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the Qnvrrnmcnt orOrent Hritnin was nt that time (linpnaed to exchange the ri^ht of 

 inshore riHhini; for Iho ndniitJHioii offish into the United States duly I'ree. It xs not 

 purtictdarly iin|H>rtnnt, at a <hit" so remote, how the faet really was. \ refer to it 

 onlv to show the great iin|>ortaneo attached at that early day — an importonee 

 whieli has eontiiiiied to be attached from that time to the present- by the Nome 

 Government as well as the Colonial (iovernment, to free access to the markets «)l' the 

 United States. 



("ominj; down to the date of the Reciprocity Treaty, we find in every tlirection, 

 whatever |)iil)lic document wc refer to, of any of the Provinces, the samest<»ry loi<l : 

 That during; the Ucci^irocity Treaty they hnilt up a great IU\\ business, unknown 

 to them before; th;il at the end of the Reciprocity Treaty, a duty of 'J dollars a 

 barrel on mackerel, and I dollar a barrel on herring, excluded them from tho 

 markets of the United States, and crushed out that l)ranch of industry. At tho 

 risk of making myself tedious, 1 must read you some passages on (hat 8ui>ject. 



Here is what Mr. I'»'ter .Mitchell, the former Minister of Marine and Fisheries, 

 says in JKfiU, in his " Return of all licences granted to .\merican tishernun," printcti 

 by order of Parliament, at Ottawa : — 



■Tlnnfl I'xrcsHivi' iliiliivi liciir willi |K-i'uliiir liimlNlii|i nii mn' lisliiiij; iiiiliislrv. mnl imrliciilnrlv timt 

 nf Nuvu Siiitiii mill riiiiiT Kilwunl iNliuid — tin' lislicniini mid ilnilcit in iIuhi- |iiciviiifc's liciiij,' t'ort^nl 

 into ( iiiii|ii'tiiiiiii in I'liiii'd ."nImIi's' nmiki'ln nndiT stTimm dniidviiiitiij^cH, hidi' liy side with the 

 .Atiiivicaii licf cMtili fakcii mit cif niiinwii wutcM." 



Ves, " hi ken out nf llirlr own wnlem." I am not afraid of the words. If the con- 

 sumer pays the duties, it would not make any diiren'nce out of what waters the 

 fish were taken, which brought on competition, would it ? 1 am discussing now tho 

 proposition that tiicre is .-i law of polilicjil economy, ot universal application, and 

 particularly .ippli'Mltle to the mackerel *\hiili go from the Provinces to Hoslon, by 

 wliich whatever ta\ is imposed in the United States is forthwith added to the price, 

 and has to lie paid by llio man who eats the mackerel in the States, and it makes 

 no dilference where the conjpetilion arises fron>. Mr. .MitcheH's statement, therelore, 

 is absolutely to the purpose. He continuct* : — 



' .Vt llie s.iiuc tiiiif iilliri |i1ikIiic(Mm nil- Milijci'l to <'(|iLilly lieiivv ( liiiri.'i's mi llir iif.'l'l('ll1tur9l, 

 miiici.il, and iillii r naliiial |iinduils nl llir lulled l'iii\ iin'i's. 



■ Tllr dire t I'Xtcllt In wllirll sllill |i|ii|liliiloI y dlllirs alliTt tin' li,>lli IV inlflVhts nl \\\V!>v I'nivinci'H 



timy |pf statrd in a I'l-w \vcird< liiiiin;; tlir yiiir isi'.i;, (m r.\,iiii|pli'. tlir ci'MMal I'rnvinccs Imvr jiuiil 

 in ;;nld, ics cn-liiiii iluty mi |irnviin iai iiin;,'lil li")! ivjinitcil !•) llif lliilrd Stntc-i, alKHil 'JJlVmO 

 diillMr«" 



This amount was paid by the Provinces in \xC){\, the year alter the Reciprocity 

 Treal\ emled. 'I'lieii. in :\ nol(!, he savs : 



'• Mmi' I'niTililv In iliiisliali' till' iiiiii|ual •i|i(ralinii nf l!ii' |irisi nl hy-lclii, Milliii- il In iiiHialiri' tlic 

 I •llnwiii;,' I'asc'S ; - .\ I'liili^li \r-si'l nl' 7 I Inn--, laiill and ii|ili|i|iiil 1.|-<I -iiusnli at .'^1 .Inlin N II , rii.ttili;^ 

 ■I.Silli dnllai", i\|irc'~>ly I'..,- the niaikiiel li^lien in tlie ( Inil nl St Lawn nee ami I'.ay nl' ( lialeiii-s. look 

 '.HI) Lands ..(' lisli, wliieli -mid in llalilax and UnMnn I'm- '..iinii dnila ■^ .\ller )ia\ inu- e\|M'ii!«'.«« 



nrellldin," '' dni S(i e, in '.'nld I'nr ellslnlllfl) a )irnllt nl' I.JIlll dnilal-' llerllled tn tile nWliels All 



AliierKiiii \i-i-iel tinin Newlnin |imt, .Ma<s . nf 111 Imis lniUlien. |n"k ii lieenee at I'ml .\|iili.'ia\e. \ ,>> , 

 jiiiyiliu' 111 dnilal-s The wlinle ensl nl \i's.,el iind\nyane wa.s ."i.'JilO ilnllalH, m- li.lmi dnjlal- llalil'iix 

 eiirreliey. She lislied '.Mil lialTcIs nl liiaikcrel, «liiili -nid ill l'.nr,|nli Inr In.tKHI dn||ai>, iilinlll '.1,1 Id 

 dnJIai-; in L'nld. le.i\iii'_' a prnlii nl'ilTlu dnllars." 



Alter "speakint;' of the (piestion of r.iising the licence lee to higher l);;'Uies, Mr. 

 Mitcliell coiitiniies (pagi (!) : — , 



• ll i- Kiiiimuelided that llie rale lie 1.' dnilais |ier tnii, the iiiMikerel li>]irry iH'ili',' thill ill wliiell 

 Alliriieans ehlelly en;;atre, and a< liiiiekeiel i-< tlir |irin( ipal \\*\\ liiiukeled ill llie I'liiled Stales hy 

 • 'inadiMn". nn wliirh the ta\ ii "J dnilais pi r Imriel. llii" nile aniniinl.M tn a elmrne nl Inn L'n eeiils yi-x 

 I" I liaiTel, still liaviiii; till ni an advantage nl I i|n|. Sll c. nn eaili Imllel, liisides the drawliac k allnwed 

 oil sail" 



Dill Mr. Peter Miteli.-ll think tli;<t llie o dollars a barrel dntv was -yof back bv 

 the li-ihcnneii ot' llir Priivinees .' During the session of liie .Itiiiii llmii Continission at 

 W'iislnn^rlon. ulieii llie American Comniissioiiers made an oiler to pin-cliase the inshore 

 lis!iniies ill iieriieiiiilv, wliiili was mil coiipleil wilh am olli-r id' iVce admission to our 

 niarkels, the IJrilisli ('nminissioiiers replied "that the offer was. . -is they inoughl, 

 wliolly iiiadetpiate, and that no arrangement woidd b<' at'ceptablc of \\iiwi> tlm 

 .idmission into the Uiiitcil States, free of duly, of lisii, the proilucuon of tlie itritish 



