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Essays and addresses

We can never be relieved of our terrible burden of National indebtedness unless we develop our export trade.

The Government in their wisdom have formed the Mercantile Marine consisting of a fleet of 60 ships costing approximately $70,000,000, and in the creation of the Mercantile Marine there were visions of foreign trade.

When these ships are placed upon sea-going routes in a regular and orderly manner, I have no doubt that this countrys surplus agricultural and manufactured products will be transported on all the seven seas by our own Mercantile Marine.

South America has been lauded as a great field for the exploitation of Canadian trade and great as the possibilities are there I think they are equally as great in China.

I visited China twice during the past two years and was greatly impressed by the trade possibilities of that won- derful country.