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SIR CHARLES TIIPPER, G.C.M.G., C.B.. &c., AAA ' ' MINISTER OK FINA-NCK, —IN— THE HOUSE OF OOMMOj^S FRIDAY, 27Tn APfelL H! 1883. t OTTAWA: PliiNTED BY MACLEAN, ROGER & CO., WELLINGTON STREET, 1888. r CRISTA.!) A. BUDGET SPEECH DELIVERED BT HON. SIR CHARLES TUPPER, G.C.M.G., C.B.. &c., MINISXKR OW B'INA.NCBJ, —IN — THE HOUSE OF COMMONS, FRIDAY, 27th APRIL, 1888. OTTAWA: PRINTED BY MACLEAN, EOGER & CO., WELLINGTON /STREET, 1888. s BUDGET SPEECH OKLIVIRKD BY HON. SIR CHARLES TUPPER, C.B., G.C.M.G., &c., MINISTER OP FINANCE, —or— THE HOUSE OE COMMONS, Mr. Speaker, in rising to move that yoa do now leave the Chair Tor the purpose of going into Committee of Ways and Moans, I must again ask the in- dalgcnce of the Hoaso from the fact that, owing to the ciroumstanoes connected with the administration of the affairs of the country, 1 have been under the neoeanity of being abijunt from Ottawa for a considerable poriod since the last Session. Although my department has been watched over during my absence, first in Lon- don and afterwards in Washington, by my colleague, the hon. the Minister of Customs, with his Ui^ual ability, yet this House will expect from me, as Finance Minister, the usual statement as to the financial condition of the country. With this brief preface, 1 will pass at once to the consideration of our con«lition in that respect. I will first give explanations as to the variations in the financial state- ments made in May last respecting the year expired 30th June, 1887, and then review the condition of affairs of the current fiscal year, and finally indicate to the House the position that the Government expect will transpire during the next financial year. FINANCIAL STATtHBNT — BKSULT OF T£AB 1836-87. Taking first the financial affairs for the year ended 30th Juno last, wo estimated that the revenue received from all sources would amount to 835,300,000. In May last, when making the annual statement, I endeavored to deal with our expectations in as car'^ful a manor as I could, and not to overestimate the probable reve> nue likely to be rcecived. It is with pleasure that 1 remind the House that the total revenues for the yaar were $35,'954,993, or an increase over the estimate of $454,993. The yield from Customs which we estimated would amount to $22,000,000 actually amounted to $22,378,800. This increase was no doubt mainly caused by the rey^nue of the following year being anticipated, owing to the changes made in the Uriff. Boforo paHsin^ from thin branch of tho mlijcet, 1 think it will bo inlcrestin^ to point out to tho hon. mcmborH Horao of tho ftaiuroH which might be tormoil tho oarioHitioH of Custom- revonuo. In tho year oniled 3()ih Juno, ^■^8♦J, the amdunt of duty colloctod on coal and coko was 81,0i2,392. Tho rovonuo on thoeourt'elort for tho year 1887 amounted to gliKS/JOl, or an incroaso of uvor $100,000 over tho procoding yoar, although 150,000 tins of unthracilo coal wore admitted fiooof duty in this latter your, a striking indication of tho progress which Canada made during that yoar in manafaoturoH. In tho mutter of luxurios mich as fancy goudH, there was an increase from 8332,246 in 1886 to $608,776 in 1H&7. In nilks and manufiicturcH of cilk there was an incrcafo from $702,465 in 188G, to $860,3'JB in 18n7i and whiJHl. oi those InxnrieB tho revenue haH increased it will no doubt bo gratifying to tho mombors of the HouBO to find thatinthoyoar 18-.7, 1,207,284 gallons only of spirits and wino wo:o imported against an importation of 1,400,690 gallons of tho same commodity in tho year before, and that tho revenue therefrom in 1886 amounted to $1,1)11,(101, whereas in 1887 the yield was only $1,700,076, showing conclusively that tho tomporato habits of the people are increasing. Lof me add that this oonclusion is borne out by the report of my hon. friend tho Minister of Inland Bovenuo. In 1887 tho quantity of spirits taken for contumption was 2,864,935 gallons as against an average oi y,;i76,410 gallons for tho two years preceding. I take the average of tho two proviouii years, iD&smuch as tho quantity taken for consumption in tho yc^r 188S was abnormally large owing to an anticipated increase of duty, and tho figures for 1886 arc smaller in consequence, Tho average of tho two yiars is fair and just for comparison. Tho revenue from sugar of all kinds shows an iiicoaHc in 188? of over $300,000, tho amount of duty collected thereon in 1886 being $2,rf03,397, and in 1887, $3,167,528 ; on -wool the duties increased from $2,499,246 in 1886 to $3,176,741 in 1887. Coming to matters of EzciRO wo estimated that the yield from this source would be about $6,000,000. As a matter of fact the yield was $6,308,201 Thisincreaso is accounted for by the fact that an exceptionally large quantity of spirits was outorod prior to Ist July, 1887, when the provision of tho Inland Revenue Act oame into operation respect- ing the enforced warehousing of spirits for two years prior to sale. Sir RICHAilD CAETWEIGHT. Does that $6,300,000 include simply the spirit and beer and tobacco duties under the head of Excise ? Sir CHAELES TTJPPEE. It includes all tho excise duties, and the increase is due to the change that was made in the Excise Act, which requires spirits to bo aged for two years before going into consumption, and which induced a very largo amount to be taken cut of Excise previous to the end of the year. In miscellaneous items there was a slight decrease, but the Post Office showed an increased revenue of over 9100,000, and in Public Works, including railways, there is an increase of about $200,000. We estimated that the expenditure for the year would be $35,600,000, leaving an estimated deficit of $300,000. The actual expenditure for tho year was very close to the estimate, being only an excess of $57,680, and tho estimated deficit of $300,000 has been turned into a surplus of $1/7,313. In view of tho stutements mado ]:\»t year thoGovornmont cannot, I think, bo accuHod ot laying; an over-sangaina etutoment boforo tho Hoaxo whon wo comparotho OHlimato with tho final roaliHationB. PROBAHLB nESDLT OP FINANCIAL TEAR 1887-88. I now cotno to Iho probable ronultof tho year 1887-88. Having ozplainod to th« House Iho roHull of tho oporationH of tho last fiscal year, I havo now to awk thair attention to the probable expectation of tho proaent year. It wi!. be recollected that in tho lust budget Hpooch I atatud that iho total revonncaexpectod toberculiHodfor tho fiscal year 1687-88 would bo $36,100,000, made up as follows :— Oostoma, $22,500,000 Excise, 8n,400,000 ; MiKcellanoouf, $7,500,000. Taking first thoOubtomHrovenae, I may ntato to the flou'-o that during the year wc havo oxporioncod a sorics of ups and downs. It might havo boon thought likely about lust Christmas that the revenae from Customs would not realise what was anticipated, and thit) might have been justified from the fact that, as has been boforo mentioned, the rovenuo from that soaro* exceoded oxpoctations in 1886-87 by about $300,000, no doubt to a groat extent owing, as before stated, to dutio3 having been paid in advance of the alterations made in the tariff la»t SesHion. But after Christmas the rovonae from Customs began to recover itself, and on the 10th March tho amount received exceeded th» amount received in tho corresponding period of tho previous fiscal your by $100,000. Since 10th March the revenue from this source has again dropped, and I regrot to in- form the House that up to tho latest returns, those to tho 20th April, the yield from. Customs, as compared with last year, has fallen off $2i7,000. As tho total revenae from this source in 1886-S7 was $22,378,000, I do not think it would be right to oalcalato on a greater revenue than $22,000,000, although we may hope that tho early spring may tend to tho revival of business and that a possible increase of reve- nue may again bo our portion during the latter part of the fiscal year. But as I havo mentionod before I do not think it would bo advisable to calculate on a greater yield from Customs than $22,000,000. The Commissioner of Inland Eovonue has informed mo within the last few days that tho rmount that will bo received from Excise rovenuo will bo slightly in excess of the $6,400,000, and we may estimate from this source a revenue of $6,450,000. Tho estimate of Miscellancoua Revenaos ha^ been revised by the officers of tho Finance Department, and it is thought that from the various sources forming that revenue the amount likely to bo roeeived will be $7,550,000. The total estimated revenue for tho current fiscal year will therefore, ^o boliove, be in the neighborhood of $36,0110,000. Coming to the expenditure side f the account it will be seen that Parliament during tho last Session granted supply which with tho statutory expend- iture amounted to $35,969,981.93. As hon. members aro aware we have brought down estimates in addition thereto of $1,112,000. These two sums would amount to $37,032,000, and taking the usual savings into account in the estimates, and these last year amounted to $100,000, I think it is very probable the expenditure will be ia round numbers $37,000,000; and I have already mentioned ibat the estimated receipts will be about 136,000,000. It \n bat fair, however, that the Hoobc nhould take into account that in tho year 188()-87, as I informed the IToaHo in tho financial Btatement I made iaet year I anticipated a doQcit of 1300,000. In reality IhiB baa been turned into a snrpluH of over $97,000 ; and it in but right to ostimnto that this Hum of t400,000 was paid in in anticipation of 1887-H3. With roopoct to tho probable roHultof this year I coneidor thatthia faot Hhould bu takon into account, and having due regard to economy in tho oxpondilnre, I truHt that tho accountn for the present and coming year, taken as a whole, will balance. ■STIMATID RIBULTS OF FINANCIAL YBAR 189F-S0. I come now to what will probably be tho rosultH fur tho year 1888-89. I am inclined to think, from tho general tendency of trade, thut the mur- chants of Canada will be careful in the mattor of importations, and that it is not likely that there will be any material incroase in tho amount of importations over those In the last and in tho present fiscal year. To bo within bounds I put down the Customs rovenue likely to bo received as 822,500,000, being 8500,000 in excess of tho estimate for the current year. lam informed by the otBcers of tho Inland Revenuo Department that, under the present condition of their revenue as comparid with tho lant two years, they caloulato that tho Exciso yield fur 1888-89 may safely be placed ut 86,650,000. As regards Miscolluncous I have informod the House that the revenuo estimated to bo received from tliis sourco during tiio present fiscal year will bo 87,650,000. If wo add to thiti Hum the normal incrouMO of i-evenue likely to be derived from the Pobt Offioo Department I think we can safely estimate that the revenue from miBcellancous i-ourceH, durini^ 1888-89, will roach $7,750,000. I, therefore, put down the total revenue from all sources ut 836,900,000. Hon. members have had before thorn the Estimates for the Public Service for 1888- 89; and as, owing to the now departure, many votes have already been taken into aocount and explanations given in regard thereto, it will hardly be nocoHsary to offer any very extended observations as to the variations in tho estimated expenditure as oompared with the Estimates asked for in Supply last Session. The amount of tho Estimates now laid before Parliament is 835,421,440.22, but, as hon. members are folly aware, no sums have been placed in the Estimates for mail subsidies and steam- ship subventions. That question was laid aside in order that wo might give more oarefnl consideration to it than wo could give before tho main Estimates were brought down. There will, therefore, have to be added to .a amount already brought down sums sufficient to cover theso services, and farther amounts will undoubtedly be asked from Parliament in the Supplementary Estimates to complete the services of the year ; bat I believe that taking all these into account at the close of the year 1888-89, hon. members will find the statement I have made verified, that having regard to the results of the operations for tho years 1887-88 and 1888-d9 the balance for the two years will maintain an equilibtinm. It is bat right to mention some items in the expenditare likely to bo incurred aext year which show variations and which call for remarks. The interest on Pablio I>«bt ahows an inorbaee of tl 16,000. This inoreaM, as will b« seon by raferenoe to th« BatimateH, in chiefly mnde ap by the amount $63,000 roqaired for the Savinf^ Banks in oonHoqucnco of the increased balances holil by the dopositorH on the Slsfc Deoembor, 1887, and by the probable amount required to meet farther indebtedneHS, 92B0,000, less interest on loans maturing, in round rnmbors, 1200,000. We have jUho asked for an increase of t68,000 in the invostmenta for Sinking Funds, that amount being required to meet additional dividends requiring to bo invested. 