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P„ Oi iUw ■?f!?S i *r ui' i,i\J0#i4VBiww;.iNi T«E ftpvsp; ,9f) CpMHONSr Maw;j(«^ a7T«, 1888. «ii«9ij9A.of the qu^ti^Mol before ibe Hoiwe I promise one thiog, aind tb»l ii^,. that a meet- iogtinifaTPvur of: unrestricted reciprocity or. commercial union, wMeb ^eiild i^n4 influenti«ijpne,,rw»9d his voice .ii^nsi;.coiimi9^r«iiial,QnMH»i m^ not.wU^t«nwpoi^ifaf RefiRrmers, itbey only carried tbef nM^ion, .lo^y^^ist l^re^-fourths niiiiorityr I villi say, before goit^ ifij»tb^,;tbfMlt |a nt^. fection of tine opiintry, aind idbrpngbont the Niagara 4ist|;iet«>i«;« l^reilwps.growepoif fruit, of alji|tindsi,ia^ only two yeaw 800 1 \yr^,m&mUm^ ;^eJ|^foi!mei3S.and ConservstiTes in tbe couniiciB QfjJ4n(]<^< sfl4f^tBin4. ^ teo- {law^Bplwp^i lopoft ^« ifrptw g?w^ ;tbj|t disuic:. 1 may say «1sd flM Ir/^II9 P0)iii{U>nj9driin J>8^,^|ie fir^ 3^ sat m this House, to («ee,4fi«A iBj(irew0t be placed upon oats mk cow-se grains, «n,oi^> ip protppM^e pepplp of those counties againsit Abe impiQirtfttion ^pf pO)»i?se^«ld cbesp gtwns from t^ vesitem gjl^tes, I bron^t down by r'mimH Mifl tbi»f»-npon,]the.mwilwt» on tbe w^^ CwmJ, Sol,»m }po*>*^id*| book containing the hiitcny of every hon. member opposite, as well as hon. members on this side ci the House, And he is always ready and prepared to bring it forward. The hon. member for Wellington took occasion to Speak of a certain timber limit, and he said that that Umber limit waft the eause of the election of the hon. member for Lincoln (Mr. Bykert) in 1887. I can tell the hon. member for Wellington that if during thirty yearn he continues to represent his present corrstituen^ and then standii half ae well in the estimation of the people of his county as does the hon. member for Lincoln, he will have a good record. There is no man in this House who has feught a bolder and nobler party battle than the hon. member for Lincoln, and for that reason he has onprobriams thrown across the floor at him. The hoiL member for Lit|Ki>ln is adtnired by his constituents and by every one in (ihe Niagara district, in my ootis^uency and in theadjomingconstitttency, as a fearless opponent and one worthy of his position, and he will adorn the Upper House shduld he get there. I will no w follow rapidly a few of the observations made by the hon. member for Wellington. The fir«t point is with respect to increasing the burderrs of the i)eople. Hon. gentlemen opposite now complain that our importations ar*e. decreasing. If duties place a burden upon the people and our importations are decreasing, the burdens of the people must be deolreaaing as well. Now, Bit, he speaks of 3 " combiues," and I will run pverthalsubjecb hastily. Why, Mr. Speaker, the " promised land " of hon. gentlemen, opposite is the ncother of '.' combines," and it is well known that the combines regulate the whole trade of the country, and yet this is the country the hon. gentlemen in- vite us to go to. The hon. gentleman refers '* to the poor innocent farmers of Canada." The only evidence X.^ee of the *' innocence " of the farmers of this cpuntry is the presence of the fcon. member for Wel- lington (Mr. lld(cM[u}len), in thLn House. I hajv^ remarked^ Mr. Speaker, during the course of this debate that not a solitary word can be said in deirogatipn of the United States^ but that gentlemen on the other side of the House jumped up to defend and explain away. This is very strange. They ar9 presenting such a spectacle as is not to be found in . any other legislative assembly in the civilised world. It is a strange spectficle to see nearly one^ialf the representatives of the people standing upon th« floor of their oyyn Parliament, rea'^'y and prepared to refute any little thing that may, be said in favor of their own {country, and standing up in defence pf .a neighboring country. Such a spectacle has never been seen before and never probably will be seen again. The hon. member for Wellington (Mr. McMullen) rises