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0 miles of railway- themselves rough a somewhat similar country, and therefore it is not an extravagant statement ‘ for them to make in stating that they intend ‘ to construct the road to the foot of the Rocky Mountains in three years, and to build 300 miles of this road during the eom- , ing season. What does that involve l’ It involves the expenditure of an enormous amount of capital at the outset. The Very moment the contract is ratified by Parliament these gentlemen have got to put their hands in their pockets, and not only take therefrom a million dollars to deposit with us as security, but they had he put. their hands into another pocket the next hour and take out another million to equip the road that is in operation and than will be in operation within the course of the yeer. After reading the lachrymose statements of the hon, leader of the lete Government about these lands, and the dificulty of get- ting them sold, It is not unreasonable to suppose that with all their energy and in- dustry it will take two or three years before they can make these lands, to any large ex- tent, serviceable byte return of money from their sale. These gentlemen here, there- fore, at the outset, to lay out an mormous sum of money for equip- ment. and in providing the plant necessary to run that work during the coming three years, and they have in the next place to wait for a considerable pe- riod before they can receive returns tor lands. At the end of the three years all that plant will of course be applicable to the other sec- tions. ’ I believe, therefore, the more it is ex- smined, the more it will be found that in the division of money no injustice has been done, and those who place confidence, not in us but in the statement of the leader of the late Government, have only to take his state- ments, which I have read tie-night, and that was his estimate of $20,000 per mile for the portion to be constructed west of Red Rive), to perceive the advantage of the present ro- posed arrangement. There is another mil 'on they have to put their hands into their pool;- ets to pay us, and that is for the work we have constructed west of Red River and the mate- rial we have on hand app’liceble for the pur- poses of construction. rider those circum. stances hon. gentlemen’s minds will be re,- lieved to know that we have made the very; best division. of the money. If the enter,- prise is to prove anything but a failureJherfl is a great expenditure of money to he made at the very outset, in bringing people to this country. ‘ thugs entlmen accomplished between; t 0 and I regard ' this proposal to secure the construction of the Canada Pacific Rail- way by the agency of the company as of most vital importance from the point of View that, instead of having to struggle with railway companies in competition for immigrgmts, we will have a gigantic railway company with all its ramifications in the United States, France, Germany and tho British Islands, co-opomting with the Government of Canada. But all that will involve I present outloy of a Very large sum of money by those gentleman. The only 130p; they mu have \of having any means of sustaining the may” it is can'- structedfig by getting a population as rapidly as ’poésiblo in the fertile valleys ofthe loxtho west, and thus furnish the Me which along can support the operation of this railway. I am told that another very objectionable foo.- tuna is the exemption ofthe lands from taxa- tion. I' have no hesitation in saying I would have been vary glad if that was not in the contract, if it were only'to meet the strong prejudice that exists in this comm-y 0 1 gm}; qnestion. 1 should have been glad ( “faggot in the contra“; but thou wry .vnr va ”ion-:2 may will find that it pmvtd :g ,‘i 1h Ll the standard of con- strucdun mad equipment of the (June.- diw Pacific 3.qu should be the Union memo Reilwq, uni therefore we hove gone .- hr cs any number oi this House or any ark-minded man will guy's ought to so we «bronco to the m. But whet is this standard? Viv there ore heli-s-doun leading roads in the United States to-ds , of which the shad-rd is more objectionsb e in grades and curves than that of the Union Pacific Railway. Therefore, I think there is nut much ground for evil in that matter. When the Union Pn- cidetf‘flinilwny was built, the Gov- ernment, who are a much ester amount of eidtoi then we ore xiv u to this road. agreed thot the standard 0 the Baltimore a Ohio Beilws should be ut in the contractor the stsu and of the nick; Pacific, and the Baltimore is Ohio Railway, as everyone knows, in a road that is doiu an enormous treiiio and is regarded as a rat- olsss read. The Portland & Ogdenaburg Railway, and half a dozen other American lines have also a stsudard that cannot com- pare with the standard we have selected. I need not detain the House, therefore, by triv- ing to show that it would have been utter y unreasonable for the Government of Gun- odu to exact from these gentleman, who were agreeing to construct this road at so much less terms than were agreed to in the Allen contract, a higher standard than we have done. But we have u better guarantee than 00'qu have been inserted in the contract of the high standard of the road, and that is that these gentlemen are not constructing the road for the Govern- ment of Canada. to work, but they are con- structing it as their own property, and when itis oonetrugzed they have to furnish the means of maintaining and operating the mod, and every disodvant e of a cor conâ€" struction would fell upon t omen not upon us. And, sir, what would have been my position in demanding excessive termsin res lotion to the standard of the road when they had in their hands my own statement, the statement of the Govern’meut of Canada, with all the resources of this country at our back, that we were compelled to lower the character of the, road in order to construct a cheap line of railway, and that the lowest estimate we could make of the cost of such a. work was $80,000,00, or an excess of the whole amount they were obtaining both in money and