7ho Totoe for Civil Qovornment have already passed the House, and explanations havo been already given of the increase of $32,000, therein, and also of the inoroaso of 114,000 in the Administration of Justicu. In Pensions and Superannuations the^e is an inoroaso of $21,000 largely made up of pensions to officers who have been retired owing to abolition of their offlces, and to a great extent this inuroaHO Ih offset by savings in other branches of the sorvioe. My hon. friend the Minister of Militia and Defence will explain the increase in his services, mainly in the cavalry and infantry ■ohools. In railways and canals (income) there is an increase of $78,000, of which $4&,000 is for overhauling the foundation of the St. Ours lock, and the balance is mado ap chiefly for expenditure on the Welland canal and the Trent Kivor navigstion. The Lighthouse service requires an additional oxpondituro of $40,000; $6,000 of this amount being for maintenance and repairs to lights and $4,000 in the salaries and allowances of the lighthouse keepers. In Miscellaneous there Ih an increase of $55,000 made up by the increabed cost required for the government of the North- West Terri- tories, the expenditures at the Banff Park, and the plant required for the Govern- ment printing office and bindery, explanations of which will be supplied in due ooarsOk The other large increase is $290,000 in the service for Bailways and Oanals. Thiis amount is made up by the $300,000 required in the increased cost of repairs and work- ing expenses of the Intercolonial railway. On the other hand the Immigration vote has been reduced by $100,000, being the estimated saving in the general immigration expenses owing to the abolition of assisted passages and other causes. The £20,000 sterling ($97,000), the contribution of Canada to the Imperial Institute having been paid, is of course dropped. The Public Works in the vote asked for shows a decrease of $736,000, but I am afraid this vote will be supplemented to a certain extent. Generally, however, the Estimates have been framed with the full desire to add aa little as possible to the expenditures cf the country, and the Government have en- deavored to ask for nothing more than sufficient to keep the Fablio Service in a state of efficiency consistent with economy. Having thus explained to the House to the best of my ability the probable oat- eome for the coming financial year, I will now, with the permission of the House, direct its attention for a few minutes to the Debt Account. LIABILITIES OF THB DOHINION. Sy the monthly statements pablished in the Canada Gazette, which show folly the financial position of the country, it will be noticed that, at the present moment. 8 wo aro in debt in England fur tomporaiy acoommodation to tho extent of £1,000,000. {iince May last tho country has experienced a certain amount of financial stringency, and one of the resnita has been that three banks have ceased to transact bosinesa. The past sammor was one of unnaaal heat and drought in the Province of Ontario, and the harvest was not up to the average. The same cause has operated against the eztoDsive lumber industry, and on account of the lowness of the water, timber which had beon cut and which lay in the stream^, could not bo made marketable. This has caused a certain drain on the resoarces of tho banks in order that the legitimate requirements of those engaged in the industry should be provided for. But against this we have occasion to bo gratified by the splendid harvest in Manitoba and in the l^orth-West. Still it mast be borno in mind that we were going ahead rather too quickly. In our cities, and especially in Toronto, there has been a certain amount of speculation in real estate. However by the exercise of economy and prudence, <7anada will soon recover from the present stringency ; her trade is, I am satisfied, sound at the core, and will soon return to its normal condition. At the commencement of the fiscal year the Government, chiefly in deference to the banking commnnity, lowered the limit of deposits in the Savings Banks, and fixed the amount to be received from any depositor to bo $300 in any one year, and ^1,UOO in all. Originally, the Savings Bank deposits were unlimited ; reduction was then made to $10,000, and afterwards this was again brought down to $3,000 ; now the umit is, as I have eaid, $1,000. The effect, however, on the Government Savings Bank deposits, has been that some of the larger deposits held by the Government have been withdrawn, and have gone to swell the general business of the country by transfers to the banks where enhanced rates ol interest were offered. The deposits ill the Post Office Savings Banks show an increase, and if we set one side against the other, the Savings Bank balances, since the Ist July last, are nearly stationary, that is to say, the deposits equalling the withdrawals. Still, the country is to be congrat- ulated that the deposits have increased in a marked manner from the poorer classes, showing that labor is fully employed and adequately paid. To illustrate this I may state that the number of depositors in the Post Office Savings Bank on the iilst March last, were over 100,000, an increase of over 10,000 since the 30th June last , and the number of depositors in the other savings banks under the control of the Finance Department, increased from 5.'>,000 to 57,000 in the same period. The sta- tionary character of the Savings Bank balances is not to be pat down to any with- drawal of capital from tho country ; these moneys have undoubtedly, for the reasons before stated, gone to the banks, and have been placed in other investments. The Oovernment are of opinion that, by lowering the limit of deposit in the Savings Banks, the funds thus set loose, cased the strain on the banks throughout the country and had the effect of mitigating tho stringency. As a result, however, of tho station- ary character of these balances, the capita! expenditure of the ooantry, to a large ex- tent, has had to be met oat of the ordinary revenue, and the Government have been obliged to have recourse to the English market, and have borrowed to the extent ♦ » \ r~ 9 alrcr.dy Baraod. The million pounda elerlirig, which I have already atatod, was bor- rowed in England, represented the amount that wo expected to receive from our own depositors. It, therefore, becomes necessary, to complete the capital expooditare, as shown in the E:>timatos submitted to Parliament, and to pay the several sabsidics to the various ruiiwaye, us detailed in the Public Accounts, that further borrowing' powers should bo authorised, and a Loan Bill will be fntrodnced hereafter, when it can be dofir.itcly ascertained how much the Government will have to place on themar- kot. But I am giad to inform the House and the country that the Government have determined, for the present, with unimportant enceptiong, to stop any further outlay on Capital Account beyond that to which tbe country is now committed. THB CANADIAN 1 1! ON INDUSTBT. Having so far dwelt on the financial aspect of Canada, I would venture to detain tbo House by showing, to the best of my ability, how far, the tariff changes of 1887 have affected the Canadian iron industry. It is well known to tbe Hou^e that at the outset much hoatile criticism was provoked in England. No doubt this was becaoBo our position at that time was not clearly understood. But owing to the explanations made, and owing to a fuller consideration of the Canadian fisr;al policy adopted unco 1879, hostile criticism has been greatly modified, and generally speaking, that portion of the British press which deals with these subjects, now view in a friendly spirife our efforts to develop, on Canadian soil, the stores of mineral wealth within oar bor- ders. Of course, although much has been done, yet sufficient time has so far not elapsed to demonstrate fully the effects of the new tariff, the Act having virtually oome into operation at the beginning of the present fiscal year, as the special pro" vision for the admission of goods at the old rate of duty np to the 30ih of Juno, wa» lully taken advantage of, and in many respects the requirements were to some extent, anticipated. It may be further mentioned that the amount of capital required for tbe production of iron from the ore, is so large, that great developments cannot bo expected in a short space of time. As bon. members know, time is the essence of a bargain, and capital is cautious and very slow to move in new fields of enterprise. Confidence in the permanency of our fiscal policy is a further requisite before capital can be invested in the development of the large works required to build np tbe iroE. industries. And here I may state, to show how fully our neighbors are alive to tbe necessity of a permanent policy, that in the Mills Bill, now before Congress — that is, the Bill introduced into the House of Bopresentatives by the chairman of the Qom- mittee of Ways and Means, and which embodies the policy of the Administration, and of the great democratic party in that country — the iron and steel duties are touched with a sparing hand. And the same thing is to be observed with regard to tiM measure introduced in the House of Kepresentatives by Mr. Kandall, whereby no matetial reduction in the duties on iron and steel is proposed. The coarse parsaed ia the proposed revision of the tariff showci a fixed determination, on the part of oar neighbors to the south, to continue an efficient measure of protection to that greaii industry. In the production of iron and steel the United States lead every coautrj 10 in the world, havirg obtained this position after 26 years of uninterrupted protection. Tbo changes under either of the proposed BilU leave the iron and steel duties largely in excess of the present Canadian rates. Mr. Mills, under his Bill, estimates the wdaction of duties on iron and steel at 81,000,()00, exclusive of 85,706,433 duties received last year on tin plate, proposed to be transferred to the free list. Of this redaction of $1,000,000, nearly $300,000 is on steel rails, leaving $700,000 for other articles. Separating tin plate and steel rails from the other iron imports we find the imports of " iron and steel and their manufactures " into the United States for the year ended 30th June last as follows:— Value, 832,736,976 ; duty, $14,165,133; show- Ing an average rate of duty of 43J per cent. Deducting $700,000 from this duty, aa proposed, the average rate is 41 per cent. From this it would appear that apart from tin plate and steel rails the reduction in duties on iron and steel and their manufao- toros is only from 43J per cent., as formerly, to 41 per cent, as now proposed. Tak- ing the whole importations of iron and steel and their manufactures into the United States and entered for home consumption for the year ended 30th Juno last, the sversge rate of Customs duty was 41 per cent, ad vr^:rem, and allowingr81,000,000 for the reduction of duty proposed under the Mills Bill, the average rate of Customs duty on the same importation would be 39 per cent, ad valorem. On the other hand, the average rate of Customs duty on iron and steel and their manufactures imported into Canada for homo consumption for the year ended 30th Juno last was 17^ per oent, and for the nine months ending 31st March, 1888, under the amended tariff, the ttvorago rate of duty on these articles has been 23|^ per cent, ad valorem. Comparing iho United States Customs tariff on all goods imported for ho.uo consumption with the Canadian tariff on similar imports, the Trade lieturns show this result for the year ended 30lh June, 1887 : Average rate on United States imports! 31} percent, ad valorem. Average rate on Canadian imports ~ » 21} " " " Comparing dutiable articles under the United States Customs tariff with the same articles under the Canadian tariff, the Trade Eetnrns for 1886-87 shoiv the average duty on United States imports for home consumption to be 47 per cent ad valorem Dgatnst an average of 2^ f per cent, ad valorem on Canadian imports for the same period. Undur the Mills Bills the average Customs rates on dutiable articles, based on United States imports for home consumption for 1886-87, is estimated to be 43J per cent, ad valorem, whilst ucdei the amended Canadian tariff for the nine months ended 31st March, 1888, the average Customs rates on dutiable articles entered for borne consumption has been 31f per cent, ad valorem. I might also remark, before going into details, respecting the iron duties, that in addition to requiring time and ia addition to the neceshity of having a permanent policy we have to overcome the opposition of those interested in the handling and manufacture of the foreign product. But, Sir, the people of Canada have faith in the advantages which local industries eonfer on the country, and our people of every shade of politics have shown unmis- l&kably the invportanco they attach to the operation of active home industry by the 11 readinesB with which free sites, ezomptioa from taxes and cash bonascs are offered' to start new enterprises to provide industrial omploymont in the several localities. With theBe introductory remarks, I may say, as I shall show in the details which I shall lay before the House, that the action taken last year is endorsed by the representatives of the principal plate and bar rolling mills, who express thoir satis- faction with the present tariff as a whole, and with its working. It is my intention to give an account of the effect on the market prices, caused by the changes made last year in the tariff, and it may surprise hon. members to bo told that the effect of the tariff on market prices of iron has been to make a small increase, but not to the fall extent of the increased duty. I propose to take, by way of illustration, the value of warrants in Glasgow, that being the best gauge of the general level of the iron market, and as at Glasgow prices wore pretty even during February and December, 1887, 1 will take th-rse months for comparison. Taking pig iron, the price in Canada was only from $1 to $1.25 per gross ton higher in December than in February, 1887, while the additional duty, which took effect Ist July, was 82.24 per gross ton, indicating that the