| Show TARIFF QUESTION I BOTHERS CANADA I II I Parliament Prepares to Grap- Grap Grapple I Grap-I pie With Difficult Problem MENACE REMOVED I I 8 From Frum India ludia flu Note ow Turned in iu the I Direction of the time United States Ottawa Ont Jan f 1 Now Now that the holidays s 's are over again ag parliament will trill probably resume wua work with some degree of business like III e spirit phIt Little was done before the holidays hollday al although although although al- al though much bragging had taken place as to lo the volume of work that wa was to lo lobe tobe tobe be disposed of and anti early too during the present se session lon The Thc tariff lariff will be one of or the principal principal pal things to lo come up during the next few fe wr The Tho Hindu and Japanese Immigration questions will also be discussed discussed dis dis- l 1 cussed again more or less The former former former for for- mer Is almost settled however cr for forthe forthe forthe the British government for India Ind has notified time the government that no more moie Hindus will be sent out Tho The stories to the effect that among those who did come to the Pacific coast were innumerable women dressed as men have e been tull fully corroborated corroborated orated b by Investigation but hut the strange part parl of it all Is that the deputy minIster minister min min- ister who was wa charged the thc Investigation investigation could not find out who tho parties were that managed the exodus from India because the Hindus themselves themselves them them- selves refused to tell lell and because the B government of ot India claims It does not know Ino Hindus Mote Mo 10 C to United States However Howe the exodus Is stopped an and anda a a. lar large e number of the Hindus have havu already mo e moved to lo time the United States so sn that the thc British Columbians need not complain fhe They are aio aI always s vats vat's complaining about the Japanese but their complaints complaint have ha never been permitted to reach such an acute stage as was reached In the Unil United d Stales Stale British Columbia Columbia Co Co- lumbia I used used- d' d to lo make male laws trying to keep the tho Japanese out usually by creating a standard of education which they could not nOl pass and then the Iho governor general In council would disallow disallow disallow dis dis- allow the new n enactment and continue continue continue con con- to tu be as us friendly If not more friendly l with Japan than titan before ulo Ti-ulo Japan Jn ua Grim Grim- GlUThe The Thc result Is that trade with Japan has grown Tho rho imports from flom there thereof of or raw silk alone have Increased during during dur dur- ing the thc last year car to the value of or 90 silk tissues to the value of 70 silk sill handkerchiefs to tho the value o of porcelain an and eai earthenware earthen earthen- then then- ware to an and rice to Tho The total Imports of these goods good s 1 amounted during the thc last year ear t to 1 On the tho other hand nd the tho Jupa Japs have bought Canadian flour to the thc amount amoun t of oC G which Is 1 more than w was s bought hought time Iho previous year car While While- it seems a popular idea that thai thc the In Indians are arc dying out thc they arc not In Canada Here thc they keep In Increasing In in- creasing Thc They increased in 1 lIb and they have u Increased again during 1906 at al the rate of over o 1700 There Thero were 2100 OO births an and deaths The Income Income- derived rl from work orl done exclusively by Indians has passed time the I mark and exceeds last years rears Inco Income nc by over The Thc great trouble with the Indian department had list Hl year was the Increased in increased increased in- in creased traffic In iii liquor and a warning warnIng warning warn warn- ing hRS has been Issued that this will bedone bedone be bo done awa away with b by some means or oa other I |
