documents. Even then his word alone makes the only evidence of what the sire and the dam were. “$3?” More than forty years ago. the im- portation free of duty of live stock for breeding purposes was a plank in the Liberal platform. In his Reminiscen- ces. pnge 44. Mr George Ross given an interesting account of its effect on one ot his elections. Is 16. We want as good a chance to get good stutt tor the same investment as our foreign competitors. _ - 17. We-want ttie. Government to take the responsibility of seeing that we get it. _ 18. We do not want to have our business in the hands or power of any group ot dealers or breeders. We want to follow our own course and let them follow theirs. -6sidnsitriy for many years past this question I have been discussing has become common ground to both par- ties. That it should in the process of time remain so in appearance but have be- come in fact a. disguised protective system for such stock good or bad as may be in the country, will at first be hardly credited. but that It is so will be seen after light has been thrown upon the practice as applied to the theory. iirlo,ii'i5fgi,gt,ii1t' and definitely on o rr.ltatr , pr otherwise of any [gain taco oven in the eatsehrrt.rs What the objectors say they want recognized by the United sum Gov- ernment and by every other seven» men all over the world. There are Canadian records for nearly all the more prominent breeds of cattle and horses. The foreign re- cords recognized as reliable by the United States Government are broadly speaking the very books which form the foundation ot the Canadian re cords, but by omitting and refusing to certify publicly that they are recognized as reliable by the National Record Committee, the Canadian im. porter is placed in a very different position from the American compet- itor. Hon. Mr. CLORAN- I would litre to ask the hon. gentleman one question. He ls asking that the stud books of the United States be recognized in Can. ada. Will the United States or do the United States recognize Canadian stud books to the same amount and degree. Hon. Mr. CAMRAIN-- I think I am coming to that in a few minutes. The American can import duty free an animal registered in such reliable foreign record as of right. The Can. adian can only do so after he has got it recorded in the Canadian register. This is the second salient difference between the method adopted in the two countries. Pedigreed stock, as we all know, is imported tor two very dittereut purposes and by two classes of persons interested in different ways. Those who care "r"inquire into the matter can Judge tor themselves which purpose the duty free entry provision was most intended to help and what interest is in fact most adtantaged by the system in vogue. Better beet cattle, finer dairy cows and more en- during horses are wanted, not in the show rings, but on the farms. The show ring is the place where what the farmer wants is advertised, No one can conceive of the farmer knowingly supporting a system by which direct import by him of stock he needs to cross with and improve his haltbred herd is made hard to him and by which what stock is available through importation by others is likely to be either higher in price or poorer in quality than it need be it full effect were given to the law. Amongst the first requirements of the National Record Committee is that transfers of the animal from the breed- er up to the importing owner must be furnished, that is that a title from hand to hand must be obtained in writ. ing. This requirement is alleged by the committee to be necessary for the purpose of Identifying the animal. Now for the primary purpose of crossing on half-bred Mock, if the animal can be proved to be entered on a foreign re- liable record, the chain ot title is a matter ot indifference to the farmer it his legal title be good enough to pre- vent any one from taking the animal from him. That legal title is neither better nor worse because of the chain of documents. Moreover no such chain of documents covers the real points at which identity is most likely to be lost. The testimony of those who saw the dam bred to the sire or the animal born is not always available. In many breeds the young are taken from the mothers and raised by hand or placed with foster mothers. The identity can only be traced by the testimony of those who were on the spot and saw this done. No records or chain of documents effectively cover the risk of loss of identity at. these points. Nor is it desirable that they should be. cause stud and herd books are not books ot title