foreign maker, carriers and importers, &c., had made a coucesiiiioQ of about $1 to $1.25 per ton to retain the trade. In other words, the consumer paid fully one-half the amount of duty contributed to the revenue. As to bar iron, the price was as follows ;— In February, 1887, $1.60 to $1.65 per 100 lbs. ; in December, 1887, $1.85 to $1.90 per 100 lbs., showing an advance of only 25 cents per 100 lbs., while the extra duty was 45 cents per 100 lbs. As to cast-iron water pipes, the con- traot prices for the Corporation of Montreal averaged as follows : — For 1886 $28.60 per gross ton. "1886 26.21 " " " 1887 - 33.14 " " " 1888 only 33.10 " " although the increase in duty has been $S per ton. Tne Montreal corporation water pipes for 1888, above referred to, have been contracted for, and are to bo made in Canada from Canadian ore. The increase of price over the average for 1885 and 18S6 is thus only about half the increase in duty. I now come to the effect of the tariff in the explorations made as to new fields for the development of this industry, and I am glad to be able to state that very extensive and valuable deposits of iron ore have been discovered in the vicinity of Port Arthur, Ontario, and on Hunter's Island near the boundary line. When the Thunder Bay Colonisation Bailway reaches these points the opening up of these deposits will be facilitated. South of the Canadian Pacific Eailway crossinar of the Seine Biver, about 100 miles west of Fort William, an immense deposit of high grade Sessemor iron ore has been discovered. It is said to be the largest and purcHt boJy of ore ever found in America. The ore is a black magnetic oxide and analyses from 62 to 70per cent, of metallic iron. Having briefly noticed the ofleot of the changes in the tariff as shown in the new diaooveries, I will now trouble the House for a few moments to point out what has 12 boon dono in the Dominion towards the organisation of'now iron works. Tho BriBtol Mino in tho county of Pontiac, Quebec, which had been cloaod for a time, has boon recently acquired by a company who have been employing about 300 men aroand the mino. Roasting kilns have been erected for calcining the ore, bat operations have boon interrupted ponding the completion of nocdod railway facilities. The various individual interests in tho iron mines along tho lino of the Kingston and Pembroke Bail way, have boon consolidated into one company with sufficient capital to operate them. Some of tho ore shiij od from this district to Chicago has been pronounced by experts to bo tho purest ore ever received there, tho percentage of phosphorous being extremely low. I am informed that preliminaries have been arranged for the erection of a blast furnace at Trenton, and in the iron districts of Cape Breton and Nova Scotia a good deal of exploratory work has 1: jn done. The Pictou field has attracted marked attention, having bson visited by a member of one of the leading firms of English ironmasters and by rapresontatives of other capitalists , for tho purpose of examining and reporting on the ores. Tho situation for the mana - factaro of iron and the quality of the ores have made a favorable impression, and negotiations now in progress, it is stated, point to an early arrangomont for the erec • tion of largo iron works in that locality. Having thus briefly referred to the new discoveries and to the works that have been organised, it becomes also my pleasing duty to show to tho House how the industries in existence prior to tho change in the tariff have been expanded, and of this expansion and progress there is already substantial evidence. The foundries, machine shops, bridge works and kindred factories throughout tho Dominion have been fully employed last year and have shared in the general prosperity. There meata for fuel, flax, other materials and freight, r«pr«Beating labor indirectly employed $16,000 $25,700 Value of product 39,300 47,600 13 Product and operations at the iron works, Londonderry, 1CS7 Particular!. Ist half year, 2nd h&lf year, Ore mined » Tons. Limestone used do Goal (including coke) used do Pig iron made do Puddled bars do Bar iron, N. plate axles, etc do Scrap bar « do Castings do 1887. 23,205 7,lia 30,433 9,613 54 Disbursements. Wages paid to employ63. $70,000 Paid for fuel 29,500 " lime..., ^. - „ 6,815 " sundries 6,000 " railway freight 46,686 Total. $168,001 1887. 26,358 8,718 47,014 9,886 2,128 1,470 445 80 $100,700 6. ',000 8,007 8,000 66,944 $235,651 Wages to employ6s from March, 1888 $21,000 The number ot operatives on Londonderry pay-roll, March, 1887 313 " " " " 1888 660 Increase 317 At New Glasgow the recent tariff changes have had the effect of largely inci-eas- ing the sales of the Nova Scotia Steel Company, as the following statement shows : — TiMB. Shipm't, Tous. Shipm't, Value. Goal Con- sumed Wages Paid. Railway Freight. July 1st to Dec. Slst, 1886 July Ist to Dec. Slst, 1887 Increase in 1887 1,728 2,712 62 pr. ct. $ 60,465 133,400 92 pi' ct. $ 6,637 10,462 85 pr.ct. $ 26,300 ?" ""0 33 pr. jt. $ 13,123 17,332 32 pr.ct. The orders now in hand are greater than the entire shipments for the last six months of 1886. The company has been consolidated with the Nova Scotia Fc»rg© CSompany, and arrangements made for the addition of a new smelting faraace, which will double the output of the Steol Works and will mean a disbiirsoment of nearly $250,000 a year for wages, fuel and railway freight. At St. John, N.B., reports from the Cold Brook Kolling Mills are to this effect. I quote from a letter received irom the President of the Company: " By the operations of the tarifif, the imports of Iron now are less, cousequenily our output now is proportionately greater, and the benefit to the manufacturer rests on a large turaover on sm^U margins. We are able to sell our good: to the merchants at lower figures thaa they could be imported for pre- Tioaa tol886." There were, it appears, 50 per cent, more men employed in the Exiling Mills in 1887 than in any of the years 1884 1885 or 1886. At Montreal, Pillow, Hersey & Co., have converted themfcelves icto a joint etoek company with a capital of $800,000, :\^ 14 ar.d tho Canadian Pacific Eailway Co., contoraplato the erection, daring the present, BoaMon of a Bhop for passenger car work, and when this is completed all of their rolling' wlock of every description will be made in the country. The company bailt 24 locomotives in 1886 and 24 in 1887; and thoy have not parchahod any loco- motives outside of Canada since October, 1884, excepting two special ones for tho mountain grade. All of their freight cars for several years back have been built in Canada, and practically all of their passenger cars are now built in Canada, excepting soraecf the sleeping and diniog cars. The Montreal Rolling Mill? Company hav« added to the capacity of their bar and plate mills by running night and day, 1887 was tho first year t iring which the bar mill was run at night, and last year they worked 10,000 tons of iron of all sorts and used about 10,000 tons of fuel. They have recently put in tin extensive wrought iron pipe plant embodying tho latest improvomontfct, which can turn out 6,000,000 feet of piping per annum, using up 4,000 toni of material to do so. The new pipe mill id running day and night. A German firm from Dusseldorf have decided, as I am informed, to erect extensivo works at Montreal for the manufacture of wrought-iron pipe and boiler tubes, which will be a new manufacture in this country. At Kingston, important changes have taken place in the locomotive works. Messrs. Dubbs & Co., of Glasgow, one of the largest m mufacturors of looomotivoa in Great Britain, have invested in the Kingston locomotive woi'ka. They now manage and contiol tbom, and have in view their operation on a larger scale. At namilton, as one elfect of tho recent tariff changes, au establishment has been erected capabio of giving; employment to 400 hands in the manufacture of wood ecrowH, carriage bolts and the like. In cast-iron pipe manufacture at Hamilton the immediate result of the tariff has been that the Canada Pipe Foundry has been steadily employed during the past season, and will soon necessitate its increase to double the presunt capacity- The Hamilton Bridge Company report: " We use iron of local manufacture very largely, and tiad it of at least equal quality to that imported, and the price, as far as eur experience goes, is reasonable and not so high as the full tariff increase would warrant. We also have the great advantage of ordering and obtaining this material when wanted, and without having to lay in large stocks." Burrow, Stewart & Milne, of Hamilton, say : " We are using half of all the iron that we ran of Canadian make, and find the quality first- rate, A. 1." The Ontario Rolling Mill Company report with regard to the new tariff: " We are now beginning to feel the beneficial eflfects and expect we shall be called on by spring to make far more iron than ever before. We shall be able to turn out by spring nearly double the tonnage we ever made here. We are also arranging to start up the mill we have in London either there or elsewhere, so that by May we can, if necessary, make in ihat mill about 35 tons per day." The Hamilton Iron Forging Company say : "In our owB business we have felt the good effects of the wise and jadioloas policy of tho Government, notably during the last four months, having largely increased our outpntbjr running onr force full time both night and day, and within the past few days have started Another fornaoe in onr » i • 15 «atablishineat with all the neoeieaiy equipment cspable of tarnin^ out one ear load more of finiih«d bar iron per day ; this will f^re active employment to 13 skilled men besides day laboreis ; we hare also increased the cHpital stoclc of our eompitny for the purpose of further dereloping the bnaiacia, and in the near future we propose placing in position another mill plant with a capacity of 6,000 tons p*r year. " III conclnaion we have much pleasure in stating we never heard a consumer of iron eosaplain of the tariff changes ;moreorer, we deaire to place on record the general feeling and satisfaction ex- pressed by them in having their wants supplied promptly at home without having, as in the past, tu purcljHse abroad and carry large stocks and pay cash for them . They can now secure iron within a reanonnble time that at once goes into legitimate consumption, thereby giving a healthy and vigoruus tone to business. " Tho coutinuation of an iron policy wise in its inception and having for its object the develop- ment of the mineral resources of this conn try covering the whole Dominion of Canada, meets, with oar hearty approval, and must eventually lay a foundation broad and enduring that will be materially helpful to every clajs of men living between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans." Ab closely connected with thodevolopmont of manufactories and aa an evidence of the steady progrosa of the country, it raay be mentioned that, in addition to the ©x- pannion of the iron induHtry, the changes in the tariff had a beneficial effect in in- creasing the output of coal from the mines. In the Nova Scotia and Cape Breton coal mines the following is a clone e<)timuto of the output — I give the totals of Camber- land county, Pictou county and Cape Breton :^ 1886. 1887. Cumberland County Uines, tons ^ 416,000 469,242 Pictou County Mines, " 369,000 338,050 Oapa Breton Mines, " 588,000 717,000 Totals 1,373,000 1,524,291 In 1819, the coal raised at Spring Hill was 92,000 tons; in 18S7, the output hail increased to 442,000 tons. At this mine 1,400 men and boys are employed, the largest force at any mine in Canada. THE WEST INDIA TRADE. Having thus, I trust, shown to the satifsfaotion of the House tho effects of the tariff changes on the iron industry, I propose to show what uas been done towards the development, and extension of the West India trade. The West India trade for the past year has boon on the whole prodtab'e. The present prices of fish in tho West Indies during the past year would have been considered good. The price has advanced no much that our fishermen have greatly benefited thereby ; and I have no doabt that part of the benefit, though not so much as went to the fishermen, accrued to the merchant shipper. It must bo borne in mind that an important factor in the West India trade is the return cargo of sugar. It is gratifying to see that the recent charge in tho sugar duties, putting the same duty upon all sugars for refining purposes according to their polarisoopic test, has had the effect of encouraging the importation of sugar from the West Indies, especially into Nova Scotia. The im- portatioii of West India sugar into Canada (includiag British Guiana sugar) amounted for tho following years, viz. : — Lbs. Tear ended 30th Juae, 1880 » 59,854,646 << " 1887.......~ ~....» ..•...» 61,021,331 16 Or a docroaso of 14J per conL ; and into Nova Scolia alono : Lb3. Year ending 30th June, 1866...»»