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How Liberal Government Has Protected the Workers' Interests'
Advanced Legislation for the Pre-
vention of strikes and Lock-
outs Inaugurated,
0221)IT TO hit. W. L. M LINO
Probably the put Ocular tneueurej
with which the name of Mr. W. P.
Muokenale King, the dletInguletied
civil servant who has Just taken a
plume Into poi►lu•s in North W ater,uo.
Is moist closely identified, Is the l.e-
m/rux Act.' It 1s wall tuaderetood, rued
the Mltileter of harbor has himself
stated. that the measure 1. the direct
result of recommendations made by
Mr. Maa:k.rl$le King. as the result of
blr lavestigatiuns into Industrial dis-
putes
The particular elm of the Lemieux
Act l. to "aid" In the prevention and
settlement of strikes and lockouts In
certain Industries. The Act doer not
. undertake to "prevent" or to "settle"
strikes and :'ot'kouts, but simply to
"std'•• 1n doing this. .
Whet tt Owes Not Do.
Nor upas the Lsniteus Act forbid
striking. 1t simply 'requires that be-
fore a strike or lockout la commenced.
the pastier concerned shall have their
case full investigated before a Board
--378tstillaned under the _provisions -of -the
Act. the. theory bring that. In nine
cases nut of teas, s strike 1ii the result
of mlaundc•r..t:u,dings which a frank
_ . ___-and.lntol:mal sllectlsrlon,_ Ouch_sis,_LII.
tette Placa hetore a B.tard, will r. -
move • *.
The experience of eighteen month.
shows that this theory la well-ground-
ed. Not less than 50 disputes have
been referred- unAer-t e-Lemtettx Act, ,
and In only two rarer after .o Inv.•.al- 1
gallon hal taken place has a strike !
_ «.curses. oil PIrepd,.n L. boa ,hat .,t j•
the Canadian Pacific machinists now In
progress; and the second. that of coalI
miners at lipringhtII, N.S. In each "And Mr. Ror'1,•ri
a
t ir true, 1 accept the issue. If that be
had been. a the nature o a com-
promise. favoring some contentions of , accept the challenge."—Sir Wilfrid Laurier at
each party. The findings las each care
also bad bean accepted, .Llt-&hs.cumpw.y -- -
" I ACCEPT THE ISSUE.",
has caul that
Liberalism Is Proud of the Pros.
pective Minister of Labor,
Mr. W. L. M. King.
21,gO2IEBLQQP IN HIS VEINS
In nominating Mr. Mackenzie
King. the Liberals of North Waterloo
.how regard • for the future ss well
ae the: present- it 1• important to win
the present election. and 't Is still
more dominant to send to i'arliament
men who will uphold the basic. prin•
elides of Liberalism. men who will
not tamely follow but lead. men of
originality and Independence, who w111
bring to the Liberal party not mere!,
, a Cute on a division but new Idea -
There w111 be' man% elections af,
this, and many Parliaments, and Mt
King. as a young roan. may be ek
pectrd.10 take a d'art In public- h.'••
for many years to come.
Mr. King k the grandson of one if
the Uheratora Of Canada The Part
played by William Lyon Markenzle
and by Robert Baldwin and others In
winning responsible government for
.-Canada ought sever to fotsutten.
Rut Liberalism cannot afford to rest
upon the achievements of the pa •
Tho achievements ought to be, n
"lea •..w 'e•
'1 plralion for earnest endeavor, for
ew deeds of courage and sacrifice in
the never-ending battle for the rights
of the people. Responsible government
was not the end but the bigiiintng tit.
that battle. It removed dne great ob/
etarte to
Burke pays that there newer will bW a
time when liberty will not be obnox-
inus to certain classes and interest.
he challenge,
'iagara
and refused by the IntII.ln.the rasa ONT
of she Springhill strike the men, after
a strike of three months, returned to
work on the ftndirgu of the Huard, and
( hinting, .the emnpany also put the
finding. of the Hoard Into opera-
tion before the stoke started. It will be generally admitted, however, that No Reason for Creating a Situation That Might Approach a Deadl
the il..re settlement of en out of .0 —No Possible Chance of Conservative Victory in
PMN ref. reed under the provisions of
the Act is b •very fair record.
