Show THE CANADIAN PRESS Ott Ottawa wa Free Press II Dr Dr Goldwin Smith denies that he advocates It annexation annexation an annexation an of Canada to the tho United States ho wants is social union A rose by any other name etc Hamilton Herald Gold vin Smith writes that ho he has teen ben careful not Dot to advocate annexation What he has ad advocated ad ad- ho he says is continental union Th The The- dear old philosophical quibbler I What's the tho difference Toronto Globe The lIThe people of On Ontario Ontario Ontario tario have havo hen bee i so lop long accustomed to think of live methods that it is is not a little startling to their self complacency to ti find the minister of public works of UI that t province announcing an important new hew departure in the conservation of natural resources Mr Taschereau has intimated from the public platform that the contemplated scheme will include not merel merely forestry but hut effective control control con con- of the upper waters of the man many streams that abound in Quebec Ottawa Journal I. I Canadas Canada's tion is close to and the United States is about Each nation reached respectively its parliament and its con coni ss almost simultaneously and the chances are that Canada will turn the population mark about the time the United States population numb nurn num- b hers bers rs The ten ton to one ratio rati between the two nations seems to hold good in a a. number of matters St. St Johns John's Globe Newfoundland with a a. population of less than people has a debt of nearly The taxation for all P purposes averages averages av avo as near as may maybe be 12 1 L a head hoad wInch which would be 60 on the family of five persons Calling attention a apIe couple couple cou cou- pIe of years vears a ro to the financial conditions condi condi- the auditor g of Newfoundland Newfound Newfound- land said I It It must be borne in mind that the average earning earning- per TIer family of our fishermen who with their thir families form tenths eight to tenths nine of the colony's population is probably less than per annum and that they have very little savings put bv by The inference is is that taxation is a real burden bur bur- den in N Newfoundland for the average family earning a vear year pays one one- fifth of f its total income in interest est estand and other taxes St. St t. t John Tele Telegraph aph II A A great ma ma- of the peoples people's a representatives re will favor the governments government's a plan It Its is s a question in regard to which there is is much room for difference of opinion and evidently the conservation party lust just now is split over the question It Itis is is noteworthy however that both parties are overwhelmingly in favor of Canadian participation in the work of defense and that is the main thing after af af- af ter all |