but are essentially re- cords of breeding experiments. They have been of most use in those count tries where recording in them has been left as a voluntary matter to the breeders. They are of value only as showing the results obtained through the unions of one family with another Now, in the most important breeds, should an intending importer apply to know whether say the Percheron Stud Book or the Durham Herd Book is re- cognized as reliable by the Govern- ment, he wttl be told by the committee that it is not, and he will be invited to register in the Canadian book for these breeds, a record inaugurated and di- rected by a group of persons already engaged in breeding or importing that class of Mock, a book kept by the Na. tional Record Committee under their directions upon which body they are represented. No one would grudge free import to those who breed pedigreed stock in the country nor orject to Government keeping their stud and herd books for them, but probably most people would subscribe to the proposition that haw ing these things they should by their produce show that they were breeding as good stock for the price as any one could import direct and duty free. if they cannot show this, surely no one would support a protective system tor their benefit for the effect would be that those who desired pedigreed stock to cross with halt-bred herds-and they are the main support ot the whole agricultural industry-would get worse animals for their purposes and pay a higher price. Bearing in mind that the Intending importer's free entry is thus made to depend (a) on his being a British sub- ject resident in Canada, (b) on his owning the animal and (c) on his be- ing able to get the National Record Committee to record it before he gets free entry, it obviously takes but little to delay, defeat or obstruct him in his endeavor to obtain it. Suppose he buys, and he must do so before his case will ta considered by the eommitttT., he cannot get them to pronouncx beforehand as to whether it he pure ases such and such an ani- mai, it would come in duty free. The The Canadian importer bidding at a sale say in England stands at a disad~ vantage as compared with his Amer- lean competitor. The latter can safely buy an animal guaranteed to be re- corded in one of the books recognized by his Government. The former cam not. He would like to add some lim- itations, as to say: I will outbid my American com- petitor it the seller will guarantee duty tree entry into Canada or if he will guarantee to furnish all the documents required in Canada for duty free entry in excess of those re ulred in the United States. or 1%?) all gel! conditionally on my , 1918111: tee eat , ut _ e a an no a? which he Cam not effectively raise a an auction. He must be prepared to buy and take his chances or delay girth)! being refused tree entry. This he may do ithe has on hand funds auificient. But ft he has only the same sum avazlable as his eompetitar bids, he mus content himself with buying an interim animal. TORONTO 'F4rtrtttt seller not being 3 British subject mi- dent In Canada, mum. deliver them duty tree. Even if he could. he would not do so for the same price as he would take from an American buyer tor a straight sale. In a word, the Canadian buyer must be irrevocably committed as owner before he can as- certain whether lie-is to get free entry or pay duty. Meantimehie' animu lands in Canada and he has to" pay duty under protest, or is forced to be- come a public wareho1ysernan under bond with sureties. It he buy direct from the breeder in England and hold the animal there as owner utttfrtsy correspondence he has made his course clear he may escape some of the risks, but even then it he cannot secure tree entry he has cer- tain dangers before him, and in any event is debarred from many of the chances to make advantageous pur- chases whieh are open to foreign buy- era. Take it all in all, a foreign buyer knows exactly where his government stands, knows that it means to help him to bring in stock duty tree. The Canadian buyer knows that whatever the law may say, the practice leaves him in doubt and he must feel fairly sure that the National Record Com- mittee's system leaves him at a dis- advantage. Months may, and do, elapse while he is piecing together documents required by the committee. Meantime he cannot sell the animal and does not know what it is to cost him ultimately. The keep makes a big hole in his margin of profit. The American purchaser of a like animal at the same sale has his purchase through the customs without delay. His importation