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Lorsqua la document est trop grand pour fttre raproduit an uaseul clichA. il est filniA A partir da Tangle supArieur gauche, de gauche A droite, et de haut en bea. an prenant le nombre d'imagas niceUH 1.4 III 2.0 l.ff # 1.6 MICROCOPY RESOLUTION TEST CHART NATIONAL BUREAU OF STANDARDS STANDARti REFERENCE MATERIAL 1010a (ANSI and ISO TEST CHART No. 2) / ^**££rcoi^^ ^1 House of Cammons Qebates* t / > FIFTH SESSION-EIGHTH PARLIAMENT. SPEKCH OK T. S. SPEOULE, M.R ON PREFERENTIAL TRADE WITH GREAT BRITAIN \ i OTTAWA, FRIDAY, MARCH 16, 1900 MAR Mr. T. S. SPROUL.Jb: (Bast Grey). THe bon. Kentleman who bas just talcen bis aeat (Mr. Campbell), bas treated tbe House to a number of assertions utterly unsupported by either facts or figures. When be did venture to quote figures, he did so at ran- dom, and they will be searched for In vain In any parliamentary return. I do not pro- pose to deal with b^ statements at any great lengtib, but wish briefly to refer to one of the last assertions he made. What was It ? He said that the large Increase In our exports of buAer, cheese and bacon. Is due to the ao|j|>h of the government In put- t ing c om on flie fr ee llrt. W e ll, If th a t be t the ca8e,'you would naturally expect to And that in those localities where tbe produc- tion of bacon has Increased the moat, the consumption of corn has been the ^greatest. But In reality that Is not the case. Take my own- section of country, there has been in. that section a rapid development In these three lines,, but I do not know of any farmer who uses a pound of com to> feed to hii hogs except perhapji Just In the middle Of summer when other feed Is scarce. The same remark will apply to the; Increased production of cheeBe and butter, " That ta flue altogether to caoaes gtW which tto '-f^ L}aij?r -'E^'nk » f 5;: policy of th||a governmeDt Iihh t>rnotlcally no ' control. It In due to the •pU'tulId provUiou whlcli wan niado before the present govern- '■ nient came Into otQoe for giving InHtructloQii to the fartucm, and tbe provlHi()U8 for cold ■tornge, and the educational work carrU>out the time the late government left otHce they hftd in a measure perfected those various lines,! aud the ,people were beginning to reap thq ad- vantage of thcli'^work. The lncreas<« in that trade Is tberefqfre not due to any change in the tarin: or to anything the present gov- ernment has done, but to the very valuable work done by their predecessors. We are sometlhies told that it was this government which established the system of cold storage. Why, Sir. the whole cold , titorage system was outlined and started and in process of development before the , present government came Into: power. AH that „tbey nM-e done since has been to 0n- > deavour to /perfect this system, and in my ; Judgment they have proceeded at a very Blow rate. We were told In triumphant , tones last year that what they had done : bad resulted very much to tbe benefit of the farmers in taking their fruit to the other! side. But we find there was a falling off this , year, that the cold storage was not exactly • what was required for the benteflt of the ! fruit-growers. There is a great deal to be j learned and a great deal to be done before we reach the stage of perfection that will give the farmer the benefit he ought to have from cold storage. When the hon. member for Pent (Mr. Campbell) said that the develop- ment of these three lines Is due to anything tbe prescint government has done, he is mis- leading the people, wittingly of