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LAURIER AND THE LARGER CANADA SUPPLEMENT
THE BRITISH
PREFERENCE
A Master Stroke on the Part of
the Laurier Govern.
wants
KADE CANADA PRL. -EMINENT
in Heart of the Empire --Had
Marvelous Effect on Eng-
lish Nation.
3ESULTING TRADE GROWTH
rhe Bond Between Dominion and
Mother Land Greatly Strength-
ened by This Policy.
The Liberal part, .Ieaerces the full-
est credit for the d111gencr, wisdom.
Ind auacese with which it has labored
'or the building up of trade between
-'-'s da and (treat Britain. The pr•'-
iminent .position held by Canada to
he British Empire Is due. to a large
,tt rat, to, the actorlb,n--ref - fete- wt�e
policy. The preferential tariff In
ror of British goods hall a ntar..1 .
, tfect_upon. the hearts and minds of
._..baitagllah nation. and did much to-,
sardr making Canada •bettor known
✓ an before.
-T1iTVp611 Y-it'SA'tlte mina-apprectat-i
THE CONQUERING OF WESTERN CANADA. -N0, 6. -THE COMMISSARIAT TRAINS.
A z. rtes of elc,t cartoons drawn by Mr. l'. W. Jefter)s representing the conquest of Canada fer civilization 4nd
the son who are , Rgaged 1n 1t. .
THIS COUNTRY DEMANDS
ONLY MODERATE TARIFF
td because It wee voluntary on the i Work of Making Harmony, Which Laurier Has
,art of Canada: not the result of an Matters, Is Being Accomplished by
nrgatntne. etit-tioespemr*nrede'leeaat- -
np• of special advantages 10 our co- in Fiscal Affairs.
,Itixens' of the Empire. Nevertheless
1n nelp run ,ewn coon.,,
y, an that nur trade with great Britain
rent up by leaps and bounds. and it
opened up a new field for co-operation
end mutual help to all the territorial
llvt.fnne of the Britlah Empire.
The resulting development of good-
will and mutual respect la tun well
mown to need any Illustratl n .
'roof It find. exprereFm every flay
m hualnese. Iltdpatitre. and Inter-nm-
nunleatinn. Canada would not .'soupy
to high a lyrttton. a. 'she does. were 1t
sot for the .wisdom that planned, and,
:he energy that c•arrle,l through. the
'referential tariff policy, which lee.
'routht mnney to mfr shoes. enlarged
car tied, and- mad..' the necessities
>t Ilf. oheaptsr for our mart. people,
Wm., idea ••f the effect -of this itni-
kS•..aitd ether fratureteof our present
tdminl*tratIvn system. upon the mag-
situde and trend of our business .deal-
htga with other enmmunitie., relay be
fathered from the following stateMents
t•oncerning the last fiscal year of Con-
servatlt•e rule. anal the ileeal -rear
which recently eln.ed
1. Total trade of Canada, that Is the
mgr. -gate tuee, r111uyigu
_..4' n.: lip
•o„s and etprrr•.lt for year.. named
'^a ... ..t:t6�r..
-.,Total trade n•Irh (.treat Britain.
I at la. the value of Imports' into Can- 1
ada from Great Britain, - and export.
'worn Canada to Great Britain:
.901 220,556,507
.3, lm-r•rts from Great 'Britain tr.
'.nada:
1.90k9.'.2.124.303.
4 1,r, err,, from 1'nited
Rtatns Ir.
'scads:'
gar.......................953,529,39h
l90s ,
79,11;,.167
The .fora
going figures aro moat eon-
rinclner •videnee of the effect of Vin
-- ' n-dtrectitur into out
• •nmmerre with Great Britain a great
teal of bualn•rs that wn,tld have hen-
sfited the lnited State. instead -ti our
itneherland if the• old ('nnseevatl'v. i
PT' iia,$ been ,onti: red. The fact
that tete result has been vers Ienetl-
•lal to Canada la strikingly shown In
'he inereaaing market that we have
'mind in England for our .ut7.his pro -
as shown In the following
aatement:
value dr gond^ exported frntp fyrl-
tia to Great Britain:
• 1204 ..... , .. . 7 42,7174/1
000 - . -_. 126,194:114
(triglnally the form of the pr'eferen-
- Wal t tirf was 'a re4uetinti of one.