in this House and apologises for the land sales in the State of Dakota, and he says that there must be something wrong an,d that Dakota is a haven of rest and joy instead of what it has been shown to be. Letme just give an answer to one of hi9 arguments. He says the farmeis of this country pay the duty upon horses. I will deal with that question further on, but X would just ask this question in answer to his assertion : If the farmers of this country pay the duty upon all horses exported to the United States, how is it that the United States Government found it necessary to make half the horses imported, free of duty] Was it for the purpose of saying the peo[>le of this country from paying ^hefduty] I think not. It was for the purpose of saving their own people from paying the duty, or they would not have taken the duty olT. ThatI believe is an answer tp this argument. Now, Sir, it is said that the United States havp reduced their debt, and I will deal w^th this ques- tion further on ; but I assert jiGire that they have reduced their national debt at the expense of increasing their State debts, and I will show that. The hon. member for Wellington (^r, Mc Mullen) has made a calcula- tion upon the farmer aellin^s a co||t and u steer and matters of that kind. I wa-nt to, know JUpw ui^y farmers &nd a market in the United States for (jolts an^,8ioei*s,?,-Kme-t^tV,^ all thet products of oar country ai'e Bold in our pwu,,i)»arkeit^,.and J will shpw that there ,is no. market in the United States for the p^'oduCt^ of the fiirmers of thl^} country. iDhe hen. gen tlpman, contends that farming produce is reduced in value, bijithe .must, know that this is due' to the reduoed prices on artlcl,es pf expoi^ in the, Liverpool market, the only market there is for the produce pf the farm? in North!. America. This is not duo to the Kational P^Uoyi and I will ie able^p prove my statement. He further contends t^>t tibeJarpiQ'rs in Canada are not in as gopd a position as they wort. This is true of the fanners of the United States, Great Britain, and all other appdcnltural countries. I will prove from the statistics of Mr. Bine's report, that the agricultural interests of this country have grown to a proportion that is not equalled even by the farmers of the United States. We will take Mr. Blue's report, in preference to the tale told by an hon. member in this House, of a particular farm which he drove somebody out to' see and which did not suit the somebody beoaui|^^^^rhaps, the percentage required on the sale was too small. I want to ask the hon. gentleman also 'Whether the farmers in the United States are not in a worse condition than th6y were in a few years ago 1 He iriust know that throughout the known world complaint^ are noV made in all agricultural industries that tht farmer is not in the position that he #aa a few years ago, and that this is simply because of the oVer-prbdnctian of farin products, which htu reduced the values, and as the values are re<]nbed so the value of thd firnning industry must reduce. The hon. gentleman tells us that 160 peopiw have gone from his county to the city of Toronto, and that Toronto's population and wealth is enhanced by reason of th6 population coming from the surrounding country. He must rehiember that if we had bad unrestricted reciprocity those 150 people would have gone to the United States, and that 300,000 people in this country who are engaged as artisans and mechanics would have gone there also. He complains that Toronto has grown at the expense of listowcl, but were it not for the National Policy, the cities of the United States would have grown at the expense of Listowel and of Toronto as weH. Tho hon. gentleman, as well as the member for South Oxford (Sir Richurd Cartwright), spoke of the markets in Buffalo, Detroit and Bdchester, but they must be aware that there is more product giown m the neighbor- hood of those cities than those people can consume, and that they are even exporting almost