is not subject to re- gistration in any books kept by his trade competitors. They cannot force him to record in books kept by them, and with good reason for except where an animal is intended tor use in a registered herd, recording in such books in his own country is of no use either to him or to his country, but the registration being a voluntary mat- ter, he can apply for it when and as it seems to be ot any use to him. l, It as a result ot the voluntary appli- ‘cation ot their present system of title and so called ldetttifieation they pro. duce a still better stock tor the money than can be procured abroad, the country will have reason to congratu- late itself. That they hope to do so or believe that they can do so is to say the least cast in doubt by their desire to force the system on others even to the point of refusing them tree entry, It they believed as their opponents do that their system and practice tend to discourage the indivi- dual importer and to create a disguised protection for the bettetlt ot herds " ready in the country, their anxiety to force the sy tem 91,1 Pthers Foul be expieinsble. tt'hll by getting every one into the same Daemon the possi~ bility ot combat-ids the bertetittt of their system with What can be done under the system" of free imports, would be gone. Until they have shown their value, it ,6uld seem that there The trend of the system, therefore, on the whole, ls to discourage the in. dividual importer and to make a semi- protective system for the benefit of stock already in the country. That ls free import of the. farmer's raw ma. terial is discouraged and inferior raw material already in the country pro- tected, and this in the face of the de. clared policy of Parliament. Enough has been said to show that tree import as affecting pure breeds intended to be bred to half-bred herds is not given due effect to. As to the result of the system on the pure bred herds already in the country and through them on the class of animal to be bought out of them by the farmer tor cross-breeding, it may be pointed out that the only use to the country of such herds is to sup- ply the farmer with as good an animal in price and quality as he could im. port direct from abroad. Such a class of animal local breeders only need to produce under the direct stimulus of competition. It that be removed, and it is in part. removed by the diftieulties in importing direct, then they will sell him something not quite so good " hls American competitor may get abroad at the same cost. Thus, since the days when Mr Geo. Ross Mood for the House of Commons, we have swung around to the opposlté point of the compass as to the encour- agement ot free imports. Should we not swing back and not only say, but mean tree. imports of pedigreed stock, and see that the farmer gets what the law gives him. No matter ls more far- reaching than this upon the material prosperity of the country. A thousand Pulled Angus or Durham bulls in the West bring down ten times their cost to the shipping points inside of three or tour years merely through the increased weight and quality of their stock. Like improvements would follow tree Imports of dairy cattle and of horses. Those provinces most in need of better saleable Mock suffer the most from existing conditions. That the law is not applied is clear. Why it should not be applied has to be explained.' Why a private body exer- cises part of the functions of Govern. ment cannot be satisfactorily explain. ed. No part ot a subject’s rights should be taken away from him by a body not answerable to the electors and which cannot through the courts be compelled to perform the duties assigned to it for the simple reason that it is a private body and cannot be compelled to perform any more of the duties than it chooses. A brief review of the circumstances, suggests certain modifications as be- ing imperatively necessary, L The Government should publish a list of all foreign records which are generally recognized as reliable. Re- cord in these should entitle an animal to free entry. There is no dimculty in making such a list. The National Record Committee have such a list which they use as the basis of enter- ing in their own books although they will not certify that the books they so use are reliable within the meaning of the Order in Council when the in. dividual importer wants to obtain tree entry. Even if they had not such a list, the list published try the United States Government affords ttuMeient information. - __ - Ag a be no either seek to who do 2, No private body should have any- thing to say as to the application ot the customs law to its competitors and free entry should not denend in any way on recording In anyTook kept in Canada. 