• edghlh In the eutitn;nw duties holed
'inn goods coming from Great Bri-
tain. Later on, the reduction waa
•.hanged to offs-tlunrter +st the only.
and subsequently the -preference wig
an adjuster as to be not only advan-
tageous to Great Britain, but also
adapted to encourage Canadian Indus-
try. Orr the -whoit.-thn-prefererowT
'vertices abnit one-third of the gen-
erat rttwtrtttlx Tate- ._. �_. -
The pr••ferentlal tariff is only one
'f a number of reforms that heve al-
ready been arhteved hn the Liberal
party, ouch as reduction of prrstal
'.tea, anti -lusting IegislRth_m�--RUD-r.
eivJLaer-
rice reform. exten.lnns o rat• c
boundaries. cold storage facilltie., and
teeny- ether -plinth, -Menefit.- nil in line
with the "round prngreseivr principle of
government tor. the-mno.lof alt. The -In --
tor, • -of the whole ,onrmunity: not
special fnvors fora!,v class. Is the nh
tact fn- whit h the 1.1 i.ernl rstrtp es-
tate and Strives.
TH[ CHAR044 VARY.
r
gem* Oerden Suppertari Want One
Thing. tom. Another.
?dr. Tt:mmas tlnherty. of Sarnia, 1s
put forward by the Conservative prose
M a lifelong Liberal. who ear not
v,rt the Laurier Government breath;
✓ t iie tariff Pollee- These who are
krttlllar-with the uauaLltn,- t
• Ih•• Goternm.•nt will natnruny
6gppnse that Mr. lkrherty. 1. a free
7aMr or a revenue tariff man, who 1.
•
in his Afars•) II.,.. speech, atter re-
ferring to the work done by Sir Wn-
frid Ia.urlet In making harmony be-
tween men of different racer and
creeds. Mr. Fielding .aid that In the
revision of the tariff 1t WIPP 1:ere•i an
to work along somewhat similar Ione..
In the meetings of the Tariff Commis-'
.inn he. 'sometimes ads pted the plan of
presenting the care agatnet ench depu-
tation an it app.earesl. He would ask
the manufacturer to noneldtr the case
of the consumer. He would remind the
farmer that his prosperity was bound
Been Doing in Racial
Fielding
up w iib\ tb. manufecuurlsg
lndecen'.
Th. Mtlalster of Finance Intimated
M .t unlesd thi• gtve.tlon was very
ewrefally hanged there was danger of
a sectional eontllct between the man-
ufacturing E...et end the agricultural
West. It is true that the West has
autnuf:ieturing industries. and will
have more. Rut on the whale, agricul-
ture will be for many years the dom-
inant taduetry of the oountry'betwwen
the Red Rider and the Rieke Moun-
tains, sad the peop le will he disposed
to chats against any reatricttnn of
their liberty to buy their supplies
where they please.
On the other hand. expression is
semcllmes given In the least to a feed-
ing that the West hart .-dtata DLitt 'i».
by Eastern money and that Eastern
manufacturers are entitled to a return
in the form of a protective tariff which
will insure then) the we: tern market.
Obviously this le a case for careful
hatching and moderation- 1t there
were a demand fur free trade. &L.Attlhl
tee nc ea.ary to remonstrate with the
'Western farmer. But in this part of
Canada at least, the atieme against
twelfth h 11 Is noes ear' °t -e sowed *howl
itself In demands for great Increases In
the tariff: We must not push the
West too hard. nor carry too far the
rnntenttrin that the Haat has put the
carat unQder a tremendous obligation!
by building railroads and bringing in
immigrants. There is danger of pre-
voking a reaction which will shots it-
self in force a• the growth of potfu-
iat causes th. ecntre of political)
pow to movO we.twaro. • All protec-
tive t iffy rest upon the crn.•ent,ot the
people, and Western Canada, ,she..
ttickly pulat-d,. would be a power
fel atidlt
to mntl-prnt•ctlon sent--
ment• A moderate tsr;ff as a p oliti -
cal "nooseslt • st Canada; as much a
t,olttteMt nee Ity as a -policy Of free -
dem and 1041 ty In religion.•
THE -CONQUERING OF WESTERN CANADA. --NO. 6. -THE VOLUNTEERS.
