HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Signal, 1908-10-15, Page 11LAURIEJI 'AND THE LARGER CANADA SUPPLEMENT
A SPLENDID SPEECH BY CANADA'S
FINANCE MINISTER, MR. FIELDING
Review of Liberal Government's
Record ContraIted With
That of Conservatives.
HARD FACTS DRIVEN SOME
St,trtiu,g Figures Presented to
Give Idea of What Really
Haa Been Done.
The address et Kee. W. s rieldlag
• t Mauer }la.1. In Toronto. was one of
t,,a most convincing campaign Utter.
beard ge
haY have,beebay. H absn by dlopeMo
to m▪ an
to many
for fns pD9osll4on (')olio's that the
Ccnservatives would Bete a v1hI.
'•e Gaal Imagine." he sa44, 'w
recall the splendid spirit wblek 1 beim
found *moat the LLbl els of Cutest%
i caee imagine. I. lay, what In the
..04 has got Into 1keo beads et ear
Ter, emends when they say that they
Ow going 10 •were the country."
Re'declared that "twelve years et the
__- _._____ :snait]aOada'haa*Yet
enjoyed" should I.t -ititfloleat answer
to Con servat ivs ambitions.
Mr. FkiH K did not waete much time
eii .rte seeneel-rnnugering campaign of
its o1ei ener for ewe -rewrot u he
explained, that those opponents spear.
snt.Y slotted him to do .o. "In a tune
of politicise' h. said. "0 noble game, so
1000 as it is hoa0ratey played. there is
s ,y;e welt laid down for one'■ guld-
�,,_ Wield out what your opponents
went you to det--slid don't do 1t.' They
want us to oecuPY our time with the
&wily ducueinons which take their own
att•n(ton. lnry do.,...i ..len us to draw
rte ett.-ntlon of the public to our
:ended record."
•sa_Lafl Ito Charge.
o btu .g war far from saying
xr.. of Kroft was n. c 11y
e.u,tored petty. but with ■n x-
ee-nf nae h*mdrtd 11111100 dol.
SPX m•ressa•rY to employ an
dlff•ring, df course In
y •ural, and honesty. Ile wbuld
..strum, Mut there might
, for erlUrl.m of rhea II,.
that leinl•ters at •lttawa
n.tnb,v 1111 vllaey lin.
t dews t0 tiles moment
ruptiwI box been held
er of the Lauri. r Ad_
llkten ranks had
,eke charges on
on4..toman4 en
coat suspicion
usher of 0fflot , mosey Tory
- .-r.r--4f-tM
rt .-re wn Id be leniency
1 wilful rorrt9Wt n. the oft)-
. ,. ;e1 Ifo
Total. Per Tear.
POINTS FROM MR. FIELDING '8 SPEECH.
"Remember this vitally Menet-
ant tact. that down to them mo-
ment no ober" of corruption has
been laid against any member of
the Uaurter Admtnietrattun"
'There may be $ cretin amount
of Patronage. but I do not nub -
scribe to the doctrine that 'to the
victors belong tate 'pulls.' The
public service of this country 1s
not a part of the spoils given over
from one party to the other. Bo
long aa a man Is falthfuL I do not
mean polltlnally faithtful, but so
long as he le loyal to hie duty and
dons 1t faithfully, ho eta tree man
under the I.Iheral c;.,a,rnntent."
"Pita minor to net an economist,
lee-.n•,rny mearee the application of
money to rune good purpose foe
the development of thea (Treat
country."
'7f we have given you a 9100.-
090,000 budget. we have glyen you
a 1100,000,000 country."
"Mr. Fowler 1s trying to per-
suade you to **tiro to the condi-
tions of 1896. when you 414 not
pay so itw(•h Into the treasury be-
cause you did not have so much W
pay It with•'
The time 1e coming when the
men west of the Great Iakes will
control the 41fatlnles of Canada."
"The beet kind of trade Is that
In welch both parties get a square
deal."
slaughter price's, were also given warm
applause.
berries and D.MdU.
Average yearly Conservative�d.ltedt.
jettee o.
