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Tha iaat racordad frama on aach microfich i shall contain tha symbol — »> (maanirj CONTINUED"), or tha symbol V (moaning "END"), whichavar appiias. Laa imagas suivantas ont At* raproduitas avac la plua grand soin, compta tanu da la condition at da la nattat* da I'axamplaira film*, at •n conformitA avac iaa conditions du contrat da filmaga. Un daa symbolas suivants apparaftra sur la dar- niAra imaga da chaqua microficha, salon la cas: la symbola —^ signifia "A 8UIVRE", la symbols ▼ signifia "FIN". Tha original copy was borrowad from, and filmad with, tha kind consant of tha following institution: Library of tha Public Archivas of Canada Maps or platas too larga to ba antiraiy includad in ona axposura ara filmad baginning in tha uppar laft hand cornar, laft to right and top to bottom, as many framas as raquirad. Tha following diagrams illustrata tha mathod: L'axamplaira film* fut raproduit grAca k la gAnirositA da rAtabiissamant prAtaur suivant : La bibliothAqua das Archivas publiquas du Canada Las cartas ou las planchas trop grandas pour Atra raproduitas an un saul clich* sont filmAas A partir da I'angia supAriaura gaucha. da gaucha A droita at da haut an bas, an pranant la nombra d'imagas nAcassaira. La diagramma suivant illustra la mAthoda : 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 HON. CHAPi I'mni TllK (JAZI'/rri-:, Mo,>lm,l, I- nil MR. GHAPLEAD'S REVIEW. ilf nixrnnfifR the Varinni PointH in the Electoral Campaign. THE TWO PARTY POLICIES. Wbnl Th<-jr II nv* n«ii« nail WhM Xtttij •rf> rmrnlMfMl to Arrfla»|>lliib !• ibf rninr*. Sponlilng' at th<> rhutcsn d<> BmnrzAy on Tii^mIhv, Hon Mr. ('hap'pua *»\i\ : — Lfi ni«- flmt ttmiik Vf>n forhnvioir rntnit In pmh lrir(i«i rnmWrp, from nil p»rt» of tb« dliifrlct. to iifli'in Tonr flrtellty to iha ««ld flair on fhp'p'iilnB of the ••leclonil r»ni- |)«lgn In fit>Hli>ir myorlf amoiiK ym kr In lfiR7,«ii on m»nv other orrMloiip. I imy to niiK' If tb*t wx HTf, KH In the paiit. on the ro«H timt will not U»(l to Hefrat. Stronir in yoor Kiipporl. In your pnlhn>l*»ni. I pr.-HIrt % vlitorv, th« erUt of whl• (^ommerrial nnlon," and inclndinfr their haraneuea with the pre- t nre that. If their RVRtem waR adopted, one n nnid only have to Rcratch the hoII to Ree 1 IllionR iRRne fromit. In preRenceof theRo i, TlaratlonR of the aeitation Into which they 1 iRh toplnnve the conntry.waR It not proper t conRnIt the people, \o aRRUre onrRelveR I liether weRhonld contlnneour pollcv.which, t ken altogether, baa proved ro heneflrent t Canada ThiR reaaon wonld have been s ffic||.nt, but a far more important one pre- R ™t» ItRelf. The Federal Government be. II Tea that It l« oonRnltlnsr the wlRhea of the I merlal anthoritieR, and the dealre of the A nerlran Government, in addreRalntr • U 'mal Invltatinn to the Government at T tahlnirton to enter Into neeotlationa with l( to eRtahtlRh a haRlR of a rerlprorltv treaty. I thepe neffotlatlonR Rncreed It wll] be na- Parl6r waa built for Oransenien, for the I>enefll of OranKemon I" There Ir thiR thai may !« truly Raid of the Liberalt, that TIir.T IIAVI NO IlRKAn Of roNTtlADICTINd TlirM- KLTM and corrertina their .judirmenlR. Thank* to thia verrallllly, truth at laRt Ir expcmed. ThiiR, laRt week, we 6h«erved the avowal In La Pnlrif that Carlier, who wan repreaented dnrlpR hi* whole public career a* n hired •l*ve f>( Ei>|{land, whr a vreat natriot ThU leadR me to hope that they will end hy Ray. Inn Romcthlnir good of the prepent leader* qf the PonRi rvallve part* — bnt only when we have dl>appeared It Ir the KallonnI Policy which tia« enabled na to conatrnct tbeae thouRanda of milea of railroad With- out It, It wonld have been impoRRltile for na to aid in their ronatrnctlon It ha» alxo re. pulled In rreatlns a proaperona nattonxl In- dnatrv ; inlHIonaot dollara have been Inv^at- rd In mannfartnrea ; the worklnir cla>aea, whiih dnrlns the Liberal regime, ►ufTered, and thonght of leavlnir the conniry. baa never aeen their labor ao ireneronaly rewarded aa It ia to.dav. The Inrreaae of w>allh In the citlea haa made Itaell felt In the coun- trv ; onr farmera have aold much more to the cities than in the paRt. TIIR FAItMUn'a POaiTION. rndoubtedly there are Rome Improve- caentR tobemade.butabow meaainBle conn- try In the world where the aftrlcultnral criaii baa not rnited with greater Rev»rity than with onraelveR France, Enuland, Germany, the United 8tateR, Ree a decaylnv agricultnre It furmR a nnanlmona aonrce of complaint. In the United StateR agrlcnlinriata, cruahed by all RortR of bnrdeuR, hindered in the aale of their