land, computing the land at a. dollaran acre? I think, therefore, sir, I need not detain the House by dealing with the‘ question of the standard ‘of the road. the deplorable description that the First Minlstei‘ gave us a year ago as to the difii- culties.they would have to surmount be- ween Red River and the foot 0! the Rocky M011 t' ins, I think they will come to the one sion that the amount is not extrava- ant. I call the attention of the House to the feet. The Government want that road pushefi through Red River to the foot of the8 Rocky Mountains as fast as can be done. I have the authority oi the leading gentlemen con- nected with the syndicate to state in puhlic that they intend the road to be complete at the foot of the Rocky Mountains at the end of three years from the present time. I! it be thought a gigantic work to build 300 miles of railway by this [owerful syndicate in a year, I may telljion gentlemen for their information that within the laet year a few THE MODE 0’ SUBSIDY PAYIINIK Norfsir, will I detain the House "very long upon the other point that hns been raised, and that is the mode in which the money is being divided, I have shown the cost of the Pembina branch at the lowest rate at which we can now put it, Without all those buildings necessary and which these gentle- men will have to construct at their own cost. {Lhom gentlemen} have paid any attention to M11” who A an“ mummwmn AG] '1. ; (iv-mm!” enact afford to keep flipm fi'om utchmmtrâ€"M Wm add more to the value of stro 1 upon us than that'of not Selling the land ow $2.50 an acre. But we say, we should be only too glad to plant a free set- tleru one" acre bel ', to the Gov- ernmfnt. Wghold on tgnexxrzgnopoly point that instead of 54,000,000 acres being locked up in blocks of so mile- on eaei': side of the road, instead of our being bound to sell at no less than $9.50 an acre, we can open up to free settlement the 29,000,000 acres the Government retains to utilise in the interest of the country, over and above the amount given the syndicate, or can sell at prices be- low the minimum fixed by the terms of 1874. What about thoter-s of a year ? Read the resolution hex-lumen pe _ here for the appropriation of 100,000,000 acres, and you will see how absolutely Parliament pieced them at the disposal of the Govern- ment for use in any way possible, to secure the construction of the Canada Pacino Rail- W2 Instead of having handed over to a m o poly,“ it may be called, those 100,- 000,000 acres, we hold 75,000,000 acres in hand, to be used lot promoting the interests of Canada by free settlement, and by sales to return to us the money to aired to be paid under the contract ' to the Syndi. sate, $25,000,000. As I said bemre, the ques- tion of mode: from taxation of the lands is not new. In 1070 an Act was passed in the United States for the relief of the Interna.‘ tional Railway Oompan , now consolidated under-the name of the nternetional a: Great Northern Railw'ay Company, which provides, similarly to what has been enacted asregards other railroad companies in various States of the Union, that the, lands of the compan shall’ be me from taxation. The ‘ mung States Government has given great land grants to railways under what is called the head grant system, and in one case a Company was authorised to select in any part of the public lands of Texasâ€"that .magni'fi- cent country that has excited the admiration of hen. gentlemen oppositeâ€"the most beautiâ€" ful and fertile areas without any” hindrance or any responsibility whatever. ’ The Com- pany received “twenty sections of 640 acres each of the unappropriatod lands of the State Sort each mile of railroad which has been or may hereafter be constructed pur- suant of the Act of 1870, by the said Company; its successors and as- signs to have the r ht to locate the said land! as head rig to and without the necessity of alternating the sectionsâ€"3 the said lands and certificates to be released hon all county, state, municipal and other taxes fora period of‘zo years,” The moaem our lands, however, are sold they become liable to taxation; under the United States law they remain free for 25 years after coming intothe hands of private purchasers, There is not-hing of the kind here. The mo- ment our lands are utilized or SOMEâ€"and the up, by being placed in the hands of a com- pany. Under this oontrnct 26,000,000 notes of land only are to be reunod. Under the Allen contact of 1873 end the terms of the Canada Plciflc Railway Act of 1874 these parties were entitled to have their land in large blocks of 20 miles Iqunre; under this contract the Government have possession of every alternate mile over the whole sec- tion and along the whole line of road. Cm there be any monopoly 7 Why, ,under the terms ofthe late Government’s Act‘ the Government was bound, as the Government of the United States was bound in relation to the Northern Pacific Railway 03 abstsin from selling an acre under $2.50 5 under this. contract; however, we are free' to give Mini every acre that main: in on poalosalon should the public mute-t warrant it. No policy did the hon. {onflenon opposite pt‘qsg more -L-.._._‘_ _..-.. __ 4L__ u, 0! on material advantage to the com , won (1 be likely to lead to disasterin the mono markets '0: the ‘world when the reject as placed on these markets. Everyone will understand that the position 1‘13 spspeot to the taxation is not changed in the Ili htest degree from that in which we stood est year. When we were construct- .ing this road as a Government work, when my hon. friend was constructing it by direct overnment agency, no taxation could have geen leived on these lands until they were utilized, until they were occupied. No prov- ince, municipality or corporation of any kind .at present, or that could be created hereafter, could impose the slightest tax on these lands until they were sold or occupied, and when they are sold or occupied now, that moment they are liable to taxation. I will not stop to discuss the question of the road itself being exempt from taxation, be- cause hon. gentlemen have only to turn to the laws of the United States, on