Average ye$ 4lbsral 9utpluo. M:
600,090.
w strong. - .,, sound cem•
msrclal policy, ^said Mr. Fielding, "was
s0000,panled br a sound policy of _fin-
ance." Ile proceeded to prove It
Mr. treater had cried omit le 1110 that
the country would o to the "demnl-
Goo bow -wows•"___ w.rfr-a-Y...e th,.a
rooster was In Parliament, and when he
wu out of It there wax usually some -
tem else to take up the cry, that he did
not yell "Rolf, wolf!" tit cunnectien
with the Lberal flnasces, Then, as the
end of the )ear the 1.Ibere�r,le would
•how= tiryutr ttiii . ckFflefvatTref tle-
(lelt had averaged 6415,o0i per year to
the twelve years preeedlr(g l018. Since
then the Liberals bad averaged, not a
deficit. but a surplus, of 1b, i.0.0U) per
year. Of course, If this surplus was
the result of Increased taxation It had
no right to exist. But laxation .%lxad h+[�i1ea
1
been lowered.- Tha_Goraramant .
the rate, not the amount. - the letter.
depending on 1on•umptlon. A• a mat-
ter of fact. the Customs taxation per
1109 worth of geode Imported In t 1
wnap4014 as I.Ihw. with the w...e
• 411.49.111) olio
.,w.-,, the-otartling flgu'1es p e-
• ed 1,-. lir reeding when 1. 1 dee
• .•, turned upon the corn rola!
I' gr.,. 01 the I een11400. The 'nn-
0(10es used to boast. he pointed'ggqqqqut,
1..• In-elttht.en yeare of admtnterhp
• -r ':et- ha4 Increased the trade as
,',r a,l.. by elety-six .and one-half mil
•n dollars. Perhaps, after all the
a•-L:.vrment was a erMltaitte one,' if
..e.,...etteereee had proceeded at tis -saws
ra•• 'hey- w.eeie hey.. W *how to -day
that they -hal inert teed the wealth of
Cna,n by 84;..4re,'ss, since taken` riffles
twelve years age .11 they Aid this, the
Ceneert•attves wnull here to gay. "Well.
you see all 91,111: you hare donee. well
as we 411" What was the fact? "The
1 In trade has been sot forty -
the but -four hundred end eleven Al1•
Itono." (Prolonged cheese.) .
•AMeseie lerisbrles." -
Tht leader of the Oplusitlen Ilse
asked for "adequate protection." Mr.
Fielding did not know what that
meant; be' did not think 014 audience
dad, he w s sure 31r Borden didn't.
Tempted;-nowevrte-t0' sruoi. 7 -
the retort 01 th• Hun. )Mr. Paterson to
a man who had contended (het It Wail
Stift 11.0 N.P. wh=en Is making -Cana-
dians. rlele: "Then," said Mr. Paterson,
'the lettere' Government &opti ally
Vadwstamis it better and turns it to
better accoun`" (Laughter.) "The Oen-
serteevrs may hate Iweent.d the me-
ebtr.' but they 1.110 never able to
it go:'- YYrotonged cheers./
, mfr Wilfrid laurtera work es the
great unifier. the bringer of peace
among different /actions and ereede.
wet retiree,' on also by Mr, Fielding.
tt 1s one of the greatest .ubjeets of
eels of our great Nader." he said, "no
110l.lrr task could be undertaken by a
labile Men. and 110 task could be more
61,617 !arrted out." (Cheers.)
"And I, too, have a desire to be a
101, tllat01 in another field, a men
lower field, perhaps. In that of tariff
neets.ment. 1 have hoped by It to
bete' together AIf(erent interests, to
pet Anwn sectional loalotsatw. Tho 1e
tt..• ems of lee IJbesat tariff. and to
.teat I wish to devote, my time as our
NM devoted Ma to
Seeige. worktieFleader
at oencltlatlsg n tl•nat
luso and creeds.
- T.nada Is to-d*T, and will r.msln
1.rr many years, as agricultural coun-
iry. la time -great manufactures may
17110 in the West To -day 11R tdY, the da 5 ot far
grow-
ing rx 1 and Y
D et when the men west of the
great
lakes will control the destinies
of '7mneere U It wise to embroil the
Fast and the West, to setaseelse the
farmer of the West against the ?news-
ier-urgeof Ihe.astt That la possibly"
yrs -.1t U prubattle, unfeeia -caution be --
Lib d."
t
had been reduced to S. and a fraction
per head to -day.
