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more desolate, and we ought, if necessary, take such steps as will make the- 

 farmer keep all the waste places on his farm covered with trees. We have 

 a right to that. We who are not fanners are interested in the success of 

 farmers. \Ve who are not lumbermen are interested in the success of the 

 lumbermen. Therefore, I want to impress upon you that the necessity exists 

 that a Convention like this should be called and that this Convention should 

 not only be in earnest in what it does, but keeping its eyes to the future, it 

 should see that no body of men, no matter how wealthy, no matter how long 

 existing, should not, while not injuring themselves, injure the community in 

 which they live and who have the same rights they have. 



There is no time to finish these ideas, I leave the question entirely with 

 you. I am pleased indeed to have had this opportunity to see and hear what 

 has been done and said here. I think this day will leave a bright spot in 

 the history of 'our country. I have seen these things going on and wondered 

 about them for a long time. The only country we love is our own and that 

 is the principle we go on. We want to see our country flourish and to do 

 that, everyone must do his duty, as we have been doing here today. And I 

 trust the time will come and speedily too, when all these interests we have 

 been talking about today will join with us in recognizing that he who loves 

 his country will do something for it ; and when that is the case, we may turn 

 our eyes to the future and although we may not see the good results our 

 efforts will have made, we will have this sweet and glorious thought in our 

 own minds, that we have made our country what we desire it to be and 

 under our flag, with the protection of our Constitution, beside the great 

 Institutions which make this Canada of ours and the great possessions of our 

 Empire to say nothing of the central forces of the Empire that rnak e them 

 the glory of our. Institutions, and with the memory of our fathers, we are 

 marching forward, with our eyes to the future, hoping for our country, acting 

 for our country and determined to do our duty in whatever position we are. 



Hon. H. R. Emmerson, Minister of Railways and Canals, then made an 

 address. 



Mr. Tweedie, Ladies and Gentlemen, 



I can assure you it gives me very great pleasure to be in this 

 Chamber once again. There have been occasions when I was here 

 and, I have heard, more than once, a plea put forth on behalf of the 



