IMAGE EVALUATION TEST TARGET (MT-3) Y /. / / ^ W^ ^ ^ 1 1.0 I.I 11.25 |50 ""^ 1.4 2J. 1.6 .•V iV «■ )le to .junsiiler the followine resohition : — That in the ophiion ol'thin Hoiiso the iutorestd of British Colum- hia will Ix- proiiioteil Ia the ailoj)t'on of a Special Tdi-iiT I'or the pv'dtection ot the Farm- ing, Mining find Manutat taring ii.teresta of that Province, until the fonstriictioQ of the Canadiau Pauiflc Railway ." Ho wai(J that, fom- joars ago, lie had the honour of briugiug this subject before the House. Since then, circani- stanoes had occurred whicdi ho thought would enable the n()U3e to judge of the inatter in a more favourable light; the be in order. Mr. BUNS'?' KK said if ilio lion, the Fiaance Minister would bear with him for a few moments, he avouKI show that it was in onJer. It was not fair or honest that, whentsver the members tVom British (jdumbia rose in the Hovse, they sin 'uld be interrupted in this way. It, was rather singular, to mj the loa'^t, that the hon. ilio Finance Minister should intermpt him when he mentioned the circumstauce of the visit of the Govornor-Goncral Ui British Columbia last year. Mr. CARTWRIGHT said the hon. member should place the motion in the hands ot I he Speaker before lie proceeded to speat to it. Mr. BUNSTRR said he would do so at the proper time. Mr. SPEAKER said ho looked inio the matter a few moments ago and found tliaf the m^jti ..ii handed in was one of an abstract charactei, and therefore would bo iu order. Whether it was exactly consistent with the notice was another question. Mr. BJiAK F mid the House had f)nly to do with tbf motion on the notice paper, and th'-t was the only one the non. member could move. Mr. Si' RAKER said it had occurrwl to him that, looking at the motion a« it appear'Hl on the paper, it was entirely out of order; and he had, therefore, i»K.amined the motion itself. In his opinion it was in onler, though it might bo a very inconvenient abstract resolu- tion. Sir JOHN A. MACDONALD Haid that what appeared on the notice paper was merely a synopais of tiio motion. m „cople of that Province. British Columbia did not enjoy the jirivilegcs actjuired under the Washington Treaty by other Provinces of the Dominion, and ui)on that fact ho based the claim to have a special tariff' framed in her interest**. It was a matter of justice that that distant Province should receive th« consideration on this subject it was HO well entitled to. Their markets had been flooiled with American produce, to the detriment of the iai-mei-s, ever since the Province came into the Union. 1?he farmers on the island of San Juan, who felt they were labouring under gi-eat injimtice in this matter aa subjects of Great Bi'itain, now possos.sed a market which they would not have »btained if they had remained part and paro«l of the Dominion. He claimed. on behalf of British Columbia, that, inasmuch as there was already a differential taritf against thu Province, the (jovcrnment should take the sub- ject into its favl, thu.-> tulliring the promise, or partial piomise, i lade by His Excellency to the lariners of that country — a promise, ho might add, that had niade their hearts rejoice, giving them contidence, as it did, that tlicy would be iiiirly and honourabl}' dealt with by the Dominion authorities. Mr. SPEAKER .said that it was well known His Kxcollency could .not make a statement on public affairs unless under the ros]iorisil)ility of Ministers of till' Ci*own. It was not, therefore, strictly in oiti. for any hon. member to inform the House as to what His I'lxcA'llcncy did or did not say. His Exeellericv's name -thould not bo used for the purpose of influencing the opinion of the House. Mr. BUNSTER said ho would also eall the attention of the Government to a resolution j)asse(1 in IBTB by the Local Legislature of British Columbia. It read as follows : — '• Thut, wbere8.<>, l)y tlic 7th cUust ol' tlic Terms of Union, it i.»; piuvjileJ that tho Cus- toiM'! Tiirid ii;nl F.xci?e [)utio.s existing within tlio Province at the iliile of union shonlii oun- tinne in force until tlie railway from the Pivc'tic coast ami the eyptem ol railway.s in Canada pIiouIiI he connecteil, nnlesM by Je- cision of the Le^Mslutiin" of Briti.silii Columbifi tiie Taritl and Excise Laws of Canada should sooner be adoijted ; "And \ets)-— and as connection between the Pacific Coa-st anil the railway systeni ot '""anada is not likely to l>e a(u;ornpfiBhed so soon as was at fir.st uinierstcXHl ; '• And whereas, moreover, the neighbour- ing poB.se8sion8 of the t^nitetf States of America overflow with a surpIuH of commo- dities whicli this Province can produce in sufficiency for more than itu present need : *' Therefore, your memorialists respeot- fulljr ask Uiat your Excellency may 1>e B21/0 i pleased to sanction tlip adoption for this Province, of the following changes in the taritJ' now in operation." The clmngeH in the tariff they deHirod to secure were the romovnf of the duties levied on niininj^ and agricul- luiul machinerv; and, in lieu thereof, the imposition of a small tax ( n the corcnis which con Id he ju'uduial in the Province of Briliwh Columbia. Tlii> w iiMii! Indians in " gathering" oil, vriiieh was excluded from the Ameri- can market, and they were conse- (luently obliged to scud it to England They did not share, it wjih to Ite remembered, in the beneiitH accruing from the Washington Treaty. He thought he had shown that it was por- fcctlj' practicable for the Govern- ment to grant British Columbia a moditied taritl'. in order that the ho])e an 1 sinew of the cointry might not I'C driven oat of it, and that their larming lands might not again become portions of the howling wilderness. If those other Provinces were overrun with American produce, as they were in Hritisli Columbia, he was certain that the consequent disar defending the inter- ests of his constituents ; particulai-ly if, as iie (Mr. HimsLei') was, s\ipportod by the Legislature and the entire popida tion of his Province. British Columbia only desireil to secure an exceptional taritl' until '^uch a time as Canada would carry out her pledges and build th<' railway. It was also to be borne in mind that, since the Province entered Confotleration, the tariff had been raised 2J per cent, on ai-ticles which they consumed. Unibrtunately, they did not have a sufficiently large popu- lation to encoui'ago manufactures, and even if this were the case they would in this relation be shut out of the American market. Many intelligent and thrifty fUrmors hat! gone to British Columbia from Ontario — s(mic on the recomnum- dation of his friends, and some on his own recommendation, which recommen- dation be now rogrett(jd having given, because they had said to bim . " Vou have good land we know, becauMo we see it bit'ore us, but you have no mar- ket : it is hotter lo jiro to the States titan To rohie tt)_>(t in- form my hon. friend that we cannot allow such a resolution to jmss, llf)\v- ever P«S«:.' &■