unwitting- ly, and he is doing a great injustice to his predecessors and unfairly representing the situation to the people. We ha# yesterday afternoon what ^ivartb my mind one of the strangest spectres I have ' witpessed Ih this House fpi many Ih tl n\ 8 hiXt was made by the Minister of Finance, that the House resolve Itself In Committee of Supply, and moving au amendmeot. A motion of amebdment to supply Is UMiuilly regarded as a motion of want of (;onfldence In the, government. Do the government so regard' It In this case ? I am Inclined to think they will accept U. under the clrcum- Htances. The government, I have no hesl- tailon III Haying, \ty prearranged action, put up one of thrlr own supporters to move tliut the lIoiiHe do not resolve Itself In Coiii- lulttee of Supply, but that a motion In ainiHidment be adopted. And what Was the character of It ? It was a gushing euloglum upon the government for giving preferenltal tiiuh' to the mother country. They had iitllrnied that principle two or three times 1th this House, and their followers had spoken In favour of It aWgrcat length. We tlioughr that no more time of the House would be wasted In moving motions In favour of It. But, they are not tired of talking almut It yet, and one of their sup- porters Is put up to eidoglite thp govern- ment for what they bave done. And for wliat rpason V According to the motion, be- cause they did give a preferential tariff toi the mother country, and becaiiHe it Is of. some special advantage to Canada and of some special advantage to Great Britain. In what. respect, we naturally ask ourselves, has It been of advantage to Canada ? Tha statement of hon. gentlemen' opposite Is that It has reduced the duties on goods com- ing Into Canada. But, as has been stated by previous speakers, before they reduced the tariff by the prefer^tlal clause, they Increased the tariff on these same articles. Ueduclng it by preference, they left alt practically where It wag before. Conse- quentl.Vf It has not done much good to Can- ada. Oh the other band. In my Judgtnent, It has done substantial Injustice and hArm to Canad^i'.' It has prevented Cana(M_;b0m getting what otherwise, I believe, sh^^OT«ld have got a substantial advantage fw*^ior goods in the British market as coinpn.jred with bther countries that had not " given Great Britain preferential treatment. Had we succeeded In getting Englajid to give us a preference In her market in- return for the advantage we would give her, see what an advantage It would be to the fanner, the artisan and the labourer of this Domin- ion. It would have been of substantial ad- vantoge to Canada, but. Instead, we have the very reverse. What this Hotise should do, and what this country, I believe, will do, when it has an opportunity, is 'to pass a vote of censure upon the feovemmentfor giving so much to England .jia^ii/'g^Cung nothing In return. „^-— — ' '" The MINIST^ER OP FINANpB (Mr. Field- ing). I hope ny hon. frleny (Mr. Spronle) will move it here first. Mr. SiPROUI.E. Perhaps/ the hon. mln- :„-f ■ years^a prominent supporter of the goy- ^^^m^ent rising in his\place^ when the motion Ister win have his opinion upoi^ in opportunity of expressing it and giving his vote npon \ I It. If thry rlo not hronk down nnd k«> t(» the country io<» Moon, a* tliv ImlLcntlooH art>~now . tUftt they will. Tlic MINIHTKIl OF I'lNANCK. I vi>n- tui'<> to pi'tMllct lliiu my lion, frlonil will not niovi> II. Mr. HIMIOIILK. The lion. Kcntlcninn (Mr. riohlliiK') hiiH not |trovt'«l u|) to tli*> prcm'nt tlial li*' Im II propliot t; 1111(1 1 am a/riild lliat If lilx rcixiiiiilun in Hint ri'Kard drprndj-'d il|)oii IiIm iiri'Hciii pr»'(llciloii, li«> iiiiulit tliid liliiiHoll' in an awkward pru- dlcMtntMit In tilt* fiitiirc. 