Mr. President. if I may call it so. is an object lesson upon both sides of the line. It shows to the American farther what an easy remedy he has against foreign competition. and how he can secure for himself the plenitude of our domestic market for his product. a matter of concern the largest at times when we are met in the markets of the world by all the problems of Asiatic and South American and Australian and other foreign competition. and all the complexity of the problem of silver as a money metal. To the Canadian it was an object lesson at the same time. It showed to him the absolute uncertainty of the American market for him so long as he chooses to indulge in the luxury. of being either foreibn to the United States or a British dependency. that whatever crop lie may plant. whatever particular manufacture or mining plant he may establish. its prosperity and welfare or its destruction are dependent upon the vicissitudes of American politics. and upon the action taken in this Legislature over which he has no control.