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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Signal, 1908-10-15, Page 61 e• LAURrIER AND THE LARGER CANAIIA MUYYL1 FENT THE CONQUEST OF THE CANADIAN WEST,—NO. 1. --THE CONQUERORS. A Series of eight cartoons drawn by Mr. C. W. Jeffreys, representing the .'••nvuest of Canada for t•Ivtllzatlon and tt. m.• n .+ho are engaged to tt. INCREASE IN EXPENSES, proved and increased service. and pro- purposes. Which was really the econ- omical admmtetratluu' WhichG ve rla Which loss are among the worst hinds of ex - meet was actually c'a�*ble with y ayex- Because It'Means Increased National Business, Better Managed, More , the Pott•offlce j)rptruest controls one srn-tce out of the many which the Liberal Government has carried on prudently, efficiently, and profitably fit made to be used for other public SOMETHING TO BE PROUD OF Profitable, and More Beneficial—The Figures Illustrate. Liberals do not deny the 0 position statement that the coun- try's expenditures shave seen. largely Increased. In fact the Government claims credit for that tncreasu and- ' nd; hints to 1t with pride. Any evident of :neoetry whose well -mans M .bust - ass expanded until his expensed had grown from 1304000 to 1HO.One. would congratulate himself upon what,' h. had accomplished. eepeetally •n br ...bed show that the greater timidness; was tar more profitable than the leas ' Ire entailer may take sattsfect:c.n lu en expenditure that has grown from `esu than forty millions when the Con - no ...Uses treid - otftce. to more than nlnete'mnliona under Liberal rule. he- , clime the - Increased national hominess is better mattered, more profitable. and ,nor.• benef(eial than were the cnndl- tions and methods whlrh If easpeeesol ` ed In the lest fiscal year of Cnneerv- ative Kneeler -meet. ending In .1196. our national revenue Was 116.619.591. and the expenditure was nearly one -halt' million greater. so that the year's ac- counts showed a large deficit Contrast -,rith tilts the .results attained by the •,resent Government To Make our fig- ures ae nearly up-to-date\ s possible ser take the Inst offlctel rest s, being for the year ending April a IMI. and We find our revenue -2o Daws 491,474.665. The entreat einem iture for the same yeah WWI 1644994,104, Ther. was an enormous surplus, \o4 which the Government expended OR capital aocount 426,131,720, and Brill' had a surphriv-t ft -Tilers 15 710 travagance In doing a big business at ■ substantial profit. There is no econ- omy In a small buteneea done at a serious lose. Money Not Squandered. There has bre, • r x 2endittrre. 1lherej expenditure. What tor' For the bene- fit of the county. The money has not been uset.sely squandered or Rlv'en - away. Frar roma of It, we have rail- ways. canals, fine buildings. and nater tangible posaeasione to show. Part of ithas been expended la opening up great ureas of new territory. and ?tiling Mem with ■ prosperous population. the .ountryfs best assets. Part of k has been expended In giving to the people cheaper and better public service then they ever enjoyed before. • A good Illuatratlon of this Improved public Peruke Is found In the manage- ment of our postal system. This de- larilneet of government in the yea: 1690 colt the (Ourlity 14.1/1,1614 and for the other rear mentioned It cost 81,1011,141. But let us take a look at the actual business results shown by these two different years. Mere they It is not liked• thet tlhe t take Its WN:nese:eta of the hands of that Uov(rnment and hand1t or to I the fault-finders who .crtttclae and the country, which had to he met coedetnn the tnridetn methods. and om some other source 01 revenue. boast of what they tall the "i•conomye ee Li eras management there were of the ,reetem that Was dtxerded pw po+Wl chargee, a vastly lin- twelt'e 1ears ago. setrtle was poorer ! operated at a oss to are: 1690--- Revenue .. . '�*,49/6.111 l?regress and Expenditure...... .... "I AM TRUE ENGLAND" (Continued