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every nntion Inn oorisidprcd, that I lie fmlicric-i iDrin tlin nursery of its fleet, ft is a 



usiiu'^s which liiis lii'i'ii nurtiired l)v liirnc hDimticH hy the United States iiiid otiier 

 comitiii'-.. Tlic ehiss 1)1 li-iiicrim II is a iiivDiirc d, |(rivih'i;e(l eiass. Theirs is tlie most aiieicnt 

 eaihii:; in llie woild. And eaii it he said it is UDtiiiny to tlie United States to keep nj) that 

 ehws .' is it nolhin;; that tliey have tiiere the nucleus out ol'wliieii their naval force must 

 ■ i)e kept up / Tlie Uiiiled States e.imiot ifcl on wiliiout lier navy ; slie must iiiive a great 

 navy. It is not sutHeieiil tiiat ^he should he a nieat I'ower on land ; sliu intends to l)e, 

 and I hope always \iill he, an inipoitiint and ^i:ieat Power on the ^ea. And liow can 

 sli(> hr a roniii<i'hle imval I'ower unless slie lias soiiu; means of nurturing her marine; 

 and how is that to he nurtured, except tliroui;h the li-ihuries '.' It is one ot tlie most 

 iinporlant scliools she can po-sihly iiave. I shall liavo ti! "all ymir attention to speeches 

 on this jioiiit 111 whiili it is sliown to he one of the heiietit.-. aeeiiiini; to the United States. 

 I therelore sa\. tlial u hrii Mr. Ko^^lcr laid down the extraordiiiaiy lule that your Honours 

 must approach iIk. considi ralioii of the ipustlon of value as a (•oinmoii matter of business, 

 with " pencil in hand," he took a narrow and erroneous view of the matter, based upon 

 the fallacy uiiderlyinc;' their wiiole ease, that it is a cpiestion between the tishermeii of 

 (iloiieestcr and (iiiat I5rilaiii, when it is notiiing of the kind. 



Upo' the (juestion cf the valiu; of the two fisheries, alluded to hy Afr. Foster, tables 

 were put in by .Majof Low, to which I wish to call your lloimnrs' attention. In .Major 

 Low's evidence, pa:.,'e 402, he gives two siatemeiits of .Mr. Steele's transactions, showing 

 the averau'e of monthly earninus of Mr. Steele's fleet each year, from 1M58 to 187(i, in 

 each department in whicii they were employed, alter payinj^ stock charges and so I'orth. 

 in iH.'iH, the number of vessels was eitjht. I am reading now from an analysis of Major Low's 

 tables, made up very earefnlly hy .Mr. .Miall, ot' Ottawa, a very able man in statistics, who 

 lias given me a i;reatileal of assistance in this matter, and who is very accurate in his figures. 



Mr. /"'((.n/cc. — Let .Mr. Miall he put on the stand as a witiujss. 



Mi: Tiioiiisou. — All you have lo do is to refer to .Major how's evidence. I want to 

 e.ill your lloiiour>' attention parlienlarly to this, because a large jiortion of the evidence 

 submitted by the United Slates was tor the purpose of showing that the eod-fishing was 

 an iinpoitaiit business, and the niaekeiel-lisliing was not. But that evidence jiroved the 

 opposite. This is the sum total of .Major Low's own figures, a.s jiut in for the years from 

 185S to I87(i, that the average earnings of each vessel in the cod-lishiag business per 

 month was '.VJ'\ dollars, while the average eaniings of each vessel per month in the bay 

 mackerel business was -ITJ dollars, and on tiie .\nieric:in sliorc only '52') dollars. Theac 

 are .Mr. Low's own figure'-, and the results whicli tlicy prove. Here is the statement: — 



AXAtA'sis of Statement of Messrs, Steele's Transactions, put in evidence by Major Low, 

 a wiliiess on behalf of the United States — showing the monthly earninu;s of .Messrs. 

 Steele's Heet, each year from IHJS to IMTti, in each de[)artineiit in which they wore 

 emi)loyed, after iiaying stock charges and crews' wages ; — 



