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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Signal, 1910-12-22, Page 8• 1ile,l ntv. 1)acEt(H4n 22. 19111 THF SC INAL : GeOI)ERICH: ONTARIO . FARMERS - AT OTTAWA. IMPOSING DELEGATION WAITS ON GOVERNMENT. - A Clean-cut Programa Presented on Behalf of the Agricultural Interests -Sir Wilfrid Laurier Gives a Sym- pathetic Reply --'Opening of n New Era in Canadian Politics. /11 *WA, Tree. Ill. -NClltly 111Ir Ih.m.- and (twittery, representing all parts of the Dominion, sitting in the Beats (ti the legislntgra in the Com tuonit cham- ber t hi. morning awl filling 1 he gAl- ..,leries to overflowing, with the ruelu- lers of the (lovernnient and the mem- bers of Parliament As auditors, made their MA organized Pottle un•l*ugltl on the eit%del of protection and voiced in •plain and .•lPar•cut statement the • demands of the agriculture e it v for legislation of a tattiest and Fat - reaching ehanl,etet in the interests of thetillers .f the soil :end t1.c chief pro- dusers of national wr.ilth. It was the most Significant four hours of straight talk which has been heard in Parlia- ment for years. The question of what Parliament will tie for the farriers and of what the farmers will do for Parliament was not answered this morning. but as a result of today's storming of the legislative halls by the oreanizNI and streuseleomanry poli- ticians on both side. of the House are now scratching their heads and pre- paring to revise their opinion of the political iulpottance of the low tariff movement Inaugurated in such a spec - teenier manner by the men from the .West. Entertained the Delegates. 4 This afternoon about Hve hundred of the Tinning ferrate a-otn Ihw inves- t tier nvitetion of His Kxrellenry E Irl (trey visit- ed Rideau (fall. Tonight Hon. Frank Oliver entertained all the Western delegates at dinner in the Parliarnen tars- restaurant. The even eve M the National Council are art engine to have anotherinteryiea with Sir Wil- frid tt)rnarrow or Monday, with s view toaeht.ainint; a fur:her statement from the Premier in connection with some of the lr'int% be hard not time to touch on today, because of the late- ness of the hour and the fact that the House would assemble at :u o'clock. The Farmers' Movement In the opinion of a good tpatiy astute politicians the farmer, Move- ment will now eaautre eonsiderably greater political signal/ranee than, the Plat ioualist mq►etneot In Quebec, which has tateftir this wession uocupied the centre of the stage. The resole - Gone of the National Council of Agri- culture. as dratted yesterday. we, e pre- sented by some twenty speaker., who backed in each case the resolution by reading carnally -prepared memorial., setting forth clearly arur concisely the argument in support of rash. The tariff demands occupied the most prominent place, and were pnnetnatel toy round after round ..1 applause, as the chief points against the economic fallacies of protection and its eon - comitant injn4tire to the farming rmmllrulily were hruught out. Points Were Cheered. The declaration of one speaker that "we have the Jay unfurled a banner that will not be again furled ❑ oil it has been planted 14ict,riot• nn the ramparts or protection." waw greeted with a volley 1,1 cheers from every one of the thousand f*rmerm presets. On the proposal for the negotiation of s tradt• arrangement with the tented States that would lower the present tariff barriers and 'give (*nada free secret for her neutral prodnrla in Ile greatest market in the world. Ihr egalion tens equally in.istent. Government Ownership.' The (Government ownership of pub- lic utilitiou 1d111k of the fanners wart container in the demand for Govern- ment operation AS well all Government control of the Ilndeon Bay Hallway. by the def)*nl for the est shlish- ment of a chilled meat industry