Mame Verses 11eseste a1.te.
.
"They say we spend mere on
m
They spent money when they dlde;t
have It to spend; we spent money
d.
when we 414 have It to spenThe
miser Is not an erenemist Economy
means the application of money to
atone Bend purpose for aha develop-
ment of this great,country."
In twelve years preceding 140 the
Cyye•.rwelv•• sn.we- e..r-'••yt+- -'- eu t
194.nt1 Mn, het to.•y ad4e.1 rotern,Mu to
the debt. m1 there It Is. and you'll
peeIntr rest n It forever" ye
In twelve are the Liberals spent a
gr]a
ater-nem on capital aeeount, nn se
then 9'11,00,08 but they edde.l only
Retina, ret"TEI deist. - -That was the
llffereeee.
In net there were 18.08 Brunie -rants; 1M.'. lenar`twe Trainees the eine
of Trine. Fdweei island every veer.
Rnme nnd.•l-sores ceme. •Tt wee In
w_
ritable. hint th• area. prnore.n f tl,•
sat few y.ar• r..tel, In great nlen.nre,
4he 4e.m.nde tr t.m e . .. fir. west.
. Tae Mw's Rest Paw.
"1 shall venture to say a few words
about the Crow's Nest j'a,a Eal.wag "
gale Xr. Ftelding, amidst some amuse.
-rent. "I am not roacern.din the at-
tack on the Toronto Gtobei, 1t has
ehnwn that 'Llan take•care 0f Mielf.
^ -6--• terrr...wf.
donate were taken unjustifiably. 14111 001
Mr. L. R velar. He and net want to
eoneerned It certain ,nen ?Menem Me fdheral tarty, Ret posaegalon of *a7 that Mr. ter. was a bood!er .0r a
cost tante and mad.. themselves mil- thief, but Mr. Borden said teat this.
'fomites t he Opo r000un.4 with the that but
celled a corrupt transaction,
pne'tton of the Oppnsltlonon this quer_ .was between (ler. Osler Ana his col. They talk 0f aha chloroforming leaguer and the Government.
Of the pubite. Rho, sbttwotetrntwf Mr "What a ma4nl(Icent opportunity f�r
top friend. Mr. Ames, and his peep
.skew,'-aa+del6e.-Yielding• "irdlee and
gentlemen, we have here,= ■eeured at
enormous expense, the greatest picture
hs thin world. which Iwill. mew .hew 10
role Cock: Behold tate original rheoks
signed'lry the Roman hand -writing of
the Flnenre Minister. Click! Here be-
hold the smlltne features of Mr. Osler!
tierces the man who can=ed off the
await!' -plan... ) -4.14.retarou_.(
saugktaea
- nda
.. p.
Mr. leielding's speech, one of the
u
'reatec.e weftfral speeches ever heard
In Toronto, was greeted with a perfect
shower of applause when the Finance
Minlwter mourned his seat, sod :for
wvesaL-.Wnutcs the cheering west en
taxation now:
1910... .. ... ... 16.66
Tleefeaiie ...... ..:-_ _ .II
Tf th• Ce'n•►rvetive rate of taxation
1x4 been continued. the people of Can,
oda tinuld hey. paid --664onQ000 more
than they did par. -
1e' -1W. per year..... ... ....98.1010*
106-1371pee year.. ... 1.500,4v1
With these -Niguel* Me Hon. Mr
Fle'Afng disproved of the puhtte debt
rearg.s. A young country -like (an-
. -he A to
044 to to puhlfe debt. and with the -
11 n.bMtl progress made, It mould not
have been a matter for wenler If the
ell rate of Increase hadbeen kept up.
The dl.parlty between- Liberal end
t;.neen•et!ve reeurdi 1n thee regart.
however. had been even greater teen
It would .rem on the fare of It. for
the d.be le -a emrd.n eerie Be Wrenn,'
tion to the number of ehonldere Which,
have to bear the burden. Fee eIRhteen
years Me t'ntr.•rvetty.tr ltromcbt lir tlIb
migrants at the rat. of 14000 neopt•
per year, fee twelve Veers the T/b.rele
od henught them fn at tee rate of
1*11.0n0 per year As a r.•.•.'t the 4.bt
Aro ter-h.+A
=110
What the Name of Laurier Stands For
m
Material Progress,adian Unity, and a
Sane Imperialism.