product* by the railroad tarllTR, have formed tbemaelvea into an al- lianre for the pnrpoae of flndlnir, by a nnited action, the mean* of eacapInK from tht crialR. They gousht to deceive them bv trylnft to make them believe that the Mc- Kinley tariflf protected their IntereptR ; but they Roon i-awthat It was a roeaauro Rolelv in the IntereRtROI aome manufacturer* ; that it gave them no relief, and that it ImpoRed new biirdena. They were told that they wonld have the American market exclnalve- ly to tbemaelveR ; but, to their great anr- priae. our neighbora came aa uaual to bnv from na the aurpliia of a number of onr pro- dnctR Every inhabitant of Canadian dtlon know* by experience that produce Rell* at aa high a price thiR winter aR In fnrmei yeara Trade Ir ro dull In the United HIatel that, in many diatricti, farm* are abandoned agricniture having ceaaed to pav On thi) Rubjnct, the aaaeRRora of Vbf Htnte of Nen York Raid lately in their official report, ar follow* : "OurlnveatlgatlonR,diirlnff the year Juki ex- pired, corrohnrale llie a«aer||on already mndc. viz,: That there hB" t)een no Improvement ii. the VBlne of fnrma. nor In lliB flnancliil i>o»l. tlon of their prnprletorK nnil occnpan'a, Klse- where, tliey liave rteclnred. thiit the farnis are (lepreclntlnir. that aalea nre few, and tha". Rgrieultural Indiiatr.v In leaa ami Iokn profit, able. Ii. n great niiinlier of ca«e« the »arm« are mortgnited to their I'nil value and that I', la rarely that we And any that arc not ao." In New Hampahire and HB8Rachii*etti> hnndreda of farm* have been abandoned' Thank, God, * e are not in tfali condition, in the province of Quebec. THR MnKRAL* AND PROTRCTION. The poRltlon of the Liberal* In pre«enco of the National policy or of protection in very atrange Ir It not a fact well known in •II Lower Canada.ttaat fro. i I8(iR, the Liber-, al*, np to 1876, never cenaed clamoring for protection ? I need not cite the opinion of Mr. Laurler In the Leglalatlve aaaemhiy of Qnehec ; that of Mr. Joly of Lothlnlere, the nil I.ORH or HKVKNfK. From the |>olnt of view of cuatom* dutlea, we Rhould loRc $7 oon.non, which we collect every year on merchandlae coming frtmi the United Htatea ThIa la a point udmitted by Meaara Cartwright and Charlton. There la morn than thia ; Knciiah merchandlae would no longer enter hy Canada, and we ahouid aee onr revenue loae, by thia nieana, another $7,onn,noo. In all $1 t.onnono How tbould we 611 Ihia void 7 Mr. Thomson, an ex- edltor of »h» (lliil,,- Raid it, the other day, In a reply published hy the II uril to the apeecb ol Mr Charlton, at the Club of the Young I.lherala o< Toronto. Mr. Thomaon accna>^* Mr Charlton of concealing a part of the trnlh, In not frankly atntlnr that direct taxation la the nxetaary and Inevitable complement of nnreatrlced reilprocity. It will not het'Ut of place to qnote. In such a aeriona dlaciitHlon, extracta from Mr. Thomaon'H letter* , In one pasaaKe, be »aya : — •■ Before having read Mr rhnrlton'a apeerh. I 'hoiiBhl 11 I f rerto Bcci pi aa a fad, art- mlMeil iiy llie f5'i./)c liKclf, on neveral urea- ►Ion", that nnresirlc'ed reciprocity would rani"- na to lo«e n revinne of, al l^aat, *I4, I ei>,"(ie N"W lell n»'. If ion pieaoc. whether the ca ri|lBtl"na of M' t'h'jrlion agree with tho e of ihe (liiihrt riie former admllN IhHt we woiilil 1. i.e JT.i'ci'.ni hut he apiH-ara to Igrore llie fact wh'cli. the (llnlir aaya, we i>houlil no' loi.e ilirhl of: the aiib'-tltuilon of the nie-cliNixllae of F.ngland and the Old World and that of America. If AnierlCBn merehiindl'e, wlilr'h may now enter Into iiae- fi'l competlllon with Kiimpean mere' andl»e conlrl eii'er tree of (Inly, when KngllHh and EoropcBii mcrrnandiae coiiM not enter wlihont paying "<0 or 40 p-r .-•ent.. would not the American merrhadlaa tBke the place of theothera to »iicli an extent, that the $7 .000.' (10 or even the $'4 epi ,ioe. In all, woH'd he loat lo the FmIi ral TrcBanrv 7 I eannni »ee llial the fiifhr la at fault In thia cBlcn'atlon. At an.v rate, Mr. riinrllon docN not api ear to ngree with him In the hkllfirlv nrrnri{>d (lunria. which ht preaenied tolheVonng I.lhetnla. It iBpocalhle ihai Ihe private gnlna of CanaillnnK. by uoreHtiletKl reelproclty, winld make np mnch more llian the Iobh auatRlned liy Ihe public revenue, but If $14,000,000. or to divide the din»rence between the Ololir'n osKcrtlon and ilioaeof Mr Pharlton, even $ln,eoo,' OodlKappeared from thecn«toma revenue, la It not common aenae to nfllrin that direct taxation on h grand acale would he the neceanarv conHeipience of unreal ricteil re- ciprocity ? If ►ome one asked