1 >tti.v. Iiad we hiic- (•t't'ih'd in nrrantfliiK tradt> relations with ijn' niotlior country upon th«» llncH HUK«<'Ml«'d by tlio lion, nii'iiiltcr for North HriK;*' (Mr. Mc- Ni'lll) wf would have done a Kood tlilnjj for tli*> Canadian pOopl(> and no iii|iiHtic4> to ^ England. Tlii'u wo Hlioiild liavo hcvn Urlnu- ' UtK England and. at any rate, ono of lit>r coIonlt'M (;loHo tojsji'ttior In tnidf rclalioti-i to tlu'lr niiltiml advantaKc. ;■" Now, how far Is thin so-cnilod tiroforonpo nn ndvantn^e to England V I ri>i!ii>m1i<>r tliat for several yonrn. tlio hon. ni»>mli<'r for North Norfoll«(Mr. Charlton), and the lion, invmbor for South Oxford (Sir Ulcliard Cart- wright), endoavonri'd to convince' thlw IIouho and the people of the country that the policy known an tlie national policy dis criminated aKalnst the mother, country ; nnd the arRument they offered to prove It was that each year we Were ImiiorllnK less from the mother country than htwoic it was brouprht Into force and Importing more from the United States. Therefore, 8ni4.>li«w hon. (gentlemen, we were dlsttrbu^atin}; against the mother country, By '^Ra^x"'' parity of reasonlnff, applied to tIfeTwBn! of 18915, what ^do we find ? From tlu« time thifl tnrlfl' was Introduced our trade with the United* States has been growing greater and our trade livlth the mother country Is going down— what we Import from Great Britain Is grovrlng less and what we Im- port from the?' United States /I? growing more.- j.*'-^^: ' - c; The ^^MINIsIbR OF MARINE AND FISHERIES, t'he hon. gentleman does not mean thai, syrfty ? Mc, SPROULE. I do, distinctly. Thfe MINISTER OF MARINE AND FISHERIES. That our Importations from the mother country ^ are going down ? . *Mr. SPROULE. I sayi compared with our trade wlth'the United States. Tliere can be no doubt -Of It. Our trade with the United States Is going up largely every year, while ' with the mother vcountry there Is a reduc- tion rather than iin Increase. The MINISTER OF MARINE AND FISH- ERIES. No, no. 'Mr. SPROULE. Except our exportatlons ■11(1111*111 market. If tliose hon. geiilluiiieu MUitretlctl III proving that the trade rela- tions Itetwct-n raiiiida and the niothvr couu- I try under the iinlloiial policy were InJnrloUN to Kimhind. then, this tarllT Is liiJiirloiiM to Kn^diiiid, III even a ureiiter deKi'ee. If the other tariff cor- rect In carrying out the prInOiples which thev propounded to the electors of the coun- try, as the present government. I asked my- se'li' • What were these pMldses ? I.et me ask the people of this fduiifry, nnd the hon. members of this House, yrtiether that stnte- iiient Is absolutely corrector not. I ^ Know .that In dealing with thls^nestlon, * am -Milv dealing with suiijwts that hare been dealt with by hon. g»>ntlemen on this side of the Hous«> more at length than 1 Intend to do, and who have supported their argu- ments with a greater array of facts and dgiires than I propose to bring forth to- night, because, I think It would be a waste of the time of the House to go, at length. Into points that others have taken up and which h.nvo been gone over^several times before. What were the promises made to the people of this country ? the first was the reduc- tion of taxation. The hon. member for Hal- ton (Mr. Henderson), has given facts and flgures to show that hon. gentlemen opposite did not reduce taxation, but rather Increased It. Will the hon. member for Halifax sayj that plank In the platform was carried out J --MX-_SliKyjJlieii_JkXcei)L_gur^^XiHjriu^^ to the mother country, where we find our | Will the people of Canada say It was corriea •-^i. out ? I iiin qiiltit Nilrt* that ttu>]( will not, and ' I May tliiit til) lion. Kfnth>i^uui, litivlnif any regard fur lut«*KrUy, or liit' v/erU to rcdiKV llic rxpt'iidltniM'. 