What the name of
in the following extracts
the present campaign:
UNITY OF LOCAL AND IM-
PERIAL PATRIOTISM.
Our policy Is Imperial unity
based on local autonomy. As
part of (bat policy we have re-
lieved the motherland of the ne-
cessity of expenditure , for the
maintenance of garrisons at Hali-
fax and Ssqulmalt As another
part we hate establlehed the
Delilah preference. While ee are
(anadlane tint. last, and all the
time. we, ars part -aod parcel ot
the British Empire. The au-
prime Inspiration is to have a
bond of union between the mo-
therland and the daughter na-
tion. This Is the policy which 1
tenor -
couptrimen.
w w w
THE PROPER TEST OF
ECONOMY•
Nkat ls, atter all,. the, criterion
by which to ascertain whether,
In private or In publlo lift, there
bad -.been extravagant expendi-
ture! There Is one easy cri-
terion, if . mai, has a eer4ln
Income and
spends within
that Income he
Laurier stands for is clearly and briefly stated
from speeches delivered by the Pre= uripg
WHAT THE PREFERENCE AFRAID TO FACE DIF
HAS ACCOMPLISHED. • FICULTIE$.
NOT
The British preference has
done three things: First of all
It has given, especially -4o the
farmerse a substantia= measure
of relief from taxation. Next 1t
has opened the British markets
to our productions. You will
ray the`prltfrh market was open
to us before, and It 1a true; but
there Is such a thing as senti-
ment even In trade, and when
the liretl*IT-ptrbbc saw the atH-
tude of the Cafladlan ReOnle they
opened the door wider. There
was another thing. It Is an In-
splraUon, an examine for the
whole ttrltIsh world It_, ,.
come part and parr.-' of the Brlt-
ieh Mmplre of which we area
part. 1t has been ac.'rpted In New
Zeeland. by Autetralle, and even
by South Atria. It ha+ teen ac-
e.-,ted-Ity-•OHw--'d'rdl.+vagi. whi.:b.-
only seven years ago was at
war with the Mitts!. army. To-
day the Con.erv,ttve party dare
not- give Mi 46,11.1" upon L'
point, for • the preference has 90(11'
around the world with the Brit-
ish flag
The Liberals are not afraid
to meet difficulties and to salmi
them whenever they Dewar. In
the last twelve years we have
bad dlfflcultlea more than once
to Solve, and ere have solved
them to the ss*lataetlon of every
MA. •t do net pretend that I stn
lnf01Uhle. INtr from ft; tet
there is One thing which 0y op-
ponents cannot take away from
me. 1 have never lacked the
couragefflotilty
a difficult), weediPinned be-
fore
fun me.
w w �►
THE TARIFF HAS BEEN RE.
FORMED.
Our policy was a tariff based
upon revenue• and• when we
ie into office we put these
principles lee effect. It wart
hard to (Ind a meaaure of relief
that wtantlal re-
ould glees Ohl 'matt and
nut hurt the
I moot a et uror..
,,,,.a1.y a ► r.
HON. W. S. FIELDING,
Canada's Minister of Finance.
haM.10 Tapper^ et leo chloroformed
Yr_-lbsusi WAe-+•irleroMrmwt--4fr.
tteMen, lie was 1n the /louse at'the
time of the .n_ereleA 'd.,tl,' aid never
opened haw mouth till meetly.. years
after tt was 5.1 over. Ile tags that
the farts were n11 known. 1t, he knew
them and see• silent, 1e he the klnl of
roan yon went to make Premier bf this
rnuntrve (Cheers end lauRlter,)
"It took .-two.-aWee. est-. emeite--w-neat
if tete; millions were stolen, ,who got
the ewes? It .was to the C. P. R. that
the. mon-y arae. -poet-Nmr,--t=ee-r'ft
Was a .largo body at penple scattered
411 over Canada. but particularly a
email group of men to Tnronto and
Montreal. And one of Got nearest sad
peehape dearest U.-.tete-+ud(eter.-- mos restwteww014"4 . _ .--
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THE CONQUERING OF WESTERN CANADA. -NO. 7. -THE ATTACK.