ally when It Li taken into account that the Approaching Contest. •
the marhln'•ry. of the Act 1s. new, and
that the meth%. of working It Lest - - had tb be barn by experience. .It is generally conceded that the t
Striker Averted. result of the election. outside of On
in each or'th.s(e case.:. the partl.a tarin, will he to give a largo majority
near^toed made sworn gc•.temPnts that to the Laurier Government Conserve-
s strIk., ar lockout Would occur If the
dispute was -not settled by.a reference (Ive prophets hope, o, protege to hope,
tinder the Aet. 1n all but two el' three that the Laurier majority elsewhere
lnetanr.•o.,,Jt was the strike, end not will be deetrno-Pd by an overwhelming
the lockout, that was declared to be
Inmenlding. and al' was the men win Rnr4en majority In Ontarla or so tar
applied under the terms of the Act. in reduced as to render It Impossible to
four or five cases the result la still carry on government no poaatble
Pending. in all other cases but two figuring can they make out a-substan-
-_the revisit of the-reft•rrncc has been tlaf. working U
to avert the threatened strike g Conservative majority;
1 m^ example of the more Important, the best they can figure nut le a dead-
nmong the disputes arranged underthe bck, or a condition approachmhg' a
Act may!. mentioned briefly. Pleven
tMauwnd employes of the Dominion deadlock. F.ven this result Is condi-
'oat eon -toothy of Nova Scotia applied tloned upon the expectation of an over-
t Board. It was an open secret whelming R»rden majority in Ontario,
lite negotiations between - the a rc.ult which could be brought
any and Ita employee had conte to An•
i by ,Rout
m ',Irk, and that a strike of moat Y a large body of Liberal. voting
dimes ma character was pending. for Conservative candidates, or stay-
-NeitherrP tmntt thought
an arrirlspnsatb.r. tog away- 0Nifn !Ke" polls. Can Mr.
but th.• et forbade a strike until a [tnMn, or any of his Msnds, glvs the
farther }Pt ement before a hoard hnd Liberals of Ontario a N -ren why they
,horn attrrnp ed. The machinery of the should weaken and embarrass -their
Art wag and) d by a tactful chairman. own leader. efface themselves. anal*
Prof. Shortt; tly appointed to
the Civil Sere! ' • •-nlag..ata -influentialeast -in the- than
result was a tri ph over all dlffirul- alrement of the affairs of Canada, and
hes and the concl lion of a two years' at th. same time run the risk of ereat-
ARID-LIBERALS WILL
work Is now bring conducted on th4 LAUR
batt. of lbws flndlnp.. In the case \ STRENGTHEN
of [hs Canadian pacific and Its ma-
Corll
aare••aunt. Thi ons agreement lig a deadlock and throwing the bust
would have mn11T then divot -
fled Its .xlatsnce on\the statute honk
and the plight cost o administration.
And this tmecera Is bit one of more
thaw -two ...seura •tattler ceeses_thai
could, be Indicated. though they are not ought to do this because Ontario
all of equal Importance to hat of the Kaye
Dominion Coal company. T e former Whitney an overwhelming majorlty,
Deputy Minister or Labor ma welt bei and b fairly well satisfied with the
eon"ratul•ted on being the n hnr of remit Hut surely the comes present •
• m.a.nre so beneflrini to the dos-
ttlai community of Canada; enntrn,.t rather than a parallel. :n 1905
quoting Madame Roland's saying:
Liberty. what - crimes are committed
in thy name!" For one crime com-
mltted"In the name of -liberty a honer -
red have been committed In the name
*0' authority, of privilege, and of class
Interest.
Mr. King's Trebling.
lira King has'tad a trlllning which'
peoull rIy fits him for the career of
a trttt a of the people. 001. rega' 1
for the ' eople hap not evaporated 1,
sentiment- He has done things. it
'has been, \ confronted with the dill':
\cultrer whh Its in the path, of the
advanc^men of the people, and has
'iver'ome them`` to a practical way.!