under Government ownership of abattoirs, and. for Goterunent. owneritip of th.' terminal elevators.' Government Has Acted On two of the reg0Psls of the far m- ere Sir Wilfrid Laurier owns able to meet them more then half -huts. He noted that the Government was al- ready in ne);"tiatiou with the iTnitel States with a view to securing the reciprocal trade arrangement. asked for. He promised legislation thio syer- N1011 maculated In meet the de ode t(itlt regard to the terminal Pse, ore, and intimated that the Government. hall in view even a more t pt•ebrn- siye and adequate solution id the prahlem .f handling \\'extern grain for export than was contemplated in the resolution presented. This would be by way of metering through transit in Canadian channels vin either the irn- proved St. Lawrence route or the Georgian Ray (`anal to Montreal. seat on the fluor. and crowded the gal- leries. Sir Wilfrid Laurier took the sett at the head of the clerk's table. and at Ina left sat Sir Richard cert. wrigbt. Around them were grouped the of her members of the Government. with Mr. Holden, Alr. Pieter, and other members .f the Opposition sit- ting near by, doubtless wondering what effect the, low -tariff demunds of the replr.tentative, of Many thousand• 4 04geni'r.ed farmers would 4a4e on t e pert)' historically wedded to high- pr.Leeliou. The President's Introduction. Mr. D. W. McCuaig, )I(.)ideut of the Camelia!) Council of Agriculture, hrielty ami• terred the object eif the deputation. ••We have here." he said,. "farmers fr,11i New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba, gasket ehew*nanti Alberta. t-.11 have in the past receiyel many delreat• but 1"1.enture to sa% that y4111 have never before received such it cute frolo the farmer's of Canada.. We have came herr at ext lwure expo nee, but our cooling will allow 11►e (io%element that we see ill earnest." Presentlsg the Resolutions. Hr111,11111,11 int roito.•el Thr t1a .peakers, who prebegted the resolu- t ions and meuuiriala, a The' presenta- tion of the.( occupied A full foot. hour.. The Ilia memorial was in eon- nection with the rewire for Govern- ment •wnetsbipof terminal eleeetore and their operation by an independent commies -on, The memorial, n4 lead by Peter Wright of :Myrtle. Man- itoba, wee out llp.rt(el by F. W. Green. secret NI of the Sa.katchewan Grain -gr 4wery Asmtriation, speaking for the ten thousand member'. of that Ass.: int ion : by W. i. Trpgillns, lade president of t.be Alberta lirsin- grower.i Association ; F.. B. Wood. secretary 1.f the 1losrrinien 'Millers' Mame tion : George E. - (:oldie, nn behalf of the Ontario Millers Ammo - elation ; Hedleq Shaw. representing the Toronto Besot of Trade, And Capt. I 1. W. Richardson,wbo slake ten he - half of the grain dealers and expert - en. The laust named declared that Government ownership iif terminal elevators was the only meat.• of ppre- serving the identity of ('*radian wheat exported to Europe, and he b.'- liev.•.1 That the Government could niake A big prdlt on the °periition of the elevators. supporting the representetiens Anent the Hudson itiy Bj1way the s eaker+ were It... t Uulto..., Alta., an president of - Allerta. rotary I)f the same organization, espfiused the cause of co-operative so- cieties. Views on the Tariff. The tariff resolution elicited vigor - o u s aldresse. t,y J. W. Scal- lion, Vit den, Man.. hon. president of the Grain -growers' Association of the Province: R. C. Usury, Crown Hill. Ot1t., ex president of the U.miniol Grange : Thomas McMillan, Huron, and Colonel Fraser, Brant. Mr. Itou- can Fawcett, of New Brm.wick, warm- ly Julocated a reciprocity treaty with the �f niteel States. Other. speakers were Mr..lehnston. who .poke nn be- half of the fruit interest 4 in Ontario. and sn rseateI free trade in apples, and J. C. Pslker, Nova Scotia. who on het df of the fruit•growers of Nora Scotia advocated the seine Wert. • r Mr. Robe:t Se' lars. , The only •peeler who did me con- fine him'e;fto a -pr paced and written statement war Robert Sellars, 11►e veteran editor of The Huntingdon Gleaner. "'in a trenchant live minters address he enured a perfect storm of applause.' ••The farmers of ('anadn," he declarell, '•have come here for joa- th e. and notice Ores will get. It is not n fate r we ask. V. are deter- mined not 1. go ('14 always paying tri- bute to the favored cleric•+,.