Mr. Macltenf le. ' Why shou'd we not prefer direct taxation on a grand acnle to Indirect taxation on a grand __»i,i i."j»* Tht! end of Mr. TbomRon'* letter was a* follow* : — ••The active pollllclana who ofler a pro- gramme Implylnir direct taxation on a grand scale, cannot— or can they not— reasonably hope to have the people with them, nnleaa they are not prepared to favor direct taxation on a grand "cale (which the Dominion Oovem- ment hBH no menn^i of anplylng. neither mu- nicipal nor local). We can undiTBland that the task of collecting these»14,noo 000 hy a direct tax would put the genlua of Mr Charlton himaolf to a rude lesl. Rut, a>. a almple addi- tion lo the pro|i'ct of unrestilcled ri ciproclty, I venture to a«k him to tell un whv the result of thia reclprocliy, Ihe direct laxatlonnn a grand aeale, bail nut been seriously and ener- gellcally recommendeil to the neople by the piitrlota who to.ilay direct the Kid> ral Onpo- altlon. If Mr. Itlahe hiid reason, which I i)C- Ileve hi' liaa. Inanirmlngnt Malvern, In 1MH'». that the people of Cniiaila do not wiint direct t.ixatlnn. Is It probable ihat he wlahea to sup- port It at tlie apprnnchlnE elections, when the niemtxTH and the .lournala do not. vigorously employ themselves In declaring that it Is tho meiina' for ralalng the public revenue 7" DIRF.CT TAXATION. Tbese are the Libernl plan* frank- ly expoRed to view by a Liberal. Why had not Mr. Lanrler the honeaty of Mr ThomRon, at the banquet at theWindRor 2Rth December laat? Wbv did he, In atating a principle, try to conceal It* couBeqiience* ? Why Beek to lead the people blindfolded ? Why had he not the coura((c of the Olobe it- self, the moRt Important organ of the Liberal nart* ? Tt belleveH in direct taxation : It lAPLEAU'S SPEECH. Zl'/yTK. Mi'iilmit, Fiiihui, Felnunry \'.\, IH'.M \tWf.. i)( riKloms diitlei, which we collect rnmlDK from the point iidmlltt^ hy iirllon. There in lerrhiindliie wonid n, and we Hbnuld \» nievnii, nnother no How ibould mmi'on, an ei- the other day, In lor/./ to the epeech lb of the Yoiihk TholDBlin •CCtlK^R It • part of the >tlD7 that direct < and ioevltahle ] riirlpmclty. It qnote, In fnrh a rart* from Mr. one paRHigc, be rhnrHon'n •peeeh. pl HH n fnci, ail- on ►pveral otpb- reoiprocl'y would of, nl l>a«t. *I4, r>« pleB"0. whether ■•rlton naree wlIJi 'ritier admllN that lit Yip aplK-nm lo le (llrihr »a.v», we lie fiiih'-llliKlon of and and tlie Old lea. If Anierlran ow enter Into iise- pean merc> anril»e , when KnijIlHh indiw ronid not •*(> or 4(1 p-r ■riean tnerehadlRH to »neh an extent, ' the $'4 t'Pi . presented H pm^Rlhle ihai the , hy niire»tilrled ke up Dineh •uotnlned by If .«i4.non,noo. noe between the of Mr fharlton, from theouslomH wnsr to affirm ml kohIp would he tf nnreplrl''ted re- '(1 Mr. Maelrenfle, :llnci luxation on xiition on n grand iHon'R letter waa who otT'i'r a pro- nllon on a Rrand not— r"a«onahly 111! them, nnlexH ordlrerl taxation >iinilnlon Oovern- ylnB. neither mu- l('r«tnn' a almple addl- leled r< elproelty, us whv the reoult et inxntlon on a liiusly and ener- he rwnplc by the he Kiib ral Oppo- iiKon, which I lie- JlBlvern. In IKS'. o not want direct he wlKbe* to sup- ctlons. when the lo not vlgonmsly liigthat It Ik the revenue ?" )N. plans frank- by a Liberal, the boneaty of t at tbeWlndaor id he, In RtatioK consequence* ? e blindfolded? of the Ohbe it- commercial relations batween the Cnlted HtateHand Panada." The following year HIr Charles Tapper made a new appeal to the Americans, and In the course of his financial «i position In tlie Honre of Commons, be spoke aa follows :— '■ I need not recall to the House, that botb parties, whether in power or not, hare been excecdiuKly anxious to obtain a renewal nl the treaty of 18B4, or commerclil relations similar to those which Can- ada and the Ignited States enjoved under the treaty. Tbe Honse knows that we have not only made efforts to obtain a re-establlshment of a reciprocity treaty, In tbe shape of a treaty, but we have also UM. to ehtahlisb more liberal commercial teln- tions between Canada and the United State*, reqnesiinit t e latter to grant the same nt ouiHelven in reir4rd to certain articles Ttio article* do not comprise all thnM that tbe reciprocity treaty embraced, hut since 1R49 Canada, before Cnnfi-deratlon, bad adopt* 1 thix clani« which has been reinserted h every change of the tariff act up to the pre- sent time. The object of this proce'-dlni was to direct the attention of our Ameriian neiiibbors to tbe fact that we were anxion* to havH freer cnminercial relation* between the two conn'ries " Thns, almost every