Pt. friends will lie deeply dl.appolnted
to he doe. not arry his popular evm-
fruits of his rapper'
career, and we .•
ueh disappointm•'
We need have ne anxiety as to tt ••
material 'prorrea n Canada. That
progress 1., assured. The prosperity
which We now enjoy is my an earne.t
nf the peon -onto. to c e. The r'•
imere.c of ('anade..tt. 11e soil. It.
minerniv, Its forests. Its tater pow-
ers, have only been tou ed. Rut
"rester . than alt th,ve thl . Ip the
eond'tlnn nf the remit..of(nada. of
the worker. In the Hello and the for-
ests, t}- min.* and the workshop..
The Werk of Liberalism.
psthy and the
the people of Ontario put an end to.e
Pore Into his he
adlock. Today they are virtually not hcnthat
asked no crate a deadlock, such as a"1" them.
lilted in Canada Just uefurP Confed-
P tlo.,, or such as virtually etlsted In
to trtwaen 1198 and 1905. The
uences of the former deadlock
serious that the remedy wait
Ty In a vital change In the
on nt the country. As to the
On
cu
were
found
conatittt
latter c It would be conceded that
the chief e'tree of the evil was simply
the numerical weakness of the Govern-
ment. the• that 1C cmttd not com-
mand a work{ majority In the Leg-
Irlature.
- Will Steen
Ontario Liberals
Ward the result of th
tions with re,agnaliun
hen Laurier.
ght very we -ti -re.
Provinvial el.e-
not \with en- there is shame as well as pride la .
Ore eatl.taoJIon, beeausthey \Y ut an. great Atte'. There are dark and filthy;
end to a condition which as s&tisfac tenements. There are places where
tory neither to Use party • nor in thw the natural and healthy instincts of
Province. But purely It Is the height 'childhood are repre.sed, and wh
of unreason to expert that t . e Lib= stealthy tare may essilly take the pl
erals who acquiesced In the 'ins f nf. hnneet play. Canada having hero
a great working' majority to R erne It the experience ••t the cities of e'
in Provincial 'affairs will •e to old world. and even of the Un ed
weak..., and embarrass Laurier In l• d- State...may guard against these . II'
eral affairs. and to run the rlak f 1r, may -provide playground". hing
creating a deadlock. such as was th ?actlltlea, cheap and easy ace s to!
t attrea to before .woods and rli'erq and -lakes, to pi/Crew"—
the
i/Cre ?—the change. A party may he asked to health and beauty. But al ays let
subordinate tteelf In order that the 1t a remembered that this ran shnoll
country may have peace and ordered he nne."as a matter, not • phnan
near et the country Into confusion! �ver Mkcdent . but purely to efface iteelfttnought
odernot
that erennf•'Ca 'hot
nf da hr.justice;
ntlIledthat
a.eWork
a mat -
A Centrist, Net • Parallel. the affairs of the country may lee. ter of ri ht'and Jostle.i
. to hare in the
thrown into cnnfu.lnn. The wlsry LII?- 'writer.. f Canada. Tht 1a the work
Tire ,rntttn News says that tyn1Aflo'+ORIt'fi.�ltt'Y'"TfrflITCt :is. Tinto eTrenithlt thnfTrs h l'',1-7.to-day. Jit.!
Laurier's hands: and at the same ss rr.nnp. le govern- ent was th'
time, by electing a-ptrong T,!heral con- *corkofthe therein •• seventy year
tinrent from Ontario. M rive Ontario aro to this .P0n,.r. • hope to ••
Liberalism de rightful .roam In direct- William the
Moak x1.- King marry
Ing the Holley of Canada during the Inc on the work of ' tmain Lyon Mai
next Parliament. !tenths. .
Canada will have "Rreat"cTTTee,- rest'
In population and wealth, to huge far -
bard,. and magnificent residences. But
•
Two Periods in Canada's
History
The history of Canada of late years naturally divides itself into
two chief periods—the dark days from 1881 to 1891, and later an
era of brightness and prosperity which began shortly after 1896.