- Last night in they House of Commons 1 heard n nic.,-sproken young man'4alk- ing of the merits of a cnmpnlitorryy' eight-hour Jay for lahoierm on publid works. This morning Ihousands of delicate worsen nit over Canal& had 10 leave their )Mdm before daybreak and go to cold atables to mflke the sow.. 'I`nr tight. we have entered up- on for tetter condition.' meths farme- rs s4lunr4 (I(.11 In the farmer., will. go o14 in growing st rengl h tittibe COMP is won." The flnel .deutan in,' l on the tarw read by 11. J. Meckenz"e, secret of the M tnttelet Grain -goo social ion. enderson, antes II'were, t'nitetl Fanners of i' ere= r• E. A. lehsw . nl Reason for Delay. On the qua'stii'un of a general revi- sion of the tariff downwards on manu- factured predects, Mir Wilfrid Laurier intimet.NI that the Government had- • consider the interests of every Ha., .1 the rommnnity, urban ars well es rend, and that, while the Littoral pn1- iry had ultimately in view the end aimed at by the farmers, it would be inadvisable to make an% g.'ner.l ettairgasive tievertRYlel - Mg the mitt -mine of the negotiations with the ['need States. on the Hudson Bay roe -Melon the Premier declarei that the Govern- ment WAS already enn,mmitted to Gov- ernment construction of the railway at once. but he frankly added that he nese er had hee(i :1,l enthusiastic advo- cate of Government operation of pub- lic utilities, although on thin paint he WAS open to conviction. le a general way he noted that the resolutions yolked the mlvanrol And .omewhat radical idea+, of the Wrest, and that the effete East wad s* yet not edu- cated to the We'etern view -point. Sir Wilfrid. Laurier. Stir Wilfrid Her, who was cordi- ally gets , exp►'Psa('J on behalf of the Government and of Parlismeit on lath .idea of the- Homes gratification ►(1 meeting met a repre.enl il.i)'e dele- gation, and acknowledged the prollt to be derived Prem hearing the views expreeme,l, "even if," It a said. "we do not share hose vice. in their en- tiret y_" The -Pte ' a• lout exp.cLed a eteleda- tton from the -West. hat he food it representing all the Agriculture! in- terests of ('*nada. Enet aR well me West, But though the delegation represented the agrienitmet intoresla of the whole of Canada, it was the \Vestern spirit which pervaded it. "I and not stir - prised at that," observed Mir Wilfrid, "nor do 1 complain of it. heenui4P we in the East are prepared fie the MIR- 'nation iff'nation of the Weal at a very early day. Alan we liner always tinder - stood that in the Nest the Ideas are far inure 1 wiles) than they are in the Fest. The resolutions you have put before 11e are certainly impregnated with the %Art .11111 spirit, nor do 1be- lieve that Ihe+-farmera of the Kist are gentlemen of the West. Yon are in favor, Its i underhand, of Government ownership and operation'of all public utilities : rallw*ys, abetters and ele- vators. AA to this 1 have nothing 10 PA nt present. The idea rn*y per - 4O1414 he at good one. Campaign of Education. '•1 unders'untl 111.1 coil has, iesrled a campaign .f .Jue.1tmer, *lid perhaps I may ie the first to la• educated ill that respect, because up to this time 1 have not been an abBdutely ardent supporter of Government' ownership and aper•*tion of ill public 'Willie*. To Government ownership 1 may be penu&ded ; to Government operation i may 1* permuted also, hot with .' " .