the construcâ€" tion of those great lines of railway any where, to find that the policy of the Gov. ernment of the United States has always been that those lines of railway, the road- way, the road itself, the stations,'every thing embraced in the term railway, was exempt from taxation. One of the judges of the courts of the United States declared that as these great lines of road were national works, were public easements, that as they were for the benefit and advancement of the whole country, they should not be subject to any taxation, state or municipal. We have, therefore, only followed the practice that has prevailed in the United States and that which hon. gentlemen opposite will feel was incumbent upon us. What was our position 'I’ We were asking these gentle- mento come forward and take aposition from which we shrank. I do not hesitate to say that, great and important as the enter- prise was, the Government felt it was one of enormous magnitude, and trembled almost when they regarded the great cost of con- struction and the cost of maintenance and operation of the road, when constructed, and I ask, when we were shiftingfrom our shoul- ders to the shoulders of a private company all the responsibility, I ask this House in candor to tell me whether they do not think that, as far as we could, we ought to have put these gentlemen in as favorable a. posi- tion for the construction of the road as we occupied ourselves? That is all we have done, and as I have said before, the moment the lands are utilized they boon e liable to taxation. I have been told the the lands of the Canada Company being free from taxation, it was found they were attended with a good deal that was objectionable. Hon. Mr. Bisexualâ€"They were not free hon taxation. Hon. Mr. Bunâ€"They were only ordinary large land holders. Hon. Mr. Bunâ€"No, this is much worse. Sir CRAB. Tvnnâ€"J suppose it is because they were free flow taxation. Wellnte have taken care they shell not own them in blocks. We have met the difliculty and cover. ed it, but an I laid before, the“ gentlemen must sell their lands. It is impossible to sustain the road without bringing a population into the country a ropidly as possible. It is said this is a (lunatic monopoly. You not only free the loads from taxation until occupied, but you oreato a monopoly. If we have one strong point in our case it is this: that under the terms of the Allen contnct of 1818, 54,000,000 sores of land were locked up, if you call it locked .__ x_x_:;_. -1, ,J v Sir 0mg. TUPPInâ€"Oh large blocks; then the O ‘ 'wo had to commonâ€"one '9 W8! l"minke the best bargain we WM could ”for Omadu, and the other ma not to inpqae ’59? mp that, w1tho»ut Tu W!) POLICY. L, it was owned in v case is not halfu Well, air, it is said that a great enormity ha been committed by the prohibition to construct lines running in any other direction than a certain one isouthwest, and west by southwest. 1 Well, six, I am a. little sur led to hear any such objection, and I shal listen with great interestto the hon. gentleman on the other side of the House if thzy have any objection of that nd to .make. A you ago, sir, a com- pany with perhaps no strong chime to consideration, as it would be pos- : sible for any company to laws on the Parlia- ' ment of Canada, came to us for permission ‘to construct a railway. They asked for no money; they asked no Bid; they only asked for permission to contract a railway of e cel- tain kind: Why did we refuse it? Why, sir, we were very sorry to refuse it, but the Government having taken the "subject into careful conisid‘eration, decided that inasmuch ”Canada was deali with the construction ot the great Canadian aci‘fi‘c Rdlway,and inasmuch asthe only hope of inaintainm this mid, and of operating it after it was uilt, was to retain the traffic of the Canadian Rorthwest on the trunk line, we came to the conclusion that it wasnot in the interests of the country, however greatl any section might demand and need 17, to construct a line which would carry the twine of the Northwest out of our country and leave our trunk line, the Canada. Pacific, which had cost the country suchh great sum of money, denuded of the M0 necessary to sustain it (cheers). Wei} sire that policy was announced a to this policy they must manufacture them] There is no such provision in the bill, not s line giving a monopoly to these gentlemen, and this Parliament hes power to dayor will have power next year, after they have ratified this policy, toen- power any persons whatever to construct lines in any part of the Northwest. What did the bill submitted by the Minister of the Interior for the late Government provide with regard to the construction of railroads in the Northwest, a bill which embodied the wisdom of the Government of which he was amember? It first provides that any per- son may construct a railway in the North- west wherever they choose ; they may or- gansise under provisions similiar to those under which parties in the United States may construct branch lines. It went further ; we have not given these gentlemen a dollar with which to construct branches ; we propose to give them the right of way for branch lines free, and shall be only too glad to do so if they run branches from one end' of the country to the other. We felt it was in the interest of the country to give them every facility possible for the strengthening of the trunk lines and the pouring of such volumes of treflic over it as are indispensable to the prosperity of the country, and asmay in- crease the value of our lands beyond any other inluence. Not one dollar can they spend in the construction of branches that will not pour large sums into the treasury of Canada by increasing the value of its lands in their neighborhood. But the hill of the late Government did not leave the cost of their construction on the company. The Government generously came to their aid. Everybody couldgo on and build breaches and come with his little bill to the Government for psyment. What does the Actssy'l “The Governor in Council shall reserve every alv ternate section 0f unwanted lands to the ex- tent of