from page one.) my ancestors. They came to me from England. from the great' mother of rnodern liberty. I belong to the school of those men who f111 . e pages of English history. who al $ faced the great to get the right I belong to the school of Ham;.den and Pym. of Rug - sell and isomers, and eel Burke.' In the case 01 a patine speaker. It la impossible to separate I the man from his message. and Sir Wnfrfd Lauri carries about with him tyherever 111 gore a dignity of-presencE.. coupled with a charm of manm•r, w ch dlsarma his bitterest 1oe. nip ole countenance is one that denote a In himself and good -will to about him. A Picture lien'. The lines of his figure suggest strength without but whilst his mag- aIve brew. his kis but humorous glance, and 'firm ut sympathetic mouth. together make up • face which -mce seen is never to ntten. In - the wont of Non. G. W. Rowe, "He Is a ;Amon. gallery Bit b- himself." Perhaps It arises nm the charac- ter- of his Iaaauege. but the Trench - in -'peeking n e -IpL e in a way that gl• •e t e flhisntehiIng toucwidh of oratory- to hie uttleranee. of Sir Wilfrid Wilfrid tt may be wild that his Ilpe are ever ready with laugh as frank end hearty as his wo Evenrlds-• when most c ly premised in debate he turns to hie adversaries with the same calm and etu_I peruash neem, -Whether m nett or in F.nr Ugh he - never hurries ■1d has a to r frctty marvelous cont 1 over his pa. stone. An F.n,clleli jo rnaiI t, In writ- ing of Sir Wilfrid '• p semis„ nheerved that his ;ars. vividly recalled the very beautiful statue of I Burke which stands outside Trinit College. Dub- lin, in which the Rreat orator of a past generation is shown s nding with chin on hand facing the w Id. T. P. O.'s Ds rtptien. T. P. (. t'onnnr, M.P. has written of Sir Wilfrid Laurier t t "h.• Is ilk»j *erne-sptendid portrait t has walk-, ed down fermi the walls of a mediaeval French chateau and Is again stalking the earth. You could Inever mistake i I of French` i him ipr anything but a blood. Nor could you atthe same time I ever mistake hire for a Modern French- , man ench- man " - It Is a matter of cr mrfton knowledge among his friends that, I although he wee prevailed -on at -the lubnse' or her bite Majesty Quern Pict ria td accept knighthood. the PrimeI,finlster at- techee but little Importance to' these this. "ngTitles and bad Res." lie has said "do not make the mai and I myself • would prefer to be. calledesImple Wil- frid Laurier. L enrmnenced my Wild' cm career under plain Aletcander Mar- kensle, who began 111e as a stonecutter and lived and died plain' Alexando- Mackenzle. and one could not well bet- ter his example." His Final Ambition, On ht■ return from the last Im portal Cont.•rence. 811 ,A llfrld'e atten tion was drawn to a newspaper report that he was to succeed Lord Strath cons as Canadian High Cornmtseloner. and to be raised to the peerage. In replying to the address of welcome from the citizens of Ottawa he made it plain that nothing Is farther from his thoughts thin the acceptance of any such honor", wham the rim. tame for him to lay down the carea.&nd respoa eibilities of the Prernlerahlp, the most that he would ask _wAIL-tp -end. LCa Winerof of -heli- day. In Canada, and to he enrolled among the membeelhlp of thet splendid body, the Ottawa im- provement Commission, who had done so much to beautify the Canadian cap- ital. " AN HONEST GOVERNMENT." "This shows, I believe, what ia.at the base of these *actuations which are hurled at us in the preak, at what I believe, nay. what i assert, to be an honest Government." -ir Wilfrid Laurier at Strathroy. THERE'S LOTS TO SHOW FOR IT \ , boas $1t7,10$ 110t --- elute..'••••' .�.•• • Expenditure+� •• -• . 6.690.171 11,011.741 tit much better 1t was to do the lar - business with the btg expendi- t'tre. t n the smaller buslnsee at a loss. Thi c only a part of the differ- rnee bete,' years. l'he- 1a reptwented a • service. Thule s following table years. 1496 1901 tatters oarrtrd. 