A melee of eight cartoons drawn byMr. r 1t .1, 'r,•ry,, repreeenting the conquest of Canada fur civilisation and
tea men who are engaged In It. \,
Tariff ('oiadatdal.
When the tariff wes revised two
teen ago men from were
over Canada
laivsry_occupatlon werecors u result dhon
tariff Improvement. The
ad
been a unifying procen■ a better un-
derstanding among the different claps-
OP- Be had been inclined to lake the
oppoelte view -point to every deleRn.-
tO10n that he met, for th. p0100se of
argument. lie had said 10 the termer:
"Y. is meet consider the rights of the
Oanufactut,rs, who make whet you
n erd," and to the manufacturer, "you
must remitter the Interests of the
We.tern farmer, who thinks that these
taxer are preening upon him." So 1n
such work as that much "nod would
result to both .'dee, and al... 1" the
Gsvernm.nt. The Conservative.. them-
wlcer hart received benefit from it he
110,1,ht, for when our tariff *chem.,
wao nrnu`ht down It was palmed with -
me a division.
Speakingof the British reference,
P
Mr Conserva-
tive,
sneer
Fleeting the C
In said tett
truss hal Deen talking about It for
yes,, hot had done nothing.
"They were In favor of mutual pre-
ferenee. but In that we could deal
wile only one side of it, our side. The
other end with the Mother COun-
try The Laurier Governmeat had
talon the step that resulted In the
estebllahment of the mutual prefor-
m', ■o far as It could be done by
Canada.
"Ons great nation of•the earth made
the mistake of thinking that she could
.^uh C4nada, but when *hr. German
' urtax wu imposed, Germany found
that camels erne becoming a 04110e,
sad route take mare of herself." (Pre -
termed applaume,)
Mr. Fielding-, remarks in the Antl-
templr4 reguletlnes of the Govern -
men, aimed at the pntectlon of Can-
allen'nduetrlee against United Staten
i n4ist on Arr'Rlq
What the Fielding Tariff Ha
s ShowingWhat the Actual Growth HasBeenIndustry in and
Population -A Few Years Under a Business Adminis-
tration Has Lorne Rich Fruit.
The city of Toronto furnishes a
capital Illustration of the development
that has been going on during the past
twelve Tears. A great railway centre, a
distributing point, a manufacturing
city, Toronto feels quickly, and
promptly responds to, any general na-
tional prosperity or depressl•,n. The
city had a phenomenal though not
wholly subatantlal development, reach-
ing a climax about fifteen s'ew.rn ago -
There came a reaction, beginning In
the eerly nineties, and there wee a
heavy ehrinkage In velure, until about
1898-9- Then another change came, un-
der the conditions of proatx-tlty which
began to prevail shortly after the ad-
vent to power of the liberal party.
and ever since the growth hes been
remarkable for Its rapidity and Its
substantial character.
Bono of the results attained are very
Instructive. am for example the in-
crease 0t pnuulatlnn, which, according
to the recordP of the Aa.es.men1 ue-
pertment. WOW from 199.042 fn tette 40
272,6no for 1907. Here 1s a table Mow -
Ing the aaee,ement on which the city',
tax rate hem been struck for the yeare
therein named; -
Stnfield's
llinkrinabk
, Underwear
193
1900 ... ...... .... .... 6124.992.959
121)2 .... .. .... .. .... rr.,aae,ro6
1104 .. ..... .... ... 142,328,897
1906 ...... .... .. .. 187,411.618
1908 ...... .... .... ..... 206,088.980
Another evidence of accelerating
progress 1s to be Lound to the record
of building permits Issued. The fol•
lowing statement gives the value of
the new structures and the Improve-
mente which Cheer., permits euu,•0(ae
for different years of the same rerind:
1900 .. ......•...•.. .... $ 1,888.068
1902 ...... ...i..,. ...... 3,864,923
1904.. .... 6,896,120
1806 13,180,398
14,225,840
The growth of street railway traffic,
which Is a Rood Index to'hustnesp ac-
tivity and general proeperlty. la Phow•n
In the following table giving the rev-
enue
evenue derived by the city from Be share
of the Toronto Railway Company's re-
ceipts:
1900 8191.12110
1901 235.447.21
1904 .... 821.286.02
1908 427.408.56
1907 600.601.24
A very interesting Item of Informa-
tion is_-gontaln.d In a bulletin Issued
last year by the ('en.u. and Ntatlatics
17ff1rw at maws.. giving information
concerning manufacturing lnduetrles,
and which shows that In the Interval
between the years 1900 and 1906 the
preeres. of these lndultrles In Toronto
showed the following results;
faint°n1 on tnolerkin, Mr.. R.