•.-"'"--.rte-..-•-y- •r'+-, hive expressed, which it is the ubjee of the Glover iment to terry out and 00 which tbe'liuveropiet1, will respond to your views in full as yuq have ex• pressed thele. That la, whatever we do with our ueightNirs, whatever we may be nide to aecnnlplisli wit II them, nothing we do shall in Any way im1Frtir or effect the British preference. Tient remains a cardinal feature of out pod icy. Terminal Elevators "1 c to t he lewrhrt ion l,) which, ad 1 slid a utomrut ago. you areu►ed to /Much as great inlpr•rtance as to the tariff Iesolutinll. 1 mean the i'esulu- tion with regard to the ter ' 1 e4 valor.. Here. also, I an. gla 1 W sty, in priuc►ple I awe* with you. 11 has ben'recoguizel th'et the farmers of the \Vest hate a grievance in the ceili- dh inn of • things prevailing nt this moment. Where than we seek a rehl- ed)' ? Well, my colleague tu1.1 friend, the Minister of '!'rade end C•'uu11ogee. Sir Richard l'u►twright, hall been giv- ing liis attenti.n to this in titer, and has a hill on the subject',alrealdy 1 re - pared. %Vhee 1 was in the \Vete lite simmer l slated le the d'1Terent dela gallons of the.(lrain-gi11wea Associa- tion, who did me the lemur to i1Mer- %iew one and my colleague., that we would not subunit any legible' Mit to Pti'dement 1elating Io this matter until we had had an opportunity 1.1 deicu_.ing it with the l raiut-grewer' Association. Accordingly, some time ago I invited the (train -grower Asso- ciation. of Manitoba, Saskatchewsu and Alberta to .wend delegates to Ot- tawa toonfer with 11., F. 4 that we might preknrc that hill. 1 run !hippy laity that they are bete today to ata slit us in the preparation of that legit. la Been. - Owners5l ip of -Elevators. - "Now you say -the only trmedy_. available is the Government owner- ship of the terminal elevato,s at Pott At•l hur and Fort William. That -May. be the cam ; 1 have ten final opinion to express at -the present time. But I Would go furthereand ask. you if the root of the problein-does not go even deeper than you love suggestei. I agree altogether with the remarks of Capt. Richardson when he said that' what we want ler to keep up the char- acter of bur grain -in Euvole. That is the object we have in vieww. Will this object he interned by merely look- ing after the elevator. at !'ort Archer and Fort William? if the +Mitt lo.ided at fort Arthuireme Fort William could d. liver its cargo at Liverpool the problem would be solved ; you would pte.erve the character of your grain until it reached the ultimate market.-But.of.._cuutse,hen A ship teem.* Port Arthur or Fore William it does not deliver it. cargo at Literpool. It may deliver it et Buffalo; it may deliver it at Port Colborne. Them it - bas to be unloaded. 1f it is to go to Montreal it has to be again unlouied. lb.. grain may leave pmrfectle pure from Pott Arthur or Fort William, but when it goes into the elevator's at Buffalo it may be dt•grede'd and reach Europe its a considerably cbanued con- dition. The problem, therefore, is 10 look after the ehsracter of the grain; not only at Port Arthur and Fete. Wil- liam but down to the very point where the stip is loaded to clew: for Liverpool. When the grain is delivered at Ifuf- fAlo.we have no control over it, we and it over to t he c3ntrnl of our merican friends. It w'e+ Ft tied l.v ( it. Richardson that the Mii, 'w,ta n rwtor has transferred his -t'nwtnt- tn• or want of usefulness, to Por: AM . Ir. He could tie easily transfer it to'Malo, and do thele• what he is doing \ t Pert Arthur. . Rut when we can cateryour grain in Canada to Montrea and load it 011 the ship at nil !tee it leave that port as tiipeg, we shall have solved DEMANDS MADE UN GOVERN. MENT BY THE FARMERS. • ( The demands owls on Sir jjj Wilfrid Laurier by the farmers delegations to OI time last .week were a4 follow.: Tariff Changes. I. Rmeiptucal free 1tadr time 4wuc'1. •the. United States and Canada in all hortri•ulhu'al, ag- rieultni'sl and animal pro(lurts, spraying 'nate" elk, fertilizers, fuel, Illuminating and lubricat- ing oil. cement, fish, and 1 - IN'r - J Reciprocal- free trade be - ween the two countries in all agricultural iulplen.emts, 11111- .