every article that the farmer of this country has to sell. Why, Sir, they can get wheat cheaper at Cleveland and Buffalo from the city of Chicago than they can get it from any point 100 mil^ from the frontier in the Province of Oi^tario. It only costsS^'eenti a bunhel to place wheat from the eleratoiji in C^ica^o into this dby of Buffalo and you cannot send wheat fri6m the city of Toronto to the city of Buffalo at that price. Neither Cain you send it firom the dty of London, nor from any point in Ontario to the city Of l^ii^oat io Ibw^ a rate. They can send it far cheaperr evld^ to 1^ cit;^ Of N^ York through the EHe Canal. The hon. gtititlemaii hi« also' spdkdi aboiiil oats and butter, 4nd I will tell you fn^'eXp«riene€l of '^at'tb^^|i^^ those artiolM megins in a border couhl^; When I left home oats wisr^, selling in the city of Buffalo at 4^ centa and I had to paiy 53' cents ii^ my own town. As regards butter, in Niagara FalU %e Itad tepay ; 25 cents during the winter season, and I kilbw of others !h thuilt up a moi^uioent that would stand in history to his dishonor and dis- grace in the debt of the country. If the hon. gentleman had been candid enough he would have told us that $109,000,000 of that debt, which "iie says has been heaped up by the right hon. gentleman, was taken by him from the shoulders of the Provinces, and at the time when it was paying an interest of 5 per cent, by the Provinces, and he has added it to the debt of the Dominion at an intei-est of 3} percent, thereby saving over a million dollars to the people of this country. I wish there were forty monuments of that kind, and it would be all the better for the country generally. I do not i*" ' <3nd to deal with this public debt question just liow. Butj, Sir, I sny ui^.t provincial debts which we assumed relieved all the Provinces of beads bearing 5 per cent, interest which they could only i-ealise on at about par, and the Dominion has taken those debts aiid at the same time relieved the Provinces, while paying only 3^ per cent To-day 3^ per cent bonds are selling at 1 16 in the !EiUrOpean market Hon gentlemen talk about deterioration, about woe, despair, and deaolation in this country; but the most sensitive test to be found in the world as to the prosperity and financial condition of the country is in the rnonov^ markets of the world ; and a complete answer to ail the spe^hea made on the other side of the House is this : that the credit of Canada is continually rising in the money markets of the world — that in the opinion of people who have not an interest to get into office in tills country, we are steadily advancing and increasing in prosperity. '^Xhe hon. member for North Wellington ought to know this, if he knows anything, that the name hi the right hon. gentleman at the head of the Qoverni^ent will live in the hearts of a grateful people when the memory of hid (ietractors wiU be forevor fbrgotten, ibd histdry will give him the et^dit of having made a leOuntr v. Now, the hon. gentleman spoke about the tutercolonial Bailway ; and, although he was Very minUte in all his facts regarding everything that might damage his country and injure ; the 0ovttrnm6nt of this country, he was ndt so particular in his fkcts ^ about the mi^iagement of the Intercolonial Railway when the hon. membdrfoir iEa^t York had control of the iffairs of this country. He forgot to tell the House that, instead of iU running to pay expanses at thatfiiite, Iher^ Was a deficit of about three-cjuarters of a miUioii on the "runiilng fexpensee evety year. fe:; « '* -rfiVl IVlr. I'EBOUSOlf (Welland). The hon. member for North Wei- lington said last night that the right hon. the leader of the Government kept himself in power, not by his statesmanship or by any virtues he possessed, but by buying all of us who are sitting on this side of the House. I should say, judging from the hon. gentleman's conduct in this Hoijse, that if I wanted to get a supporter for mon^y, I would gp across