^ 19,830,723 «' " 1887 aj398,:i01 Or an increase of 23 per cent. The importation of MiEjar from the West Indies (in- clnding British Guiana) into Halifax, amounted for niro months ending 3lBt Mnrsh, 1888, to 33,837,465 \h^. The importation from l!io West Indies for the quarter end- ing 30th June, is utiualiy about half an much as that of the other tbrcr-quu iters combined. It will thus be seen that the importation of West India BugarH into Halifax alono for the current year will amount to more than double the int- portation into Nova Sootia for either of the two preceding yoiirH, and probably to as much as the importation into the whole of Canada for either of the years named. With regard to the conference which recently assembled in Loudon on the pugar boantio^, I may here state that the proposed abolition of bounties on boet root sngar by European Governments, if carried into effect, would be of ranch benefit to the Canadian West India trade. I have thus far dwelt almost exclusively on the special trade with tho West Indies in connection with sugar, but, as a few nights since % dobato arose oa the general West India trade, I do not think it out of place to trouble the IIou^o for » few momenta while I glance at the general trade of Canada with the West Indies* I find that in 1878 the total value of the imports entered for consumjtion from all tho West Indies was $1,181,728 ; and in 1886 it bad increased to $3,249,642. A^ will be seen from what I have previously said in refisrenoo to the importation of sugar for the nine months ended Slst March last, I consider that in the general trade there will be a still further development in the present year. As regards the whole trade, both imports and exports, I fiud that in lL8i8 the total value of these amounted to $4,689,473, in 1886 to $5,553,892 ; and when wo take into account the develop- ment in tho importation of sugar on tho one hand and the exportation of fish and the other products of the country on the other, it is more than likely that the total volume of the trade will increase in the near future. 1 may mention here ihat the Government, with the view of expanding the trade of Canada, have sent an agent oj very considerable commercial ability, from St. John, N. B,, to investigate the chances of extending our trade with Brazil and the Argentine Republic ; and we liope also, at no distant day, to give an increased stimulus to the West India trad© by the establishment of a line of steamers between a Canadian port or Canadian ports and those countries. iNTEUPHOVINCIAL TBADK, At this point I take the opportunity to make a passing reference to our cotton industry. There are now about 60,000 bales of raw cotton, n value about $3,000,- 000, used annually in the Dominion, being an increase in ten years of nearly 50,000 bales. In the Dominion there are now about half a million spindles, employing It aboat 9,000 bands, with an invest 1 oapital of abont 18,000,000. I am afraid I am teoobling tho Houne with tho dolaile I have already laid before the bon. members bat if I may prcBDme to trench on their patience, I propose to ehow how steadily inter-provincial trade ban developed in Canada. From rotarns furniehed by tho Intercobnial Railway I find that tho following movements took place in 1878 and in 1887 in passopgers and articles carried both ways: Floor » ~ Bris. Orain Bushels Live stock. No. Lumber .....^ m- - • F^^et Manufactures Tons Other articles (not inclndiog firewood) " Total freight > " Passengers »» Ko. 1818. 1887. 637,778 753,480 « 331,170 l,o:6,a34 46,493 (0,781 60,600,000 161,100,000 140,868 > 230,741 J 820,000 633,710 1,131,334 618,967 940,144 Of the above, in both years, flour, live stock and larabcrtwcro local, as di^lingnished from through freight for export. As regards grain there were 44i),454 bushels local freight in 1887 against 331,170 in 1878. The total increase of freight in 1887, as compared with 1878, was 608,000 tons, and speukiitg of tho proportions between local and through freight, the general manager [stales that the increase is about equally divided. This would give an increa to of local traffic equal to over 300,000 tons in 1887, as compared with 1878, or an increase of 67 per cent. The increase in the movement of pasnengers I regard as indicative also of increased inter-provincial trade. Taking some of the articles carried westward, the growth in this trade I regard as indicated by the quantity of coal yearly troni-ported by rail from Nova Sootia. For the several years, from 1879 to 1886, the lollowing quantities were carried west by the Intercolonial EaiWay t Tear ended December. 1879 1880 Tons. 670 10,246 30,629 36,089 64,891 1881 lo83 ••••«•••••••••■>•••••• **«*ti ••■••• •••( ••••••«<•••• •••••■«■••••••>••» •••••••••••■•••••••••••I 1884 1 12,898 1886 ^^ 166,791 looo«**««t*v«* •■•••M* • •••••••■• ••••••«•■ • »•■*•• •■•••• •■••• •■•«•• ••■••••M ••••§. M« *«•••■ •••• •••••« • 170)612 As a further evidence of this we may take the return of coal sales. According to the Nova Sootia Department of Mines in 1877, these were 687,065 tons, of which 95,118 tons went to Quebec, leaving for all other points 591,947tons. The upper Provinces accordingly took 13 per cent, of the whole sales of Nova Scotia in 1877. In 1866, the return of coal sales was 1,373,666 tons, of which 538,762 tons were sold to Quebec, leaving for all other points 734,904 tons. It will thuH be seen that the Upper Provinces took 40 per cent, of tho whole sales in 1886 against 13 per eent. in 1877> The returns for 1887 show that the sales of coal to the Province of Quebec were 650,853 tons against 638,762 tons in 1886. For the past year, th» 2 18 Chief Superintendent of the Intercolonial Hailway reports that the shipmonta of refined sugar westward were : Barrel!. From n»llf»x - - 88,996 " Monoton <•• ~^"~.~ • •• Total «•#•*••• ft^aiM***!! 66,992 145,988 This trade did not exist ten years ago. A large incresHo Is also reported in tho transport of lumber, in the truffle of iresh fish to tho Upper Provinces, and in the live Block business, the latter entirely in the local buHinobH and not in the carriage of callle from the wes^ for export. Bach year sees now branchoH of intor-provinoial trade opened up. Between the 16th Soplombor and tho 8th October, 1887, ship- ments of oysters from Point du Ohftno were : Barrelg. „ 3,143 To Hontre&l ~ " Other Stations on Grand Tronk Railway. " Quebec - Total . 33 3,081 6,257 As further evidence of inter-provincial trade, I find that tho freight billed from stations in Now Brunswick, on tho Intercolonial Railway, and from stations in Nova Scotia, on the Intercolonial Railway and Eastern Extension, was: 1887 197,774 tcna. 1880 47, 142 " Increase , 160,632 or nearly 320 per cent. The New Brunswick Cotton Mills report an increase in sales of $52,437 in 1887 over 1886, and total sales of 1599,147 during the past throe years to the Upper Provinces. The Moncton Cotton Mills report an increase of (12,495 in 1S87 over IH8S, and total sales of $366,622 in three years to the Uppor Provinces. The Halifax Cotton Mills report total sales to tho upper Provinces in four years of $528,100. The Windsor Cotton Mills report total sales in four years to tho upper Provinces oi $137,522. The Nora Scotia Steel and Forge Company report total sales of their product to the Upper Provinces, during the past four years, of $850,478. It is gratifying to note that in every instance tho returns show a steady increase. Thus the shipments by railway of the products of the Steel and Forge Company in 1887 were 155 per cent, more in value than those of 1884, notwithstandin^r the decrease in price of 45 cents per ton in 1887, as compared with the average price of 1884. In addition to coal, the Intercolonial carried, in 1887, over (),000 tons of stone, nearly 20,000 barrels of plaster, over 45,000,000 lbs. of iron, 13,300 barrels of pickled fiah, over 3,000,000 lbs. of fresh fish, 4,250,000 !bs. of dried fish, 750,000 lbs. of canned fish, and 16,000 barrels of oysters, all for the Upper Provinces. Besides these, Dumerons other articles of commerce, as well as railway plant and the like, have foand^their way to the Upper Provinces from the maritime section. 19 Mr. PATERSON (Brant). Haft the hon. gontloman a oomparatlve atatement of the receiptH of the Intercolonial Kailway for the periods included in the atate- monta ho hasjiiat given? ''Sir CHARLES TUPPEK. I will be able to furnish my hon. friend with that. I thought the quoHtion of intorprovinoial trade was transcendent in importance, and that it would not bo neoessary to go into the question of receipts. Mr. PATBRSON (Brant). But it does go into it. Sir CHARLK3 TUPPER. I would be very glad, in discussing the items in connection with the Intercolonial Railway, to furniuh the information the hon. gentle- man has HUcrgcMtod. It does, BO doubt, go into it; but, after all, I must bo excused for saying that I thiulc it is a matter of secondary importance to the groat one of building up a largo inter-provlncial trade betwoon ono section of our country and another. Wo rau-tt also boar in mind that there is a very largo water-borne trade, as indicated bj the i«hipping employed in coasting. The tonnage employed in the coaHling trade botw, a Quoboo, Nova Scotia, Now Brunswick and Piinco Edward Island in 1887 aggregated 9,358,735 tons, against 5,321,726 tons in 1877, an increase of nearly 76 per cent. Taking the throe Maritime Provinces, in 1877 I find that the various ports of tho soction saw 12,268 arrivals of vessels, and as many departures. That soemod a good business, but so vast has been the change that in 1887 these ports witnessed 23,611 arrivals and as many departures of coasting vessels. In 1877 there were 21,3'J3 arrivals and as many departures of coasters in the whole Gulf and Atlantic coast, and in 1387 the arrivals had risen to 3S,330, with as many departures. Moving all along tho coast and rivor line, as far np as Montreal, these coasting ves- sels have found in intorprovinoial trade a development they never would have found confined in tho limits of their respective Provinces. Tho increase in tho number of arrivals and doptirturos marks tho development of trade and intercourse that haa taken place between the Provinces by the sea and those on the St. Lawrence Siver. This development is the more marked because it has taken place during the very year* that tho Intercolonial Railway has been in operation. That railway is a continuous coasting voasol day and night conveying the goods of one part to the other parts of tho Dominion, from the Maritimo Provinces to the Upper Provinces, &ud vice versd. So groat has been the increase of inter-provincial and of provincial trade, general internal commerce, that the demand for coasting vessels has gone on increasing until now there are nearly 60 per tent, more trips made in the year by the coasting marine of tho country on the Gulf of St. Lawrence and Atlantic coast than ten years ago, and the tonnage employed has increased 76 per cent., showing the employment of a superior class of vessels. In the United States, as hon, gentle- men who have looked into this subject at all are, no doubt, aware, the completion of the railway has resulted in diminishing the enrolled and licensed tonnage employed in the Atlantic coasting trade. In Canada there has been found increasing employ- ment for the railway and for the coasting vessel, the first showing an increase of 2i Iroight carried of HG per cent, in ton yoarB, and tho latter, judging from incroaBod tonnage, of 76 per cent. Ah a Binglo illustration of tho growth of tho trade botwoon tho Uppor and tho Maritime Provinccp, I may Htato that tho tonnage of vohboIb arrived at tho pcjrt of Qnebeo from tho Maritime ProvinooB durinij 1887 was 193,000 tonn, being ao inoreaBO of 33 per cent, over tho preceding year, and an increase of 47 per cent, over 1888. Hon. momberB will bo interested to loarn, as a further evidence of inter- provinoial trade, that tho ooanting trade of tho whole Dominion has been steadily increasing, judging from tho tonnago employed, until now it is double what it was tenyearB ago, as tho following figures show : — TonDa^e. 1877 8,968,863 1878 11,047,661 1879 12,066,fi33 1880......... H...~..~.... 14,063,013 1881 ~ 16,116,766 1882 14,791,064 Tonnage. 1883. M MM 16,683,666 1884. » 16,473,707 1886 M.....M 16,914,421 1886 16,368,274 1887 17,613,677 OBIIF aiSULTS OF CANADIAN TaAOK IN 1886-7. If hon. members will allow me, I will here state to the Houso that tho chief reanlts of the Oanadian trado in 1886-87 were pretty much aa follows;— Tho total exports exceeded thono of the previous fiscal year by $4,260,000, buing 8 por cent. in advanf'e of the average of tho 20 years of Confederation. Tho export of tho fiaheries show an increase of 15 per cent, over tho average of the preceding twenty years, the total amount being 832,000 more than in ls85-86. The export from tho mines of Canada show an increase of 13 per cent over the average of twenty years, bat a decrease of 1150,000 compared with tho previous year. Tho forest export shows a decroaae of 7 per cent, compared with the twenty years' average, and a deoreaee of $500,000 compared with 1886. I referred before t3 tho fact that the great drought and the want of means to got the lumber and the material for its mannfaoture down the rivers, had a serious effect in checking our trade in lumber The export of agricultural products show an increase of 80 per cent, over {ho twenty years' average, and an increase of $1,200,000 over tho year 1886. The export of animals and animal products show an increase of 50 per cent, over the twenty years' average and oi $2,200,000 over the export of 1886. The imports for homo com- Bumption were 8 per cent, more than the average for twenty years, and $6,000,000 more than in 1886. Tho total imports were $3,400,000 more than in the previous year. The imports of woollen manufactures were 28 per cent more than tho twenty years' average, and $2,500,000 more than in 1886. The imports of cotton were 64 per cent, less than the twenty years' average and $^00,000 less than in 1886. The total tonnage of shipping employed in external trade was 14,000,000, being 130,000 tons more than in 1886 and 16 per cent, more than the twenty years' average, and, as I have said before, the total tonnage employed in the coasting trade was 17,500,- * I * ^ I ' 000 toiii, being l,'20i),000 tons more than in 1886 and 21 por cent, more than the twenty yoarri' avorago. The tona of freight broaght into and carried oat of lialifax by Hhipping inoroaiied 73 poroent. in 1887 as compared with lb78. The shipping •arryiii^ cargoes iuLo and from Halifax in 1887 was 12S per cent, more than in 1U68. Halifax inoreaood daring the past ton years in the tonnage of cargo carried in and oat more than any other port, Montreal having in oreasod 67 por r jut. while Hali< fax increased 73 per cent. Having detained the House at some length with those statintius, which are always very dry, but which I think are not aniDtorosting, oonHidoring the great importanco wo all attach especially to inter-provincial trade, and to the fact that Confodorution bus become more than a name, that inntead of its being a Confederation on paper, a mere anion by which these Provinces are brought under one central Government, it is foand that, notwithstanding some geographical difficulties from the great length and the comparatively narrow breadth of oar country, a very rapidly increasing and a very large trade is growing ap, showing the intimate commeroiai relations which are being established between one portion of oar country and tko other— I do not intend to detain the House by going over at any length the statistics which boar upon the year's progress, to which 1 alladed a year ago, when making the financial statement. I have had prepared by Mr. Johnson a series of diagrams in the same form, thoagh I believe somewhat improved, as those which were pre' eented to the House last year, and I have had these placed in the bands of every hon. member, so that he ma> ascertain the exact position we are in and the progress wo are makiug. Mr. PATERSON (Brant). There are some new tables in this. Sir CHABLKS TUPFER. Yes, there are some additional tables which I thoaghi would be of interest to the House as illustrating the subject with which I am dealing, and that is, endeavoring to put before the House something which will give information as to the position which the country nocapi^s, not only in regard to a large number of financial questions, but also in refeience to the trade and commerce and develop* ment of the country, and I have had them pat in such a form as to attract the atten- tion, not only of the members of this House and the people of the country generally, but of any persons who may be desirous to take an increased interest in this coon- try. (For Tables see appendix.) I do not propose to detain the House very mach longer, but, before sitting down, there are two or three questions to which the House -will no doubt expect me to allude. CLOUD PASSED AWAT. When making the financial st . uiaent a year ago, I was obliged to state to the Hoose that there was one cload on the horizon. I think I woald hardly be wrong in saying that there was a cloud both on the political and the commercial horizon ; and that «load was the very unpleasant relations which at that time threatened to arise 22 between as and onr great neighbors to the Eonth of as— between the United States of America and Canada. I am happy to be able to congratulate the Hoase on the present occasion, upon that cloud having entirely passed away ; and I am glad to be able to give to the House the most conclusive evidence that, I think, could be required on that point, by reading brief extracts from very high authorities, and ■which, I think, the House will regard as entirely conclusive upon that question. I will first read an extract from the Message sent by President Cleveland to the United States Senate, in submitting the treaty that was recently arranged at Washington between Great Britain and the United States of America, in which that gentleman used the following language : — " The treaty now submitted to you has been framed in a Bpirit of liberal equity and reciprocal benefits, in the couriction that mutual advantage and convenience are the only permanent foundations of peace and friendship between States, and that with the adoption of the treaty now placed before tho Senate, a beneficial and satisfactory intercourse between the two countries will bo established, so aa to secnre perpetual ptisce and harmony." Mr. Bayard, in a letter which I recently had occasion to quote, and which was made public in the United States, when addressed to parties who had invited him to go to New England to make a speech, said : •' Conciliation and mutual neighborly concessions have together done their honorable and Uonest work in this treaty, and paved the way for the relations of amity and mutual advantrge." I think, Sir, with that evidence, 1 am justified in congratulating the House that tho only cloud that we could see upon the horizon has entirely passed away, lao House of Commons of Canada have ratified that treaty by thsir action, and I have no doubt that the other branch of Parliament the Senate of Canada, will ratify that treaty; and I am still sanguine that that treaty will not be rejected by tho Senate of the United States of America. But, as 1 said before, come what may, wo have the i ut placed on record from thovery highest sources connected with the administration of that groat repablio, that the Government of Canada and the Parliament of Canada have been prepared, by mutaal concession, to ratify a treaty which would dispose of the question that was causing so much anploasantnoss between the two countries; and whatever may bo the action of the Senate of the United States upon this question, I think I amnot too san^nno in expressing the conviction that nothing will occur to disturb that continued harmonious intercourse between the two countrijs, that friendly reciprocity of good neighborhood, that will not only dispel «ny cause of anxiety in regard to our relatione with the great republic, but will load m to anticipate a larger and freer commercial intercourse than has hitherto taken place. NO ALTERATIONS IN CUSTOMS TARIFF. I do not intend to ask the House, in going into Committee of Ways and Means, to make any alteration in the Customs tariff. As I said before, nothing is more important in regard to the trade and business of a country, than confidence on the part of commer- cial men in the permanence of existing arrangements ; end I feel that we can scarcely do a greater service to the country and to the development of our best interests, than i ijg' ii i f jgjM States I the glad Id be 3; and will nited Jgton Oman 28 by Bhowing that it is not noceseary continually to change our tariff arrangements. I am eatiefied that no gentleman who has ever held the position thut I now occupy as Finance Minister, has been less troubled than I have been with appliwations for a change of tariff. I am quite certain that my hon. friend from South Oxford (Sir Biohaid Cartwright), when he held that position, h'ad a bunJred apjilications for a change of tariff during every year that he administered tlio office of Finance Minister, for every single application that I have had during the present Session. I may be told that a hint which we gave to the country, rather Hiscouraged applications ; bat at the same time I believe that it has, to a large extent, arieon from the fact of a general satisfaction upon the part of the country with the tariff which we now have open the Statute-book, and a disposition not unnecessarily to disturb it, but to allow it to have an opportunity of being fairly tried and fairly tested. PROTICTION TO IRON INSUSTaT A year ago it became my duty to submit a very startling proposition to this House in regard to the iron industry of the country; it became my duty to make a very radical change in the tariff in regard to that industry. I think, considering the difficulties to which I have adverted, that capital is extremely cautious, and that the capital required for tbe obtablishmont of new iron industries is so enormously large, still we have every reason to be satisfied with the indications we see thut there will be no want of capital in a short time, and that at no distant day we shall be able to manafacture, on Canadian soil, and with Canadian ore, all the iron — and a very enor- mous consumption per capita it is — that is med in our country. It has been a source of great gratification to me to be able to road to the House, as I have done, the evidences that we have on all sides from parties connected with the development, not only of the iron industry, but parties who are engaged in the various manufao- tarcs of iron, of uniform satisfaction ; and I am safe in saying that I have not received from any source, from either a company or any important and prominent individual desiring to invest money in the iron industry, a single remonstrance against the very groat change that was made a year ago. STEEL RAILS I have been pressed, ana strongly pressed, to take another step in that direction, I'or the purpose of having steel rails manufactured in our country. I mentioned to the House a year ago that Canada was the only country in the world pos- sessing 12,000 miles of railway within its borders, that did not manufacture its own steel rails, and I had the evidence presented to me that, by giving proper protection, snoh protection as we gave the other branches of the iron industry, we might suc- ceed in establishing rolling mills for steel rails. But we had to take into consideration the faot of the enormous importance of the railway development of a country like dsnada, and under those circumstat cea we have, although we considered it a subject worthy of attention, whenever it can be properly taken up — but oonsiderirgthe great and vital importance of railway extension to the prosperity of this country, we felt 24 that w© mast postpone, at all events, for this year, making such a change aa would load to the establishment of rolling mills in this country for the manufacture of our own rails. 8TATUT0BT OFFKB OF HEOIPEOCITY I am glad, as I say, to be able to state to the House the uniform satisfac- tion that seems to be expressed all over this country in regard to the present tariff. I will not say more upon the subject than refer to the Bill that I propose to introduce in connection with the resolutions that are on the Table, when we go into Committee on Ways and Moans, and that is to a large extent to meet the chanr^es in the Act proposed, in what I have termed the Mills' Bill. I nood not remiaa this Hoase oj what I said a few days ago, that both parties in this House, whether in power or oat of power, had been exceedingly aaxioun to obtain a return to the Reciprocity Treaty of 1854, or such rocipropal trade relations as were enjoyed between Canada and the United Slates under tbat treaty. I am bound to say, I am quite certain every hon- gentleman who has looked into the subject with the care and attention I have, — and no doubt, con^idoring its importance, a great many hon. gentlemen have done BO, — I am bound to say that I believe this country would be greatly disappointed if the Heoiprooity Treaty of 1851 wore re-enacted. While that treaty gave the most undoubted stimulus to the trade and business of Canada, while that treaty, advant. ageous us it was to Canada, was still more beneficial to the United Slates than it was to us, I cannot forgot that a great change has taken place in this country and in the United States in a greatmany very important points that would bear upon the opera- tion of that treaty if it were re-enacted to-morrow. But the House is perfectly aware that all the efforts, and they have been great and continuous, made by hon. gentlemen on both sides of the House when in power to obtain a return to the Baoiprooity Treaty of 1851, haveproved abortive. It would, perhaps, be a waste of ti cue to go into the causes that have resulted in that ; suffice it toknow that all our efforts in that direction have ended in failure. The House is aware, from my statemenLs on a former occasion, that we not only endoavored to obtain ure-enaclmentof the recipro- city treaty as a question of treaty, but that we also endeavored to promote a freer intercourse of trade, freer commercial relations between Canada and the Onited States, by the placing upon our Statute-book for a very long period what was held o be a statutory invitation to the United States to meet us half-way in reiorenco to oertain articles. Those articles did not cover all the articles that wore in the reci- procity treaty, but as long ago as 1819, Canada, before Confederation adopted that clause, and it has been re-enacted in every re-enactment of the Tariff Act, I believe, irom that time down to the present period. The object of that was to direot the attention of our American neighbors to the fact that wa were anxious to promote freer oommercial intercourse between the two countries. It appears that certain arti- cles thau were named in that statutory clause were made free two or three years ago in the United States. Attention was not drawn to it, I believe it escaped the atten- tion of hon, gentlemen on either side of the House, and the attention of the Guvero- ment; was not drawn to it until a very recent period. \ f I t 9.5 Sir EICHARD CART WEIGHT. Bxuuee mo for mentioning it, but attoation was drawn to it. Mr. MILLS (Bothwell). We had an hoar's discussion on it. Sir CHARLES TUPPER. When ? Sir RlCHAliD CAETWRIGHT. In 1886. Sir CHARLES TUPPER. Then I inust say, in justification of mybclf, that I do Tiot think I was here in 1886. Sir RICHARD CAET WEIGHT. I think you were not. Sir CHARLES TUPPER. At all events I do not remember, and I am not as a rule deficient in memory, the subject having been brought under the notioo of the Hougo, and although I have been a tolerably close