3. The Canadian stud and herd books should be open to voluntary en- try upon such terms as those who keep them see fit. Their present system is more exacting than is thought neces- sary by many foreign systems. Wheth- er rightly or wrongly so, depends on whether the book is conceived to be a record of breeding experiments or a history ot title. As a voluntary matter there would be no objection to their following either theory. it is only when they seek to impose their system on others who do not need it that their theories interfere with the rights of others and thereby become of any public import. ance. F. E. Smith Experts to One Day Be Premier. Mr. F. E. Smith, the brilliant young English lawyer and politi- cian, has very charming chambers in Elm Court in the Temple, Lon- don. The furniture is mostly old oak, and there is the quaint trian- iii:) Oxford oak chair to remind .him of his days at Wadham. On the walls hang the different colored cartoons in which from time to time he has been depicted. The famous K.C. allows himself .one luxury: he smokes the finest cigars. Every day his box is filled with seven largo Coronas, and when he is at the courts it is the duty of his managing clerk to bring him round this box to the luncheon is no hurtful” remn why their Idea should be enforced " the expense ot the country, contrary to law and to the detriment ot their trade competi- tors. I have done my beat to make this matter as clear as possible. What would be desirable would be for the Government to publish a. list of re- liable stud books; and have animu- registered say, in one ot those stud boon, either in Europe or the United States admitted duty tree. Then the importer would be granted entry tree, as in other countries. Today it a Ctuv adian buys an animal he has no guar- antee that this animal will tulii1 all the requirements. room. When in court Mr. Smith, of course, has to change his coat, which is left in the barrUters' rob- ing room, and the cigars along with it: hence the daily task of his clerk. One day Mr. Smith will be Union- ist Premier. He is seeking a Poli- tical rather than a. legal career, though the Ateurney-Gcneralship may be a stepping-stone to his am- bition. The marvelous way Mr. Smith has got on is all the more remarkable from the fact, that all the time he has had to earn his liv- ing, never having had the good for- tune to be born rich like others in Parliament. When he made his maiden speech it was discussed as the most brilliant, on record. and one great newspaper alluded tn him then refuses to accept them is a trial to shopkeepers and manufac- turers in all lands; a novel way of serving such delinquents is describ- ed in a curious little anecdote told in “The Memoirs of William Hick- There was a Chinaman who took excellent likenesses in clay. which he afterwards colored. and they were altogether well executed. To this man's shop Pott and I went to see his performances. We found Mr. Carnegie, surgeon of the ship Nottingham, sitting for his portrait, and complaining violently of the extremely ugly phiz the artist was making. After he had repeat/ed this several times, the man laid down his tools, and looking trignih- candy at Carnegie, said, "Bi, you handsome face no have got, how can make," and turning to Putt. he con- tinued, "Here can make handsome face, for too much ee handsome face have got." Carnegie was offended at. both observations, and declared he would not. pay for or take the model away, . Jroiinoiier. Prieniier at the starting post." He kept his word, and the next time we called at the shop we found the image of Mr. Carnegie tucked up, hanging by a. rope round the neck to a beam with several others. Inquiring the meaning of that, the Chinaman, with much anger, an- swered, "All these have too much ee grand ladrones, give me too much trouble, make handsome face, no pay, no take, so must ee hang up." of Maude--Carline is a great woman of fashion. How a Chinese Artist Got Even With Mr. Carnegie. The man who orders goods .arul A minister, spending a, holiday in the North of Ireland, was our walk- ing, and feeling very thirsty called at a farmhouse for a drink of milk. The farmer‘s wife gave him a large bowl of milk, and while he was quenching his thirst a number of pigs got round about him. The minister noticed that the pigs were very strange in their manner, so he "idu--"My good lady, why are the pigs so excited l" The farmer‘s