there. When he stands up in this House, and accuses others of that sort of thing, I say he would be one of the jfirat men who would offer himsetf for sale, and his mice would be Bmall. Sir BtCItARD CAKT WRIGHT. I rise to order. You were good enough, or the hop. geu^eman wbo occupied your place laiBt night was goqd euough|,tp interrupt the hon. member for^Torth Wellington a great many times for fair less offence against the decorum of the House than the hon. gentleman has committed. I call upon you to pireaiBtbe hoii. gentl^nan to withdraw his words. Mr. FJSRriitrSON (Welland). If I have used language th*fc is unparliamentary; and I suppose I have, I wilj' gladly withdraw it, but the provocation was very greaU Now, I said X would, endeavor to ^compare the product of the farm with the product of tJ^e factory in the iJnlted States, and I will take the year l$8p, foi; it is the last year for which I could get returns. The total value of farm products for that jear was $3,764,743,327. The capital of the factories wap $2^790,223,- 506 ; the number of hfipds was 2,738,930 ; andth^ total ampunt of wages paid was $947,919,674, or nearly a thousand millions a year pai4 to the factory hands of th^ United States. The value of the products c>f',,the .factories of the XJnitad States wa^ $5^369,667,706,, less' yft''^ material, say one-third, $1,789,889,235, making the net.prodiicts of the factories $3,679,778,531, about equal in value to i^l^e products of th^ farm.' How, Sif, hon. gentlemen say tha,t the faptp^y is ojf very little QonsequenIemen oppoilto desire to transfer that $65,000,000 across the line^ along with all the capital invested In factories, and they ask the fanners et ihis country to sell their products across tlie line instead of to people in this countr^t'. Now, the total farm population of Canada is estimated at 3,200,000. Thus we find that the wages paid by the factories amount to about $26 per head of the farming population ; that is to say, the wages paid annually to the factory employes secure a market to erery farmer in this country of from $160 to |200 a year, which is about the total value of field crops he is able to spare off his farm. Now, the $85^000,000 which is paid to the factory hands is abeut one»fourth of the total vaJue of the field crops of the Dominion of Oanada. Now, Sir, hon. geatlem«n opposite say that we have a market in the United States, and I propose to deal with that subject in a few words. la 1886 the United States exported : ^»"''^ Animds.. » I 12,518,660" i«it< Braadstnflb 126,849,608 .i^ Baifpioiuots.. 18,6M,017 j, Porkprudttota 68,072,082 Ddrv prodnbts 10,876,460 Imitation bvttar 08,868 " • The oU ,:,..,,,. ...4... 8,064,064 ri) Clover, timothy and other aeads 1,040,000 Froita,.. 2,067,801 , Hay* hide% ikina, honey, hopi^ eggs, oil, cakes and , meal, broilen, vegetables aad wool ..... p; . . ; . . , ' 12,741,260 Total..... |246,6Q1,000 Now, this is the market that hon. gentlemen toll us will be til great value to the farmers of this country ; yet the great majority of these articles are raised within easier and eheaper aoeesa to the eastom markets than the products of the farms of Ontario. Transportation from Chicago is aa cheap or cheaper than from any point within 100 miles of the American frontier in Canada. Canada's expo|rts jpf sheep to other countries during 1887 was as follows :—: ju To Oraat Britain..,.. ....v:£i^k^<«!.|6i8^488 Qennaay ...««../.;>.«• 20j07£ - Belgium 868 <^^ BriSahWaatlndiea 1,286 ' Britiahiliiiaaa ....................... .....«« 880 Kewfbandland 10,017 ■^^■'■St. FiairB..r...r.rr..... ....w...'«.i 7,227 Total.. ..i $617,686 The Uniti^ States took $974,282, or very little more than we exported to other c<>nntries. Now, Sir, take horned cattle; Our eipor^a for the year 1^87' wer* as fWlowa :— / ''•'::''::':;.f\" .'! ' ' ^'V? To Gieat Britain .......i.Vi-'»'') '" '(}ermany.'..V.^. ;......'.. .....i...'*';;.... ■! > '28^040 ni/i' 4T ..