New-York tribune., 1900-01-28
TOPICS IN CANADA.
EXPORT OF PULP WoOD-INDUSTRIAL
ENTERPRISES.

Montreal. Jan. . (SpecaD.-Quebec Province in
tends to follow the example set by Ontario in
penalzing the export of pulp wood from the prov
nce. the tax to be levied being 81 80 cord In the
past three hundred thousand cords Of pulp
wood shipped from this province to the paper
mills Of the United States annually the new
tax will either add 100000 to the Provincial Treas
ury which is in need of all the money it get.
the pulp wood Instead of going out Of the country
as heretofore will be turned into paper at home
This IS the object which the Government has in
consequence are being made. 1t is question. how
eyer %neInee Ine ehange & VIII ~ 3g Pc as PDP1aT aS @
mills get their pulp wood from the timber limits
Wof way to 'Ss Ss GeG sses e is Pup IN pa %
by small farmers who cut It off their own land IN
the winter time and In this way add materiaLy
to & their incomes 1t is predicted that these men
in disposing OF their cut.
AIDING THE EMPIRE.
Mr.. Bourassa, Liberal. Member of Parliament for
Labelle. who resigned his seat protest against
the part taken by the Government in sending the
contingent to South Africa without first securing
the consent of Parliament, is again a member
Upon presenting himself to his constituents no op-
position forthcoming, and he therefore was re-
elected without having to to the polls After his
election he made a speech his electors in which
he announced his willingness to approve the policy
of sending troops South Africa in tsef. although
he was opposed to the Government taking on itself
the responsibility of such action withou authorize
ton. This is very different from sGme Of Mr.
Weighed against the idea that Canada should ever
mp2a e9 aed Mp raT taf Minister Rsf IN of h Pu %o
speaking at Sherbrooke on the same day, said that
he had been in favor of calling Parliament but
that he had been overruled by his colleagues and
that he acquiesced in their decision. The difference
between the government ana some OF us loIIoWers
on this point W Is teShncS & one @ Tor cd n9 one s q9e
act would have been to authorize the sending OF
troops Three French-Caradian constituencies In
this province recently elected members. and in
there opposition to the Liberal candidate.
whipped his followers into line, although one still
hears a good deal of pro-Boer talk upon the
MoNTREAL's MAYoRALTY
The Irish citizens Of Montreal are much disturbed
attempt being made. with almost
certainty Of success, to deprive them of what they
regard as their right to elect Mayor their own
race There has been understanding for many
years that the Mayoralty should alternate between
an English speaking and French speaking man.
and the English speaking representa- tives are al
ternately Protestant and Catholic. Thus there
French Mayor for two years. then Irish Mayor
for two years, then Frenchman again; then
English Protestant filled the place. and so on At
tempts have not been lacking to break down this
arrangement, but public opinion has always been
npes BY rights the Irish shouid elect Mayor
of the office is out for a second term and although
the Irish have nominated a candidate IN the per
with any expectation of electing him. The French
20 one and can do as they please in municipal mat
ters. They now say that the old arrangement was
in numbers entities them to an extra term once in
a while, They also say that If the boot on the
were French. Mayors of that nationality would be
few and far between. The Irish are very angry
the situation 1t stands, and relations be-
tween the two races are strained
GROWTH OF CANADIAN TRADE
The Government figures of the trade OF the coun-
try for the last six months of 1899 show that the
remarkable expansion OF recent years continuing
For this period the exports and imports taken to-
gether aggregated in value 500 100000 being
increase of $4,000 600 over the figures for
the corresponding period last year The greatest
growth was in imports. which increased over S5 COO
GOO. Much of this increase is however explainad
particularly of iron. Over 81 100000 of extra duties
was PAID into the treasury Golfers, an
@ 0Iner nandsome surplus this year in spite OF the
unexpected expenditure in connection with the send
ing OF troops to the Transvaal which will probabIv
not fall much short of 81 1000 900 when all the ac-
counts are in.
GREAT INDUSTRIAL ENTERPRISES
Expenditures aggregating over 100000 are to be
made In the near future at Sault Ste. Marie on
tario In the erection OF reduction works chemical
works alkali works. a sulphde pulp mill and steel
rali MILL All these enterprises are being launched
by one company. the Ontario and Lake Superior
Company. which has a capital of S2OOOOOOO OF which
SoOOOOO is paid up. The capitalists composing the
0oiPSny are ali Americans, residing for the
ana refining works will be ready for operation nv
June l. They Will give employment TO one thou
SII men men Work Is 10 begin shortly on steel rail
Inili, which Is 10 cost S250OOO0. II will have ca
Paclty or one thousand Of steel a dav The
IRON Ior this mill will be supplied by the company's ;
own mine at Mtchipcoten. which is to be connscfe5
railway. - = P'i'S'e