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more than a repetition of those used by Sir Richard 

 Cartwright and the Liberals in the 'eighties. 



Other criticisms were to the effect that the depu- 

 tation only represented 25 per cent, of the Western 

 farmers ; that the proposals meant diverting the trade 

 of Great Britain to the States, and that the entire 

 movement was of a class character. As might be 

 expected, a counterblast came from the Canadian 

 Manufacturers' Association, which charged the 

 Western farmers with ignoring every one but them- 

 selves ; that Canada had become united and strong 

 under moderate protection, and the movement was 

 controlled in the main by '' New Canadians," un- 

 acquainted with the history or the aims of the 

 Dominion. 



Mr. T. A. Russell, of the Toronto Cycle and 

 Motor Co., pointed out that Canada had been 

 unfairly treated by the United States. 



" For the past ten years," he said, " our purchases 

 from the United States were ;C320,ooo,ooo. Their 

 purchases from us were ;if 160,000,000. They are 

 twelve times greater in population. In other words, 

 our purchases from the United States were £6 per 

 head, theirs from us 4^. 6d. per head. The United 

 States average tariff on all goods, dutiable and free, 

 is 24 per cent, ours 16 per cent. Theirs on dutiable 

 goods, 42 per cent., ours 27 per cent." He urged 

 that Canada's natural resources would be wasted 

 instead of conserved, and that its seaports would be 