^. Belgium..................... J 71,000 ' j r r '^ JSre^f^nadland •.,.*«.... ....v. .f .«.•....••..,. ,«.jt. . 188,408' , St. Plene...... 26,610 ' Total 16,688,442 To the United SUtea, |88t»756 ; or we lent to the U^fed St^ioe OQ)ly, IQ]^ per e^pi* ot our totel export) wad we are Askecl to dtop^ war|iet j^ wbidi we lent 5^ million dollars wortli to accept a nuu ket. to which w,e only aent $887,756 worth. Now, hon, gentlemen oiposite have tried to ue^e lie believe that every horse we sent to the United States was 'Charged with a duty of 20 per cent Well, I fifjd that the United Statee imported, in 1886, $6,044,000 woith of animals, and out of that $6,944,000, wefind that $3,330,595 worth was free of duty, oropjieThaltflof the impprt^tion of animals into the United States is now free oiauty, Hon. gsntlemen oppoaite, therefore, when ihej moke thefr oalcu]at)ien«| •Ik>414 tak^ ibis into account And, Sir, the other half, ^e .s^nt throagb ia bond and otherwise to the >Kur9pean markets. Kpw, tKe Upitfld S^tes is not a market lor the Canadian fan^% J^ut i^, ip\,t^^ home of the middleman, who buy in the Canadian ma|:If:Qt,.iorj,|r|i^ shipment to Liverpool. We wont these n*iddlemen to reside' in the cities few lUements to sho^xr this House how the debt of the United- States standtf^ because in this paiiadise, in this pirbmised laii<}^ wo OUj^ht t«>jre0 h^ stand before, we take the leap we are invited to make. My opinion is that should ire take, this leap, we .would, find . thaV wo had jumped out 6f the fryifag pan into the fire. If we ara highly taxed ber^, yifbi weuld still be m.OTB highly taxed there, and under unrestrioted reciprocity, we would have to resort to direct taxation in order to p4y Uie interest on onr'publio debt and to meet our other expenditure. Let us seehfi^w the debt of the " promised land" stands at present : ,uuij « luj ni p-^utjuiO Xet State debt .;.<^'i.v'J*v'Ur'.*:«.h .6W*^(^758 , . Inerease in.lO yean...., of 22 jper cent in 10 years. 4i'.'' . 'i| ! | ) ' . i'f |i*r .>..(>i^»*>k. . ...... fa87^9P7>S88 on woril^se of TA jper cent in lU years, ^Tow, hon. gentlemen , about i(\ejinbrease in piir debt, l)U^ it |^^w.ell|knpwp t^t ^rpy^f^ ere very; Ut^le in d#>t> a^d that we havet^uV^W® fp!^^ cipai debl^ While the municipal debt of xbe tjfnitejd Staie8,^t^^'couniy debt ^d U|e State debt, in 1880 was <^21 .07 per he«^ inevery .State and Tenritoi7orthe.Uniop« every, cent ot interest on .wl^c^ b^9 ito le paid by direot^laxatiem Let us take the debt of the different States. The publi^ delbi^'of the different States is shown by the foUcfWihg; sftatement ; u\ iiJioT A jt Hi 00 . ; .';vri;;tU'!i -J- ' ' 0^ ■iriM'niif' i »T»» I,:,..,, 5,.|f .:.|. I s,.|,,;: f :;5'i ^:'if .nr. : "I : '.' -i 7TT7 3^-'!<8'^ 9''9' 2f|| ^-.e-'S f^'.'S^: :'-->4>':, Uii ' .: > fT ..ii rn ^ iC' iMi > J — ii'(' iii. ili* ' ' ' ') "''".t. ii . ' >i' ' . l ('' i '^ . ' [Jf] • 4 *» e4 ei3..,,:f ' ^ ^ ^1 - ' ■ .- : I. t I .wt.' I ■ 1 :.:'.! :ff ■■.?.- r,.. » '. <^'ifti.'Uii'i:i«'J!|p''«« 'o .ei{r«4 ''re^nd in that case Y The State of Ken^ Tor^^-and the liofi. genHemeii will find it: in that red hook, an«l it is i the t^hest authority: i 11 f^ that it is more taiyqrable to Oiivnada. The taxation t^ere was i6bttt f 3 j)iBr head of the jpbQutatibtt t^ken from their pocket! and ioottebii^ 1^ tile tax oplte^toi', 80 that would make a diBTei-euce in faror at Our j^pM of $2.80 per head. He can fijkl, in that red book whieH the non. gentleman hias, what the teixea were! for Stote^ purposes in ]i58(), the limoiint raised on real and persohal property; aiid the hon. gtntlemiin ,^:il fl«,l H.^f ik in a. f«ll««ro •_ ^^^'^'^ "'^ 'X _. «-. 4*-.»r*t-.- •-».•»- ■■ will find ihat lb is as follows i-rr. t'R \ rr-n ! •■•■,■■.! AmoTOtr<»f Taxes.;; j d>r>r' h..., «» I / -* .^ Reiff .Hampshiro ij.*iL»iM..»jxt- JOQ.000. ^j^ Yermont. . . » ^ . • ^ • • • ■) t.f • f* • i ;. ^371,607 i . liI«M«ohiiMiiliii j, . <• ,.»,\ ..... ^. r 2.i)i0&987 CktBIieOtlOnt ;. .,« • j«;^-;« «; . •• .v^* «. ;; ;li«09t8Hp- CqlieiadQ f..