year, we addressed the United States, either by direct lovitA- tlon or by a notice In the tarlfT, lo manifest our itood tnlentinn*. and we believe the American Government would have reiiion- ded to li if the intervention of lntere>t-(i politirlans had not created an agitation in tbe United States THE LATEST ATTXMPT. Finally, on the 13th December last, tbe Government of Lord Stanley made a final appeal to President Harrison and it remains for us to hope that it will bave greater snc- cess than i's pr^decexKirs. In ebort, if vnn wish to jndge the value of Mr Laurler's plan of nntestrlcted reciprncitv, listen to what was said almut it a few days aso at a banquet given to Sir Richard Cartwrlghl by the Boston Board of Tr«de, by Mr. Lane, vice-president of that association : — " It would be bnt a small matter for the (Tnlled •^e^ revenue duty theproductaof American mann- farturesor all kinds, which wonld replace In a large proportion the Importations troin other countries. Hueh 1b the grave ttnanrlal responi-ililllty that the Canadian Liberals are almut to assume ; are not all the advantages all on our side T" THE INEVITABLE BESCLT. , All tbe advantages on the side of the American*. Why sboold they not desire Bucb a reciprocity ? The project of nnr«- *trict«d reciprocity will lead with fatal ceiet- Ity to annexation. A* to commercial nnion It means annexation whenever tbe Ameri- can* desire it. It may, perhaps, be rMh u say that the Ontario Liberal* wi«h to b«- come a portion of tbe American Union Mr. Mackenzie is squarely opposed to it. A* for Mr. Blake be has declared that he bat no more ardent desire than to live and die under the British flag. Mr. CLarlton Is i native American, snd I* suspected of annex- ationiat tendencies. Sir Richard Cartwrigbt has made no declaration, but it ia at lead singular to see him, witboat official position, intrigning against hi* Government with American politicians . If we have justifiable doubts on the aim* of the Grits, we cannot ignore the secret hope* of the Rouges of all shades. The Union Liberate, of Quebec, printed the following on 31st January last. pect that aboald cool the ardor of tbe nu- merous Liberal aspirant* to public life. THk ATTRACTION OK CAPITAL. The great Liberal argument is that annex- ation would attract American capital In onr direction. Tlil* is a pretension that is ■omewbat problematical Capital has no preindices, no prepossessions. It goes any place where there 1* a prospect of pla< lug Itself to advantage. It is English gold that ha* built a portion of the Ameriian rail- roads, that has taken up Turkish and Spanish loans, etc We oiTeted tbe Americans the chance of constructing tbe Northern railroad, to subHcrilm to the Merclur loan. Do yon think that if they bad seen any advantage In them that they would not have taken bold of them ? No ; they were not willing to accept a moderate interest and they refuxed th>- offer. But when it is a paying affair that we offer them they are always ready . This Is the rrason they work onr forests so well and that we see so many Americans am<'ng the lumber men bants of Ottawa I maintain that if we bad had an- nexation Instead of Confederation In 18(>7, the lortbern railroad and mont of the other railroads ot the province would never bave been constructed. THE WKIOUT OF TAXATIOH. In reality, tinder the Am-rlnan reirime, tbe state govrrnmentR reielve no eiibxldy from the cen'ral government and It would have been impossible to have collected by direct taxation the neces«ary sums for the constrnciion of this road, Aci-ordingly, from the point of view of material interests, tbe hentUta of annexailon are problematical, and from a sentimental point of view it Is Impossible to perceive any In this connec- tion it will be our system of education, the support of our clergy, onr Institutions in general, that would be menaced : and we would ri-'k losing that which has cost us fifty years' of struggle* and sacrifice*. riNANCIAL APiilNISTRATION. Tbeie two words recall matters of a quite different nature, whether we refer to QuilHtc or Ottawa. From the moment when it is a question of the finaoclal administration of the Mercler regime, one cannot avoid f the an archy that reigns In tbe bjM proportion with the revenue and deficit upon deficit. Financial admin- istration at Ottawa signifies : surpliiReg of four, of three, five and six millions of revenue over tbe expenses ; construction of Immense public works ; order and econo- my in the expenditure of public funds. WHAT EXPERIENCE SHOWS. The Liberals wish to replace tbe Conser- vatives at Ottawa. Sensible people among