Stevenson, Mrs. R. Mcllwain ; paint-
ing on halting cloth, Miss Myntington,
Mrs. Stevenson ; collectie.n of oil
Paintings: Mrs. tiriflln, Mem. Stevcu-
ton ; collection of water color's, Mini
Evelyn Hayden, Miss Livingston ;
pencil drawing, Mime Livingston, Mrs.
liowrie ; crayon drawing, Miss
Evelyn Hayden. Mis.. Livingston ;
collection of pen and ink sketches,
e for Toronto
No o bll0h-
menta
Employes .
Capital invereed
Salaries and
Wages , .. . 15,105
Value o/ Pio' -
ducts 66,416,491
Out of the many other cloves of iQ-
tcre-eting statistical information that
might be presented, Illustrating the
same cheering progrese, only one other
table will now be submitted. It gives
the value of the Imports entered at
the port of Toronto and the amount of
clearings reported by the Bank Ctear-
ing 'louse Association. They are as
follow•:
Imports. Clearings.
1901 ,.. .,,. 638.80 16 6625.121,308
1908 ,.. . .. 42.971.437 808.748,260
1906 ... .. .. 63,194.015 1.047,490,701
1907. ... ., 47.496.446 1,228.905.51?
Hare 'figures, however. convey little
Information concerning the marvelous
Improvement which this clty has made.
The prosperity they Indicate Is the
foundation nn which eras been erected
a great structure of metropolitan life,
opportunity, and social and educational
advantage. There are over two hun-
dred churches. the Pfnylnelal Unl-
verelty with associated colleges that
have acquired a continental fame, pri-
mary end secondary schools of high
character .and splendid records of RUC.
eras. Hospitals and other charitable
imitltutlnps are on a commensurate
'rate. hardens, parka, theaters, and
the cfty'a far famed Exhibition pro-
vide ample entertainment. Art and
literature flout -Leh, and generally
eywalftflg, fete entre of equal magni-
tude have such a high average of com-
fnrt, and so little of rontramting pov-
1900. 1906.
847 936
27,061 44,841
114.041 166,520.098
21,660,799
.714.176
extravagant. Mut
, 1f a man spends
beyond his in-
come. than lug
becomes serer -
agent.
I thtak I may
give a lemon to
L'o'sses to her.
roster from
Charles Dlok.es,
from the char-
acter ot ]tloaw-
ber. Like Mr.
Foster, Mlcawber
wail always in
difficulties. and
always waiting
for something to
turn up. and also
hs was, fund of
giving good a4-
elce The ■dviee
he gave to David
C'opper(Leld waw
to keep his ex
penes within hes
income. In these
words: "Annual
Income, 421,
expenditure. £ 19
Is; result, happi-
ness; income,
490: expendi-
ture, a 20 6s; re-
sult, misery. The
blossom is bH*ht-
-e'o--' taw Leaf 1s
WR_ k_re, the god
OT day goes down
upon the dreary
sea. and. In short,
You are forever
floored. as f am."
What has been
the record of the
Liberal Govern-
ment, which has
been, seemed by -
Mr. Poster of ex-
travagance? That
record In that tor
for the hut
twelve year, ex -
rapt one we have
had surpluses
We had not a
surplus In 1'M
the first year M our eAmintstra-
tlon, when vie -followed Mr. Poe.
ter. We had a dmflelf of SQon,0n0
1n that year. But the year after
that, In 1897, we had te surplus
pf 61.000,000, then of $4,000,100
then of $8,000.000. then of 85,-
•000,000, theh of 67.000,000, then
of $14.000,000, then of $15,000.-
000, then of 97.010.000 again.
then of 612,000,000, then of 916.-
000.000, and at last 819.000.000 -
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ONE PERIOD CLOSED FOR•
EVER.
