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read stends �o Cteo£havin Com.`.egg Ors'bootleggers,,�d ih�ev � �ndh.: r . thus . . party to �frauding, theNationalTreisury, strangling legitimate business, debauching officials, h.f
and low, thwarting n: the'administration. of justice and bribing ing e: electorate!
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many a'
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o °'cite but a few nstanq,es- al rea , roven--
from its. appalling record of malfeasance:
Stolen automobiles, smuggled into Canada with. the con 'i
_ • n Vance
of Customs officials, were sold for a pittance to friends of the
King Government,' and those found` guilty were'allowed not
only to go unpunished and,
to continue•their nefarious -trade•
;
ZSmu l ed liqqicor :selling was 'engaged' inona large scale by Customs ofcials whoVie, duty itwas toprotect theTreasury;
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Corru.t _000� o
cia1S
were ....iitn,23.4h,_cl.. $ctrl -
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o rials ,were punished and demoted.
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t'rison-made goods .are on the prohibited ' list, : yet tons and
tons 'of -such goods; produced: inrisonS where ere contagious
diseases were, prevalent among'. the inmates were smu t
ed
into Canadafor sale.'to innocent
• • in ' .'°, gg
'Canadian:consurners,:with
t
the direct knowledge and. co-operation of'Governmen t o.:� .ci ars.
Police officers --members of the incorruptible Royal Canadian
Mounted -were withdrawn from the Quebec boundaryline :at.:
the request'of the smuggling ring..' .a
gg g Honest traders:. -.•had
asked, -
for increased police:; protection, but the • King...Governnent
preferred to grant. the:'reuest of
. , q those who were•;defrauding •,•
the public revenue: s •
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Guilty, knowledge even in 1923 of the frauds that.w g
practised has .:been: proven against`• the .:King Government.
,beyond the shadow of . a : doubt., Time and - ain '
g' , >n 1924 and°
1925•the Commercial Protective Association—an organization n ;ganiaatori
of •business. ,inen—placed before Mr King irrefutable' evidences'
of'ft, that they had succeeded in : tracing• _
do.' wn at t�e�trov��n: ,.
expense.:. With his Government 'hopelessly
Mr. entangled withCanada's, criminal element, .King didnot-dared not—
take any \action to remedy
the appalling conditions
7 'A total. revenue loss estimated at $35,000,000 • per ear w
•:. result of the simIggiing : thus condoned' b ' Y i • oils the
y the King;Govern
'meat.
A. $54,800 •'^ ;: � �•
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loss was sort
•�.,,, : alned in one case alorie :'when.• '-Mr. , •' ,,• •
Cardin. Acting Minister of Customsand .E`
" • `�`3 2�Q0 with . xc>!se, •,settled settled... for
►r? ,,,, ; .a dishonest importer,,..who, according,to -Mr.`
,Card _ . _
anzout; ting::;til w53,00�? 'his des was. consummated' r
revious ta.:t11 Just . ,
P e �a5t election: , ..
Free•
'toilet, fromGovernment
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Government warehouses •.i .. • �
a Of
, Montreal, .Was. ,.
st:pplied`.in.generous quantities'to members :of the King ,Gov-•'
• . ernm,- t' and to Government officials
in• Ottawa,. ,in'contra-
vention-both ,of ,Y a Feder -I Law and the Prohibition Law of
Ontario:
The habit formng' d. o.o• trau'' Vit: is one ,of the worst 'curses
in
the worldto'i �.:
ay €leder, the protection:, of the King ;Govern-
Merit, became.:oi_e of the great .d
g e ope drstribtiung
centres of North Aim ri a.
1 The. peak of this corruption,: and of this interference` with the
Custcims collection, and the l��administrationof:'
justice, is proven .. •
by the evidence to have been reached . �'
electron• of October, � d t` prior .to the general : �
/ 1925, when, at the written request of
• Liberal candidates, Min etersofcalled
the. Crown �• off the
Royal Canadian Mounted Police because they were 'enforcing
he , law,,. kept convicted crooks. •n.
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• . •• � of jail, , and "sanctioned: ,
Treasury. frauds :as'a Means: ofsecuring'the return
Government to pourer. of the. King
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Despite the e fact that with Mr. : • �,
w Kennedy supporting them,, the Liberals` had a'ma�ority.on the'Investi! i
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Committee,: that ,tlie Chair. man., Mr. ' Mercier1 igat on
was ; a : Liberal, , acid . that the � 1�rosecu fire • Counsel
Mr.
Calder was a Liberal -candidate in the last election, '� i h
• eCfi2on, .�I't41.-G[Eop.��,-t�.e. further fact <fl•at�'th>;'co>tnmitt'ee'sat
e on 8,1 us a: ;or >ing Liberal members ample c 'pportunir, to Uncover
ons the y malfeasance ; ..
act, of previous ,,, • .. '� •
against the Administration ; .re.�. suspicion,• was
of the:Customs` Departm wander the
g.aai>. der; Borden and 'leiglie>b Govern
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on
`but oil against its • .:
p p us ministries, not one word of proof, not' one breath of i
brought
, y g i ,administration under:, Mr.' William Lyon 't MacKenzie. Kind:!' . .
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• ;anything more'dts _ •aeeful ever` bes;rni •,'
.. � � ,. ,.. rch�d' tine pages ._ of Canadian.'
history'? : ':.Can' a.,': rend sin • - ..
p .d honourable natii�n, *hose people fear.. God:
and eschew evY ' : afford, to. t ,
;, ,:' 1, ondo:rhe such, diahoresty 9 such corruption,
. on the' part of its leaders and p bare servant,
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PRI TING
People generally, think of th'e 'dis,.
covery • of America `;by, Colutnbus in
1,47. 2:.s: the, beginnng„ of , new indus
conclit Gus trade po sible. by the'. 0 R
4l.et} ng ,tip •of. , ar? t'tcr 1•1d. •
' Alit from the standp,Oot. trf Minion; :
,-yroir css 1492 is ?u• insi i :t•ati:k date
.11
18te'of the invention of printing.