wife replied--'Sure, it’s no wonder they are excited, sir; it’s their own little bowl you are drinking out Beateix--Does she neglect her children? Maude - Oh, no! She hires c nurse to do it. FAMOI’S ENGLISH LAWYER. n, HANG-El) BY THE NECK. Mr. F. E. Smith. M.P. It's No Wonder. By Proxy. TRUST IN THE DIVINE BEING , ”Though he slay me, yet will I trust in hirm"-lb. xiii., 16. Man's Faith Not Shaken By What Seems to be Unnecessary Evil or Inexplicable Cruelty Thdtruat in God possessed by the overuse men is I strange and won- derful thing. To regard this trust as a. religious sentiment is almost impossible as to think of the moon as mule of green cheese. Most peo- ple trust in God only in the sense that they believe that the Divine Being is pledged to protect them personally from disaster and to de- dicate His providence to the one end of their individual happiness. They have faith in the sense “at they believe that God will answer their prayers, satisfy their fancies and give success to their endeav- org. His thought-s shall be their thoughts and His ways their ways. God, in other words, is at their dis- posal; their trust in Him is akin to their trust in some old servitor who in a lifetime of devotion has never disobeyed a, command or dis- regarded a petition. A Fond Ambition Defunct! A ship sinks, a business enterprise crushes to ruin, a. child dies! In- stantly then does the erstwhile wor- shipper turn on the Deity as a. hun. gry dog might turn on a master who had struck him. He clamors that the trust in God, like a trust in an insolvent bank, has been betrayed. He ridicules the idea that God is merciful or just. He even goes so far on occasion to assert that there is no God, and points to his tra- gedy as a proof that the world is only a vast machine which fascim ates man for a. little time, only to catch and crush him ruthlessly in the end. Convinced that the uni- verse, with its iniinitudea of space and its eternalities of time. was created only to serve the petty ca- prices of his pitifully insignificant life; and made now to see, by sad experience, that it is moving to What such trust in God really amounts to is shown. by the action of these same people when God seems to fail them. A prayer is un- answered, a desire thwarted, IHESlINIMY S'tllilllt "lilll Lesson L-Christ'. Table Talk.--- M whose house was Jesus invited to dine? What did he notice when the guests took their places at, the table? What did he say to the guests l What did he advise his host? What did he say would thus be gained? To what did he liken the kingdom of heaven? Whom did the invited guests in this par- able represent? - Lesson li.---') Journey to Em. maus (Easter Lessor-Where were two disciples going on the first Easter Day? Who met them on their way? Why did they fail to recognize him? Of what were they talking? What did he teach them? What did they persuade him to do when they reached Emmaus? How was he made known to them? Where did they go to tell the news of what they had aeen and heard? Lesson 1u.--The Cost. of Disciple- syhip.--How did Jesus discourage anyone from thoughtlessly follow- ing him? What did he say of the cost of discipleship? How must his disciples regard all other things? To what did he liken n man wir, would' try to follow him without first counting the cost? ' Lesson Iv.-/rhe Lost Sheep and the Lost Coin.---Whar did Jesus say as to the value of every human tsoul? What happens in heaven whenever a, sinner repenrsl With what parables did Jesus illustrate this thought 'l What is the story of the lost sheep? Why did the wo- man value the lost coin so highly? How did she celebrate its recovery? Lesson Y.-ie Prodigal Son (Temperance Leseou).---Fur what did the prodigal son ask his father? What right had he to make such a demand? What did he do when his hsther gave him what he asked forl To what extreme was he driven by necessity and taminel What did he determine to do? What lessms may we learn from_thjs pnrable’! Lesson VI.--The Unjust Steward. --What is meant by a steward? Of what was the steward in the par' able accused? What did his master demand of him? How did he seek to provide tor his future? What did his master any of him? How should we consider ourselves? What we should we make of the money which Gpd trivets_tp, mil _ Lesson YH.--The Rich Man and Lazarutr.--Who were Dives and Luann? What were their respec» tive positions on earth? What utr pened when they diedt What did Dives see from his piece of tor- ment? What did he pray that Ln- zuus might be permitted to dot What did he ask when this was re- fused? What answer was made to this tse.eon4_equttt1 - Lesson Y1rI.