116.025, 43.144,000 Post cards carried . -, .. 24,794,100 1114.000 Total .. .. .. 140,622.400 451.11 Conservatives Hai Less t'nder the I enw.evative (invernme/tt, n:t1 higher rotit, a rCmrnrstively the record of the two er volume of outlay greater and better ingly shown to the to the some two \ 1,11 of the directors si ,,Vice-president Je Mslion h and t'3rcr4bary Mc11 sin. Mr. �tallougll prifeeptIHi; Mr. ilie with a handsome monis chair and Mr. MrlleAin rending the tnllnwinit addict„ . t100gsnn:,n, feet. 6th, CSM Me. We. limn iv.. Itongtnna.. taw.. Tilt (fireclrxe and friend,. of the flue. `sntnt AgrMolturat RaMety do bender dents to .strew' leets apf>r'er'tatlna of the-.rrMe. Development of the Country Have Resulted Froin National Expenditures of the Last Twelve Years —Haa Bean Money Well Spent. It 1. true. as Sir Wilfrid Laurier frankly admitted 1n his Niagara Palls speech. that the national expendlturr hes been largely increaa.•d In the last twelve years 1t 1s equally true. as shown by• the Premier and Postmas- ter -(Amaral. that the progress and de- velopment of the country _have been immensely aided by much of the ex- penditure undertaken. Neat to the means tar the education of the children there are no cnnven-e iencne that count for so much In a new country -and nearly all Canada la nrW — as transportation facilities for the htiniinR 1n and sending out of aup- pnea. and the service rendered by the Post -Office. Till. tact has been dear. 1y recognised by the Laurier Govern- f...eknow, nest tw e-od colt in Rel claw* YlHill)let Yining. Carlow. Judges - Thus. timidly, (ioderieb D. McUorvie, Clinton ; M. .1. Farr, tbcldrich. 'donee' hitching content --':Nisi Blake. Mateking ; Miss i'ruuee, t.oderich towuebip. B••tt colts sired by "The Pnpe 1 the ment, and In the giving etfeet to that recognition 1s found the chief cause of the Increase In expenditure. Nearly 1.000 new poet -offices have been eMabliehrd In twelve years, over Ilene money order and postal note of- fices have been created. and the 411,- tance covered In carrying the coun- try's matt has Increased by hearty thirteen and one-half million tapes. In the provision made for increased transportation facilities perigee's has been quite as marked es In the role of the postal cervica, eiy the M,Ilding of the crow's Nert Pass Railway the mal of British Columbia has been placed within roach at the pettier on _the plains; by the deepening of the canals and equipment of the chief bar - Mese oyoule. Miss mitring hayteu, Miss T,-r.ie Ur»aney ; bottu• spade pre. serves, Mrs. 11. Morris, Mrs. A. Kok. Judge -Mise J. C. Mullin. Belfast. Vegetables and RIMts. Any variety Metslree, C. W. Taylor, \\'. IVels(m, las\ Krrkissitick: cHlt- hage, W.11. McCritsken, ,las. Alum ; blood berta, W. H. McCracken. J. McDiarmid ; improved auger beets for feeding. W. N. McCracken, R. Meti bot the rapid movement of Western grain to the eeaboard has been made ,.osalhle; and by provtetnn for cold storage by roll and verse' the teena- pnrtatlon of perlehable products, with- out Injury. has been assured. It to largely as a result of all that has been done that exports of do- mestic product@ have in. -reseed tem 11.16,000,000 in • 1/61 to 1246,000,000 In 1901. that deposits in chartered banks have grown from 4194.000.000 to 4461.. 004,000 and that the value of the out- put of our factorle@ has jumped fmm 1411.004.000 in 1501 to 4714,000.000 in 1906 Th. que"tlon le not en much. How large le the expenditure? it 1e rather. Have the results at- tained been commensurate wlth the spending' To the tette'? question there oannnt, on the shnwtng made, be other than an affirmative answer. When the Farmer Prospers Twelve Fat Years for Agriculture -Under Laurier In Both Old and New Canada Agriculture is our basic industry. The prosperity of the work- shop, the warehouse, and the office depends on the prosperity of the farm. When the farmer prospers, all prosper with him. Under the Laurier Government