'V\w lion. tMfiii- Iwr for Kt'iit, Out.. (.Mr. (Jiiniplu'll), miiil lluit it Im tnu' Unit tiu-y littvt> Int'ioam'tl tlu> »'X- poii.lltiir.. <|om :n:ts,UXMMN» to »U,(HMMt aHk« : llav the oxptfudittint Ih>uq unwlMo ; will iiiiy Ikhi. Kt'iitlcmiiii hIiow In what piirticiilar llu' Kovt'rmiK'nt have »'.»i- polulfd thai iiioiii-y foollMhly V Tin- lion, motubor was frank ohoukU to admit that then* waH an liuroaMt' In tli»> t'xpt'iidi- tur»', hut, \V(.' Iiiivo llif word of tin; lioii. iiu'iiilM'r lor nplira.v U>v It. that I'vi-ry plaiiU In th»' plairoi'iii wiiM carrU'd out. Why ditl tlit-y not «li'(rt'am' tlu- o.xpeudlturi' lUHti'ad »r-iiifivaMiiiK If V Th«'ii, I May, that that plank of till' platrorin wiiH not carrlt'd out, that tlioro was a violation or tbt? proiuUe inaiU' to the pooplc, lH'raiiH«>, InMti'ad of ri'- duclnu till- o.xpt'iiditiirc. It wiih lut-riMiHod at h-aMt :|i;{,(MHi,(> over what It wiiH durhiK the luHt yi'ar that liiclr prt'd»'c»'HMorM wfie In poWk-r. 'I'Ih' iic.Nt plank in llit'lr iilatforiii was, that tlu-rt' wns to Ih> no IncrtiiHO In t\w pul)l|f dclit. Till' lion, iiii'iiilu'r for Kmt, Out., adinltli'd that tlit'y had liu-iva.si'il tbo puDllc dt'lit, but he nald that tliojr had pot Increaned It as rapidly as their iiredeceHSorH.* Then, 1 Hay, that that plank wjih not carried out. The statement of the lion, iiunnber for Halifax Is, that every plank wiih i-arrled out, that t'v(«Ty promise waH fullllled, hut I have shown that not one of these three iiromlHes was riiltlllcd. What must the people think when an bou. (gentleman stands up, belong- ing to the -btber side o^ the House, and aays that the promises mad/' to the people before the elections have been substantially fullll- led. Then, hon.. Kenliemen were to reduee the <;oHt of ngrleukural Imiileineuta to the farmers. Have they done that ? How did they reduee the cont V They led the farni- ers to l>elh'ver pound to make the hinder iwlue. If the raw material was laid dowti at Iti cents a iioiind and II took thn'i- wn» iitH to la imlil 121, *l illiiiiiii. ituiltiiit of wouderuil. )(ik('(l ovor iH) trouble •iiw uinte- t thi! raw of bliKler 1897. coHt. i ceutH a . HtlCe (Mr. ive bo ft) re rtOfH of a ilci' twine, iwti at m iiiirl^Ts of , How waH II ko inucli ar V 'I'lioy tH a pound. It ouai to of a cent t ai ceutH I pound to , tB n pound which was conta and dlffurenco mien, who h the gov- were en- ?• farmers, represent- >nts and wore forc- itant price r material, igton (Mr. Vas it' "due Y a higher f the diffl- on account Not at all. » hon. gen- /■ I tentlnry for tli« yeiir IMih for ai wtn*\ iliuu iliu pvuplw of iliu i-otiiitry would Uav* n pound, ' tli«> Kuuio uxiu-tly aH tliel iveulvMl a nubHUiutlAl Im>ui*IU tlit«r««ftutu. , your Iwforo. Thu Com of nianufaeiure whm I l.tui year the j{ov««rnuHnit nuld th« output the name, but Hut farninni In llu» yeiir IMINH or ihu UUiKiHob punUeiiilary. and Him On- W«r« eiiiiipelled to pay from 14 to Itl ewntui } liirlo «oveiiiiiient wild llie output of th« a pound, allliftuuh that twine only eonf »i ! t'entrul prlmm Ip hiu-U a way that they pVny- t-entK. Who jjot the illlTerenee V Itienain ed deliberately