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y* restric people. © There ~was~ room for mil-- 1 62 :mtry ltt'?: wo?m.h'b' hurtful to the lions of immigrants, and, while it was _ Dr. Willou ';'egn : road, hinted that an objectionable class _ of of Mr cunezfley avored the proposal people n;ame from the south of Eu-- Mr. Marter asked wh rope, all knew that there was a foreign obemfMployment. in th"fat the condition element in no sense objectionable. Mr.) Hardy repHed t;:rt"' ospd What more valuable citizen could be alowed to w kpl a¥l no one was got than the frugal, industrious Swede ho Was mgl 4 | g&t""g out_timber or Norwegian, or the Mennonite ? The 3 Nothing was said re;:) ent of Canada. most difficult time for the immigrant & Mr COnme:apolar)\teg' allte'gflance. after landing in the country was the adians as a rule did noto-f'tm thatthCan'- first year, and that was the time when s cupation of railroad conatru()(?:lo CC : he was not to be allowed to work. This < 1t would turn the stream of immigration " Mr. Haycock thought legislation on m this suwbject was b 7 o to the United States. If it were known §3 th s--peyond the powér of that this restriction were imposed, im-- ® e Legislature. It more properly be-- : n c& Y | longed to the Dominion Parliament. H | migrants, would no longer YTite Afing j ' r 4 ent. ie to their brothers and friends, inviting 4 objected to the subsidy of $270,000 to | them to come to Canada. The Liberal § | the James Bay Railway, because he | party was not antagonistic to any na-- : said the project had not yet been ma-- | tionality, but held out the hand of wel-- tured. It had been said that Toronto | come to every foreigner, whether he & was prepared to aid this railway. The | came from Russia, Germany, France, d Legislature should wait until Toronto Spain, or any other country. The only 3 did something. condition imposed was that he should Mr. Whitney suggested that the mo-- obey our laws and become an indus-- & :'l'(;!;débe"amended by addition of the tricus citizen. T. § , "or per y 7 'e-- » 3 sidents of c';,,:g:',;'rh;'n;' .}',:';:Sen e Why Not Make the Appllc'ation General? $ The House Divided. Mr. Haycock asked if the principle 4 s . f of the amendment were correct so far p "hen_ the committee had risem and as railways are concerned, why should $ the motion for the third reading of the it not apply to everything else ? It had 3 81_.{'1)Sldy bill was made, Mr. Carnegie, been rightly said that the chief requi-- with the object of dividing the House site in this country for its progress and ' '"f"' the question, put his amendment in prosperity is population, They should this form : "T}\at all men employed erdeavor to attract the foreigners in-- in the construction of such railway aid--. | stead of repelling them. Among thg ed shall be British subjects or residents ; citizens of this country to--day are thou-- of Canada for the period of one year." | sands of men who were originaily at-- M" Hardy said that such a clause tracted to settle in Canada by the ;:m{ld be futile. It was well known, | progpect of employment on these great e said, that we had not enough Can-- public:-- works, _ and _ had _ re-- adians to build the roads. We could | wained -- and _ become most valu-- {:';'{ldf"pp.'y°the demand if we were | able and reputable citizens. The peo-- f This ng three or four roads at one time. ' ple of this country almost unanimous-- | * Tlomn cvt;;;'ntry' most valued immigra-- , ly condemned the policy of the United | United State\er might be said. of the | States Government, who have set up The Uni (;'tf'" could not apply here. , the alien labor law; and if the Legis-- | The United States were no longer seek-- lature passed any bill of this kind it ing population. They were closing their would not le in the mouths of Cana-- | ;i;ln')rs-against foreigners, while we were dians to speak upon this matter, if this ' e:)ml\ ing ours wide open and inviting Legislature followed the bad example | gurpfast snsermdco nds 'That was the United States set. He sincerely Cche of Th unsettled lands._ That was trusted the day would never come when © of the principal planks in the policy such a law would be placed upon our o Oe petpie ol Covemment and. 1t statute book. '2f(81d be the policy of the Province Mr. Ross asked if the princinle ad-- iYE ntario also. The time had not ar-- | varced by the supporters of the am-- | lt'h\ ed when we could shut our doors to erdment were correct, why should it | the foreigner. Restrictions had been stop at railway construction *.. By | ";upsed as to labor on timber lands | | the attachment of the proposed condi-- | Ori\'-thich the Government were the pro-- l tion, why should not a similar condition ! })0 eiors. but they did not say that be attached to the vote for colonization ; D reigneftg should not work. It would roads, for which $100,000 was provided g 1 91101_"!(1,8& to restrict and hamper the to be spent on the improvement of these | railway g:'ants by such a condition. roads, irrespective of the nationality of _ Mr. Whitney informed Mr. Haycock the settlers? The Dominion Govern-- g ' that he should have objected to the ment spent millions on railway con-- 3 1 ri'xily\ay resolutions when they were | struction, and no such condition wasl i i passed, if, as he had declared, the imposed." The amendment implied that | } roads existed only in the imagination Cangda took the position that no for-- | of the promoters. It was not proposed eigner need come here unless he was | to declare by the amendment that for-- prepared to maintain himself and fam-- | eigners should not be employed on sub-- ily for a whole year. If the contention | : sidized railways. The only !'estl'lctlon' is correct, why not attach the condi-- :vas residence for a year in the coun--/ tion to the Crown lands, settlement ? ry.. How would it do to say that no on€ Mr. Harcourt began his speech by should be allowed to settle on lands of $ ' reminding' the House that the four the Crown until he had been a resident f zyreat transcontinental railways of the of this country for one year ? 6 United States had been constructed by Mr. Macdonald (Bruce) said he un-- 4 men who had given that . coun-- | derstood that the purpose of the bill try thousands of valuable citi-- | was that people receiving employment zens. _ Canadians were all agreed on this work should be residents of that their country required morel Canada, a principle in which he con-- a ie i s