The Signal, 1911-9-19, Page 2?P'
• INCIIDAT. 111iI'ratraag 19. 1911
fHE 511,1~ GOIER1CH :ONTARIO k,
`SIR JOHN A. MACDONALD
ASOUT TN( TIME THAT $IR,JOHN UTTtRE0 THJSS FAMOUS WORDS
"A BRITISH SUBJECT I WAS BORN; A BRITISH
SUBJECT I WILL Die"
•
N( ALSO MAO( INC rOLLOWING STATtMCNT:
"IT IS THE FACT THAT EVERY MEASURE OF
RECIPROCAL TRADE WE HAVE GOT FROM
OUR NEIGHBORS HAS BEEN GOT BY
THE CONSERVATIVES."
ANO A FEW DAYS LATER HE SA10'
"WE HAVE OFFERED TO THE UNITED STATES
TO NEGOTIATE LIKE TWO SENSIBLE NATIONS,
DESIROUS OF GETTING MUTUAL TRADE."
moolato
YOUNG FARMERS OF ONTARIO WILL HAVE
BRIGHT FUTURE WHEN RECI-
PROCITY IS IN FORCE.
Large New Markets Will dive the Chance for Beg
Profits that Opening up of New Railways Gives
to the West -Will Build up Towns and Cities,
Too.
N'hnt is the cause •,f the exodus ..f Mang farn1srs from Oat:lrio to the
West
That cause does not lie in the nossibility of producing more to the acre
their than is produced here. because there is no such possibility. The soil of
the Western Pnn-inces is not tante let tile than is the soil of older Ontario. 1
dews not lie in the IM)ssibilit% of securing higher ptir••s for the products of
Western fauns than are obtainable in Ontario. because farm products sell at
a I veer level in the Rest than they do here.
Will Increase Land Values.
The great drawing p •wr•r of the West is f..uud in the hope it affords of
ri ch returns from increasing land values.. A roan takes up a homestead o
to uys :at It low price a ;ovation miles away, from it railway. In time a railway
comes and then the lucky owned finds himself soddenly enriched by the in
creased value so given to his boldin);.
It i the omit ihiie of stories of 1v •alit so goine.1 1yltieh have rause1:man%
),nail )nen t.. leave Urdu' io holt! •-t••a is :an I seek net. 110,11.- in the Rest.
Net Returns Will Increase $200 a Year.
Re iprocity ''ill do for Ontario what railway s .o.• .l .ing for the West. It
t e . o' e n pi'r
will, by the opening t the American market, herr the ices of hogs, rat II..
horses. and other piiiincts are bight.' than here. inrteaae the returns from
4�ntarin farms. "'triners the:us,Ive. who have studied (hit. question p:ace the
:tunnel increase in the returns horn stn average hundred -acre farm se 4tain-
ahleat$311ti 30011%••.r. With thisiuerea.einthe:lnnuAIret+nnsfrom On -
tare, farms there'mnst Tonle en increase it farm v*111.•. The double profit
will tend not only to cheek the present 111th. 0 ..f p.yc:l..tiou : it will promote
an inflow. lining fat iter. now here. seeing lands' at present laluel at $60
and $70 per acre grndn ally , icing ton aril, the bombed dollar mark. will be
lei t.. think that old Ontario i• tilt') good A place to leave. Farmers in the
United State., seeing land on this side. mot e fertile than their own• selling at
less the•► the price of their own. will be le.l t., rime over and invest in our
rheap•.r and more tort i1e lands fcr the put twos, of supplying their own tnat•-
ket_ This will rause a still farther increase in Lund v.,lnes. This will tend to
still further diminish the two%ement front ' he I yid in Ont trio. It Wil! tend to
pron.ote a 11101 Anent 1 o1i anis the hand.
Good for Towns and Cities.
Reciprocity is a m.•asnrr for the te-p..pol.atiun f rural Ontario. Tle;;re-
population of rural O.tori• ule.111. increased prospetity for urban Ontario.
The Duty on Implements.
What It Was When Conservatives Were in Power, and What
It Will (Be Under Reciprocity.