tulo the huiuU of lIUi eu^- ly wan not the farmer, but It wan the iiilddh- biiie. mid iirubled iliiii tiiinliliie to ^kturt Ulan who wan able to operate In that Wiiy on neeoiint of the manner In wlileli the tfo\- ernment Mold the binder iwlne lo the mono- pollMtM. ()in» of the plankn In the Liberal pliilforiii wan that they Wouhl de«(io.v monopolhfM, but from the ilay they (ir be fore, Allow 'I of a i-ent a pound for iininu faeture. and that twine eosl iii Kliii-'Mton -11 ceiitH a pound, but In my pai't of the ( oiin biiie. and inVtbled Hiiii eoiiililne to over f'jiHi.iMMi from the rurmei'M of (lanadn. and 1 am within the murk vUieii I plaeii It at Hint ll«ure. There U the rarmerit Hin- der Twine Coiiipiiiiy, of Mriiiiiroi'd, HtUl WH« .HtabliHhed by Hie I'litroiiM of liiduntry o»- leiiKlbly for the pinpoHe of keeplUK Hie e«M|t of binder iwliie down tli a norniiH prieo. rp to the time the preHoiit uoMM'iimeut iiiiiie Into power Hie ilratiiford fiietory paid a Hinatl dividend U|ion the money InveHted. jiiid wlileh I believe wiim a reammalde prollt. Kilt what hUH oceiirred Mime Hie LlberalM iiilialned power V 'I'lie luoiiopolUtH lo whom 1 Hie Koveiiiiiieiil Mold HieIr twine airaiiKed prIeeH Willi Hie llriintl'ord tiiettiry. ami ho ceiiiM a iioiiiiii, iMii III iiif ifuii. wi iii< . ..li., , |Fm.. r, -.■ trr the farmei-n Ittid to imy from U to I. 'J j Hie Uniuliuid fiiclury the year before hiHt ' V ..... ....1.1 .. .11.. I. !..•>, I ..r Oil luip i>t>llt nil ItM ceutM a pound for It The MINIMTKH OF .MAllINK A.\l» FIHKlOlilKM (Sir LouIm Davlen). It iiiiiHt be the abolition of the duty that brought aboiii , the IncreaMed i>rlc«, ■ Mr. Sl'ltOFLF. 1 did not Hay It wan the abolition of the duty that wuh alloKether ttiu cause, but, I Hay, iih 1 have iilwayH Hald,, that It (JoeH not follow iih a matter of laet that the price of binder twlnc will bo reduc- ed If you take tliu duty off. If that twine l8 under a coiubluu in thu United Htatim, and If you allow your unscrupuUiUH HpecuhHoiH iu Canada to Join with that combine, im the BOYenimeut-has done by reamni of the man- jg^fT jvlilcli they Mold tiio output of thi> flPHI^ton p(>nltentlnry, then these monopol- lSt.% 'will run. uj) the pr|co on the poor lilriii- er». Why did uot this government rtce as It was sold tcx the man who purchased the wliolo output. If the government did this, and then, even If every twine factory In the country combined to put up the price, tlve farmer could, through his agent, order It from the Kingston penitentiary and obtain It at. an honest profit over the cost of the raw material and the cost of manufacture. If the government did that last year, does any sane man think that the farmers would have to pay 11 to 13 cents a pound for It, and If the government did that the year be- fore would the farmers have bad to pay from 14 to 16 cents a pound for binder twine, which only costs 4i cents? No. If the govern- ^ ment had done as they should have done, the farmers could buy it at 4} cents a pound at .Kingston, the same as Hobbs. of Lon- do n.-n nd Tt.nfpw, of Ottawa, bought It . A paid a ilividemi of (M> per cent on Its Htoek, anil lUHt year they paid UMI eviitH oil every dollar of stock that a Hhiireholder Invested In that factory. Where did that eiioriiioiis jii-ollt eome from V Why. It was taken out of the poor farmers of faiiaiia by virtue of Hie manner 111 wliieli this government sold the binder twine output of the KliiKstoii peiiilenHary, and III whleli their fiieiitlH in Hie Ontario government sold the bliuler twlne^iiitput of the Central prison. .Mr. iMcNHll-,!