-hinery, vehicles, and pest s (hereof. :t. For an immediate hosier• iiig 441 111*' duties of 1111131itish imports to one-half the rate. charged in the general Tariff, whatever these may Iw ; that any trails advantages given the 1'nit ed State. in reciprocal trout.. relations foe- extended to Great R.Nain. .t, for such fiu-tIier i'otI 1(1'' 141)11 01 the remaining differen- tial IariIT as will emure the rs- 1.thlisluuenl of complete ft•ee- trade between the . Dominine and the .Mother Country within Ian years. - 5. That the farmers of this country are 'willing to ftwedi- reel taxation, in such a farm SS may be advisable, tel make up the lesenuet lost under new Leri(( relations. ' Hudson Bay Railway : That the railway and all terminal4-.wili- lies 4* constructed, owned and e spotted in perpetuity by the 'minion Government, under n 'ndependent comuliseiou. oppeeration That cheap and leotive machinery should be 111 .vided by legislation this sesslol Mr the Incorporation of co•opnet ive societies, Banking: That the new Batik .tet be so worded n+ to permit it to be amended at any time and in any particular, instead of every ten year., neat present. Terminal Elevators : That the terminal elevators of Fort Wil- liam and Port' Arthur be epee - feed as a public utility under an independent co mission. Chilled Mut : That the Gov- ernment should it figurate and `- Diomede a most -cur g and chill- ing peters, erecttfie oectlssary worka and operatte a modern and up-to-date 'uielhod of ex - poet of meet. Jl.i.„Y_A.-,.....-"........-.411.--.. - — A- wbo have addrwael themselve. to each, 1 conclude that it is to the ter- minal elevators and to the tariff that o1, attach the greatest iulp.a• 1 have listened with care to the meats which have been nude ity farmers here. represented and grievances which they have to p sent, acrd 1 ant proud to believe Os after all, even though in Canada a proem, thing+ Are not as perfect as they`:.ught In be, still, After all. they i are maim) lad. Not a Bad Record. "I listened with great interest, as evetylNxly did, 1 ala Rule, 10 the very Jt(1111irrble piper preeetlted by .Mr. Breen. If i understood him right, he stated that the delegation here pre% eat represent* agricultural wealth in the Western Provinces to the *01(111nt of nt team Ii:1114.(N)),INM1. \Veli• if we reflect that. the farmers who are here front the Western po•airit s :and thee. whom they represent have ieen in the Went in their present homes not more on the average then r twenty )rare, we cannot but think that; to' have accum)13aled, weelllu 1e Lha mount of irliretMN),INN) deem mot argue a very bed conditionof things it All and It we reflect thAt Mr. Green Iso stated that 'f he acyrl4tl seen nlislet ed wealth of all the f*vnlebu of the Wr'st• ern pealrieu is lfl,:AM),d1i0,(Na), 1 slily re- peat that, though thing.' are not as good M they might he, they are not s0 very had. And where shall we find-thing4 as well 119 they aught 411 ? They cannot be found en this pI'uimt ; and even in Canada, which in my opinion, a welt-eoverned country. there is room for improve- ment. 'I admit. Now, what ie to to the natnrr he improvement ? { 1 1 1 afire. ate - the he • • • Regarding the - `-� With regard to the -tariff, you have sIigeested to um that the drat thing we should tt y- lo get is closer cailamercia l` relations with our neighbors. wh Lr by treaty or ennrllrrent legislation ii - another metier,- 1 .appose you Ivotl(1 rather have it in the form 11f a trenty than HO' haws it et all. If what_y.t d better i Ire e' cinufle t cull ro • have in view r L tions with theUnitedSlates, we are at tine with you. I am happy to say that tit this moment: we .are nego'iat- ing With the .