116 CANADA AND THE EMPIRE.

Barrels.
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Taku ai we ws ws 10,750
Vladivostock  ... ni wo. 85,560
Yokohama. . ves J. we 362,175

«That business has only begun, and yet the largest
orders for flour that have ever come to Minneapolis
from any quarter have come from the Orient.”-—M?.
Tames J. Hill, speaking at Minneapolis, January, 1904.

Without going into further details, we append
here extracts from speeches delivered by Sir
Richard Cartwright. We feel that these extracts
are not out of place here, for he suggests as a
British policy a form of retaliation with which we
are not familiar in England, and his name has
been inaccurately used in the discussion of fiscal
subjects :—

«The question of the present, which is probably
more than any other agitating the British Empire, is the
question whether it is possible to solidify the Empire ?
Now, sir, my memory goes back for forty years, and
[ remember very well that the time was when British
statesmen thought it was not possible to solidify the
Empire. 1 remember very well when British statesmen,
 and British statesmen of the very highest rank
and place, were disposed to throw their colonies overboard,
 and more especially to throw their North
American colonies overboard. There has been a
wondrous change in the spirit of their dream since
then. Now, I have here in my hand that somewhat
remarkable manifesto issued by Mr. Balfour but a
few weeks ago. It is a thoughtful and scholarly
exposition of Protection, as might be expected coming
from such a source ; but I would venture to say, with
all due deference, that Mr. Balfour is more theoretical
than practical in his treatment of the subject. Mr.