agriculture has prospered. A vig- orous immigration propaganda has added enormously to the number of producers in the Weat; a wisely conceived transportation policy has in- creased the country's carrying facilities and, through the Railway Com- mission, compelled better service from existing carriers; persistent and well directed efforts have been made in opening and extending markets at home and abroad, and information has been scattered •broadcast as to the demands of the markets catered to. Farmers have nobly responded to all that has been attempted in their behalf, and the result of this co-operation between Agriculture and Government is seen in the figures which follow : 1t lion IN 1161 L4CIEASE Number of fsrms in Manitoba, 1901 31,812 Number in same Province. 1906 Increase in flus y Number of farms in Albe . , 19.0.1 Number in sane Province. Increase 1n five years. rt. 19 01 Ntunber in same Prot•ine , 1906. .. , Increase in five yeah Number of farms in three Western - rotiiueea, 1901. - 64,625 Ntunb.-r in same. 19116 ......... 120,439 Increase in five yeah 85,814 35,441 3,829 30,211 20,778 Number nt farma in Saaltatche 13,780 54,787 -- 41,407 In The d Iden West Increase in production has kept pace with the additions to the number of producers. How great increase has been is shown by figures taken from the regular census of 1900 and the special census of 1905, together with the most reliable estimates for 1908. IN 1161 11 1905 Acres in wheat in Western Provinces, 19(10 '2,495.1w Acres in wheat In W�Tn Provinces, 190:1... . , .. Increase 3,952,000 Bushels of wheat in Wait, 1900 23,000,000 bushels of wheat in West, 1905 82,000,000 Eetiatated, 1908 ... - 100,000, Increase Acres in oat* in West, 19011 833,000 Acres in oats in West, 1905 '1.697,000. Increase Bushels oats in West, 1900.. 16,633,000 Rtlahels oats in West. 1905 63,780,000 Bushels of oats in West, 1908 (estimate) ..... ... ... 110,000,001. Increase 11iCRF.1SF 1,457,000 77,000,000 064,000 103, 347000 The West is not all grain. There are cattle on a thousand hilla and battalions of horses are to -day hauling the golden grain to market. ill 1St li 1161 1YCRASi Number of bones In West, lull.. .. .. 310,000 Number of horses in West, 1 683,000 Cattle in the West, 1901 •• .. e. •• 941,000 rattle its the Nest, 1904 •:..: ... 1,014,000 Increase - 343,004- 1,001,000 Progress in the East, Too While the West has advanced by leaps and bounds, the East has not stood still. Here, however, progress has been along somewhat different lines. While grain -raising has been the main interest in the country beyond Lake Superior, the Eastern farmer has devoted his chief atten- tion to flocks and herds. The story of his success is told in the census figures which follow : Number horses in Eastern Canada, 1901.. .. Number horses in Eastern Canada, 1907 1,240,171 Increase Number mileh enws in Pastern Can da, 1901 2,042,544 Number mileh cowls in Eastern Canada, 1907...... . ... Increase ........... Other cattle, 190t ...... ......... ....... .. 2,345,071 2,853,762 Other -cattle, 1901`7. In.sa........ ...... ...•..-.. ♦..s -res.... .... .-.. .... iN 1611 1111107 11C1EASE 1,075,426 2,353,456 Number sheep in Eastern Canada, 1901..... .. 2,276,242 Number sheep in Eastern Canada, 1907 Iacresse 2,478,688 Number swine in Eastern Canada, 1901..... .. 2,058,537 Number swine in Eastern Canada, 1907 Increase 3,006,234 Poultry in Eastern Canada, 1901 , . 14,290,374 Poultry in Pastern Canada, 1907 20,566,580 Incretse 164,745 310,912 486,891 202.446 947,87 7 6,27 5,208 Would It Be Safe or Wise to Change a Government Under Which Our Basic Industry Has So Amazingly Prospered ? 1 teat .s • poeernr test, fiend in for • free hos and 1st Ism -Bak prove its, own cast, ass coupon below, Mkt Mt. wale rhe,.,.. .hr*.rnta, •MMM•e. rota. Mita*. am14.. anti an *kin InUntr• end 41 Of all stores and Ares - 'Iota, V. b(1a. er from Zara -ss% (`o.• Toronto, for prle•. 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