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a boon to the people of New Brunswick, which is so deeply interested in 

 the subject. (Cheers). I therefore have very much pleasure in conveying 

 to you those greetings. He regretted very much that he could not be pres- 

 ent, and I am sure we would all have been delighted to have him, but you 

 can very well understand why it was not possible for him to attend. 



I have said that is one of my reasons. Another, or rather one other 

 reason which actuated me in the desire to come was this, that in the Depart- 

 ment over which I have the honor to preside we are not a little interested in 

 the matter of forestry preservation. I know I have a Deputy Minister, a 

 very able man, who is very keenly alive to this subject, and I believe that at 

 the instance of the Convention which met at Ottawa, and of the Executive 

 connected with that Convention, that he is paying particular attention to the 

 preservation of forests from destruction by fires caused by locomotives, and 

 is making a special study of an improved scheme with regard to locomotive 

 smoke screens. Therefore, by reason of my association with him, I have 

 been called upon to take a much deeper interest in the subject than I other- 

 wise might have had. 



I would not for a moment detain you to talk on the relationship between 

 the transportation problem and your forest wealth in New Brunswick. I 

 know that, all over Canada, not merely here but throughout Canada, people 

 are interested in the extension of railways. I know that the problem in re- 

 lation to transportation is of interest to all, and that every man in his own 

 way is endeavoring to solve it. Every man knows in a measure how to solve 

 it ; and this leads me to my own idea, to which I might make reference. 



They say everything depends on the title which you give a book, and that 

 in writing a magazine article that very much indeed depends upon the cap- 

 tion of that article, and I suppose it follows, as a natural consequence, that 

 whenever you are going to say anything, especially if you have not very much 

 to say, a good deal depends upon the subject that you announce you are 

 going to speak upon. 



Now I might just as well have chosen some other subject. I realise that 

 now ; because the opportunity is gone, and I want the outlook, as I said be- 

 fore, to be bright for you ; but there are two little words often used that 

 might just as well have been chosen. These words are, " I see." 



Have you ever observed, in the ordinary conversations which take place 

 between men and women that these words are more frequently used perhaps 