ten sections per mile, five on each side, exclusive of the actions which, under the Dominion Lands Act, may have been. re- served asschool sections or allotted to the Hudson’s Boy 00. (or the purposes of this Act." That was as e bones to these gentle- men for the construction of this, branch line. 1‘ Or should the Governor in Council deem it expedient, instead of conveying lands to the Company, the Company may be paid the monies received from the sales of lands on the line of, and within six miles of said reil~ way, from time to time, until the Ccmpenr shell have received a sum not exceed~ ins $10,000 per mileâ€"{wing a claim to every man who built a mile of it to come to the treasury of Canada and demand 810,000, and yet, with this strong declaration uttered on the floor of the House and placed on the public records of the country, they venture to challenge the sound- ness of thojudwment of the Government of Canada to permit parties without one dollar’s aid; or one acre of land to construct branch lines for the opening up and develop- ment of the Northwest. (Cheers) ‘l‘fll IOOAHOI 0’ I'll IAIIWAI. appears to be objected to, but under the terms oi this contract the location is to be sub- mitted ior the approval of the Governor- General in Council. I do not hesitate to say that this Compeny will be much hotter able to locate the road than the Gov- ernment. They have s more vital, personal, direct interest in putting it through, and best know how to .make it the shortest con- sistent with its early completion. The Gov- ernment cannot give the matter that personal, direct attention within the power or gentle- men as familiar with such works as are the members of the syndicate. In myjudgrnent, therefore, it is not necessary there should be the restriction this Act provides, that is that the Governor-in-Oouncil should have the right of decision, because I believe their own interests will compel them to make the best possible location, but we have pro- vrded, by maintaining a general control through the Governor~in-Oouncil over the work, that not one mile of the road shall be located without our consent. I am told that great objection is made to the power of the Company to build branch lines. Is the Ho ise aware that in the United States all the powers given to this syndicate which comes iorward to take the place of the Gov- ernmem and relieve it of responsibility in regard to this work, are enjoyed by every- body or every company building a railroad? All that such persons require to do is to organize a company under the general law, register themselves, and go and build a. rail- road wherever they like, with such privileges in their favor. Hon. Mr. Maximumâ€"Do the same thing in your Nbrthwost? Sir Ones. Tanninâ€"The hon. gentleman will see that as to the last objection that can be made to our policy he has anticipated me, because I intended giving him credit for the liberal spirit with which be dealt with the branch 1inee,â€"â€"I mean by the bill submitted containing the-‘policy of the late Govern- "ment. upon which, of course, the Opposition will not go back. In the State of Minnesota. and everywhere else across the line, branch lines can be built by any persons wherever they desire. We have merely given this Company a power any and every person can enjoy in the United States. The member for Lembton is the last source from which I should have expected opposition to this policy Hon. Mr. MACKENZIEâ€"What policy? Sir Ones. Turpinâ€"The polio}: of allowing the syndicate the privilege of oonstructing branch lines in connection with the road. Hon. Mr. MAounzm-uYou prohibit awry- body else. .33.; Sir CHAS. Turnsâ€"There is no such pro- hibition. This remark is only an evidence of the dilficulty, the dilemma in which hon. gentlemen opposite find themselves; because they can find thuomdndor than [I poulbh In my “hot way. N0 LEGITIIATI OHIO 1'10" !” W01 m- bond from Nipiming to‘ Burramd Ixilub, some moo miles of road, without the power to With. refarence to the telegraphs, I an wld: that there is an objem lion on that point, but surely no person would ban) expected the Government of: Canadastamaka a contract with a company Mbonashmmd ta construct in ten years. a, 30“} _fn0m fieé‘ giver. ton Kamloopn and a. able Finance, Minister, my hon. colleague, told us, that he could handle that Wants: five millions: of money in such a way as! to be emineatly advantageouabothe interest; of Canada if heria called upon to hold it, and it was only after learning that, that we agreed to, take it upon tbase terms. I think, ‘kmefure, I need hardly dntain the House upon that subject. ANOTHER 03mm manna O'- 1 am told that some gentlemen In afraid that, difliculty will he caused by the (,slause of the contract which requirel the Government to hold, in certsin contingenr vies which may or may not arias, $25.000,000 and 4 per cent interest. Suppose we had to be in the same position. the late Minister of Finance was in a yeax ago, that we expected in 12 month: to be in a condition, where. instead of paying the 5 per cent we are paying newbwe should be able to sell bonds at 4 per cent without any commission; suppose we had ventured to tell hon. gentlemen that we expect in 12 months to he in a. condition of being able. to obtain all the money that. Canada required for its. development and to nenew the bonds issued“ 5. and 6 per cent- wfastaa they become due at, 4 per cent, withouta farming being paid for commis- sion, they would have laughed at us, but. itie a. fuct‘staringv them in the face, and when we entered into the contract we found. that. we occupied fiasition that wulikely to furnish 11‘5- with the money wowanted: The leliberatel adopted} bx ”the Governing.” 5, hid it wag my duty?