observer, whether hero or abroad, of what has transpired in this House, I do not remember to have seen any reference to the subjaot. If, as the houi gentlamaDi says, and 1 must of course, accept his statement, attention was drawn to it^ I regret my own attention has not been drawn to it. I may here montion that ao comraunication down to this hour has been had with Her Majesty's Government on the question that certain articles contained in that statutory invitation had beea made free in the United States, and I make this statement as I wish to correct an improper impression that has gone abroad that we had been in communication witli Hor Majesty's Government on this subject — but when at a very critical period in the relations between the United States and Canada our attention was drawnto the question, by the Government of the United States, we felt that under all the oircara- stances the wiseist course to pursue was to meet the proposal that had been made and to put on the free list the articlr^ that wore contained in that clause and which had been made freo by the action of Congress. I see a very erroneous improsaionia abroad in many quarters as to the effect of these resolutions which are placed apoa the Table with u view to the amendment of that clause, or rather to its repeal and the substitution of a somewhat different clause, and that is that the result of that action will be to doHtroy the effect of the proclamation which put the articles named on tha free list. That is an entire misapprehension. Parliament clothed the Governor General in Council with power to put certain articles under certain conditions, apoa the free list, and, that power having been exercised, those articles are on the free list of Canada and duties can only be imposed on those articles by the re-eoactmont of a new tariff placing duties upon them. I mention this beoause it has been so stated iatko press, I do not consider it is an at tempt to misrepresent the position, but it is a statement likely to create a very erroneous impression on that point. I have drawn *he attention of the House to the fact that the diffloulties having been removed by the Treaty between the Governments of the United States and Great Britain and betiroea the Governments of Great Britain and Canada, very shortly thereafter we f jund a Bill 26 introduced by Mr. Milla, Chairman of the Committee on Ways and Means, placing a Eombor of articles in which we are very much interested in Canada, upon the free list. And I will say this, that it is one thing to make a treaty and another thing to make a statutury arrangement, to make a legislative reciprocity. Yoa may bo in- dncod to put a large number of articles into a treaty that you do not desire to be made free, that if you had your choice you would not put on the free list, but you agree to it for the purpose of getting other articles there which you very much desire to bo there; consequently a treaty is made a matter of mutual arrangement, of mutual oonoessiop, and it has the advantage that being a treaty it cannot ba affocted during its continuance by any legislative action on the part of one country or another. But vnder legislative reciprocity the whole thing is entirely changed, as the House will see, and we cannot imagine for a single moment that the policy of that great country is going to be materially influenced by any reference to Canada. When we take the proposal to put lumber on the free list, as it is proposed in the Mills' Bill, a Bill iwgnrding which I still entertain a very sanguine hope, that it will become law during the present session of Congress, — 1 say when we find that to be the case, we know at one* that it is not for the purpose of furthering Canadian interests. It is dono -simply because in carrying out the policy of the democratioparty of the United States, they desire to make that article free in the interests of their own country, and in tho interests of their own people. So in regard to a large number of other articles. But, as I have said, that proposal in the Mills' Bill is coupled with tho state raont that lumber will only be free to countries that have no export duty on logs. Tho conse- qnonce was that I prepared this Bill of which I have given notice in the resolutions, by which the export duty can be taken off logs by an Order of tho Governor General in Council. If the Mills' Bill, a month hence, become law, and lumber bo made free, our lumber would still bo met in the United States by the same duty as bofore the passage of that Act, Consequently it became necepsary, as every gentleman in the Hoase will see, that in order to give Canada tho advanlago of having this large in- dustry relieved from the heavy duty which is imposed upon its products in tho United ^tatos of America, it became absolutely necessary to arm the Govei nor General in Ooanoil with power, when that Bill became law, to repeal the export duty on logs, in order that we might erjoy the advantage that is thus given under that Act. Bat, Sir, -we must not forget that although lumber may be made free, although a large nnmber cf other articles in which we are greatly interested may be made free under that Bill, that it is only an Act of legislation. It is not a treaty, it is not a matter tries as do not charge duty upon ealt going into that country out of the United States. So in the same way as in reference to lumber, in order to get the advantage of that Bill, if it were to pass to-morrow or a month henco, it was absolutely neces- sary the Governor General in Council should have power to deal with thsvt subject so as to put salt on the free list, and give — as [ huve no doubt that action would give — a very great impetus to that very large and important industry in the Province of Ontario. Now, Sir, I do not think it will be necessary for me to say more in refer- ence to that, but I want to draw the attention of the House for a few moments to a snbjeot of very considerable importance. But. UNRKSTHIOTED BECIPROCITY. When I was standing here a yo&r ago I congratulated the Ilouse, and I congratulated the country upon the fact, that the anxiety thiit parties wishing^ and desiring to invest their capital in the manufacturing industries of tbi» country and in the development of our industries, had, in consoquonco of the doctrines held previously by the Liberal party, disappeared on account of the action of the hon. gentlemen opposite. I congratulated the IIouso, and I congratulated the country, upon the fact that the great leader of the party opposite — I refer to the Hon. Mr. Blake — who so long led with so much ability ia this House the party opposed to the Government — I congratulated the House that in the most formal and authentic manner, that hon. gentioman, on a most important occasion, on the eve and in the very throes of a general election, had declared to the people of this country that the antagonism of the Liberal party to the policy of protecting Canadian induutrios had ceased, and the hon. gentleman not only spoke withthe high authority which attached to his name, and which attached to his position, but feeling that it was desirable on an occasion of that kind that there should be no misunderstnading; that everybody in thiscounti-y should understand that wo were as one upon this great question which had been so long a subject of such fierce controversy ; referred espe- cially to the hon, member for South Oxford (Sir Richard Carlwright) and undertook to state to the country that he was expressing that hon. gentleman's views and expressing the views of the great party of which ho was the loader when ho made that important announcement. I do not hesitate to say that as a party man, as one who believes very sincerely that the best interest of Canada is intimutoly bound np with the success of the great Liberal Conservative party in this country, I read that annoancoment of Mr. Blako's with a good deal of dismay. Looking at it from a party standpoint I felt that he had made a great stride on the march to the Trca/jury 28 benclics. I always folt corlain that bo long as that hon. gentleman kept hia party in battle array against giving such fostering protection to the industries of Canada, as had boon found necessary to vitalise them and bring them into existence, that we were safe. But I felt that, however mach wo were in danger by the fact that the hon« gentlomun had stopped upon a higher plane and placed himself before the people of this country in a position that took away one of the strongest argaments we could present to the country to induce them to keep hon. gentlemen opposite discharging the important functions of a loyal and constitutional Opposition — I say, 8ir, although I felt this, I felt also that the loss to my party was more than countor balanced by the gain to the country, in the assurance given to the capitalists of the world : " You need not fear, yon are no longer in danger, there is no party with free trade colors nailed to the mast, you need not fear that if we get into power we will destroy your investments." It reassured not only the capitalists, Sir, but that body which is of greater importance than the capitalists, the laboring class of this country. He informs the laboring man who had been lifted by this policy of fostering oar industries from the condition of helpless poverty into one of comfort, that ho need no longer tremble at the thought of hon. gentlemen opposite obtaining a position on this side of the House, and discharging the administrative functions of the Govern- ment of the country, because thoie operatives were told that all these fears might be at once and for ever thrown aside, as the Opposition had shown that it was possible that they could learn something. They had shown that it was possible for them at last when face to face with the great throbbing pulse of the public sentiment of this country, to ascertain what the people of this country had deliberately resolved upon, a policy that the people had deliberately and again and again affirmed as the true policy to be pursued in this country. Still, Sir, I need not tell you with what regret I learned that all these congratulations that I bad offered to hon.gontlomon opposite, all these congratulations I had offered to thid House, all these congratulations I had offered to this country, had to be re-called. I need not tell you, Sir, the regret with which I learned this — not again as a party man, because, looking at it from a party standpoint, I felt that hon. gentlemen opposite could do us no greater service as a party than to fall back from the high position they had taken, and to take back this deliberate announcement made in the most formal way to the people of all Canada as to what the future trade policy of hon. gentlemen opposite would bo. Well, Sir, what was proposed ? Why, Sir, when that great and distinguished leader of the party was obliged, by oaases which we all deplore, to deprive the Parliament of Canada of the [great advantage of his presence, we know that very soon, notwithstanding the eloquence and amiable qualities of the gentleman who has so worthily succeeded him, notwithstanding that he is a gentleman whom we all respect, we found that the Liberal ship wag drifting without a rudder. Instead ol the Orm hand of the captain on ths tiller, we found a vacillating hand. The hon. gentleman with his conservative instincts — so conservative that I have always wondered, ever since I have had the honor of meeting him in this House, that ho was not on oar side instead of where ho ia 29 —I say Iho hon. gentloman, with his ooDHorvative instincts, when it was proposoil to go back on tho policy propounded by his loader and accepted by his piuty, and deliberately sanctioned by tho pooplo who sent them to this House— when it ■wim proposed to the hon. gentleman to go back on all that, he hesitated long; and when it was propounded to him further that we should take so radical a stop as to virtually change the constitution of our country, tho hon. gentloman showed more than a disinclination to bo led into that course. But, Sir, wo found tho Liberal ship, having lost 'ts rudder, in the hands of the hon. gentleman opposite, drifting without apparently knowing in what direction to attempt to move. We found it drifting upon the rock of commercial union. Sir, I am glad to know that the hon. gentloman did not commit himself to that policy ; I hope, for his own sake, and for tho sake of the record that will remain of him as a public man after wo nil pass away, that he did not commit himself to that policy; but it cannot be forgotten, Sir, that hon, gentlemen holding high and commanding positions in tho party were ready to adopt commercial nnion as the policy of the Liberal party. We know, Sir, that oommeroial union was propounded by Mr. Wiman, a gentleman of great ability, a gentleman of immense pecuniary resources, and I think I would not bo doing him a particle of injustice if I were to add — for it is no disgrace to him — a gentleman of unbounded ambition, living in the city of New York and a resident of the United States for many years ; and I congratulate him on his success most heartily. If we do lose a man, if a Canadiau goes to the Uinited States, I care not in what capacity, I want to see him occupy the highest and most important position ho can occupy. But, Sir, what did wo soo? We found that gentleman prepared to place himself at the head of tho groat Liberal party of Canada. Wo found that gentleman, not only with the ambition, but the vanity, notwithstanding the great names and the great ability possessed by a large number of gentlemen in that party, to aspire to place himself at their head, and dictate to the Liberal