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"VeAD t he RE CORD! 
 
 iB MoDHl Policy YS. ilie Cariniii M . 
 
 THE TWO I»Oi:^ICJlES C!OIVTIlA.STJ3l:>. 
 
 IINBBK KKVBNUI U9lff. 
 
 Period 1876 to 1879. 
 
 No CsnwliMi P«clflo nilw»7. 
 
 Oalr 6,184 mtic* of rmllwa; in O t nM i 
 
 Railway receipts weekly diminllliing. 
 
 Font per cact. lM>nd< of Oanad* quoted «t • 
 Mow par. 
 
 Cartwrlglit oould only Ret £»l for each 
 £100 bond. 
 
 Gartwright liad to pay four and a lialf millioD 
 doUnra in ahaTM to ttio money brokers for hit 
 loan*. 
 
 Credit of tbe oouutry down and going 
 down rapidly. 
 
 Net Intereet on public det>t, 11.09 per 
 head in 1878. 
 
 Net Increaae of Intereit paid per head 
 during period 26 cents more in 18T8 than in 
 1ST3. 
 
 Increase of net interaat amj yaar of 
 period. 
 
 Depression ereryvhere in 
 
 BuHlness at a standstill. 
 
 Ueal estate lower than ever l>efor« known. 
 
 Stock* of public cumpanles away down ba- 
 I lor par and liard to diapuse of. 
 
 Batk and Dominion note olroalatlon de- 
 I creasing. 
 
 Diacounts decreasing. 
 
 Nine thousand traders teil in flr* jmn. 
 
 Their iUbillties arerage faT,000,000 a 
 year. 
 
 Savings bank deposits dwindling month 
 after month. 
 
 luaurancee — Are aad life — being droppeii 
 through the iwTerty of the people. 
 
 Cities increasing In wealth and popolatlon 
 (lowly or not at all. 
 
 Soup kitchen haslnass llTaljr. 
 
 Artisans withont work. 
 
 Laborers out of work demanding braad. 
 
 Their children starring ; clothing dau and 
 HO money to buy It with. 
 
 Everything languishing : Railways, banks, 
 public conpfaiM and iwsnl boalBSsa. 
 
 The people tlss In their might and loru oat 
 thaOrlu In Itn. 
 
 Sill the party of hypooilir. 
 
 DNDU NiTI0i4L PULUY. 
 
 Period 1880 to 1886. 
 
 Oanadicn Pacific railway flnlsbad. 
 Nearly 12,000 miles of railway In Oao- 
 
 Bailway receipts weekly inci easing, though 
 rates mLcb lower. 
 
 Foor per cant, bonds quoted at 7 atom 
 par. 
 
 Sir Leonard gets aprsBinmof£l U 8^ 
 for each £100 bond. 
 
 He secnrrd bis last loan at a gain in 
 premiums of f 123,000. 
 
 Credit of the ooontry up and rising 
 rapir'.lv. 
 
 Net interest per head (lu 188S), $1.68, 
 though fifty-three and a half million dollars 
 has beun added to the public debt for public 
 Improvements. 
 
 Net interest per head remains the same 
 (91. S9) In 1886 u It was in 1879. 
 
 Deciease of net nterest erery year of 
 period except 1886-6, when to complete the 
 Canadian Pacific railway five years before 
 contract time tbe whole of tbe subsklf was 
 paid. 
 
 Confldduoe and a buoyant spirit througb- 
 OQt Canada. 
 
 Bubiuess brisk and sales lively. 
 
 Baal estate bringing high price*. 
 
 Stocks bringing good prices and above par. 
 
 Bank and Dominion note oironlallon In- 
 
 oreasiug. 
 
 Discounts Increasing. 
 
 Only six tboaaand traders fall In hIx years, 
 with 30 par cent. Inc.^ase In number of 
 traders. 
 
 Their liabilities aveiage only 910,000,000 
 a year. 
 
 favlngi haali .Ir^lts Inorataing month 
 after month. 
 
 Insaranoef 
 ort >-cd eve- 
 
 lud life — greatly 
 7er preceding year. 
 
 In- 
 
 Citias iDcraaaing rapidly !n wealth aid 
 population. 
 
 Hoop kitchen Indnstry gona into insolTanoy 
 for want of applicants. 
 
 Artisans fully employed. 
 
 Laboran at work on gaod wagaa, 
 
 Qood prospects for the boys and gtrl* ; 
 clothing cheap and money plentiful. 
 
 Kverytblug active i Itallway eainlnga grrat- 
 ly Increased ; bank buttuesa develo|>«d ; great 
 Inoraaae In number Incorporated companlai, 
 and ganeral business thriving. 
 
 I8S1— People again aadorsa the National 
 Party. 
 
 1887— Paople will do aa they did in IStt 
 aad In 1878, only mnob more so.