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the output of iron industries. One of these 

 industries actually received, in one year, in 

 Federal and Provincial bounties, $75,000 in 

 excess of its entire wage bill in that same year. 

 Another resolution declared "That there should 

 be the strictest regulation of public transporta- 

 tion, and that a commission, with power to 

 fix rates, should be established without further 

 delay." A third resolution pledged the full 

 support of the Association in securing the 

 passage of the Cowan Drainage Bill, (the bill to 

 enable farmers to carry necessary drains across 

 railway lands), and the Lancaster Cattle Guard 

 Bill. In that year the Manufacturers' Associa- 

 tion was carrying on an active campaign for an 

 increase in the tariff, and "The Association 

 emphatically protested against any such in- 



crease." 



Prompt steps were taken to give effect to the 

 resolutions passed. An invitation was extended 

 by it to the Canadian Manufacturers' Associ- 

 ation, the Toronto Board of Trade, the Grange, 

 the Ontario Fruit Growers' Association, and the 

 Toronto Cattle Dealers' Association, to send 

 delegates to a joint conference in the Temple 

 Building, for the purpose of considering the 

 advisability of pressing for the appointment of a 

 Dominion Railway Commission. The invita- 

 tions extended were all accepted. Delegates 