party of Canada what should be their policy with respect to the most vital and importaut and momentous it^sues in this country. Well, Sir, it is a great advantage for a movement to have a man of unlimited pecuniary resources associated with it. Everybody knows that in those days it is no detriment to a cause to have men in it who have not only the will, but the means to put their hands in their pockets to advance its interest. Mr. Wiman had those advantages, and I do not hesitate to say he had the still greater advantage of being a man of marked ability. Well, Sir, what was the result? Why, Sir, h© Boon — whether by some human device or not, we are not able to fathom — secured the eervices of two leading journals of Canada, the Globe newspaper and the Mail newspaper, to advocate the cause of commercial union. Bat, Sir, we found not only these two leading journals committing themselves to the policy of commercial union, but we found one after another of the great lights of the Liberal party giving more than countenance to that policy. Where is it now. Sir? Why, Sir, a discovery was made, and 1 1'eel that a meed of praise is owing to the hon. member lor West Onliirio (Mx.Bdgav) in this regard. I believe he is the man who hold out tho beacon light to keep the great party with which he is connected from drifting on the rock which he had I'- 80 tho Hngncity to pce, would have consigned it to political perdition. Wo not only foand that hon. gentleman becoming awake to Iho dangerous direction in which his parly was drifting, but we very soon found that he had influonoo enough to rescao the organ of iho Liberal party from a policy that would have unaoubtodly ondod at an early day in tho utter destruction of tho party. And what is the result? Tho result is that Mr. Wiman, with all his money, with all his ability, with all his ambition, stands to-day alone on tho policy of commercial union, without a follower, without a eup- portor, in tho wholo of Cunada. That, Sir, ia the position. He found himself face to face with the loyal British Bontiraent that is too deeply rooted in tho hearts of Canadians to allcv tliom for one moment to adopt a policy which every man with a particle of saga' ity must see would result in Canada cither occupying the most deplorable and contemptible position thit any free country could over occupy, that of having its tariff and taxes imposed by a legislation with which it had no connec- tion, or ij.king the n-. and inevitable step, of becoming a part of that great country. Brought face to face with that loyal sentiment, which tills the breasts of Canadians to an extent as great as it does those of tho people of any portion of Her Majesty's Empire, the ship was steered away, and. Sir, what far? Only to escape destruction on the rock of commercial union, to be stranded on the shoals of unrestricted reci- prociiy. There it liod to-ilay. Sir, a great party, a party possessing men of the highcet order of talent, a party embracing a great hrly of the independent yeomanry of this country, who give it an enthusiastic support, a party possessing every quality necessary to lead it to power except fixed principles, in accord with the sentiments of the country. Sir EICHAR D CART WEIGHT. Hear, hea/. Sir CHARLES TUPPER. I hope my hon. friend will allow me to take that back, if he supposes mo to use the expression in the sense of unprincipled. Not at all. What I say ia this, and I say it in no invidious sense — I say that the seeking of power, the desire to obtain power for ihe sole purpose of governing a country, is, in my judgment, tho most unworthy one that could ever stimulate a party. I say that the object of obtaining office must be, if it is to be useful to the country, inspired by tho conviction that the attainment of power will bo the means ofenabling the party to carry out such a policy and such principles as will promote tho progress and prosperity of the country. When I speak of tho want of principle, I speak of ?^ in that sense ; I speak of the want of any fixed principle that will commend itself to the judgment of the independent yeomanry of Canada and inspiro confidence in tho party which seeks their suffrages. Mr. LANDERKIN. Something like the standing offer that yoa refer to. Sir CHARLES TUPPER. I will not occupy tho time ©f the House much longer, but I want to draw the attention of the House for a single moment to the supremo folly of any Canadian statesman talking about anrestriotod reciprocity. I I only foand which his resoae the at an early 3 resalt is ion, stands oat a Bop- self faoe to I hearts of lan with a the most ;upy, that o oonneo- t country. Qadians to Majesty's ostraction cted reci- 3n of the i^ooraanry ry quality 3Dticnent8 take that Not at e socking iintry, is, 7* I say , inspired the party ^ress and of f^ in . itself to e in the ,0. se maoh it to the ooity. I :%• i ' ' r I I 31 put aside as a minor matter the question that in order to got anrcstrioted reciprocity you must bring the people face to faoe with enormous direct taxation. That I take to be admitted by the gentlemen opposite. Some hon. MEMBERS. No. Sir CHARLES TUPPBR. If they do not, they ought to admit it, for it is plainly to bo fioon. No man has yet undertaken to give daring the long debate, to which I was sorry not to have the pleasure of listening but which I read, while asking this country to commit itself to what I conceive to bo the mad folly of unrostricted reciprocity, has ventured to put before this House or formulato any systoin by which it could be carried out if we got it to-morrow. I' they say they aro going to lot the United States supply Canada with everything without a farthing of tariff being mposed on it, where is the revenue to come from? The United States aro perfectly able to supply this country with everything we require, and I want to know in that case where is your revenue to come from ? But, I am not going to waste the time of the House in discussing the wildest chimera that wa» over put boforo a sensible people. I put aside the question of the enormous direct taxation that would crush the people of this country. 1 put aside the question of imperilling the industry, the capital, tho labor of this country, as they would be im- perilled. I put abide tho fact which everybody known, and which my hon. friend admitted, when he stood here battling with heavy deficits and struggling to make tho rovonuo of this country meet tho very moderate necessities of this country, the hon. gentleman then was impelled to pursue a very econorriioal and moderate coarse in reference to piblic expenditure; I say, when ho was face to face with deficits, when he, as Finance Minister of Canada, told the people of this country that he could not add a small percentage to the duties on imports, that ho could not increase tho revenue to even a small extent unless he did it by direct taxation Sir RICHARD OARTWRIGHT. I did not say that. Sir OH ARLKS TUPPER. If ray hon. friend says he did not say that, I willsay that his memory and mine are not together on that question . Sir RICHARD OARTWRIGHT. Qaite so. Sir CHARLES TUPPBR. And ho knows better perhaps than I do; bat 1 nndorstood the hon. gentleman to say, when ho was admitting a senous and formi- dable deficit, that he would be glad to provide for it, but that he did not know of any means of further increasing the revenue except by direct taxation. Sir RICHARD OARTWRIGHT. No, I did not say that. Sir CHARLES TUPPER. The hon. gentleman says I misunderstood him. Sir RICHARD OARTWRIGHT. Quite so. Sir CHARLES TUPPEK. And I Hiipposo I have miuuodcriflood him. But in- dcp«ndently of thut, what is (he fact? Why, ho knows that Canada was then the alaoghtor market of the United SUitcs. Sir RICHARD CART WRIGHT. No. Sir CHARLES TOPPER. Ho kno'vs that every interest in Canada was ptiralysod. Sir RICHARD CART WRIGHT. Not a bit of it. SirCHARLE3TUPPER. The hen. gentleman knows that every interest in Ganada— that is my opinion- Sir RICHARD CARTWRIGHT. That is all right, but you said I know. Sir CHARLES TUPPER. Thi.t Canada was paralysed by bein^ mnd-j a slauschter market for the United States. Docs the hon. gentleman want to take Canada back to 1874, 1875, IStS, and 1877? Sir RICHARD CARTWRIGHT. She was in a great deal hotter position then than she is in to-day. Sir CHARLES TUPPER. Does he want to allow the enormous capital, the great skill, which has made the United .States tO'day one of the foremost munnfac- tariog countries of the world, swoop our younger industries, with their smaller capital, out of existence, and compel thelaboi- of this country, which, after all, it is oar most vital and important consideration to keep in our midst, to go, as it bud to go in those dark years of Canada, down to Boston and New York, to do in another country the work required to be done in Canada, and which a subsequent Canadian Government found that Canadians could do on Canadian soil ? 1 have used a strong term; I have said this scheme of unrestricted reciprocity ia a folly, a mad folly ; and I say so for this reason : that if every man in this House was of opinion that Canada should commit suicide— as it would do by adopting unrestricted reciprocity — I say if that was the position of every man of both sides of the House, wo would have no XDOre chance of obtaining unrestricted reciprocity with the United States than we would have of dictating to the Imperial Parliament what Ministers should adviso Her Majesty. I can soaroely find any simile or language that would show the utter futility of adopting such a policy. This subject has been discussed now fur many months, it has been put forth in the most captivating form by the able^it men on the opposite side of the House, both in this House and abroad through the country, and they have found papers so wanting in information and so blindly subservient to party influences as to advocate their scheme— and what has been the result ? Why, point me to a paper in the United States, republican or democratic — show me a singlo paper possessing the slightest influence in that country that would ever give support to a scheme which would take away the barriers between the trade of Canada and the trade of the United States, and leave Canada free to admit the products of England,—— ood him. But in- iiflda was Ihon tho ada was paralysed. ovory iDtorost in id I know. mado aelauj^htor 10 Canada bade to tter position tlion aous capital, tho romost munufac- Lh their smallor Jh, after all, it is go, as it had to ) do in another jquont Canadian e used a strong mad folly ; and on that Canada rocity—l say if would have no itatos than we 3uld adviso Her ihow the utter low for many 9f!t men oa the e conn try, and rvient to party Why, point iv me a single ' give support f Canada and products of 83 Sir RICHARD OARTWRIGHT. Oertainly not. Sir CUARLES TUPPER— and the other parts of the world. Sir RICHARD OARTWRIQHT. That in whalyou call nnrestrioted reciprocity. Sir CHARLES TUPl'ER. I say you will search in vain. Sir RICHARD CART WRIGHT. I dare say. Sir CHARLES TUPPliR. You will tind no man in Congress who will support such a scboino. Mr. Butterwortb, in his Bill, provides that nothing phallbo done un- til there is an arrangement by which all this is to bo managed. In those vague terms, be seeks to get over the diflSculty, bat he knows that neither in tho Senate, nor in the House of Representatives, nor in the press, nor among tho public men or statesmen of that great country, could you find a man occupying inflnonco or position who would dare to stand op in that country and propound the policy that Canada should have free trade with the United States, and make as low a tariff as she pleased at the same time with England. Sir RICHARD CARTW RIGHT. I daro say not. Sir CHAR!:jES TUPPBR. That is tho reason why, in my judgment, I am not using too strong a torm, when I say that a madder act of folly for a party to commit itself to could not be discovered, if they offered a premium to any person to discover it. Yesterday those hon. gentlemen stood face to face with tho people of Canada with a policy that everyboiiy understood. Yesterday they stood face to face with the people of Canada declaring that they had learnt something by their long term in Opposition, and were prepared, if entruytod with power, to protect the labor and tho capital and tho industry of the country. To-day they have escaped sudden destruction on the rock of ooibmercial union only to be stranded on the shoals of anrestrioted reciprocity. Mr. PATBRSON (Brant). You were very near there yourself. Sir CHARLES TUPPER. The hon. gentleman says I was very near thew myself. I am puzzled to know what sort of mental organisation a man must possess who cannot discover the distinction between an unrestricted offer and unrestricted reciprocity. When as a negotiator, when as one of Her Majesty's plenipotentiaries, it became my duty to ascertain whether the United States were prepared to meet us half way or to do anything to remove the obstruotionH to the freer commercial inter- eourse which we all desire, when I was in that position, I put an unrestricted offer before them certainly, but did I say anything about unrestricted reciprocity? What was that offer? Did it commit me to anything except that I was prepared to nego- tiate in regard to the question of freer commercial intercourse ? The hon gentleman said, you made an unrestricted offer. I said I did, and I did so deliberately, because if the statesmen of the United States were prepared to offer us unrestricted reciprocity, I wanted to know it, but I was not committed to it. I said that I was prepared to 84 negotiate the settlement of the fiHhories diffloalty on the basis