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g'jiiii hy il and to,) iu;iiiy ri-^ks \n run. A ( :irni. w^ald iiol 1)' !),'<ui:r!il over 

 witliiiut a C'.'i'taiiity ol' its Ix'iiin' sold ill diii •■. I'sji 'linlly in :Ii' la.:. wli'.'U 

 thrrr is 11(1 linii.' to In:-", ill l;'i'I!1'^' :iud r •! uiiniiLr. iw S''a[< i)id \v. atli-r. 



1 Ih' ii'iiiaiks r. s])i'cliiiu' lisli aiijiiy t(|iialiy lo iuiiil). r. At Ivivioi'i' 

 Biaii-h.'. , i((in>id 'ridtK' iuiiih.'r ir.MJ.' is ciurird uk wlii. li wniilil !).> iu- 

 orcast'd tcii iold ])y ui'aiiis of :i r.rdway which wi'uM roiiv y ii away at 

 uU s.asiiiis wiliioiil any li.-k. At inisi'iit iho,.- (•ii:j,-i;u d ialli.,; ..ado 

 ar.- i.l)iio-,d ,(, liuiii it to a LiTcal rxinil b ■causr- ih 'y ciui diip i h'lr lumber 

 only by Kchouin'is and in iavuiirubif woalhcr. 



I'hc i»abii(} loss snfil' red and \\w obsiach-s cau;>«'d lo (■oloni/alioii ..ud 

 auri'uluiwd and industrial dv-VidopiU'-nt lhroUL;-h ihi> abs'juv' ol" a vail- 

 ^vay fonnccliny wiiii the Intcrcoloiiiai arc inculcuhdjlc. Un ' niusi -.vo ou 

 the spot to b ' able to a[)jiri'(;ial:(! It and when one s 'cs ii wi'h iii ■ wn 

 eyes, one {'anno! h dp i'eeliliij' coiiji.leiii tlial an eilli^'hleiied (roVei'niil.int 

 wi'l not only ik.i put idl'the carryiii'.;' out ol' such an undeitaking, hu* 'vill 

 alsM proinol.'it wilhall i)ossil)le dili^'ciice iiiul z 'al. In the con e,,,,;^ .sof 

 Maiane, there arc invent quantities ol' cedar, spruce and whiter birch, which 

 arc uiili>;cd to a very limited c.Kteiil with the exeeption, however, ofldrch, 

 which is exported directly from Matane as we will .see lurther on. i'hus 

 we would !iav' on the spot the cedar reiiuifed lor ties on the 'pro; -oted 

 branch and t here would be a ia,r<>'<' trade in mapl' and l)lack buch for 

 iire-\\()od. :i trade wliiidi woubl make the lortunc ol' many people who 

 an- diily altracted to the United States. 



()ii tli • other hand many snial! local industries could be easily devel- 

 oped whose a!i<r'iiMte results would re])reseiu a good amount and wiiich 

 would contribute towards keeping our population wIlIi us. 



\s li vcrend Mr. Morriss U' says : '" My y-etling a iittk* here and 

 theie, \v ' would si)on make every on.' satislied " Mr. Morriss'ittehas 

 been imiisli ])riest of .Sandy Bay since 1 74. It is due lo his r-p -ated 

 oxiiov!atio-is and the vi<>-ourous impulse he has Li'iven to his parish that 

 it has made such reniarkal)le j.rnvress in ag ieulture since \it\ has bnm 

 ill eliaru'.-. IJut at present. althoui:ii much remains to b- done, (\very 

 oilbi't will !>■ useless without a railway and one ol' the linest parishes 

 in ill'- I'roviuce will be stopped while in full progress. 



This can be shown by an example which comes to my mind just as 

 I am about to iinish with Sandy 15. ly. I have alrv'ady spoken of tire potato 

 trade, and I said that the farmers of that place did not even get one half 

 the amount paitl to thi' farmers of municipalities on the line of the I)iter- 

 colonial. Thei'e are also other kinds of [)roduce : oats instead of selling 

 for o5 or 60 c Mit.s, as in town, sold l:)r iJO or 35 cunts only. Rev. Mr. Morris- 

 sette is (!ouipelled to sell the i)ro;?e,eds of his tithes at a very low ligar-^ to 

 the? persons who work in the mills of Matane and Sainte Felicite, so that 

 it is ouly some local industries in the neighborhood which enable the 