A A. rl, s 1.l' ,•141,1 enrt,,nn. draw 1,.- Mr. 1 • \\ J 1f• ;. representing the , nntoe.t of .'nnada for civilization and
the men who are • ngag,•d 1n If. '
aggrieved because the tariff was
not sufficiently reduced, and who
ttlnks that in thea respect the Liberal
platform of 1893 has not been carried
eat.
Not at alt. Mr. Doherty IA n high
tariff nun who thinks that•the Lib-
eral (kvtrr.m. rat ewe gone t• o for
trward tarrying out the 'Ahem' plat-
e• rm of 1193. Formerly a low tariff
advo -at., he finds In the n•lt.incr.l
c,. nditlons of the t nuntry the need for
ar, alteration of policy.. H.• b. lb vee
that adequate protection would in :
few years give Canada a population of
twenty n Illiona. "Vote for the party
whieh lavers the protection 1.Z your
tf ihtstrter'r
Thus the Liberal Government la
blamed for carrying out the platform of
100 and for not carrying It out. It la
altAS.-..tht�.J.ariff is to high
ai.d bn.•auee the tariff Is ton low$C
. hat
sort of'. (arlft llulirg is likely to emu -
rate from a parte which take. these
opposite positions!
THE TWO RECORDS.
THE LIBERAL TARIFF
HELPED PROSPERITY
Tupper's Gloomy Predictions Did Not Come True - As Liberals
Would Have Been Blamed for Adversity, They Should
Get Full Credit for Prosperity.
In 1897. when the first Fielding tariff
w•a. anhmltted to Parliament. sir
Chane, To: per, then leader of the ('on-
servntive r,npo.nlnn, .ald "the Indui-
•triea of this countr> are already par-
alyzed. shit., honorable members gloat
figures Show Str,k,nq Contrast Be- Over the destruction of f'anadlan in-
twsen LTiberal and Conaarvat ve 4 �y�,�1„gcor-}arsenly�
Ruts, _ the wall, the
•
"Thu Con.en•ntri•eat spent nay sorrowful wail, of these Industries 1n
when they did not have it to spend: we ! the Montreal r to ette."wh -re one menn-
erent 1t when we did have It to .1 -01.' !factious- after another ded eclarthat
This sentence frren Mr Fielding .1 thn.e Indo -tries were rained. that
st
Min*t' 11:111 q-1l-4ch pots inthe hrtefe t I their m111. might rinse. and that they
and f'earert possible form the dtff•r-
M've b„t,veen the financial - record .0 saw .taring thorn In the fare a return
the hurter Adminlstratlnn and the
Cnnsett•attve - Admtntstrattnns which
pr(cede.d It.
In the eleven years ruhseeiient to
19,6 the .entire outlay of the iwurlrr
Government-in.•Indingthe veld expen-
rllturr. on great public works, tts well te
the cost ,f the opetjpery services ..f
=,p:
the „country -i. ane. t1 of current
revei1ltlre with. the •'a.'ph 1.(.a lithe
-'a-a1 Dee mItt1.-rt stoners 111 the eleven
.,iie.,, t ewes leie(k•ndtng�( Is*a the e Cnn.rrativea.
:cilia Meat T.Tlare pteit on per-
frtaner,t public tmltr vememts, were ob-
liged to horror: .lety-two mullion dol-
lars to order to make ends meet.
half of the directors hy Fire -president
Jaynes Mallongh and Secretary Robert
Mcilwain. Mr. 'llallough presenting
Mr. Bailie with a handw,me mortis
chair and lire. Mclln,tin reading the
following *1111(33
ihiuwo,n.o,, rive. 6th, baw.
pew wce. n. n te,
Dungannon.
stn. -The directors and fr,endl of tee nen-
asnenn Agrlenteural Rnelery 40 hereby desire
tO espre,.e their apprerlaltna of the sera,•**
Lnrknow.
Hart two-year-old colt in claws 4
l u
(mut and t irriaget -- Alex.
Young, 1larinw,
Judges - 'Phos, liiuudty, (ioderich ;
D. MtGorvie, Uliutuu ; Al. J. Farr,
(i,slerich,
I.ad les' hitching contest -Miss Blake,
filafeking ; Mia" rewire, (roderi -h
town.hip.
Hest colts sired 'by "The Pope '-
to the deplorable state of thingx that
exlsted when the hon. gentleman who
last addreeeed the Hours was In charge
of the fiscal policy of this country. r
say that a deeper wrong was never
fnfltctert upon Canada fin far.frewit re-
Jnleing at It from it part]' standpoint.
