aons of Canadian reflned petroleum oil and 5,075,650 gallons of American oil;
duty upon American oil imported into Canada 7 1-2 cents per Imperial gallon or
about 100 per cent. For the fiscal year ending June 30th, 1892, there was 5,698,-
002 gallons of American oil imported. There ,was exported from Canada in 1890,
420,492 gallons o0 petroleum oil valued at $18,154.
The foregoing facts clearly lndicates that the boundless undeveloped natural
resources of Canada" upon which my good friend delighta to dwell in general
terms is suering badly for a change in administration and that without it they
will remain for ages undeveloped.
Mr. Wiman, in a cotibution entitled ' Remove the barbed wire fence," pub-
lhed in t TLtU H," Marph 12, 1891, wrote as follows:
"The meaure of velopent whh s posible for the whole continent is
that whieh a actually taken place in the southern portion of it, and whieh is
found in the creation of a commerce, and the development of wealth giving forces
for the good of man, wbich in the Uniteed States has actually taken place. The
co,parisons given by the late Mr. Windom will illustrate the extent of this
groth. OR INSTANE T : T OH. NNUA OF THE DETROIT RIVlR, A NARROW STREAM
IN THII NOROTHERN PART OF NIORTH AMERICA, REACI?HED IN 1890 AN AMOUNT EQUAL
TO THE COMBINE D TONNAGE OF LONDON AND LIVERPOOL. TH TONNAG OF THE
SAULT S1TE. M.lARIE C iANAL, IN SEVEC MONTHS, WAS GREATER THAN THE TONNAGE OF
TBi- SUEZ? C?ANAL IN AX, g TIRE YEAR. *TH VA*LU OF A *SINGLE COTTON CROP
ROWN ?IN 1890 IN, ON"FCSION OF H UNTEiBD STATES REACHED 400 MILLION DOL-
LAIS;, A SUM EXCEEDING THK TOTAL OUTPUT FOR FIVE YEARS OF ALL THE GOLD
MIXES OF HiE WORLD. TOB TOTAL MANUFACTURES OF THE COUNTRY AMOUNTED TO
1, wM!L UION DOLLARS. MOP,~ THAN THo8E OF'GREAT BRITAIN, 2,000 MILLION MORE
THN T HOSE T OF FRANCE AND 2,?O0 MILLION MORE THANS THOSE OF GERMANY.
Canda, a,:the greater half of the continent, lias had no progress at all compara-
ble W the progress of the United States. TH TWO NATIONALITIES SBT OUT SIDEB
BY - O120 YAR8 A OW TRE RACE FOR CONTINENTAL 8UPREMACY. THE UNITED
ST4AT>HEA AN UINTRIIE ORM OF GOVERNMENT, HAD NO CAPITAL, lqO BACKING, AND
NO WPOBB. EX IECES, .WORKISNG O UT ON A VAST 8CALE A P;LA OF SELF-GOVERsN-
M1T, D E EXPERlT- IN FINANCE AND DEVELOPMENT. CANADA HAD BEHIND
IER G T B rTA:IN, STABLE INSTiTUIONS, ENORMOUS SUPPLIE8 OF MONEY, AND
EVBRYTHING TO MAKE EIR GORT. YET, TO-D?Y THB TWO COUNTRIES ARE WIDELY
DIFFERENT IN THE RESULTS ACHVED. ONFE RAS A POPULATION OF 64 MILLIONS8;
oTEOTEBAPO?xPULA TIoO1. BArBELY 65 MILLIONS. Everythng, else is in proportion,
A,si State in the 1Unon h? as many people,. and far greater wealtha tan the
wholeof Canada. A s ige.house in New York and one in Chicago sells more dry
goods in a year Imports. MBEAURED BY EVERY STANDARD- OF COM-
PAMiN, TIXE B T IN; CANADAQa OF SLF-RELIANCE AND SELF-DEVELOP-
8MT i A ALuasE. . ed- qestion the cause of this has been that the free-