the LIbdrals sav : May Heaven save ns from Boch an infliction, for we know what would happen with the content* of the Federal strongbox! It would soon close on emptl- ne** ! Canada already knows by experience tbe result of a Liberal administration at Ottawa. The Mackenzie regime ha* been known In history a* tbe era of deficit*. In order to show the relative value of the two administration*, let ua place the table of re- venue and expenditure from ISRRto 1889 in- cln*ive : — QOODXQDXQOOOaoacaOODaoCBXQOXXVaOQDOOQD Q0Q00DX(103bQIOD]DQ0-4-^«l-l-4-4^-4^-ia}O» eisoio«wio>-««•« -10CO««*fct!, ,3 fC-l by Mr. Hhehyn at tbe laat *e(*loit —a speech which ha* Jnst been piibllshad, and which any person cui procure At page 13 we come upon two small tables, which throw a sad light on tbe flnauclul admluistration at Quebec. The** tallies have l)een prepared by the Treasurer himself. It Is himself who present* them. And these tables constitute tbe most crushing accusation aicalnst tbe Mercier Government. Mr Shebvn commences by giving a state- ment of ordinary receipts for three years— 18H8, IRHO, IR'JO IHSH Ordinary recetpu 1 3.738.998 80 1H»1) " «• ., 8,697,989 90 1890 " " 8,'38,49B70 S10,Kfl9,«&e 88 Let us hasten to state that we do not ac- cept these figures. We will show In an instant that they a'e inexact. But we lake the tsblns jn>t aa they are presented by the Treasurer, and e«r>h person will be con- vinced that the statement above indicates a piogressivH decline of receipts Three mil- llotiR letfn hundred, three millions $ix bnndred thousand, three millions /«< bun- dri-d thousand A fal>inv revennel L>t IM examine the exp^-nditure Mr Sbebyn fur- nishes us this statement — ISRR Ordinary expenditure. 18-0 • 1800.. " '• $ 8,8eft,n89 80 8,S4H,S)S64 8,881,679 98 1 n B e $l0.7ee,89M96 This statement shows clearly the dl-agree- able fai-t of an Increase In expendltnre. Three millions three hundred thousand, thrne millions fi'ie hundred thousand, three millions eiffhl hnndrrd thousand An In- creai-lug eiip* iiilitMre t So It Is Mr Sbehyn bimselt who pompously announces It. Since 1 887 the receipts have diminished eai b year, and each year the expenditure has Inrri-ased All the world state that we have invented nothing, by look'Dg at page irt of the speech on the budget, delivered by the Treasurer on the Stb December iMt. On one hand adlmlnuiion of revenue, on the other increase nl expenditure. Can this be called good administration "> Is it not on the contraiy the most abominably care- less administration that i* pnisible to imagine, and it Is admitted bv the Treaanrer himself Now, let us rectify that which ought to be rectified Mr. Sbehyn has * "-^n lip bis liltin t«liloa la orc1«r to iabvt. ^ cate another surplus, by taking tbree yean operations, instead of confining himself to the transactions of the year 1889-90 where be was obliged to admit a deficit. Taking the total of the three years, then, Mr. Sbehyn says : ■■ Tbe amount of the ordinary ex- penditure isles* than tbe receipta and show* a surplus for the tbree years of $12,333.43." But in the figures $10,902,666 of receipt! for the three years, Mr. Sbehyn peralita in In- liuding $.500,000 of arrearage* for tax of the commercial corporations tax and of tbe pro- vince of Ontario. This snm must be *ab- tracted It is tbe Treasurer himself who Im- posed this rule at page 303 of tbe debate* of 1887, where be say* : '• In financial year in iinestlon we have received $54,110.96 of arreatages of interest on the *nb*ldies granted b} tbe Federal Government, for tbe construction of tbe railroad from Quebec to Ottawa." This sum I* a receipt on which we cannot properly count for another year ; it must be eliminated from the ordlnnry re- ceipts. We therefore subtract this $800,00« con- formably to Mr. Sbebyn'sown opinion; Ordinary receipts of 1888, 1889 and 1800 mentioned by the Treasurer $10,909,668 Less $800,000 of arrearages BOO.ooo Total receipts S10.409,efte Now, we have on many oocaaions main- tlm'T^K* frinktv ni«» nir>HI»T. In ■ 1 irirn M««mTi>. on' flH'-dl iinllrr. Prnm thl* attiipii tho ••TlHfnt ne the secret door for all the hoiieHiy to Hav »'>. niim« (lays ago, ii puhllHheil the fiillowing ' — " Wlihiiul wNlilnt' In any way to hlml llie I.lbeialN. Ihi' (.'I'.'x. lor l>N purl, would prefer III M-etilrii I tHXHllon nui liiio praelWe, lo Ha full exleiil. I'liiler the present Hyulem. the lax-pHyr'* of llntarlo are prou'd In an Im re- illlile ilrarer. The Imllrect luxes wbleh 'hey pii> liilhe I'ViliTHl liov riiment, M>rves indl- rtcily III »u|Uiiiii tile purely municipal ner- v'em of the iiili>-r nrovliireii, while Iheyhave |i> pay liir Ihelr own nervlees. bk we>liii> their IiichI Ihx»-i<. Tliev have, lieslilen, lo hear the heiivlei-t liii'ileii iif NuliVMiillnni iilven to rall- riiHilii. Ill H purely liiciil eliiirHeler. as those .