\merican antllou•itiee to do tee' very thing yon ask for : to im- prove one commercial rebitinns with uur neigbkor•a. But 1 meat pay to you that' I his is not so easy els you may sup. 1104: We are speaking frankly here. and it is not 11n easy- problem. Then' is in this country, in some sections of ter eommousity, n very strong opposi- tion to any change in nue present corn- row., Biel relnl i.ina with eine neighbor.. roe my part I do not shorn this view : my coll.ngms do net. Shate this view. 1 think that if WP ran improve rela- tions hu the direction of having more e....k..,.w, +lneear.etesel • •pvn derts' and farm products the country- will he immensely tleneftttod. Let us tweak with pertcet frankness here --and 1 would not mneak otherwise. Any change in our trade relations with te- rmer diff "colt matter, There are dint- disease, but is again strong and culties In this whl'h no Government hearty. Iie reedits hie cure entirely can ignore, nn(i W3 are net ignoring t" Dodd's Kidney figs. Mr. Ander- them. lint at all events we see our ton 4n)4, goal, end in this our goal is very much "i am glad to lel you know that the in your own dire'Iion. But you ge Goad's Kidney Pills you sent me, in farther, and ssy that in this particular lefts than (MP Month ft the time I session we should commence to amend i got (firm, -urea nite and that is over a the tariff also. I suggest to yon that Year ea". My kidneys Nnye not as prscttcal legislat.oru it would ts+ trothledruesince. If pet eons tremble(' hntdlyy advisable for the Parliament of .Leith kidney disease would use bndd'e 1'nnael( to undertake this emotion to re.- Kidney Pills, they would not have to vise the tiaritf while our negotiations suffer from more kidneys any longer." As Imposing Demonstration. Shortly before 10 o'clock this morn - in the farmers marched up in long greater difficulty. In this I nm a man nee pending with our neighbors. Retold s Kinney P'11 rare kid Montreal it left 1Vi the prohle Improve the tea. -Kr) it eon s le ibis : It will m't hP seMeien1. i i0y humble juilement, to- look ally he elevators to !'ort :krth'tr leo 1 William. hot you ak atter 11 etrvntos at !'ort arae and \I. (real, where the Laura ep.'rstio11 r' uplained of '•nn take pI•tem. 'Ebel i4 . he problem we have before o+. That n'oblein will be solved if we can .et in trove the car- riage of grain .,i the t. L'iwrenre route that it will net pr..ible to divert it to American chs nets. 'chis can he dune only in two ye : Wee can improve the St. l,awren., , and we can provide also a route thro gh the Ottawa. which et the atones' of all the rout ..1 lel•ween EJ1sl. and Vest. When we ore able to aoeoulplish his, 1 think we .hall haVP ,'.Iyell the it b- leu' in ti letter way than that treated here. Al all events i offer y. 1 his 'uggeat ion today'. Hudson Bay Railway. •'1 aha gland We have here the repre- .entatis es of the Griin-g►•rrw.rs' Amen - latest). who are helping us to frame le(tion. That legislation ens men- tionMlwelieepeeelt from the Throne, and ie to i+e brnnght. lef11rr. Pnrlin- luent. A. 111'0' our is so late I hope you Will excuse a if I do not deal with the other' prob !w you have mentioned. Let ale say ora ward only etith regard to the Hudson Bay Hallway. We a r o prepared to go on with the Hudson i3ay Rail- way at this moment. We will give due consideration to your representa- tions. Government ownership, am 1 said & moment ego, irt. not altogether in my line. But 1 think 3 can go that f&(l.avern-*ent. op.uativa law met - ter tel to which we shall Five all due weight h. your reprmsentattonm." Pains or Cramps. "I carry Ur. 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