« •;«.*'•;.•«.;•.;.•*. |i' fi34»2|28^ . Califom]La . .« . >« .^.^t • « .i. •;..> «■• ' - ^8,86](|9iMr. ArkansBf . . .« .^ . kiV^ i^.' *, .^> .«> | r ; A8^|0OiQt Alabantaf ^ . .>• «• .!f .;. « . «. .-.i . 4 • ' [. lf04^^8S& lUinoia • ...... ,. .f. . ^ • ."* *.• ^ t;. ^8,A00,00pi Ipwa „ ^ . . » »»• .(» •! M4it > • .»« 4 if «.. i ; lf>148«88d l^ebraika ..4.. ^tVi« .<...>..-.;. 4. ' Vl,11^9Si Nevada w.. k<.. ••••.-...'. 4«.« »;• : ^19»86I Minnesota. ,.. , , 65$,998 4 1MQ„ ,1 do 4810 dp 8} do, t^hlO, >4o t Ji M '•• 4M0 J 4e l?#> do . . . , kcoi . . . . *><.•"< ,1^ . . . Msi ....■bear ....mi iK:»l5r .IH I. ih- r This bhow^ an average taxation of 4 mills on the dollar in theso Stiatet. Then^itako the i^x^tion of i^ Amd^p'an cities, whieh theliOhl gentl^liqi will also find, in tl^at rie|d . li>ookx siid we fin^ r^^ as the apaouni of taxation on each $100 ef taxf^tion ;-*• \ y) ^^ m . • ; ii,..],bLiii Iq^o OuIC&KO ... • • .. j) . .4 a * • • • .,« ( I • • • . * • .,. ....f..>«. ...... ^o '97 ' ;i$83^L.j;..:;^.i/.^J.ufH;.i^:.v'J; 2-88- , 1882 LCTSrisijQn; Mftine. , . i .-. (*. ^'.> ... . ...',;.,].. j?,u''.v:-.*^.*.',l ■ 2 "26- ISaS.JUIUiapoIiS ....ri«..* iicVX..i>l'..i>.jL.i«t!.(««.**i 1 "r*" V . 1883 New Y(»k...^v.v.'*Vv.'jti'tV.'.,Vi'w;.'.^r«:iVi;/r. 2 26 ^'^ 1882 jPeoria, Illiiiois .... .".■..................;,... ...:.«,. 5 25 jMi>ij,jl8!83;PhiliWi»Jpnia ,»...../•••> ..»»:*i.i.;..»..»»»«V. •;*^"»»3^.**!»<«' ...^.^^ . 1882 iPittobutghj Pennaylvania. ...... . . « .^.^ . .....^ .««*^... . j . . '^ ,1 i , 1883 ,FortJUiid| Maip0 « t . . . .1. . . ,r^ •;. . . ^ . . . 4.;. ..... ^ » » • . i . • ■^ ii ■ » > M .. — la«)iZ ;l r 1lgimefpM6f 1 M »jL . ..» .(»•...»... .... ^-».»«,«««...;...««.».» . f .^» ., ^'J •883 K0C|)Dlter( iCi • Y v « . • . ^ ii*» •%» i •* *M 'i.M «>»•« » •'«« |>t. :1882:Saviwiah, Geoig^, , . .^ . . . ; j . . . j . . ..!>,% . .'. , . ^., . . .j. . 1882 Springfield^ iUinois •.^o ••• • f • **,««•« f,» .rf •^••f,eft»s»» ft -' I .■ .» t J '■'*•. I *V) 'i ^' ij ■' ., t ■ ., 2 91. 2 1ft 1 M.._ tm 9 Wi'^ 8 00 S 00 4 1« -J '■1 ;i*&2^i883Toiijdo,,ohio..:;;:l^;.i;,c'..v.A^^':i;v.. iv^^ 2-$d-^ . . 1882 Sonintori, Pennsylrania . . . . k , .1. . .t ; ....... V:' . . .1. . . 2 40 All this is formunicipal pnrposer.^ Yot^^nnj add ^inills on the doilni', 'i*hich is the' average for State jbiirpoirtwl,.a^d Jon' 'tki^ill find th»t tno ' tttXttii^ iti the XJiilted Stilted is ftom'S tO'4 'pet cent, of the totAl Valtio }8 pj.||h^.jr^l,f^id ,p^t?lo^ftl , pvopettar. IfWfi would ^ubmiti to tliat heavy t||ii^|i^^, ^WQCQJ^d eM^ del)t i];i « short time, I ^i|ini^p,W giye 7011 tn^ t^pited Biajie^ ma^'k:^t,,an4,the hon. gentleman tnJJ nn^jiift ^i^we^i w^ t^ie. >|atjie bpol^, pomparing 'the twelve jears (^jf jfcqVje^^Bteiiioe 9f ; tjie Iteciprocity Treaty, and the twelve years ji^Cfedi^g the Jt^oj^ X will take the s^tistics as given j(i^^|^^^,(^1,ty pf ^eVjITorlir, j^m^ towesi and highest prices in thlB Vears na&ed :- - ■ ,.'■'':'■.■.' r , Bee4 HeiB. Battel'. ,j ■ - ' Flour. Hams.. Wheat. Bbl. VJJ .;Lb.: ■■lW 0. T,, Bbl; '• I^b.- • Btiah. *'.'«t8- ^, mr ''viCts,, • f • Ota. • '•Ote;- f , eta. 1862.... 8 29iol7f[)6 7 06^11 M 18: to^ ;:«i^' » 4 25 tv 6 00 8 &J 10 IMfto 116 1S68.... i9 " it '8i ^^10 •4 87" 7 60 8 •«*'10 ; l'^2 *• 1 80 1854.... 8 001*« 18 00 ^^ " ^ 6 " 12 -7 25" 10 76 .7 4. If 176*' 2 50 1866.... 8 26:*« 14 00 i ;: 1 (J 6 12 7 50 "10 18 8 *' 11 i96*< 2 80 1856.... 8 oo;*' 12 00 «.'*'' .11 6* 20-" 8«1 •9 "11 ISO" 2 17 1857.... 9 60,*« 15 Op 6 ••► 14 •4 26 " 6 70 • « «« 10 125 " 1 95 1868.... 9 00'^«12'0O ^9 " ^ 8 •*»':10 «76«' 6 26 9 " 18 120" 1 50 1850.... eoo^''' 975 i% " 27 ^^11 4 00" 6 60 9 " 12 1 80" 1 65 I860.... 4 60«< 5^ io « ii 9;*' 12 4 26" 6 50 10 "•« 18 1 86" 1 70 -^861.... 5 00'" 6 25 5 00*«10« 5 0ift«« 9W A •' 82 2 " 10 3 90" 6 66 .7 it 11 1 20 " 1 60 1862. ... Jo " »? 4 " 18 4 20" 6 86 6 -* 9 180" 1 55 1863.... 14 " 80 ^ " 16 5 00" 8 00 5 " 8 1 80 « 1 56 .JlWwV'i** fijO^;",16 00 21,1 « 48 12 27 >716"U76 U V 17 1 72 " 2 76 «df'.