■iiiiHlriieleil In I hit priiviiice, aa well as the nuiiiU"pal revenue" The umaller provleres will nevi-r leiiru 111 illp liilii ilieir owiipockeis as Imig im Ihe.v are nut plnceil I'sce In face with iliricl iHXiitliiii. Nor never will we nee true e<-ii|iiiin.v relKM al (II I awn. null I lie reiiiilar np- peaiiuieenf ihe tiix iiiillierer, at every iliior. will liiive eiinvlneeil I lie piilillc I lilt the money exiieii'liil liy Mie ((overnniinl in derived Iriim the liihiir iir Ihe iialliin ami Hhoiild, In ennse- ■lueiiee. In ffiiKally and ciinHclenilously ap- plied." rvKHYWIIEUE l.inEnAI, cnXTBAnlrTIONH That is what tnu GIM says, and what MeMHrs. Cariwrlgh), Laurlor and Chariton think, without <' liing to say it. As for Mr. lilake, bb has declared against (lirt'Ct taxation. What a Himilarlty of view.s is held by the Liberal party! Not only do they not agree on the choice of a leader; Imt it Is inipoi-iilnle to find in it two men who iiave tbe same opinion on tbe policy to (itler the country. When wo look nt the Libi'ral leaderK at Ottawa, with those of b would deprive the treasury of fourteen millions of dollars. Huw can one reconcile such contradictory propoditions ? Where can one proceed with siicb coDfnsInn .n one's ideas ? Probably where tbe provlr.re of Quebec is going to, that is to say to disaster. RELATIONS WITH THE REPUnLIC. Our position as neighbors of the United States should exercise a considerable influ- ence on our economic situation. It is one of the most prosperous countries in tbe world. Its business men are tbe cleverest that can be finiud and its wealth producng a formidable competition. We arc all int., -• eated in manaiiiog such a powerful neighbor and in seekioK its friendship. It is 'vith this object, that tbe Federal Government has always concerned itself, and it is ridicu- lous to pretend, as tbe Liberal leaders do, that we have purposely irritated the Ameri- cans. Tbere can lie notbing more false ; wo have always shown ouriielvcs disposed to negotiate with tbem, but not to the extent ol abandoning all our advantages — all our patrimony. When we concluded the treaty, regulatioK the i|ueution of the fish- eries, with iho Cleveland administra- tion, a trcal.v ralifled by onr Parlia- ment, but rejected by Congress, did tbe liberals not say that we bad sacrificed tbe interests of Canada. It is not .ilways easy to negotiate with the Americans. With men so close in their dealings as tbey are, tbey wish to keep all tbe advantages that wo offer and grant notbiog in return. Tbe Liberals found this out to their rost. In 1874 Mr. Maeken/.ie sent bis friend, George Brown, to Washington, to negotiate a treaty of reciprocity ; we know that be returned without a treaty. 'I'be Americans last year invited republics of South America to ne- gotiate with tbe United States, neverthe- less not one of them, with tbe exception of Braxil, consented to conclude an arrange- ment with tbe American Government. Why ? Evidently because these Stales found that tbe Americans demanded too much and did nut yield enough. NFnOTIATIOKS FOI! nECIPnOCITV. In 1887 Sir Charles Tupper transmitted to tbe President of the United States the fol- lowing resolution : — •• That, with the view of removing all causes of diKagrcementon the subject of the nsherles. It. IS proposed by the plenipotentiaries of Her Majesty, that the fishermeu of both countries shall continue to enjoy all the privileges that they now enjoy during tbe existence of tbe articles of tbe treaty of Wiishingion concern- ing the flsherles. In coaslderalTon of a ma- nittaa dty* %gn, it my WRy to hind tlii> < purl, wniilil pri'ffr liiln prui'lli'i', lo Ha prfiiil HVfli'm. the pri'>-«<'il 1(1 nil III! rp- 01 tiix«N which ihi'V iimi-iil, (■(■rvcii iiiill- iri-ly miinlrlpnl wr- '<>», wlilli- Ihpy h»vi' I'P". RH wp'l »•> their , hPKlilpia, In hcnr thi< illrni" itlvpn lo trII- (■hiirnrtpr, r« I hone iiipp, R" wpII «« IhP ' oniRllpr provliirPH III Ihrlr own imm-IipIs HPP(I IHPP I" fHPP Willi vpr will wp Bi'P Iriie , iinll llip rPiiniRr np- PTpr, rI pvpry ilcior. nhllr lli>it Dip innnpv llcnt In (IprlVPlI Irom ltd Nhduld, In pnn"P- poiinolPllllnuiiiy Mp- rriNTHAmrTiONn 'dhr RByK, RDtl wfaU iirior nod CbiirltoD to RRy It. Ah for dcclarrd BRaioHt hat A Himllarlty the Libpral p*rty! iHTfo on Iho choice porhinlu to And in it tame opinion on the )untry. When wo dprK at Ottawa, with ervo contradictlonH b confQHion in their rcier dnclared, at the :)DfHrpni'HRt Qiiebpc, ed to the provinces DUPnt muHt be uuk- jrcruDHion in biB pro- hall, at Quebec. On !IIr. Lniiripr bnant of th'i'h woold (Ipprive millionii of doilarR. I 8ucb contradictory an one proceed with '» ideas? Probably Quebec ie going to, rHB nupuntic. borg of the United a considerable infiu- itnation. It ia one IS countries In the en are the cleverest ts wealth produces a We are all int..'