T deplore from 111 bottom of raw heart
the ruin .that Ie going to be Inflicted
upon the hest Intgr-*ts of Canada. and
'upon Its great l iigttt.triea.'•
As Sir Charles Tupper really andel*.
stns Lynn., Ades Harriet Hayden,
Mi.. Te.sie Dr ane- ; house made pre.
.ervig, alep. H. Mortis. Mrs. A. Kirk,
,Judge Misr .1. 1'. D(ullin, 13.'Iftlet.
Vegetables and Rests.
Any vau'l'ty llntat,ws, C. W. Taylor.
1V, tVAlmon, les. Kirk 1111ick: a41,.
hags. W. 11. 1IIcCrarken, 1,.3. Alton ;
Hood hueta, W. H. McCracken, J.
McDiarroid ; improved sugar beets for
feeding. W. H. McCracken, R. Mill
cer.ly deplored from the bottom of hie
hart the rein that 11. saw to the fu•
lure. he must be now relnicing at the
'dispelling Of het fears. 1n five year.
of Liberal Government the capital in-
vested In man.ff eturing Industries was
increased by 1387,900.000, the wages
were Increased by 940,000.000. the va:ue
of prndneta from 1/1R,a9I,000. In twelve
years of Conservative admIni-!r.tlrm
the exnnrte of manufactures; were 169.-
00(1.000 in twelve years of T.IArral ad-
rnlnletratlnn the expnrta of manufaet
!urea were 1214,000,000
ftunpn•e Sir Charlet" Tupper's fears
hail been milted. Duna anyone sup-
pnae for nno moment that the Liberal
Gnrernment wo',Id not have been held
reapnn.lt lee for every ruined Industry,
every deserters faetnry every de.nlated
wnrkman'a home In the land! Prartl-
rallt• nothing else would have been
talker! M. The Liberal Government
would have been !mashed .e the Mtc•
kensie Government was omaehed .tq
1171. Then I: It fair (hat a Liberal
Government shall hear the Morden of
adversity. iinrl shall have no share 1n
the ctrdll for prosperity?
Canada's Onward March
Phenomenal Advance Under Laurier in All Lines
of Industrial Enterprise
•
The figures which follow give in succinct form the story of Canada's progress, in
the principal lines of industrial enterprise, under the Laurier Government. Where
possible comparison has been made between 1896 and the latest year for which statistics
are available. I1. some cases, as in -manufacturing, it has been impossible to do this, as
1,496 was not a'•census year."
The whole story is one of amazing advancement and marvelous development
under the most progressive Government that has ever held power in Canada.
EXPANSION OF COMMERCE
Total trade, 1696 „ . 9217.000,000
Total trade, 1906 . V99.000.000
increase .. $381,000,000
Export., Canadian products. 1996 9106.000,000
Exports, Canadian products. 191.8 ' :... 9247.000.000
Increase $141,000,000
The above are figures whieh speak. And they tlo not he. They tell in a, word of
the wonderful expansion which has taken plaee in our trade with other countries in
the twelve years the Laurier Government has been in power. `
In 1896 the aggregate of our exports to and imports from other countries, exeltt-
ate(rlit coiff and bullion, was $217000,000: -
In 1908 the aggregate was $598,000,000.
The increase in the twelve years was 81381,000,000.
The increase in 1908 over the total trade of 1896 was 3164, 000,000.
Taking our export trade alone the showing equally satisfactory. The exports
of Canadian products in 1896 were valued at $106,000,000. The export. of like products
in 1908 reached a value of $247,000,000. The increase in this ease was $141,000,000.
GROWTH IN THE WEST
Immigrants arriving In Wept and settling nn farms in five rear., 1891-15 .. . 22.29:
Immigrants arriving In Weat and settling no fauns fn five year,, 1901-4 . 123,800
Acre. poi In crop m ray, oy tmmtcram ts arr,ving In prevtnu. A
Acres put in crop in 1906 by immigrants arriving in 5_yearw prior to that date ,1,482,791
"Growth" is scarcely the word to describe the onward rush -which has character-
ized the West of late years. Stagnation ham given place to abounding progress. Des-
pair has made way for'eompelling hope. it is really a new West that exists to -dry. At
the end of 1895 less than 23,000 immigrants, who had arrived during the previous five
yearn, were settled on 'Western farms. In 1906 the number of immigrants so settled.