“ the§Minister9§ot Railways to submit it to the small Parliament Jp-Btail‘l the railway committee. That com- mittee, sir, embraces the great body of gen- tlemen on both sides of the House who are repared to give great consideration and 2.1ng their judgment to bear in relation to hese questions. I think that it contains 100 ‘ -:-mbers. '21 :' Lsosgrm Tittnrâ€"Ninety-flve. :.ir CHAS. Turnipâ€"The number is 9e. I 7y it is in small Parliament, and when I nbmitted the deliberate judgment of the “overnment on this fioint, to refuse, so far +4 we were able, to allow that charter to pass, 1110 policy if the Government was adopted by that committee without a single dissent- ient voice. Hon. Mr. Maouxzmâ€"I dissented for one. Sir Csss. Torresâ€"The hon. gentleman says he dissented; then he was greatly misunderstood. I heard no dissent, but more than that, a deputation which came down from Emerson to seek assistance told mea short time ago that they had an interview with the hon. gentleman and that they could not get any more satisfaction from him than they could obtain from the Government. Sir CHAS. TUPPu-Thnt is a question of law '11an which I will defer to the hon. gen- tleman He. had the contract before him, and whatever want of confidence I may have in his pol tical sentiments, I have gust con- fidence in his legal gbility I will not re- qire to say anything more about that. (“NO ”) Sir Cats. TurrnBrâ€"The hon. gentleman will be greatly relieved to find it in not no bad as he had hoped. It is upon the capital they have expended tgelnselyes. Ion. Mr. Angusâ€"Is the profit to be taken upon the capital of the Company or upon the whole money expended upon the con- struction of the. mad, bectnso them is a great difierenge. Hon. Mn'Mwnnzmâ€"I firmly expressed rmzdissent- A from remembering it, and all I can say is that if he dissented he did so so gently that it has passed entirely from my recollection, and I hold that this Government, in devolv- Ing the duty of constructing the Canada Pacific Railway on the shoulders of the syndi- cate,oould not reasonably sey“the rights which the Government of Canada maintained andtfiublicly declared they had maintained in e interest of Canada and in protec- tion of the traffic of the Canada Pacific Rail- way, shall be withheld from you, and now that the responsibility oi maintaining that trifle is placed upon your shoulders we do not care where the traffic goes to.” I say first the interest which we have to-dayms Canadians in that railway is the gossession of the some national interest, to ring every pound of the traffic of the North- west which we can bring down through the heart of Canada and down to the seaboard in our own country, as I trust at no distant day will be the case. (Cheers) 1‘3! nmws! BATES. Well, sir, the hon. member brought up the question of rates the other day in the speech which he delivered to the House .on the address. I could then quite understand that the hon. gentleman was about to an- chor to the windward, (Hear, hear), and when the hour gentleman dragged in the question of rates on railways into the dis. cussion the other day, I quite understood that there was a. deliberate design in it .to forestall the public mind in relation to this matter; Every per- son knows the great complaints that have been made owing to the dispropor- tionate rates which have been adopted on railways in the United States running,r through the prairies; but, sir, what is our position with relation to that matter? Why, sir, we have taken power by this contract, which, under the Consolidated Rail- way Act on the statute book, we do not possess. So far from having yielded anything with relation to rates, the Governor in Council retains powerto levy those rates. Not a. rate can be collected, not a cent can he, collected by that company for anything on their road until the Govern- ment, who are responsible to this House, whoeverrthey may be, have given their sanc- tion to what they believe to be just and in the interests of the country. (Cheers) But, sir we ascertained that, aceordingto the law t’arliament itself had not the power, afterthe rate was fixed, to reduce it, unless it could be shown that the Company were getting 15 per cent. on their capital. We in this contract have changed that, and have deprived the Company of the power which, under the Consolidated Railway Act every other railwa in the country enjoyed, and stipulated a ower rate of profit as the point at which they the be asked to lower their rates. I think, u er theselcircumstances, the hon. entleman's long discussion on a ques- tion t t was certainly not betore the House, was hardly called for. Hon. Mr. Knownâ€"Under the terms of the wogtrapt, {withere is I). doubt about it? Hon. Mr. MAcmzm~I have no power to giyg agsistance._ Sir Cums TUNERâ€"Then, air, all I can say is that the hon. gentleman failed in the discharge of the duty of his high position as one of the leading members of this Parlia- ment if he, on an occasion when the Govern- ment policy on a great national question was slbmitted before the railway committee, re- tains his opinion. to himself and does not give that committee the benefit of his judg- 1110111: and experience. ' 'Sir Cue. TWPlMâ€"Sir. the hon. gentleman does not generally dissent in such a mild way (hen. hear and _laug_hter),‘ as__to_ prevent xne THE TELEGRAPH LINBI‘ vitaliaed the industries- of Canada, got money in circulation, commercill enter. rise in operation, and created industries om one end of Canada to the other. ’ We would be faithloss to the country and to the position we occupv, if we did not in everything to which we put our handl; maintain the policy in it! integrity. (Ap- plause). I may 8a tht the m4 nister of Finance wil be pro rod to submit a measure to deal wth this very point by which the construction of everything that can be constructed in Cm- ada for the purposes of the railway will be manufactured in our own country. Now, sir, I am glad that I shall not be compelled to trespass further upon the attention of the H ouse. When "I‘ expressed the pride and piggsure it gave me to be able to propound to ereqt and operate a telegraph wire! Such thing mmld, I think._he ugheard offen when I=tell“the' House that intend-,9! having a monoply, the Government d Omnde at this moment retain the Canada Peciflc Telegraph in their own hands and thet these parties hue not ec- qm'rgi 3401151»; _worth of rights jg amply- {or bridges. We judged that by edmitting iron for bridges free of duty, we would pro- bably have the bridges