April 30, 1903 (9th Parliament, 3rd Session)

Mr. FRASER.

Surely that is as plain as -anything in the world can be. Rut let me repeat it for the sake of the hon. member for Bothwell. If hon. gentlemen opposite say that the tariff of the present government is the same as the previous tariff, then they must show that this 'adequate' protection means to go further than the late government went and further than the present government has gone. Because, if the protection given by the present government is not ' adequate ' and their tariff is the same as that of the late government, there must be something