-:'.'; 9,QO,("14 00 iroO "21 00 20 ,". 88 ^6 «* W 'n^ 6 00" 8 80 5 2fe *Ml 70 U " 23 U " 22 125." 188 2 20" 3 45 WOO "28 bo 16 •* 48 '7 "20 6 2lf "1180 10 " 16 2 80" 3 40 1868 .... 11 00 " 24 75 28 " 60 7 " 19 6 60" 9 76 11 "18 2 06" 3 26 1869. iM ,6 00 "16 50 16 " 65 11 " '2S 4 96" 6 40 17 « 24 ■7 " W 1 46 " 2 18 1876.^*. & 50'* 11 00 IS " 88 8 ««iS 4 00" 6 00 84" 127 1877.^^. .9 65 "1126 ii « 14 8 " 16 476" .$00 10 "14 106" 185 1878.4^. 9 60" 18 60 t " 20 8 « ii 8 75" 6# 4 66«< 8 75 7 «« 12 88" 181 1882.^;. ii6b'«'ie'oo Id " 88 9 «« U U 'f 1« 108" 143 1886.,^. io00*'«'ld'5o|ll"«"id i 6 " lO 2 90" 8 70r94 "121 88" 1 05 Avaraga. prices, 1854 to 1866— ;12 yearn Beef Mass. ) [ I I (ill i 6 94^16 12 16 9.66 •Butter^ Uh •»• 16 to 81 28 Ghaaaav Lb. -frr Ola. « to 144 lOi- Haaoa. Lb. Ota. 8itolH 11 Wheat. Boahi ■ $ etaV 144ioK08 11 70 •lOiiil'" 'Mfi'ifi'^j'. Baa^ii Ota. 4»t»09 06 IfaekereL Bbl. Avenger pritM; 1867 to 18T8— W iffeatt. . teta. 1112 to 20 41 17.76 802i,toi5 37 7' h)i"".v"i i j> ' n> ^ ' ^ ' ■' '' , ' . ' ' ' - ' ^' ' L" ' "!V 'i i n ' ,. mi ' .■ ei hon. [gentleman (^nf get tn^, stf^t^t^^Q ^ that book ; lc|t hioii go over u ** iit^ j^^iTr 7on like; j^ti! oiM^Ukts tli(»'aWage bf Il'ydkxi'i^ibi^ lty former jpHftHod |it«S ffeoiprdcity; #ifch the exc<^on isf oii^ Artlclfe * in th«^ afticDe^- ^f M^heiit thei^ is i^'diffefenco Of & t^Htifi-ohly. < lNo#<,'1cit'tis CAke the |)H^ of 'th^ fdlloNfi'ing ixrtil«]e« iid^'%h« tlitf^limiito ditHhi)i^ Ibult' 'ydbM^^f tfl^ <)!# li<9c{]{yi«M^ Treaty and (Kira)[)ftter th^ WiHb f6i^>«he'kbl^ tion of tliat tl^t^ anStkte«'#ei^''%W tfi&ti th« y^^ df f^t>rddky. ''I'iliibk th«^tflt)^ tniitlcefc'V^' 1 ""-i ' ' *<'^!" A^itian pHoet for the alMt« four ^^ars-' ''-' !ATena«B>pric^^ fb^^f^ ,yioJr>r I860'.-;: «*i , :^. .,:*.. ■.^.•..*i-.;.5'''68' 'i ' i^irera^ pHbe!! qf dtirittg thefbiioin^^' " lAVi%e^rion'6f1^t^|^i^^ fottr j^ars of reoi^wcity v'^^oiol ^.u: I i fobpyeariitf ^inHk^WprOctly 'X i»t*>f«- *<4^ ;:«: ^^ ». « : t.^ wi .-.^^^ V*s> Hlifil ^'-iUvbago price fbi- tho abottf four y^^ ^ , Ati^A^ price (8t'thiAabdf«'fM/y^ik 4^«nige prices jpf .dttf^ng,fc^6 fd^li^flring ; ., ^ A»e^;|g8 prices, 4fl^ngj the foljojw^^g );Arewg|.vfpr «h*..i»hof»": ^hw» y^Ml-K;;.; .lAwTPW forKJthff»:#l»T!» IJNiW-JWIf iV^gi ^^i Aj^orfMiprod^^^^^ or/3 '>7/t,iT. • 'fot*-y«ttdfiion-i^^fliyt ■!(> mi!«7 lftfi(^'per.(ih4wi:.*¥i'V4-wiUu'^>.V^4'^tl4 •)')iit8€8,fperlb.Ui'i(J4-....v«w>*.wi':kAii«;/ifti$e Arersge for the abore three years Average for the shore three yean H I WM gw»g; itp;de»l with tbo T«l\^e of f&m^, propevtyi ; jbvit I will (i^ott do ao »o^. ,1 thiols, jQu will .agrae; witt i^e, 3ir, thait.X. ibiiyfl given you ^gjares en^^gb^ they are all coiTiect, aud they wiU^to some e/i^jtent, at lea«fc, satifily jbho House tbat wheu CQBapai;ifEfon'fkr^i'& mad^, figuriea do OjOt ^bouod to the advantage of the sohjeim^ of tihe, hoK^ geptlemen opposite. J^owi, Mr,-, Speaker, I, w^ould Ukoito. know if, during the oleptipn of 1987* th^ Liberal party l^4\fi^0oeo^l94 in retting; the, Treasury; beaoh^/; would this propositipu eve|L^ have beien brijN^ght befpre thi^ Ho.7Se) No, Sir, it W(;»ttl4 not. It is bim^l^t heneinow bec^a^ th9>f arct disappoiated ^.iid h<^ve been, rejected iQf; t^ff pe^pld of tjiia Optjintiy. They are taking their fweet i^efenge v.xtn the people of iJofi .country, b^nsei they would not pjiaq^^their confidence in th^m -faring the late election. Now, a» long as they go o)Ai|i^ tliiaway, 4^7iog, ^^c/countryajdping all mjinner of tjhiw*>> injure their country^ the people never will have coofideooeiu thsm. nl would like- to ask,- Miv€l^ker,<%hailUie object of -this- ot|^ tcftde, .ludeta wejaade.the protection 0f our .market as high as they are 'pffttteOiMl tixmiiMlirM.' If 11i«' United St«t6i,' for instance^ wftnt « ^40 per cent, tariff to protect iiieir mkrket against outsiders, what ttifci iil^ttld 1^, "^l^l^t ^ to I^Qi if , we pnly had a tariff of 2^ per cej^t, \, rQ^J^^ valueor wi^4>fcall» .J$iiP, wooouW not have two iari^^vi^^hey wa^iisfc -ai ^oll acknowledge the 6orii at Once^ and say eommeroiar.uniot.