- a powerful neighbor indship. It is '«ith I't'deral Government t8elf, and it is rlilicn- Libpral leaders do, irritated the Ameri- tbing more false ; wo irselves disposed to ut not to the extent advantages — all our ;oncIude(l the treaty, :ion of the flsh- veland administra- te! by our I'arlia- by Congress, did lat WH bad sacrificed la. It is not always he Americans. With dealings as they are, e advantages that wo jg in return. The t to their < ost. In nt bis friend, Qcorge to negotiate a treaty }w that he returned I Americans last year nntb America to ne- ed States, neverthe- ith the exception of onciude an arrange- rican Govprnment. re these Stales found landed too much and R HEriPROCITV. 'upper transmitted to nited SUtes the fol- arremovlDBall causes ubject of (he flsberleR, L'uipotentlarleR of Her meu or both countries all the privileges that ; the existence of the Wushinglon concern- aslderalToD of a ma- "RUfin.'i nt II nn" (HTHMl(»n lur 1 1 ■ pi»ri y m ror- upt IIn IiiiIp dlvi>li>n« Hiid to rally It* rorppa. iiftpr ihP uplphdl I RtrniRip It him nriRilp In Parllnmpnl at (Jnelipp. and In view of Ihp lirHiid I'oniput wn*rh Ir prpparlng on Ftnlaral iBrriinry." " Wp Hre niRO with them. NolwllhRlRiiil- Ing >hp plRnhlnKR, rnlhvr Hpnaront ihiir tprI, anditlwnvi InPvURli'e in R parly in pnirpr, which hRVP InvHiliHl '-rRl IdPRH •' Men whoarppprlRlnly Rlnppre but who do not RhRfn thpR** Id'-aa mav put up wl'h thnae wnyR'hai now gnvprn Ihp nilniRiprlRl policy Wp Rre ■« rv lor thPm We rpgrel It al' ihp mnre, rppIur that Hmong tliPm mRV b« lonnd thoHPwho havn rendered ur undeniable Rcr ViC.IN." The ideal of the Palrie triomph ; Long live thp I'alrie. But pardon I* granted to Mr. Uercier and the National party ; thpre- fore, long live the National party and Mr. Merclerl The /'a^rif congratulRtes it>elfat seeing LlIiprallHm, which they thought dead, raise Its head again and exhibit itnelf proodly, for its LiberaliRm was of tb«> old- faHbioned kind which did not hide Itsplf, which had annexation as its object and nls- played it to all comen The Liberal party, then, is not contented with simply going to seeli its InspirHtlons at Wasbinuton, as re- gards onr commercial policy. It secretly ronspires for our absorption by the neigh- boring republic No! Nntwitbstanding what may be said of it, and wbatHver Its ap- pearances may be, the partv of Papineau, Doutre, DessanlieB, Dnrlon, those fathers of annexation. Is not dead. Its spirit dominates their successors and, tfthey had the rnnr^wfl, they wonid *oldly hoist tb" American fl«g. When the Patrie formerly paraded its Lib- eralism too mncb for the taste of Mr. Mer- cier, and, aliove all, annoyed those whom it was the wish to deceive, it said in itgop|)or- tunism, ■■ that it was better not to have the marriage feast before marrying the bride." It is Btill fur the same reason that it puis a damper on the speeches of Liberals when- ever they touch this delicate question. But pill them in a fix and they will not dare to deny their anti-Canadian tendencies, their secret love for the neighboring republic. Let them educate pobiic opinion and you will see the marriage of the daughter of Can- ada to the United States. THE QCKBEC VIEW OF IT. Do not expect tbtt I will draw up here all the arguments that can be brongbt agaiast annexation ; they are known to yon. Op- position to annexation is the traditional policy of French-Canadians. Oar fathers, who possessed political foresight, were op- posed to it in 1775 and in 1812. They com- prehended, as do the true friends of Canada to-day, that there are more guarantees for us under the present regime than under that of the United States. Here we count for some- thing, there we would be of no importance. We can to-day And allies in the other prov- inces. With annexation these alliances would cease and those who wish to crush us In the confusion that would follow the new order of things would have everything their own way. Thus, one of the strongest argu- ments of Ooldwin Smith, our bitterest en- emy, in favor of commercial union is, that it will lead us to anne.xation which would give IIS onr fiolKbing stroke. Read