constructed of iron, instead of wood. But is there a member of this House who fails to see that if we had not made such a ' provision, we only had to import these articles ourselves to make them free I may say that under this con- tract, the position of the industries of Can- ada. and of the National Policy is better than ever before. The Government in- tended in this matter, as in everything else, to be true to that policy, which has lifted Canada out of the condition of depression in which our country was; which has lifted the credit of the country, by chen 3 de- ficits into handsome surpluses; w ich bu graph which has been constructed for a little in excess of one million of dollars, when I tell the House that we retain the ownership of our own line of telegraph, it will see that unless terms are made for the transaction of general business, and 101- taking over our lines upon terms in the interest of Canada, we are in a position to carry out and to com- plete our own line, and make it a very sharp competition. TE! QUANTITY 0! LAND AVAILLILI. Now, I am glad to say that I am able to bring my remarks to a conclusion, but before doing so, I will ask the House to indulge me for a moment. I received'an extract from the Winnipeg corres- pondence of the Toronto Globe of Novem-: her 25th :â€"“ So much has been said and. written about the size and fertility of the Northwest that it is scarcely necessary to re- peat any of it here. Prof. Macoun’s recent explorations fully demonstrate the fact that there are about 200,000,000 of acres embraced- within Manitoba and the Northwest Terri- tories. A mere traction of this is as yet set- tled, so that there are still homes in the Northwest for millions of people. For two hundred miles west most of the good land has been taken up, but beyond that point there is any quantity of the richest land, much of it not even surveyed. . The quality of the soil throughout these ter- , ritories is almost uniformly good. In many places it is unsurpassed. In the Red River Valley, near Winnipeg, farms have been cropped for fifty years without the aid of manure. Further west the soil' is somewhat lighter, but in the opinion of many, better adapted for general farming purposes. There 1 is a considerable quantity of wasteland, if we take it in the aggregate, but comparative- , ly the percentage is not large, and much of what is now waste land will be re- claimed by drainage before the country is a a generation older. ” Now, sir, I draw attention to that for the purpose of showing hon ‘ gentlemen opposite how small a portion of ‘ these fertile lands in the great Northwest is absorbed by the twenty-five millions of acres, which is granted under this contract to the Syndicate. I draw the attentien of hon. gentlemen opposite to this, because it was one of the subjects of discussion a year ago. I ventured to state from the best authority, for we have expended a large amount of money for surveys, and a number of our able men have investigated this sub- ject of lands of the Northw that 156,-- 000,000 acres of good lands lay son the west of Manitoba and the Rocky lenntains, between the 49th and 57th parallels of North latitude, and hen. members opposite doubted it Now, we find that Professor KcOoun, who is regarded as one of the most able ex- plorers and one 0! the best qualified men to form a judgment upon the matter, who has spent the last season in going over the country, found that great lilssouri section of barren country which was supposed to ex- tend into Canada in the Northwest was in a great manner valuable and fertile land. He found that the idea that it was desert was an entire delusion, and that instead of that a , great portion of the lands, thirty millions of sores,which was sup posed to be unfit for settlement was fertile. Under these circum- stances the House will see that this land has been very much under-estimated way,and for. tele ph line in connection therewith. Now, ,what in the duty col- loctodan now? Stool nil! ore free under the low. , Ron. Hr. Murmurâ€"For how long? A Bit Cue. Tennâ€"So long as the steel milsm not manufactured in this country for the purpose of suppiying our own country. The Government felt that the construction of ruilways was so very important to the de- delopment of Canadn that they made an ex- ception of shoe] rails, saying that while steel rails were not manufactured in this country they should be admitted free. Therefore, this limit is to the bolts, nuts, (ire, ti‘mher, and {naterisl Sir 0m. TwrlkOahinly, but they were buildin; e nilwny hr us, end they were paid an amount that it was estimated would pay them for the work they performed and give them a profit, but every locomotive, every car for the roilwey that we imported for our-solver, u we have done, could not, by my law tint 1| on the statuta book, be ohtrged vifi duty. 80 that there is no ground of complaint upon that score. But, sir. that is not the contract. The contract provides onl for the admission free of duty of all steel mi fishplntee, and other fastemngs, spikes, bolts, wire, timber and all materials for bridges, to be used in the original construction of the rail- Hon. Mr. Minnaâ€"Did tho unmetora paxthg duty ?_ Before I conclude there in nether point that I want to refer to. It is charged against the Governmen end it is the last charge in the world thet hope any person will ever be able to sustain against themâ€"it in 5 charge of not being true to the Notional Policy. If the Government of Genie, with the evi- dence of the past two yeerl before them, were to be faithleee to the laden] policy, they would deserve to be driven tro- power by the execution of every true-heated 0am- dian. 1 say this' is about the hit charge that should hnve been made, but I In told thet they hove given, under the course rights and privileges which ere bill in the ‘utlon- al Policy. How final to the Mann! Policy ? There is nothing in the low, nothing in the statute book that enabled one cent of duty to be collected on mythlng not has been used for the purpose of contracting the Canada Pacific Railway, not a cent: _ _ TE] 11110110! [30‘ DU?! UUUII. THE