For a great many yeare, we
could not keep our own popula-
tion, and our young men went
by the hundreds, by the thous -
Knee, by the million even, to the
United Rtates to fnt-or with thee.
labor and their brains a lend
no more favored by nature than
un
their own But
thank heaven
these days have passed . away.
That era has been closed, and'
closed by whom? Closed by the
Liberal Government,
w
r VICTORY ASSURED.
Village I am greatly mistaken
- -and I aur not mistaken --the
verdict pronounced by the Cana -
people on Oct. 26th will he
the sante as k wee four years
ago, eltht years ago• and twelve
years alto. -.Why should It he-
ntherwlee? '1 y 'Mont/ the
people of Canada }lave Inst the
confidence they pi la--ua_la.
1814, In 1900, and In 19
Ye'
A5„
THE MAN AND HiS WORK
"1f my eyes close Upon a Canada more un,fed than / found it,
1 shall die in peace." - Sir Wilfrid Laurier at Strathroy.
e1t7, Our citizens have reason to be
00111 910(14 and grateful 1n v1w Orf 7l�>�y�,�t }�}�g�}�1�xy�,y�y�y�
the superior advantages they enjoy. 7tC7K,K11C 7tlG711G711G7tlGTK7I1C7SIC7tG7tG
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HAS PUT LABOR ON A NEW
PLANE.
sl'w have done for labor whet
hes never leen donv by any
other Government In the world
Ther laboring man to -day In no
longer the went-sinve• h" ens
fermerty Ne Is a fellow' citizen
now In every part).-niir 11e ham
righte whleh must be protestede
and which are protected by the
prevent Government. There ere
no mon sweating shop. In ('nn -
ads where a man has to work
'esteem hours a day fns a thank-
less muter. and we have brought
In the law of eonelllatlon by
which dispute. between .mpl.*y-
•r and employed can he deter-
-mined without recourse, to the
extreme and dire remedy of a
strike.
. HIS GREATEST WORK.
It is now lwrnty years norm
1 ■ssum•d the Isadersh.p of the
Liberal party. or, to put 't mors
exactly, rt rs now twenty years
•ince the (00 crest pe rtoalrty of
my friends rn the Heule of Com-
mons put upon my shoulders th•
responsibility of 'wad my the L b -
•'al party. When my Tr ends
cho,• m• to be there standard-
bearer 1 swore to myself that
1 would give to the task .th.
who)• of my IN., mye"'
soul, and
myy body, and that I have don•.
My diva cannot be very I,ng
now. But avheth•r they •n long
or short, I sha11 ever treasure as
th• most holy thin" in my life
the confidence which has been
pieced in me by men who were
not of my own kith •nd kin. 1
have endeavored to maintain the
principle that the Liberal party
is brow
d• n
ou h that P at Li
bora
I
principles ars large enough, to
give an equal Wear. of justine
end liberality to all men, no mit-
ter what may Le their rem or
religion. This is the feeling`
that has animated mm, and this'
in the feeling which shall ant•
mate m• to the end. If I em to
be remembered after 1 hav, gone
to my grave. I would rather It
Should be b.oitUi:zasegiy.yt
my neon• ha•
been attachedrsewrkadvancing unifnstlon m1
foranadan• h.em••toeNmie.,upn• Ceneda men united than 1
fovnd.it-tW51lured fhe adhip of *2*.b• rly,0.11 not hav,
'Meted In vain, and I shall die in
ace.
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W t ARE THE CHARGES?
