The Canada Corn Bill

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Excerpt from The Canada Corn Bill: Lord Stanley's Speech in the House of Commons, on Friday, May 19Lord stanley: I mean that, by the law, as it at present stands, wheat imported from the United States into Canada cannot be im ported here except as flour, nor will it be imported in any other way by the law we propose. As flour, as manufactured produce, it will be admitted at the new rate of duty, which, as I said before, we consider equivalent to the old rates. The present duty levied on ¿our in this country varies from 5s. Per quarter when the price is below 55s., to 1s. Per quarter when the price rises as high as 58s. Up to 555. There is a duty of 5s. Per quarter. By the measure which I propose there will be levied, at all times and under all circumstances - hon. Gentlemen may have the advantage of another cheer, if they please, at the idea of a fixed duty - by the measure which I propose there will be levied, at all times and under all circumstances, a fixed duty (ironical cheers) on wheat imported through Canada of 4s. Per quarter, whether the price be 403. Or 60s., instead of a duty which at present amounts to 55. Up to 553, and thence falls to Is. As the price rises to 58s. Perhaps hon. Gen.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.