The Dark Days
The story of the ten years from 1881 to 1891 is burned into the memory
of every Canadian of middle age. Debt was increasing, the burden of taxation
was gi•ow ing, and there
was nothing -to show for it
•a1L Theo wpis stagnation
1881 4'324.000 .everywhere. Immigrants
1891 4.833,000 landed on ,Air shores, but
Increase in ten years 509,000 they passed-- thronglr-to
the United States. Some
people front older Canada
a[oved to-the-eartadinn West; brit -The trails were sit iu city eep tib- a;second
movement across the border to the south. From factory towns and Ontario
farms there was a steady exodous to the cities of the Repuhlie. The whole
. country seemed smitten by blight, and gloom settled on all when the census
1891 showed an increase of but half a million in all Canada in the previous tett
years.
Population all Canada :
T' Break of Dawn
. A change came n the late nineties. Under a new and progressive Gov-
ernment the trans , ' ation service was improved and charges lowered; tariff
anomalies were swept
away, and read'. helped
Population of Western Provinces.
rather than hill' ered; con-
ditions were u :de such 1901. • 419,000
that our ow t people were
1905. 809,000
glad to remain at home, Increase in five years 390,000
and a vigbrous campaign
was inaugurated with a
view of bringing the cream of the population from other lands to this.. The
resultis seen in the figures g'tveet.
An increase in the population of three Provinces, in 5 years, not so
muchless than that which took place in all Canada in 10 years.
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nur ttINVIL1gI GT WEST ERN CANADA.—NO. 4.—THE FORTIFICATIONS.
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Evelyn Hayden, Min. I.ivingeton
pencil drawing, Miss Livingston, Mrs.
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enetawan River, i'enetang, Midland
and i ekefleld. Madawaska to Depot.
Harbor, Argyle to O'ol,ocouk, Lindsay
to Haliburtnn, Mhartot Inky via K.
k 1'. Railway, and point. t • Severn
to North Bay inclusive. Return
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iwt'.th, 11094, or until close of naviga-
tion, if earlier, to pointe reached by
steamers. Full information from any
(.rand Trunk ticket agent.
t_VUt.H
They Are Producers
Nor has the stream of immigration which has poured into the West
found its outlet in the 'towns. Most of it has gone upon the land—to till the
soil. Nearly 130,000 im-
Increase.in Farm Population by Immigration isdigrants1'tPlt3othttrco�n-
immigrants_larthfim_J _ entern_Eroxincesiand_. trier Rettl(ed 1111 farm& iIl
settling on farms in live years ending 1906: the West during the five -
Manitoba i t 18,000 year period ending with
Alberta 1906. Of that total Mani -
Saskatchewan received 18,000;7 Al-
-129,000 herta, 45,000, and Saskat-
ehcwan, 66,000. It is to
the wealth produced by
these new arrivals that a very great -deal of the prosperity since.enjoyed by all
Canada is due.
Total
45,E
6b, 000
Good Stock, All.
So much has been said of the antics of a few fanatical Doukhohora that
many have concluded th'••:e make up a large proportion 'of the new artrivale in
the West. • As a matter of
fact the fanatics are a Whore They Came From
mere fraction even of the
Doukhobors. The great
bulk of the new arrivals
from abroad who have
settle& , tn_ Western farms
are of our own blood.
Nearly one - sixth came
from the British ----Isles.
Almost one-half are from
This table shows th • couritrit•s from which most
of the 130,000 immigrant farmer* who have settled in
the West during the last five years
United States.
Great Britain
Austro-Hungary
Norway -Sweden
Germany • • • t
Betgiunrand Denmark
came :
6o,o o
21,000
24,000
7,000
4,500
1.000
erahle nnml,ers, as shown bt the a( �(,►nl uitc 1(, a the Scandinavian
countries and Belgium. These are all good stook. liven the (lali•'ians are prov-
ing industrious end frugal rattlers, and are rapidly becoming, assimilated
with our own people. Indeed, eonlpetent 0!,,t'1.vera predie' that they will
prove one of the very beat elements in the i..•,,' communities which ;irte being
molded in the West.
The story of the two periods is before you, which do you prefer?
A continuance of progress under an active, aggressive Govern-
ment ---a Government that does things ---or return to a period of
stagnation under a party, the abilities of which are exhausted in
criticism.
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