-; tO^tiin X lay thai if there is oommerdiiftl union, we must have • politicail union; ^ig^ ottinot haver commerp^J unit>n wtih one nation ;sud politic^) uni6ii \ wiMi «Q9tW. Why, Sir, what woiil4 W ^9 f«8\^U o^^oopi^Qraial «oion1 Abiirrieraet upon th^ qlio^Mp^tiiia gre*^ I>)Qinimoa jMiiiiM^ tb* whole ouUiJe world, whether it, be Aiiatic or European. We jwl up a b«frier, andwe nay to tbe oujt^e WQr|i^ : "You ijiall not trad^ with us, we are i;^ people within oureelyefi; we can tradi^ wil|h^ii ourselveB, and we do not want juu at d(I." "^hfit would het the rMtiJib f Ships would be withdrawn from our shores, i^e trade of Sit. Lawrenoe would be diverted. In a short time Montreal, Quebec, Halifax, St John and Toronto would diBap)>ear its commercial centres ; aU the ships crossing the Atlantic would come to iN'ew Tork city ; the leading commercial houses would be there, and we would have none of that trade whateyer. Why, Sir, we would be abandoned by the rest of the world. If we had a treaty to-morrow for unrestricted reciprocity or eomwereial union; that treaty would last just so long as it suited the American peopk^ and no longer. The moment it ceased to suit then;, they would then abandon that treaty, and might would be right with them, and we would be abandoned by the rest of the world. Besides that we would be a small people and they would swallow us up. Their invitation, if there is any, is the invitation of the spider to the fly ; they will take us in and consume us, and then they aro done with us. What does Mr. Hittsayt ** Bi^t we can at any -time withdraw from commercial union if it workk unftkiily.*' That is just what they are after, Mr. Speaker, they wi^nt to get us into a commercial union witli iheatf andthen, ^r, these combines that exist in the ITniled States, both agricultural and manufacturing, would pour down their surplus upon us here for the purpose of extinguidiing every ember of life in every industry in this country. Just as soon as they succeeded in extinguishing these, then the whole of the capital of this country would be transfened to tlie United States, and when they had all our artisans also on the other side of the lines, they would say : '* We want your treaty no longer," and might would be made right in this cast', as I have already said. Then in what position would we be placed I It would cost us to try the experiment — and it would be only an experiment — ^whatl It would cost us about three hundred thousand artisans. What do three hundred thousand artisans mean lo this countoy t Kach one of those artisans and his family are word) to Canada at least $1|0Q0, and you can multiply three hundred thousand by one thousand dolkrt and find the cost. We would lose that to start with. We woul4 slso lose two hundred or two hundred and fifty millions of capital now invested in manufactures. And what would we lose bf sides t We would lose the respect of every right thinking man, not only in thuicountiy and in Great Britain, but every of honest, patiiotie and right thinking man in the United States, who would look upon ul with scorn and contempt. That is the situation in which hen. gentlemen opposite iienre to place Ganada. t repeat that this question u / getitUtnail o^osite iii!iln^ici&n '^t it has ikea intrridticed at this tiihe (wheM we a»^ i)iMleaVoHti{;'t(y settlei'^ezi^tit]^ thtertiatlohal ;yp Jiisttool'f aMiif jiCi'-i u ifi .:; jr-uvH) ru liismw («i»'j:;»uiuiio'7p y*jy>t,vi^io'f'i4 fi^oiohiKyifui io't v/'rnom-f>1 vjiwu b hr.t^,'' ow IT 'ii ,4ii..i" ■ .''ii dii"^ oaoU o'lH "^eili iJSift iinj! (Hii 6f}iiiaii«r) i-si^ «w ' T.>!'. '. 7 •■\ .• ) ' iU, nfi vpiii -ifiiw im'iu Jtid'y jKJKtJ .iti.li * ■)'i'ijj ,^t »A ii-> i ii iajii , i !n , > Hh*i{.t ll- !1T« ieii.»!fMiUfK>> ■t ■!■■>iR rw^i \i\ I.'. 1 -^IqM.l.tv! '.OBfri Viniiluiiij lj[v.h _ ■ ■■■> ' •■ i ■';■({;! •>«<'* Mi,-*:/ • // ? tnWa'+t.loaoi \