We ale. charged 107th having
hoes t(eet)h(. Whet are
ehaeres? Where, nen they )teen
made . In the * of eight
months' durstln
Meet
watt
drawn nW
h to
it 01,1114t 0aei .
weeks wale
team there
any rhnrwe maAe
again.t the G"w'rntn.nt a11rh as
w'a. made against the Cnrrmerya-
five Government In the days of
the Pacific *e,andal, or In the
dare of the McGivevy scandal, or
1n the days of the steel falls scan-
dal. when the rinvernment were
directly tnkrn to task for acts of
rnrrnptlen for which chapter and
book were given? No, Cr. No
.'berg. of that kind wee Trade
agalnet the pre.ent Admtnlettw-
pee0e.
tie are bound to
look •n all
caisson". W
knewllud''90
were lndu0t1M
In the auuatry
that clave maul
butu up On a
bight tariff, and
tt was ddfloutt
to brief down e
reiterate wttbuut
doling Injury to
the luduatries
which het been
carried Ott outer
the old system.
but 1 thtnk we
can claim that
we . found a
Insane of giving
the relief th•
country demand'
ed.
la U' 0 wi.
4411 [tui ro n IOU,.
1a4t1(:at 1kt
rte„ atm reatire.-
err, 11401 11a'ulu-
0yurilata. ' 11
g=ave to the p.-0 -
p1e of Leatada
a ctrnelderable
me au -re of 10 -
lief when Wu
adoeted tee new
and unempeo1ed
measure of [lot
Brltlsh preter-
rLue. 1'110 t. was
furl a r..u.a,rtIol
4,3 1301 per a tie
uL 00011 erre-
'Blend ei
held teed utyutlng
1: out the 444
1ari4. Then It
was made 26 per
cent., and. last -
l3, 33 per ,,•lit
It was a large
measure of re-
lief, because if
an article Is
charged 30 per
cent., a reduc-
tion of one-
third makes tet
measure of tax-
ation 20 pee
cent.
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STAGNATION TWIN' PRO.
GRESS NOW.
What was the oosdttloa el
Canada when the present Gov-
ernment assumed office? ''trade
*009 stagnant.efs aaturtag •s-
pecially was stagnant: somothlef
ha4 to he done. and we undertook
to do It We thought that the
policy of policies which would be
essential to the progrw of the
Canadian people was the policy
of tratwportation. We built the
C=row's Neat Pees Railway, which
brought all the wealth of miner-
als, especially In coal, In south-
ern Brltleh Columbia. to the
door. o the In of
f h the west-
ern Pr./vinces, and we have
brought the Inlercolonlal Rail-
way to Montreal. ley building
the (]rand Trunk Pacific we are
rnlling the map of Canada over
one hundred miles td the north-
Iward. we' have deepened canals.
We have improved harbors. We
env. lighted the Rt. T.awrenee,
and the result of It hes been that
'to -day we have not only cheap-
.nw4
the *1407,57
0f er(!(t=anadaut=u: ortaburlotn to
pena. wo
have we eheapenel It 'hat we nee
Bemis=` . carrying 4-7Imerfcan
geode . We have made Canada
the third commercial nation In
--1et►-waride--1- 1.1 ik--ii eaa•atatw4
that when the tame of history
are unfolded to the eyes of future
ge'neratlnnw it will he regarded
that, though the gensrelttons
which have vetoed laid the fottn-
datlons, tete supreme honor of
crowning the e411flcn wSa reserv-
ed to the Aeminlstratton which
You laced In wee InIOC Y P t't`
9 the
mandate of which you renewed
en 1900 'and In 1904. and which
mandate, I believe, yet* will again
renew'.
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THE LAND FOR THE 11
SETTLER. j�
There has not been given *war
ky the I.ttterel /l'wernm.nt one
single acre of land which was fit
for settlement. but In the roofer
of a fele years we have b. -enable
to plant In the three North -Want.
(rn Pnn•'ru•es one million people.
I.._....----
',met -omen River, i'enetang, Midland
and iAkefteld. Madawaska to Depot
Harbor. Argyle to ('olwa onk, Lindsay
to Hxlihurton, Sharbot 'Ake via K.
& 1'. lt*ilway, and points front Severn
to North Hay inclusive. Return
limit on all tickets Saturday. Decem-
ber eth, 11114, or until close of naviga-
tion, if earlier, to point@ reached by
steamers. Full information from any
Grand Trunk ticket agent.
(.UUtstt
DROPS 2 Or 51.
BEDFORD
BLOCK
GODERiCH,
ONTARIO
to and all work fully guaranteed.
PORTLAND CEMENT always in stock.
Store Phone 12 L N e C
House 'Phone 112 r ,✓e C. LEE