--Unprohtable Ser- trants.-jhat did Jesus say of for giveness? What request did the dis, ciples make of him? What did he any was more important than the quantity of their faith? What, did he any of the power of hick? Bow did he condemn such "lt-ttlord- tiqn u “refugee“ _induUed in? Lesson IX.-uThe Grateful Ba. maritau.--Whoenat Jews as he ap- proached a. certain village? Why were leper: compelled to live in A", was": SHI. The Seeking Saviour "Review. Golden Text, Luke 19. 10. I STERN l T'r0N.t L LESSON, J UN h' 23. A Birine Wisdo- I so deeply grounded upon 1m.” that no human mind can C any”; hand its precept. and a dish". we so boundlesa in its complssiuu LI“ no human heart can mumm- It scope. He concede: the knm mm of the divine mind to be “Um “nu. derful" for his understanding '1: in high, I cannot attain unto .1 l' Therefore is he prepared bu, we awful. the mysterious, and mm to him the terrible. Nothing in me universal process can disturh " confound him. If a thing aplwnm to be evil it is his wisdom whirl. is laLfault. If an event seems ts. we cruel it is his love which is UM?) He looks upon the chances .md changes of human experience t l 'm as he gazes at night upon the m P, menta of the heavenly spheres Le Lesson 1ti.--'rhe Friend of Fm neric--Why were the publicans Pri much disliked? Why did Jesus be» friend then? What did he teach .n the parable of the Pharisee and the publicant With whom did he due at Jericho! How was Mums mnv sidered by his townspeople? “Lat effect did Jam's visit have on Za, chteuli Some men are unable to I)! Ly» . word they say. A man isn’t necessarily lum~ because he is poor. , Human nature sets a man up s'ls judge of bin neighbor. Sometimes . girl doe. a \m' man I great favor by jilting him Better 5 woman with rosy clu- 2 than a. man with a rosy nose. Cupid is wine. He leads the c, pie to the altar and then quits tl game. Lesson 1m.-The Great Itef --What did the rich young r ask Jesus? Mow did he say thu had lived? What did Jesus tel} to dot Why did Jesus make demand of him? Bow did the r receive itt What did Jesus :3 the danger of riches? Never judge a married mm b} actions when he is away from h, Unless 1 mm keeps moving world will soon leave him in lurch. would think as little of que" ing the beneficence of the une ; the other. Come soy-rm- u! failure or '.5utN?etw. death m- ‘n is all the ewe. He trusts in l and therefore he trusts life. u is simply the thing that qul r' ing. “Though he slay me. It I trust in him."' Yen. it A when God seems to slay me ti can trust in Him. for trust he only when knowledge fails: ju, the sun shine only when the in gone'. - Rev. John Ha Holmes. grateful men cum» Hum! Lesson X.--The ('uming «i. 11.0 Kintrdom.--What did the l‘imriwm ask Jesus about his kingdom I \\‘i..n did he any of the manner of in mm.- ing? Where did he say his prewut kingdom wee to be fullndi What day will usher in his eternal king- domf How should his disciples pre- pare for tNt div? And many a horse his been ha faced because money talked la; ioes. _ _ - Frail the fruit dealer we get ' ituns--and from the wet gunk d. .1 erpe got our jomjsma. fl Very different from all 1‘. true trust in God Cul, “I been the strength uf I _" ,2 l" any of martyrs, the pl, m the quiet virtue of k i t.ir pure women. The run‘ I). A. Divine Providence nem- a,'r his prayer, be ensueruL n, tum prospered or his hm“ teeted from 'the wounds t I Trust in God involves, tat in the belief that behind the Fl ous processes of natural life 1 such a place? What did these , era beseech Jesus to do? Where l he send them? Why did he not in them at once? What happnu-d they went to the priest 2 Ho“ um returned to chunk Jr m: for n: he had done? Where Md this ' grateful [gun ("mm from! i If it wasn't for the weather 1. people would have no excus talking. 7 With the exception of churn; cargmell there is nothing tweetor . girl that} love’s , mlng dream It's a any inarier to fill tve all you have to do is kick a '.il dotrrod then wait . little. tome larger purpose than an) Mud] he can conceive, he rebel, hke . mailed child who whimper _ "Hung. he moot have the moon f l' {Ab pluything, Ind takes vefup, .. the Haunting of " denial it it well to make a hood yt'ir 1nd tt u also well to remember I} it is the fhsiah that really iNn::rt., [any n mun makes a strrm ttrort m recognlzv his duty Rar be will be in . pmn‘ion to dud! "If they at you to dine unh them," pup; ind said. "you 193. “y. ‘No. thank you ; I have already diam?! 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