who had arrived subsequent to 1900. was 128,800. In the addition to crop acreage
resulting from immigrant labor the result is equally remarkable,
RAILWAYS KEEP PACE
Mileage In operation. 1196 . , .. 16.270
Mileage In operation. 1907 22,452
Pa,sengers Carried. 1896 - - ..... __.. 14-/10,000 32,137,000
Paanengera Carried. 1907
Tons Freight Moved. 1496 i ... • .. ... , . • . 34;1011.00(4
Tons -Freight Moved. 1907 83,866,000
The mileage of Canadian railways in 1907 was about 40 per cent. in advance of that
of 1896. The expansion in traffic was vastly greater. passenger travel having much
more than doubled while the volume of freight was well nigh trebled.
MINES YIELD OF THEIR RICHNESS
Valle Output of ]tines in 1:•,1 ...... ... ............. .. ...84*001000 "
Output of same In 1913 $36,000,
To the progressive policy puraue(.1_ jn_the Yukon. the opening up of the Crow's
Seat Pass region, and thewise course followed along other lines. is largely due the
feet that Canada, as shoirn•by the -figures just given. ix rapidly taking her place
among the foremtast producers of the world in,the'riches of the mine•.
MANUFACTURING DEVELOPMENT
Value of mttput of footer's!. 1n 1901 ..;,. :... , I411.004.000
Value of output of factories 10 1906 - 8718,000,000
S tariea and wages patori
ll In faces, 1901', 1111.000.000
Wages' paid In f Retorlc,i 1906 $134,000,000
ittl the' opetnlnK up of the West. the growth due to the expansion of
our for Urn trade, and' enlarged. mineral detel..pnlent. new -life ham been infused into
ntanufae ring t•nterpri.•es as well. Development along this line has been aided, too,
by the wisdom ahown in so readjusting the tariff as to relieve eonaumers and manufac-
turers alike f hampering restrictions•previously imposed.
BANKS GROWING WiTH THE GROWTH OF THE COUNTRY
Rank capital pn1.l up. 149.; ..... 1t^.Ooonnn
Rank capital pa 1.1 U4, 1in1 :98,000,000
376,000,000
NotesIn rlrcvl0tlon, 1"l! 0(0,000
$655,000,000
Voter In eirrnlatinn, 1
1)epoeits. 11' G
I,e posi t s. 19,.7
;9113 ee0.1100
The financial interests have felt the momentum which has been given to all lines of
industrial enterprise. As a result the volume of bank notes in circulation has much
more than doubled, while the prosperity of the country generally is shown by the swell -
Ing of the funds on deposit in chartered banks from $193,000,000 to $665,000,000.
ONWARD MARCH IN INSURANCE
Fire Insurance at rl.k, 1894 , I/41.000.00e
Firer Insurance at risk, 190; $1,615,000,000
Income Straight Lite Companies, 18969 10.000.000
Income Straight 1.11e Companies, 1907 . , , .. ; . , . • ... $37,000,000
The story of progress in banking] dttpliin that which seta forth the ex-
panding tinniness of ineurance companies. Nntwith.tanding the wonderful growth
of mutual fire and life ineurapce organization., the amount at rink by regular fire com-
panies has almost doubled in eleven years, while the income of straight life companies
_has inereaaed well nigh founfold. .. -
ENLARGED POSTAL SERVICE
Poet -offices In existence, 1696 9,103
Poet•nfftewt In exl.tence f908 _ ,�..s..... �-.... 11,823
Lettere carried, 1896 •• .. 116.000,000
Lettere carried. 1008 , - , N6,000,000
Value money order. i.aued, 110 •, •. 913,000,010
Values money order. leaned, 1908 ..,., $1111,000,000
The abounding activity in all industrial lines lies naturally railed for an extension
of the etountry's postal .facilities. The demand has been fully met by the progressive
Government now in power. Nearly 3,000 new post -offices have been established in
twelve years, and such provision has been made for meeting the dementia of the
people that considerably over three times the number of letters were earried in 1908
that were earned in 1896. Now another and molt important farther step is being
taken by providing for the organisation of a rural mail delivery service. Truly,
THE NAME OF LAURIER
STANDS FOR THE GREATER CANADA
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