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T . settlers in b we. orqtMBEMfe"t- V nickel industry was thrivmg. and the; "we, aim ('Ur,tu',ufltrt','e the Pro, AI recent discoveries in the Magnetawan' Vince cannot get their troot" into that, valley gave further promise. He ex- country to advantage. It " necbgaury,! pected the centre of the iron trade to therefore. that some means should be ibe transferred to America. and finally adopted for 'the construction ot a rail» Ito the northern halt ot this continent. way from North Bay to Temiscamlng, 11?heorsO 'a distance of 106 miles. Shall We sub? T The effect of the opening up of our 'sidize that road. or would it he better northern country must be very great 'for the House-and I am not now in the near future. If they could turn ispenking; in a politieat teetttre-ttt vote a the tide ot immigration to the north, it iMuttt to ascertain what the actual cost they could turn the attention of the .ot construction would be. and after- capitalists of the old country and the 'wards to construct it ourselves. re- United States to the north, cities and Mining entire control over the road towns would sprint. up in what were from start to tttttatt, leasing it to the now the forests ot the couotry, and the Grand Trunk Railway. which we would I 'eft'ect on the markets of Ontario would have to do in order to obtain the con- (be inCalculable. Mr. Ciergue. for in- netetiort which would make the trade of Nuance. had recently stated that he had that. northern country tributary to the 'bouttht 81.000000 worth ot goods in older parts or Ontario ? " we did that Ontario alone. ', we would own the road, and we could . . . lease it probably for the interest on the ' Littes of Progress. F cost of construction. and at the end of The Government bad to-day present-! storm) time get the margin of profit. The f ed a bill tor the encouragement of the} immense advantage to the Province ' beet-root sugar industry", and before) would be that the People of Ontario . the session closed a bill would be in-l would control the markets of that troduced for the improvement of iipii,) new country. (Applause.) . ways. it was proposed to spend l have no desire to injure Ottawa.' or $1,000.000 in this respect. $100,000 a, Montreal. Both cities get their share ot - year for ten years. He hoped also that: trade. and will continue to do so. It they tttight find some way ot bring-) the pine is there and is to be got out ing down a measure to assist in the; let " come down on our own rail-, abolition of toll rolls. (Government. ways: if the pulp has to be got out," applause.) Commerce should and must it't it come down on our own railways. _ be free on all their highways. It was' tApplause.) It the settlers want to trot , also proposed to bring down. if nos-i rut or go in. let them have. Hilt'ii easy . 'sible. a measure for the encouragement; transportation as will l onduct them by d ot the dressed beef trade. This would, wax or Ontario. (Applause) The, they hoped. induce the farmers to raise effect upon all the industries. factories? cattle for dressed meat, and so win a "hob-sale shops and pork parking shops large share of the market now control- will be 1"P.y glee t. led by the great Armour and Swift com I throw this out now. not saying the horns. They expected to get the sup- Government. has absolutely committed port of the House in a petition to the itself to a policy ot that kind. But Imperial Government for the estah- we must have the courage to take up lishment of a remount station in On- the task. The pine which would be tario. He Ihotlied also 2,'" the Minis- trnched is worth five times the cost of; ter of Agr cu ture woul secure the N er abolition of the test ot cattle going in-I 'ttfe/i,":,',.";,, ,'l.rtut?',e,1c,l'/'ihe, '3: Jt,'yill'7., to the United States. and the raising I would like to have the control. _ of the quarantine on cattle shipped to at Mort . , - . lil " s . , _ 1e point. and this on nership wi l England. (Gm ernment applause.; They practically make "a master of the aim" might also be able to deal with the tttion And if the road ultimately went; university question. a large question. : ' C.' _ W Iinvolving curl-fill thought and conaid- to James Bay, this would place a "11-5 .cratlon _ . ther distance of 240 miles under the', I l . control of the Ontario Government. it? i The Temiscaming Railway. 5 would also he a shorter route to the) l TI . Pre .. h . ' C Klondike. It is the duty ot the Peo-' ', it limlir t on lottrred again to', pie of Ontario to 390 that this grout 'the openingnp of new Ontario. Aftel" patrimony does not pass out of their; ipaying subsidies for railways they had , hands. We are standing here at the! lno control over roads which might lm' very gateway to that great muntry'i _ ,"WN! to them. It Toylf be, he said. For this reason let us see to " that no. 3 is tremendous obligation to assume the man shall put up a barrier atratnst tttel ".3?" of " railway to the north, and no trade that is ours naturally: let ussee; lGovernment-in Ontario would have the to it that no corporation shall intercept courage to assume such an obligation. by discriminating rates or excessive What were they going to do it they . , - charges the progress " hich might-ac desired to get the full benefit of ingress crue under a more favorable condi- F ' to that country. all: wi;'iich mustdbc tion l Rot by a Vai wuy l' b'poa " to a e- Ml. Ross resumed ills seat amid loud putatlon recently, continued Mr. Ttoss, cheers, and was immediately surround- I said that on the Rainy River itail- ed by many of his su orters who way the Government reserved to them- [.Gniratriiiiiik lti n '1 hi .0: eech ' solves the right to regulate the rates " " on It', p " . for settlers and on settlers' effects. Watt Col. Mathcson's Criticism. .. . ' . e ' o ,t.1.ly,,t. ,Y/r.l! KNIT". is there any otht'r Col. Matheson. who followed. said way in which Wt can get control of th , . H -__ . . ' " ' " that the Premiers statement did not railway which will more fully rm ct th . wants of the people , At ptu'trent the place the financial affairs of the. Pro- trade of the Tcmiscamlng goes to vince in their proper light. The'Pm- Montreal by the C.P.R.. on tho Vince was not in a position tenement» east side or the Ottawa River. one dollar for any demand upon-it on- We could not get Ontario ."r 7_