PERORL’I‘MV Jamel p-per air cushionl its aid to have some advantages over those made of rubber. They my be rolled into a package of smaller dimonlions, when not in use; they will not stick together as rubber does after it is wet, and for pillows they 2m: hetter be- cause they have no odor. ’l‘helr strength is marvellous; a man weighing 160 pounds may stand upon one without: bursting it. They are said to be waterproof}. and m'mh‘ excellent life pmervers. AIR-Hm not Ion; since”de a native mare, fix you: old from Turin to 053816, fifty-eight- iniles, In five hours, under a bum- in; sun, at a temperature of as do ., and umid sufiocating dust. The teturn’ may was made in a rain storm in six hour and the mug, it is said was none the no? for the mention: efiort. - ' Parliament a measure which will secure in ten years the‘ construction of the Pacific Iallway upon terms more ihvorable than the most enthusiastic friend of the railway had ventured to hope this Parliament would have the opportunity of putting its seal of ratification to. I have read at some length the able and eloquent statements of hon. gentlemen opposite to show that no men are more bound, as honorable and patriotic statesmen, to give this measure their hearty support thanthose gentlemen themselves. I am glad to know that if ever there were a measure presented for the consideration of this House, worthy and likely to receive its hearty adoption, it is the measure I have the honor of submitting for its consideration. I have the satisfaction of knowing that throughout this country every , man breathed more freely when he learned that the great undertaking of constructing and of operating the railway was to be lifted from the shoulders of the Government, and the liability the country was going .to incur was to he brought Within not onl the limit which in its present financial Jinn it is prepared to meet, but, withh arch limits that the proceeds from the sale or the lands granted for the construction of the line will wipe out all liabilities at no distant day. But this is the slightest consideration in re- ference to this question. It is a fact that under the proposals now submitted for the Parliament to consider, this country is going to secure the construction and operation of the gigantic work which is to give new life and vitality to every section of this Do- minion. No greater responsibility rests upon any body of men in ,this Dominion, than rests upon the Government of Canada, placed as it is in a position to deal with the enor- mous work of the development or such a country as Providence has - given us. And I say we would be traitors to ourselves and to our children if we should hesitate to secure, on terms such as we have the plea- sure of submittingto Parliament, the con- struction of this work, which isgoing to de- velop all the enormous resources of the Northwest. and to pour into that country a tide of population which will be a tower of strength to every part of Canada-a tide of industrious and intelligent men,who will not only produce naturalas well as individual wealth in that section of the Dominion, but will create such a demand for the supplies which must come from the older provinces as will give new life and vitality to every in- dustry in which those provinces are engaged. Under these circumstances we had a right to expect that support, which, in justice to themselves and their position as statesmen, the hon. gentlemen opposite should give us. I say, sir, that, looking at this matter trom a party point of view, the lowest point of view, I feel that the gentlemen by following the course they propose, are promot- ing the interests of the party now in power, just as they promoted our-interests when they placed themselves in antagonism to-the National Policy which the great mass of the people desired. Sir, I am disappoint- ed at the course of the hon. gentlemen. I regret it, notwithstanding that it conduccs to the interests of our own party. 0n past occasions I made the most earnest appeal in my power to those gentlemen to sink on one great national question partisan feelings to enable both sides of this House and both parties of this country to unite in a great measure that did not require to be dragged down into the arena of party, and which would be promoted, and largely promoted by a combinationof both of the great parties in this country. The hon. gentlemen refused to respond to that appeal and, therefore, I will not waste time on the present occasion by pointing out to them how desirable it is now, but I did hope when we abandoned this railway as a Government work, and when it became a commercial undertaking it would be otherwise; and one at the reasonsâ€"one of the great necessities for changing our baseâ€" one of the great necessities to place this work on a commercial footing at the earliest opportunityâ€"was that we became aware from the events of the lasttwo sessions that while we dealt with itas a Government rail- way it was to be draggodvdown from its high position to the arena of partisan politics. In order to obstruct the Government, in order to prevent our carrying out the policy serum were carrying it, these gentlemen were driven to assume the unpatriotic attitude of decrying the credit and capabilities of our country and damaging the prospects of this great work. I am glad that we have triumphed over such opposition, and that despite that obstruction we have surmounted the great diiliculty, that despite all the obstruction they could throw in our way the time has come when enlightened capitalists, best acquainted with the resources of Canâ€" ada, are prepared to throw themselves into the construction of this great railway. I. say I was in hope, now that we have abandoned it as a Government work and it is placed on a commercial foundation, that those gentlemen could, without loss of party prestige, unite with us on this great question, and on giving to this syndicate who are charged with this important and onerous undertaking, that fair, handsome and generous support that men engaged ; in a great national work in any mun-i ‘ try are entitled to receive at