-. Sliamo. .Mr. Sl'llol'Mi. ThiH government put It witiiiil the power of llolibs Hios., of Londou, and II. N. Hate, of Ottawa, and a few oHiers of Hielr I'rleiids lo make arrange- iiieiii.s'. HO that tlit^y controlled Hie output of binder twine in Kingston. Toronto, Coliourg and IJrantford, wlilcli means Hie entire out- put of the Canadian factoriew except what was manufactured by the Cordage Com- pany, of Montreal, and I am quite (jure that tiiaD coiupany Joined with them, because Hiov endeavoured to efTect a combine years ago" in order to tiiake a largjjr proUt on their investment. Mr. TAYLOR. They are all in tlie ring. m Mr srUOULE. That Is a sample of the administration of this Liberal government and In the face of that the ho«j,momber for North Wellington (Mr. McMimeS) has the hardihood to state to ^hls House, that no government ever fulfilled so many of its promises as did this government during the last four years. The J unlbr member for Halifax (Mr. Russell) also told us that Vrery promise made by the Liberals out of fower had been substanUally and literally, fulfllied since the Liberals came Into power. Let trlbuted It amongst his neighbours, and Did they do away wuu uiu ^ the binder ?ston penl- lat •<'" r at Mil. TIj«> fRct U lltMt <«vi«r ■iiii'« tUvy i'»uw liitu (Hiwttr ihi'jr Itavti iiliiyiMl into ilu' liNtuiii of liioii(>|H)ll(>K tu the <M\ lutf lli« rnriiifrH of ilimmlrt ntmoMt wUHw. niitl III tlii> riiti(ti>r of tilmlor iwlnn hIoiim tln»y lil«>i| tlu> rnniiorM lo ihi> uxi»'iif of wv- ttml hiiiiitriMlH of IIioiiniiiiiIn of ilolliirN IiimIiIk of n tow y«'(ii«, NVIiiH litMoiuim of tht> iir- tfiiitii'iit of tlu> lioji. iih'iiiImt r^)r \AiHi \V«»I- Unutiiii vUii'ii lii> ifvoH Unit l)|ii)li>r twiiii* wnn i'li«>n|H>r liiMt yiuir, nlilioiiirli it wiin th« only yt'iir tliiil till' niw inaii-i-liil hinl lit<-ri>ilM«Ml III |iflci> ? I wim (uiniHt'tl tlio otlior ilny to Itonr llu> MliiUtiir of Aurli'ultiiri' (Mr. KImIkt) Mtttti>. in n>|)ly to the hoii, iiioiiiIkt for Hoiilli I.oixU (Mr, Tnyloi). tlwit In lln> liltorcHt of tlio fariiiiM-ri tlio Lrovi>riiiiit>nt iii«> offr-rliin Ihi'lr hlinliT t«ln<> now nt a vory •illglit |>ii»nt oviMcoHf |»rlc.'. Ilt> lotd iiM tliiit tlioy Hold to tl)i> farnuMii of ('ana ton, at tlio followlnu vfU't-n : 14 crntiit for nianltn. II i-fiitH for iiiIximI ninnlla. nuil lO centa for Sow /^uUaml ; nnd np lo wIhmi iliil ttiov offer tlio hinder tivUio at tlifm' prlcoH V Up to tin- ::otli of .Mnrcli of tlilH yonr. 'l*h«'y ofTcrod It to tlio fnrniorH In wlntor. wlipn tlioy do not want tilndwr twine, at 14 centt h pound. I whh nt homo n w^'olc ntro to-niorrovv. and I wont Into two liardwaro utoroi, nnd ankcd tlu>tU nt what price they would Hell me bimlor twine Y They anid the annio an Inat yoai^ nt U rehta, 12) centa nnd l.'f ccnta a pound In Nvo-pound Iota, wherena the Kovertiment offered ti» sell It Hi wlioleanle Iota to the fnrmora of the country nt 14 centa n pound In winter, when they do not want It. Thla la n wonderful thln^ thni- they bave done for the benellt of the fnrmera ; they will aell them at 14 centa n pound what coata tho KoverntHent exactly (I centa a pound, ao thnt they are ffoln« to mnkc H denta n pound out of the fnrmura. The M1NI8TEK OF MAKINK AND FISHK1ME8. f>oe« the lion, ffentlerann do- llborntely commit hlmaelf to theae Agurea? Mr. Sl'Il6ULB. They nre the flffurea the government give, nnd I taH(5 tbelr own flg- nrea. If they nre wronj?. the government are reaponalble for If. not I ; It la their fun- eral, not mine. What wna the coat