and meditate on what be said in 1887 : — *' In truth the only cliance thai wo have or improving the French element nnd to prevent Ihom from fi rmlng a foreign nation, will be to surround them with the infliipnceRof the entire Anglo-Saxon race of the continent ; the Engllxb populatlononly of Canada, facts have proved It, 1^111 never succeed in the task of assimilation The reasons for which tbu Qnel)ec clergy reject commercial union with the new born Repuoilo Rhould load us to accept It as soon as possible. And tbey are clear enough." Do you know now WE WOULO BB RIPRBSENTIU in the United States ? At the end of each decennial census, our neighbors who have their representation based on numbers, ad- just anew their representation. Formerly there was a member for every 50,000 sonis . This flgnre has always increased. In 1880, it was fixed at 150,000 for ten years. Last year tbey raised it to 174,0001 Calcolate how many members we shon'd have at Washington. A pnpnlation of 2,000.000 would give us 10 If we were but a million and a half we won'd have only eight mem- bers oi Congress in an assembly which •r -1 3i s o — -I - 'J' ' * V -J* ^ - 1 w — •-' y. -x c * -1 » -I — -1 -lO -1 «_• WW «_x v:_!r._*_-r_ii o-.x » 'it j»»'(fc e'-i'-- '—«•«**'■ w w's'wV. * o •-■''e c WtOX-*OIOV*9C«ll-4 u: M : «•«»» WXUM — a«- 3 A je»*^i: ^^y 01 '-,x w ♦-I's X * -1 *« *> -1 — -f M ttxuxeo t« '.e * 10 « XtO-l-IU* 1 a o t. ^-hA. That which strikes us first on cnoRnltlng thlR table are the flvn yearR of (be Liberal adminl'tratinn ; « dptirit orriirR in IHH(>, but the country was still under the influence nf the Hitckenxle regime. Hut see bnw the revenue incrpased the following year under the touch of the National policy Wp come to 1885 and 188B There are, then, deficits Tbe Oiivernment might ea'ily have conceal- ed them if It hod wished Ii wrr the coRt of the Nn-thwest rebellion. ThpOuvernroent, If It bad lieen iDRplr^d with thp prinilples nf Mr. Mprcier, would have mRiip a loan and the deficit would have dlRRppeared Thpy prefprred a«^tlng honestly and still nffpr the public a presentable renult for the acciim- mulated surplus on the ten years of admin- iRtrRtInn Rmouoted, with lh«t of the ypiir ending 30th June laRt, to twenty millions. THB LATEST PIOUnEH. Let us now give the details of the last tinanclal year, that is to say, the year ending 30th June, 1890. Uuring the session of ISfl'.i the Finance Minister, Mr. Foster, e .timaled the revenue for 1889-90 08 follows: — Revenue. Customs $aM,n"0,ono Kxclse 7.125.000 Divers H.ISO.OOO Total $;<0, 175,000 This is based on the tarifi' In force and on the maintenance of the country in its pres- ent condition. The budget of expenditure, which was laid before the Ronse, amounts to tlilrty-flve millions. I cannot state with certainty what will be the total iigure of the supplementary budget which ought to be submitted . In any case to make a moderate estimate let us say that the total budget will amount to $20,500,000. We have then a surplus for 1889-90 of $2,675,000. The (Jousetvative Finance Minister, therefore.an- nounced a surplus of $2,675,000 . The ficcal year has terminated, the public accounts are published and we find that the result of 1889 00 is as follows:— Revenue .. $.10,879,(12;) Expenditure :^8,P!)4,Ol^l Surplus $ ;i.an.').sn4 We h»ve,then, had a surplus of $1,200,000 more than was predicted. TIIK rCBI.lC IIEllT. Let us again give some details on the tin- anclal administration of the country, taking' the chapter on the augmeulatinu of the jiub- lic debt. In 1873, the net debt of Cannda was $99,848,461. In 1878, after fiveyearsof Liberal regimo.the net debt waB$l40,3('.2,06!i. Netdebtlnl87H .5il40,:ifi2,n(ii) Net debt In 1873 9H,848,401 Increase in live years S 41,61»,808 Which constitutes an annual average aug- mentation of $8,102,000. In 1878, the Lib- erals left the debt at $140,.1pnclt for the three yparR .... $1.< rcier Government gave ns $1,010,217 of a deficit. Tnt: LABOR QCEBTinlf. Home weekR ngn the Montreal |nnnja1a gave an account of an interview that their reporters had hRd with an officer of the French admlnUtrRtinn. charged hy his OoT- ernment to »tndv the Ubor question This oflicer decUrpd that, from his p,>int nf view, thp labor qu-stion did not exlit in Canada. ThlR simple phrase contained a complete enloginm rr regardR onr cnontry This me«nt that we were ignorant in Canada of thnne fearful "trugg'e" of the old world and some of the United States which occurs be- tween CHpitai and labor— between the em- plnver and workmen We have bad, it Is true, some ftrlkes ; but thev were nut child's- )ilRy Ih-*I