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Our North Land. 



tion and commerce of the North- West the greater will be the 

 volume of trade between that section and the eastern Provinces. 

 The principle of strangulation embodied in the idea of holding the 

 country exclusively for the benefit of the Canadian Pacific Railway 

 is a foolish one both for that road and for Canada, and is one that 

 will soon drive Manitoba out of Confederation or else into utter 

 destitution. 