of the raw material ? The Auditor OenernI anya nf cent* n pound Inid down at Klngaton. nnd I hnVe the atatement of Hon. Mr. Mllla In this pnmi^let thnt It coats } cent a pound to make tue binder twine ; therefore It ^»t only 6 centa a' pound If the Auditor General and Mr. Mllla are telling the truth. And the government are magnntilmously and generously offering it to the fm-mers at 14 cents a poopd. Mr. ROOERS. I ask the privilege of nsk- Ing the hon. gentleman n question. I say thnt the statement he has made la thor; oughly misleading ; the figures contrndlct him. Mr. MI'KOIII.I*!. What la th«* lion. g«ntl«> iiinH'ri (|u«atton 't Mr. UlMlEKM. I nak whnt nuihorlly you liiive for the pricti of lb« rnw nuitvrlnl tfila yMlf If i Mr. Hl'it-MH.Ii}. I havn th« nuthor|,ty of the Auditor (UmeriirN UeiMirl, Doeti tliw ; lioH. Kenlleniau dlapiile thnt t It Im innda lip by hiN.own frleiida. Therefore. If It Is wrong. 1 nm not rcMponHllile for It ; but t helluve It In not wrong. I hnvii renaon to ttelh'Ve that It Im right. The MIMMTEU OK .M^VUINE ANO I'IMIIKIMKS. The AmIltop (Jeneral'N He- port doea not apenk of the coal thla year. .Mr. HiMtollI.E. It apeaka of the lOHt Inat year, nnd thilt la what goea Into the binder t^vlne iiMed thla year; ami the government ': are magtianliDottMly offering to nell to the fariiiera of Canada binder twine In lesa than ton Iota at 14 centa a pound, which only coatH them (I centa. and that In the winter I time, when they do not want It ; but after I tho 2()th of Mnrch. they will not aell them a pound nt nny price. I want the farpicra I of the* country to know thlf. I wnnt to nak j how It ■qunrea with tho statement of the I hon. member for Halifax (Mr. Iliiaaell). that ! thia government have aubatnntlally <-arrlcd out every promise they made to the people iKjfore they cnme Into power. Wlnif about coal oil V la It chenper to-day TNA Is di^nrer. / Thnt la ln'Cnuae the governihvnt have played Into the handa of the combine, the gigantic oU truat, Juat na they played Into tho handa of the binder twine com- bine. Wo were, nlao tohl that If they cnme Into power they would aecure a reciprocity treaty with tho United Htntea. ao tluil our people would hnve n mnrkef of (IO.0(K),(M)0 people to tho south of ua. The Prime M In- later aald dtatlnctl.v In thla Ilouae nnd In tho country : ' As soon ns we nre returned to power, our first duty wni be to negotlnte n reciprocity treaty thnt will give you the ndvantage of thnt mnrket of (K),000.000 peo- ple, nnd we hnve good grounds to believe thnt we cnn do It, becnuse we nre friendly to the United Stntca, we hnve not exasper- ated thenl as our predecessors did.' The people of the country took them at their word, and elected them to power. Where Is the reciprocity treaty they promised V We hnve bad excursion after excursion to Washington, one member of the govern- ment with a palace car, another with a palace car, a third with a pnlnce car. Every one who went to Washington had to go In n palace car. We bave the accounts of their expenses given In the public accounts ; and these excursions cost the condtry a aum of money. These gentlem en bad -large- n good time, feasting, drinking and enjoy. Ing tbemselves ; but they came back with- *^"' >-(*^- > M- Vt out rf riiii'lprorlli tfKiitjr. _ Hittuiltiir for MiVlf'ts If ttint proiiiiMt WM mrrtfil nut ; 1 imk Ui<> liou. iUi>uilH»B«»M (^'J" MiMull»'t». w«ii Hull ^ IthiiiitN* ^nrrli'tl «mt ; I iiHk.tliH hoti. nioinlHir for Kiiil (Mr. rntiiuli*-)!) ; iiud I iiNk the hull iiM*ml*<'r for KM»t Huron (Mr. Wiw- ttunoH)), i»lM» In llki'ly t»» »\wi\k ufA-r Ht«', If V) wilt kliiilly illrtx't IiIn iilttfiitlon t> llinr l|u>ttvr for II Hlutrt tliuo iiihI li>ll uio If • (iliut, |»rtMhU«< WW"! cnrrU'il oul. lliivc w«« R i-iH'IpriMliy tri»ii«y ? N<» iiior«< Uwn w« lind |H>rtiri* tl\t>ll<* liou. Ki>iitl«ri' lo got «»tln>r mnrki'tn tnt tin- iMM»|>h'. Iliivf thoy «oi liny Y Nm (»u« — oiiHt. wont, iiorlli or h«uiIi, TIi« iMiiplo hiivf no uilHi- ininkftK tlniii tlnvy Imd Wron* tlioito iioii. K)>iiMi*tni>ii oiinic to powi-r. 