the hands not only of the Govern- ment of the country, but of every patriotic member of Parliament. Sir, I say I have been disappointed, but I hope upon future reflection, at no distant day, when the results of this measure which we are now submitting for the approval of Parliament, and which I trust and confidently expect will obtain the sanction of this House, will be such as to compel these gentlemen. openly and candidly, in admit. that in taking the course which we have fol- lowed we have done what is calculated to promote the best interests of the country, and that it has been attended with a success exceeding our most sanguine. expectations I can only say, in. conclusion, after some fiveond-twenty years of public life, I shall feel it the greatest source of pleasure that the quarter of a century has afiorded me, as I am satisfied that my right hon. friend beside me will feel that it crowns the m- cess of his public life, that while Premier of this country his Government were able to carry though Partiament a mess sure of such inestimable.. value to the progress of Canada; so I can feel, 1£I have no other bequest to leave to my children after me. the proudest legacy I would desire to leave was the record that I was able to take an active part.- in- them motion ofthis great measure by which, I he» lleve, Canada will receive an impetus. that will make it a great and powerful country at no dwelt. data. . * The hon. gentleman resumed his seat amid great applause tron both sides of the House. :56 man.” “ filament; parkinn afa sect,” but Monies Nan “any" claim to ba confidence! 5 ‘ Wophicat think, I liberal W533 ‘mugsod. writer}. :x‘ . WWW-w speaymgommrou be; (2er “Lam’s Young Drum.” gotten to suggeuvthu the mwa of the young ”fishâ€"the Thsxton hem-should permit the removat of the oid' City Building, that Portland should then sod and inches» the space and give to the young Pbrfland sculp- bem an order for a. soldier’s monument to be plmsd In the inclosure. Mr. E. B. Tnaxter is studying in Florence And I: in his twenty»i Auk _A .4 MOM by“ Mi Jainés Jackson lanes? the New Yul} Hmfpm a gain. by That- Dfl. Hm M. Dilunytle author of u The Congosfimnbham of the Last Three Hun. dred Ym, an scan m its Literature," and the editorsil the flbngmgationab‘u, has gone to Loads; for a. flaw Humid work in the Bnfish Mmum, m purwt of hi: apecislties of ecclesiastical investigation. The Athena's: gives, him aged!!! for being “an earnestâ€"mind- Custom: ..1 Excise .... -Postomce.................... 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A mere glance will suffice to show the enormous improvement in the financial condition of the Dominion, andlthe justiflcntion for the anticipation in the Speech from the Throne of a handsome surplus this you :â€" Amman edition of “ Kirkbride on Hospiâ€" tals for the Insane’I has been issued by J. B. Lippinoott & Go. There are revisions, addi- 1510113 and’ new illustrations. Charts and views show the chmcter and details of buildings advocated for insane patients; the book treats thoroughly of the construction nrzat‘tdn, the eneral arrangements of blishments of a kind. MACMILLAN (I Co. will publish Wediate- Don P. do Gamg 03 has discovered' 111 this course of his anemones at Simancas inter;- estimr notic'es of Cervantes, and also 0! other great writers of the golden a ge of Spaniah‘ literature, more ospcciall-y of Lope do Vega and Calderon. Works .. ..... Revenue from rallwm Bill stamp dufy. . . . .. .. Interest on investment- Casual . ....... Ordnance lands. Bank in: cats . . . .. Fines an forfeituros. . Premium. discount index: change...... Mariners' fund... . . . . . Harbour polioe............... Steamboat inspection Gas inspection. . . .. . . . Fisheries.............. .. guilers’ fees................. TH]: Bev Sylvanue Stall, authk of the new and popular book entitled “Hdw to Pa: Church Debts» and How to Keep Churche: Outot Debt,” has received and accepted! call to St John’s Lutheran Church, of Lam caster, Penn. R‘ Wowwmmx announces “Pompeii, its Remains and Bedisquqry.” This important work has been out in: print 50 long a time that copiep_of the previous edition commandn ed quadruple. the publishad price. " Represents firm-{bu for lam-colonial Rail- ngto end 0; Sppflugbex} Run is not content with his pronoun attempts in the historical flsld; he to now engaged on I universal history of the wofld. Tm month of November witnuud the fimtissno of 3 London Buinnlvy list in which the Bachelor of Amvdogree in grant- ed to Indy cmdidams, two being plnced in the first class and two in the second. the Lame tfiekngagea upon ths “History of the First Reform Period ” Militiu........... .. . Penigentiarles............... Weights and measures"....‘ Marine hospitals‘ .......... Harbour improvemenu. .. Canada Gazette. . . .. ..’ . . .. Superannuation fund ..... Lighthouse and count lor- wagto and ot Sepwnber. 1‘ ”presents transfers tbr lnmeolonial Ran- w to and at July, and Ibr P. E. I. Rdlway to on of. September. Mr. J. MUCABm, M. P., has Iaunchedinto‘ authorship deeper than ever. He is at pre- sentK writing a new vzotk of figtion,ޤn§1 at oeipts Suspension Act. . . . Prince Edward Island Rail- Xay Receipts Suspension cL ...... ...... Pacific Railway Reoetpu Sus enslon Act. . . Win sor Branch Interco- loniul Railway. . . . .... . Interest on public debt. . . 52,215,186 Charges of management. 41,733 Sinking fund. .. . . . . . . . .. 614,035 Premium discount and 03- ’ .1. ~_ _» n1 nnn Superannuation. . . .. . . .. .. . Mllitia and enrolled tom“ Mounted police. Manitou- Money orddr commission" Public works and bulldâ€" hxgs..... ”in... ............. Ocean and river service- .. Lighthouse and coast s’er- Total consolidated museum“ $9,114,679 T «main-m Woiio ‘ I‘Iml PAYMENTS. IEOEIPTB. 35.811342 - @9943! 1 ’7; ’fm LS7]. 481 20' ‘gizsshfi 469.227 282.015 $35350 ' 54. 450 513.300 14 655 870, 493 189. 972 5 513 109.956 E31?! 2.772 186,294 82,199 89,643 44,822 16,660 Last 14,738 43.258 25.019 19,309 2,388 992 5,112 21, 981 10 ’983 13: 417 12.195 186,180 10,730 106,788 49. 463 41 328 340,869 168, 065 666 0571,00! 148,944 13 .797 24;?! 6.951 mm 8,”