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GARDNERl] is right about the law. as lie usually isthat is. aibout the definitions in the lawlint lie does not meet tie point the gentleman fromi Washington [Air. HUMi[PHREY] raises. and he does not state the practice of the Canadian Government. When I caine here this summer onr the Grand Trunk. being poor and thlt being the cheapest way to get from ChicagO to New York. an immigrant inspector who knew me met me out in the Midd1le of Canada and sat down alongside of me. and for nearly an hour lie inveighed against what we do and called my attention lo the fact that the Canadian Government stands upon its rights ns. a government. When you go into Cariad at .Port HuronI tbil k it is on the Grand Trunk. coming from Chicagotliere is no Canadian inspector who goes back to Chicago and gets on the train and inspects you leisurely as you go along. When you get to Port Huron. under the exercise of niational .authority the Canadian Government. as a part of the British Empire. stops the train and the inspector goes through. in Canadian territory. where Ile has some power. ard lie makes the investigation that lie desires to make.