'I'lioy linvf not i-iirrU'd out tlu>IP proiulao \i\ thai 4"«'MlM>Ct. Now. I want to npiM'iil to one or two lion. Ki^utltMiien. IWHUnn tfjU i|ut'Milou uppllua to thi'in niori* thnn Uk «>ihorM. Tho hoM. iiMMiihi-r for .North VVi'lTlfiKton wholn alviiy* a vory loud di'mnuu-or of lln' liit»> Ailvorn- inont. mild : ' Whon our piirty cmmuch to IHnvi'r. ouc of J:lu« llmt thliiKH wo will do will bo to do Jiwiiy with lh«' Hupi'mnuuiUlon Inw. It l» n Kri'iit lnjuntl<'« to th«« p«>opl« of thu country for tho K»iv»«rnnu'n<^to Iw ■upt>riifinuiittnK lui-n who iin« pt-iitth-ally In the prlnuv of llfo and ai w»>U ablo to do thoir work on th« duy they woro supi'mnnu- ntiHl lis lit ttuy tlmo In tbefr U^o. W« nn* pnylnff y«'iir after yt'iir MiouH«Hr wo will do away wlth„8up- crannuaUon.' I nHk If thoy liavo doiM» U. In throo yoarH thoy Huporaunuatod 155 civil iiervantH. I have not had tlnm to collat^ how much It coBts thiH country a yonVt^ pay the Huperannutttlon allowances fO th««o men, many of whom are llkoly to draw them for twenty yearn hence. I nsk the hon. member for North WelllUKton (Mr, McMullen), I auk the Junior member for Halifax (Mr. RubhoII), and the hon. moniber for Kent. Out. (Mr. (larapbell). (|W they carry out their promise to do away wlt^the Buperannuatlon law ? Thoy did not. That law stands on our statutes practically the Httirie to-day. and these Rontlemen are sup- ' eraunuatlnj? many clerks every year. They are addluR to the burden of taxation In that respect to a larger extent every year than their predecessors did. yet thay have the audacity to tell the people that they have carried out their pledges. Then, we were to have no more appoint- ments to oflBce of members of parliament until at least two years after they had ceased to be members. The hon. Postmaster General Introduced, a Bill to that effect, and su pp orted '^ by as' able an argument aa he ■-■-■-™-'- ......... ^.- -^^ . ..-, -, (p...- ...,,, *.., •^■Wf;,^ I ask thtt Junior of pnrUniii«>iii lo liai/o hou. nii>inlM>rt' itttPli in iIiIh I|ci»i*«< Willi pruniliMiM nf ottlio IniliiNr |MH-ki It Itn* p«inH||i|i> III ii|i|Milt|^ any iiioiiibor of (turllii* itioiii lo liny oittro iif oinoliiiiioni under thV <'roMii until (wi> yoiirx nfli-r Im> had coaMHl lo lie II iiii>iiilH>r, Kvor.v member rtf the pr«H tout uoxornmoitl xtipiioriod iiuu ummimuio. The MIMHTKu' ol' M.\IIINI*i AND 1'IHIIKItlK.S, .No.'. Mr HI'ldirLK. \VIII ilio hon. tfonl.lonmii loll mo who did not ? The MINIHTIJtl Of MAIIINM AND riHIlKltlKH. 1 do not know one who % HIMIOI'I.IO. Tlut hon. Kontloiniili lia* either u vcvy. bml luomory The MINIH^I'KH <•!'' MAIIINW ANl) I'lHIIKllir'.M. i challonire Iho hon. K<*ntl<}- man to.iiaiipr ,««*; who illd. ^Ir. iHrMtOUM^- Hovornl inoniborM spoko oti v|t and Httpp^^t-tiMl It, and If thoy did not Hiiptiorl l|,by -Iholr Kpee<;lu'rt, I do not know ^»\\ \\\fy dM. The hoiLluliilMter K'lS niiido ii 'i^'tklultnll^ . Mtatoiiiont, not founded on liact. The MlN'IMTKll OF MAIUNH AND FLdUI<lcy we approve, and upon whose promises we can depend. T&-2 r- i fi- i » **^*f I 1^9''