•ort, ttnles BeAre that there was
•no' tteclib!E History and could' not
• tare been;.But the fi�iit.,of the. writ,
i, unas£isted .y the 'printing press
,gas strictly liltiited anti could bl�eas :.;
ily ' nlohepolized' ,by , the upperr.class.
es wlio 'yished to ]Peep themselves tn,,' ,
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po}ver "acrd ]rho:"succeele..d iii` •doing.
1'rti,tutg : rt ass the rt:ra;ion , of the.
.onrttron man The• rulers of the
world endeavored. to protect ` them •
•eel.yes• against the printing ' press ,
without, success; Palling:la this,' they
began to •niiike• use, of it. ,for prop$
gantia;.,and: failing"in that they.' have
at all times endeavored• to accomplish
the sante l?urpose y. censoring • what'
.ethers print•
It is not clear whether the print.
ng press••was •invented by Costes ln.
143iL or by Gutenberg in 1d38;; but
little • was done:'in' the way of nre
•ciianical'_imprdvemeht for fent...bun-. •
dred •years,. Speed cane with ` the
cylinder press in 1811. .`The famous
Hoe ','press di4• not cone ' until .1855;
and: the: date •of :]Mergenthaler. 'lino
:type was. 1884.. Front,. 18 4, . when :
presses, began to."' he operated by•
' stea.ni,:, until the. present date, .the .int-
piovenrent.iii printing, facilities has
been almost inconceivable, . ,
printing:. takes.','first• 'rank'. among
the' inventions as, the, instrtimen't
`democttac n o +: = a .
The .dissemination• of information
amen all classes 'of people has' an
extiraordifiary advantage in the prey
ervation o'f. truth,: -One .cannot. ..un,'' ,
ieari the truth. Error can. to , eo
• rec•ted b. fact, :hut. 'truth, once
ds
,•covered' i•ean never be unlearned
"Ignorance,°`.. says •Thomas; •Paine" "i, "• ' ~
of a "peculiar' .'nature; once' dispelled '.
it is' irnpoosible to. re-establish it. It
is no't• originally a,' thing of, itself, ,
but, :is Milk the absence of knowledge
and ',though :.a man may be' kept' ig-
norant, he cannot'„be made `ignorant
The. •; r:ntiri • press' has; opened. the
minds' of, iite,i, 'It has bound ', th
' thinkers': of the world together. ''It
has. brought Bombay and„ ', , Calcuttit
to Detroit and Seattle. ft 'has . tralis-
ferrel the learning of • ;;Europe
America, and,; in. exchange,. has' eat
ried ',the knowledge: of , Anierkaa back
'again 'to' Europe.' It • has brought '
rumination. into' dark .Corners. and
truth . to the '. winds bf slaves. It. •has'
preserved to !all future generations
the progress';.of' the -past::
:Printing ,,brought;' light •.into dark-
nese.. It sunimoned' knowledge to
dispel ignorance.. Por supers tition it
. substitu.ted science. • It, ' gave•. to': man
facts • to take the place 'of rumor$, • iri-.
formation to supplant .guesswork,; '
!and' the thrills of trews �to,•'countera'ct
loneliness, 9 humdrum and monotony..
.the book, • the.•magazine and the.'
' •newspaper •, have held civilization to-
,gether''for four hundred;'; years, and
the' will•, to live .is strong ,in these.'who
eagerly await the' coming "of the next
newspaper .• We ' abuse printers' now
and 'then, but down in our hearts we ''
:.know • that the things,#hey Print:mean:
education, information •and amuse-
went, and furnish ' topics_ of convey,
'sation for everybody in • the ' World . •
who is , intelligent. • • '
There are nianyi suggestions offered
•
• 'es to.the means of 'treasuring :the
• ',tnarch.'of civilization; Religions •peo•
pie' ` offer statistics regarding ., the'
progress, of 'religion.- Scientists meas -
tire the:'sha.pe 'of • the brain. and • tell us
that we.are 'ahead of ,the Neanderth-
al pian .bc nuse•,his forehead slanted
backward while lure are knobby.' En-
giheers and eoninierdiat'' gentlemen
point with' pride to our building•
dustries and the xtlltuiie 'of trade. as
compared with similar figures offer-
ed by •Menepta. Nebuchadnezzar and
the, Cliff tiwellets. Personally, I • lira
to call the attention 'to the inventiop
and progress •af . • printing, the lis•
covert' of celery and ,tomatoes, and
the downfall ,of nidn$ich But now
aoilies the insurance titan with a the-,.
ory equally .attractive , tit say s• that
:the last• Word hi ,ei�:i�li r t
ization is th+`;
concrete .proofs .that nen are
to ,shard each otheris,:burde' s Willing.
reciproy$i• .basis, • • ,
t'
p... 110DEIt B()'o�
Viscount Grey, in It; I.onddn .address
• When, I was boy there 'Were ni .
airplanes, wirele.
.. Ciiteit5as; motet+'
cars,, eteetrfcrlights,• telephones, snip•.
shot cameras ,or :even •.•bicycles, All
these .turf gs hn:
,.•r re it;conre..a part of/
• the young. life of to• .
.: . , drr;but h d'e.:nof
fr eT that they ,are All '
ii to the. good,
Theyy, have their •dstn er •
�,: . S ,the, .danger
'Which arises' trete anything used to
exeets.
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