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And from another speech —

« Once imbue the minds of a large section of the
people with the idea that wealth can be created by
imposing taxes, and it is obvious that they have no
longer any reason for opposing the imposition of new
taxation, and that when the Government wants money
it need only profess that it desires to encourage new
industries to find a ready excuse for filling its coffers.
« Under taxation for revenue purposes only,
Canadian expenditure for 1874 was $23,316,000; in
1878 it was $23,519,000, in spite of large expenditure
on public works; but under taxation for protective
purposes it increased to 37,000,000—an increase in
eleven years of 14,000,000.
“There is no more effectual method of installing
corruption in the politics of any country than to
give a large number of active, energetic business
men a direct pecuniary interest in controlling legislation
 and in supporting any particular political party.
Being subsidised they must subsidise in return.
“Sir John Macdonald, Premier of the Dominion
being pressed for funds, summoned eighty or
ninety of the principal protected manufacturers in
Canada to meet him at the Queen’s Hotel, Toronto,
and then and there told them that as the Government
had helped them to enrich themselves at the public
sxpense, they in return must help to keep the Government
 in place.”

[LAURIER AND TREATY-MAKING POWER,

[t is too early yet to judge a new demand which
is certainly likely to receive a cordial welcome in
Canada, but an important suggestion for the
devolution of Imperial responsibility must be
mentioned in this chapter. The demand for
treaty-making power is to be regarded as a