of freer oommeroiai intorcourne, bat I bhIc any hon. gontloruan on tho other Hide if I would not have had a porfoct unHWor to any proposition, either that tho proposal did not go far enough or that it wont too far. Mr. MAC'KBNZIB. Ton raado an offer, bat yon did not moan it. Sir CUARLBS TUPPEB. The hon. gentleman says that I made an offer which 1 did not moun. That would be a very mean thing to do. I think my hon. iViend cannot moan that. I made an offer in a broad and comprehensive form, meaning exactly what I said, that I was prepared or that tho firitish plonipotentiarios, who authorised me to make tho offer, were prepared to negotiate the settiomont of the fishorioB question upon the basis of greater freedom of intercourse between the United States and Canada ; but did that commit mo to unrestricted reciprocity ? I was aHking for what every public man in this country, ovory man on both sidos of this Houso, has endeavored tu obtain and has asked for over and over again. Mr. MACKENZIE. If they accepted your offer, would not that have committed you? Sir CHARLES TUPPER. No, it would not have committed me to unrestricted reciprocity. I toll my hon. friend, as I have already explained, that, if they had ac- cepted the offer and had said : Yes, wo will settle this question on terms of greater freedom of oommeroial intercourse, and bad then said : Wo are prepared to negotiate in regard to those terms, and had atked : What greater freedom do you wish ? I would have formulated the greater freedom which we desire and would have put a distinct statement before them. Thon I would have boon bouziu to formalate my policy and to say how far I was prepared to go or how far I required them to go in ordor to settle the question on that basis. If I had to take up more time to teaoh hon. gentlemen the difference betweon an unrestricted offer and unrestricted recipro- city, 1 should despair, and I will save my breath for something more important. When we took up this question of fostering our native industries, many parties in England attacked me in reference to it, and asked : What do you mean by turning your back upon tho English free trade policy and taking up the United States pro- tootive policy ? I said : If you were placed in our position, with a population of five millions alongside of a country with sixty millions of people, and with only an invisi" ble lino dividing the two countries, you would understand what wo mean. I said to them, as I have stated in this House, that no Canadian statesmen can formulate a fiscal policy for this country without having regard to the policy of the great nation to the south of us ; and I said further that it wan of thegreatost interest to Canada to have the freest intercourse possible with them, consistent with safe-guarding the best and highest interests and institutions of tbo people of Canada. Now, what do you find ? You find the republican party of the United States standing firm by a pro- tective policy, you find them standing by a policy of high protection for American industries. That is their policy. Do yon find any free trade party in that country ? If you thinkthere is any such party, read Mr. Mills' Bill, and that is the exposition ' flommeroia] ot have had ««' enough or » oflTer which boo. fViond m, meaning itiaries, who )mont of the 1 the United t was asking B H0U80, has i committed nnrestrioted hey had ao- I of greater to negotiate »u wish ? I liave put a malate my n to go in me to teaeh ied recipro* important, parties in l)y turning States pro- tion of five 7 an invisi" D • I said ^r mutate a eat nation Canada to ig the best lat do you ' by a pro. American country ? ixpoaitioQ ^W* of the views of the aamtnistration of the United Statea And of the great demooratio party. Do yon find any f^eo trade in that Bill ? I hnvo nhown that he propoAos the enormous reduction on all the iron industries of the United States fVom 43^ per cent, to 41 per cent. That is the fVee trade proposed under Mr. Blilln' Bill. He proposes, it is true, what is also our policy, to make raw materials and natural pro- ducts free, but that is also a protective policy. Everything that makes the living of the artisan cheaper and furnishes the raw material to the manufacturer cheaper, enables yoa to raitie the same rt /enue and at the same time to protect the article with n lower tariff. There you have Iho great statesmen of that country, who have been able to oxuito the admiration of the civilised world by the high condition of prosperity and progress into which they have brought their country ; you have republican and democrat united in demanding and maintaining a system of protec- tion for the capital, for the industries, and for the labor of the people of the United States. ThiH is their position, and it is ours. 1 do not intend to weary the HoudO With any further remarks, except to say that, although 1 have had the unpleasant duty to perform — and I hope my hon, friend from South Oxford (Sir Richard Cart. Wright) will not press me too hard on that ground — of showing that we have bad a little check in our onward progress, he must not forget that the policy which was adopted of fostering the industries of this country so strengthened the hands of the Government and of'>Purliaraent, so filled the treasury of the country, as to enable us to construct public works of the most gigantic extent, and of the most undoubted imporlauco to every section of this country; he must not forget that Canada has built these great public works — and not only one side but both sides of the Hoase have been ooncorned in that, because I on. gentlemen opposite completed the Inter- colonial Railway, as far as it can be said, I suppose, ever to bo completed — from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and the people of Canada have found the means to construct one of the most gigantic works that any five millions of people in any part of the world have ever been able to construct, and yet our credit stands to-day at the highest point ever reached, as will be shown by the following statement : LuAMB or Canada. Loan of 1869 1873 1871 1875 1876 1878 1879 18Ut 1686 Amount. £ 2, 000. 000* 1,800,000* 4,o;io,ooo» 2,B00,OCO* 3, 500,000* 3,u00,000t 3,000,0001 6,000,90Ut 4,000,0001 .Vature. It H 1! Ouftranteed .... DiiguaraDifed... Guaianteed ... Unguarantred. Guaranteed .. ) nneuarauterd J Unguaranleed . GuHrantetd .. 1 UngDarantced j Dnguaranleed.. Duftuarauteed.. UaguaranteeJ . Are. Rate Interest. 4 p. c. ) B p C.J 4 ptr aen . 4 per cen , 4 p. c 4 per cent 4 p c 4 per cent. 3* " 4 " Average rate at which taken. £ 1. d. Premium 6 la 11 (1 Discount 4 9 7 19 8 3 i< 18 4 It 9 II 3 8 3 II * i Premium 4 9 1 18 1 * Sinking fund of 1 per cent. *' " i " for unguaranteed. t " " * " i No sinking fana. 88 ToTAii d«bt payable in Lendoi, Jn\v 1st, 1887 :— Rate of Intercit. 3^ per cent - 4 " ~ 5 " 6 " Amount. $ 24,333,333 140,856,699 2,433,333 4,062,473 Total $171,675,736 luterest psid $G,«50,746 Arerogerate of intPreRt :-1867, 5-65 percent.; 187", 5-36; 1877, 474 ; 1882, 4-39 ; 1887, 3'99. PmoBS of Canadian Securities in London, in month of March : — 6 per cents. :— 1868, 86J; 1872, par; 1873,108; 187), 108; 1876, lOPJ ; 1876, 107; 1877 K8; 1878, 108; 1879, 109; 1880. U2 ; 1881, 114; 1882, 114; 1883, 114f ; 1885, 1^; i886, 116; 1887, 114; 1888, 118. 4 per cents. :— 1875, 92; !876, 92; ;877, 9tJ ; 1878, 9Jj; 1879, 95; 1880,97; 1881, 104; 1882, 106; 1883,106; 1884, 166; 1885, 106; 1887, lOSj; 1888, 115j. 3 per cents. : — 1885, 92 : 1886, 97 ; 1887, ICO ; 1888, 109 We have found means to stinpulate the various interests of the country, we have found means to promote every industry except lumber, which, I hope, in a very bhort time is going to have its inning"', under the Bill which I am at present laying on the Table. We have a country vast in extent, illimitablo in resources, whether by sea or land ; we have inexhaastiblo riches in the sois which surround ua, and they ar in our own handd to develop ihera. We have a morcftntile marine which would be the pride and admiration ot nny country, and which is only surpassed by that of four nations in the world. Sir, I remember the hon. gcntloman opposite, on one or two occasions, endeavoring to cover me with ridicule because I made a calculation of how much wheat could be grown in the North-West by 100,000 farmers, cultivating 320 acres of land each, with a yield of 20 bushels to the acre. What does he say now ? Will he repeat that to-day when we have the facts before us, that 16,000 farmers in Manitoba and the North West of this countvy, have produced from 13,000,000 to 16,000,000 bushels during the past year? Sir, the abnormal difficulties that were experienced there, the inexperience of the country by the new men who went into it, and a variety of other difficulties have disappeared, and so far as the development of that country is concerned, we are novv entering upon a career of rapid advancement that I believe will, at an early day, give us much greater surprises than that which is at this moment occupying the attention of thoughtful agriculturists over the civilised world, that is, a country produoini,' 5') and even 60 bushels to the acre, upon the average, over large farms. I do not moan to nay that is the average in the country, but I mean to say that, on a number of large Sgricultural holdings in the North- West, when the grain was threshed out, it measured fiom 50 to 60 bushels per acre, covering the whole crop on the farm. Hon. gentlemen opposite will bo as glad as I wil! bo it that statement turns out to be true. I tay, under the circumstances, what has Canada to bo afiaid of, if we have acoom- 8^ plished all this, if we have brought onr country to the position which she occupies to-day 7 There is no member of this House who does not know that both in England* and the United States Canada is beginning to attract an amount of attention that a few years ago the most of us would have believed it impossible to attain. I say, Sir, what have we to be afraid of, with a hardy, enterprising and intelligent popu- lation, with men who, man for man, are ready, in a fair field, to enter into corapeti' tion with the men of any other country in the world — with a fair field, not handi* capped mind you, but with a fair field — I say, what have we to be afraid of ? Sir, we have the most abundant evidence that it is only necessary for us to have confi' dence in ourselves, and to devote our selves unsparingly in the future to the great task of developing the inexhaustible resurces of this country. Then, with a great population, whenever the time comes that, as hon. gontlemen opposite soem to think, we ought to have the manage aent of these matters entirely in our own hands, we shall be able to enter, upon even terms, into negotiations with other countries for the extension of our oomiiieriM'»»^I rotations. I say, Sir, that we not only have the advantage of this '^eat domain, with its inexbautstible resources, but we have over us the flag of the mightest empire in the world, and under its ajgis we can go forth with greater confidence than any man can possess, representing a community of only five millions of people, we can go forth knowing that in the remotest section of the world that flag is waving over our heads, that there are behind us an army, a navy, and a moral foico of a great empire that will give Canada all the protection that she can desire. Sir, under thesecircumstancen, to throw away our birthright for a mess of potage, to go looking for unrestricted reciprocity with a foreign country —even if we could obtain it, I say a policy of that kind woald bo, in my opinion, to make us forget what Canadians never will foigot, the gratitude they owe to the great empire of which we form a part, and the duty of building up on this northern por- tion of the continent of America, a country to which every Canadian will feel proud to belong. IISTDEX. Canadian Loans 7,35 Credit of the Dominion 36 Castoms Tariff— No alterations in 22 CxiBtomB Bevenne , 1-2 T)ebt — payable in London 36 Financial Statement 3-7 Result of the year 1886-87 3-4 Probable result of year 1887-88 5 Estimated result of year 1888-89 6 Government Savings Banks 8 Iron Industry 9-16,23 Interest— rate on debt payable in London 36 Inter-provinoial Trade 16 Liabilities 7 Loans Post Office Savings Banks Steel flails, and manufacture of Statutory offer of Reciprocity with the United States. 7,36 8 23 24 Shipping 19 Trade 16-21 With the West Indies 16 Inter-provinoial. 16-20 Of the Dominion, 1886-87 20 With the United States 21,24,36 Unrestricted Reciprocity with the United States 27-33 For Graphic Statistios See Appendix. ■I ^ _=; XI- f^ 1 » . • Federal Gross debt with Assets ibr vears ended June 30*^ 18 — sc ■§ Si %300 200 ^200 ^ 100 v^ "^ $i cSr > K ^ ^ C'> -^> 'a ov f"i ^l "^ \ CN '-'- I ^ >^> f^ *" iSS s^ vV ?:> '^5 ^-'s c^ ^ :>£ '--^^ '>•> $ S^ Ss > ^ '"5 ^, is vN ?!;J S5 ^ ^s Jfe sQ 1$ §o ^ >J S^SSSSSi ^ J?;- is ^ *^ ^ cq ^i ^ s^ i^ ^ *^ ^ ^- a §§MI "^ "^ ^ 5:^ *fO !^ ..... ?: (ir- S i ^ !Si ^' ^^- ^ ^- ^- ^ ^ ^ '^ ^ S ^ ^^ ^ X' ^ S^ i> c^ -N ,^ ,^ I ^^ ^' S ^^ ^^^ ^ ^ §^ ^ ^ :^ f^: '^, ^ '^s ^ fe ,^ .^ N ^ -X 53 1*^ :$• ^ -^s S ^ -"^ 3^ ^ 8 '^ ^ c^i ^ ^^ ?^ ^ ^ ^ i S ^ g i ^ >< s: ^ S ^ ^ ^ «s N; ^ ^ §^ < Ni 1^ ^ 's: CM CVl J^ ■s. s^^ vi § •^ I • * K! • I IL • CAKVDA Taxation being (^rsToM 8^ Excihi: DI'TIES OOIJJ]< .TED i =1 s N '68 '60 •70 '71 '12 •73 74 Ij •76 '77 ■IS '7£P •^0 '8f '82 '83 ;8tt 8S •86187 .._ ,_, L — — ./ 1^, ^ 1 ^ i ^ ^ 1 1 — (^ — ^1 hi -1, — 1 — 1 — §, 1 — 1 ^ ^ •-5 — 1^ TV "1 '•^ J^ ^c^ <4 b * » * « » * % ^ « % t ki * % 1 ^ i i 1 1 1 1 1 !'! * «■ * fc t: « "! 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