Appeals to the mems] on the ground that the reciprocity agreement does
11," g.. tar enough in reducing duties on agtieultutal implements come i11
from Conservative ...trees. The following table is w rebuke as well Al an
as*we.t
1 onservlative biters' Liberal I'nder
Tariff 1M14. Tariff 1897 Tariff 11116. Reciprocity
A greem en t
Threshing emu trues. .... 31 23 20 - 15
Winder raker„ .not listed as separate item 20 15
Portable engine* :30 26 20 31
Horse powers ,. 30 di 20 31
Potato diggers 33 35 25 31)
Fodder ,,r feed ^utters .. 36 25 2.1 20
Grain rrush.rs. .......... 3Z 25 'Li 20
Fanning mills. ... al 35 2�1n� 20
tackle's taers :4525 11 31
Farm or field t oIlers :s) 25 25 29
Manure spreaders.. 16 20 90 3)
Windmills 311 Ti 3• 20
Plows. ....... 2n 31) d') 15
Harr ,ws 21a 31 J• 15
Hsryeetere mad empties 211 20 171 13
Orilla 311 e) 29 15
Mower.. 20 31 171 15
Horse rakes ... 31 3• 311 15
Cult iyams.. .... 29 d) bt 15
Hay loaders .. not listed as septets. item 23 31
Parse watnn. Y1 35 721
From tbee..lwu.ties the farmer mos ridge who at •• hu friends is 1 e
donor of Implement duties. Heade. the above rediscartea the rseipr city
asrsemeat will Permit of parrs for Napkins gran, through at the sante' --'
Gutty a. the original implement, taster., of at 45 per -ant
GODERICH'S
INDUSTRIES SAFE
MANUFACTURERS REPUDIATE ATTEMPT TO
FRIGHTEN WORKINGMEN
AND DECLARE RECIPROCITY MEANS PROSPERITY
To Whom It May Concern :
We have seen the circular issued from the Conservative committee
rooms in this town in which it is stated that the factories of Goderich
will be so injuriously affected by the proposed Reciprocity agreement that
they may be compelled to close down, thus throwing out of employment
all the men engaged therein.
We hereby declare that the adoption of the policy of Reciprocity as
proposed will not have any injurious effect upon our industries, but rather
will help them by furthering the development of the Western Provinces
and by increasing the general prosperity of the country. We deprecate
untrue statements made for a partisan purpose which are calculated to
give our workmen needless anxiety.
THE GODERICH ORGAN CO., LTD.. per A. Saunders, Manager
THE DOTY ENGINE WORKS CO., LTD., Fred W. Doty, Pres. and
Mgr.
THE KENSINGTON FURNITURE CO., per J. A. Rumball
GODERICH LUMBER & MILLING CO., J. E. Baechler, Manager
W. L. HORTON, Mgr. Goderich Elevator & Transit Co.
R. F. MANCILL,' Treas. American Road Machine Co.
GODERICH WHEEL RIGS, LTD., F. C. Brandt
THE GODERICH PLANING MILLS, LTD., per J. Lawson, Sec.
Treas.
JAMES DEAN & CO.
and
THE SALT INDUSTRY. moval of inlustices in the tariff.
Them is a good de ►1 of nonsense in
Mr. J •hr. Ransfoni is generally- in-
terestinz. and hi- tette, on the salt
busine.s published last week in the i
anti-n•rrprority orgacs of the county
is thin nn{hty of the Ka, fora flavor. ,
The kernel ..f Mir. Rsnstord's letter
is that reciprocity will ruin the salt
industry 111 Huron county. We had
almost thought that the Huron .alt
business h.►d aired 1y been ruiner by
the a.miner ition of the Targe planta at
Wit. isor :in t Sarnia : hut we are
pleased to learn that them is still
enough left of this once important in-
dustry to mrake a fuss about.
Mr. Ransford lets us koow that the
higher pt ice of coal at Clinton or
Goderich. as compared with the price
at the factories on the United States
side cf River St. ('lair, is • handicap
with whish under free trade in salt
the industry hese could not cope. He
vittutlly ask- that th• people of Can-
ada who huv salt shoshld pay this ex-
tra cost of fuel so that he may remain
in business.
Now. has Mr. Elmsford any particu-
ler claim upon tLe sympathy of the
people of Huron % They have heard of
a salt trust, manipulated by none
other than Mr. Ranstord himself,
which paid money to salt manufac-
turers to close down their wells, thus
throwing their workmen out of em-
ployment. 'With competition thus
reduced. the price of salt was boosted•
stud the farmers and other users of salt
wore forced to pay for keeping a num-
ber of salt wells idle. We do not
think Mr. Ransfurd will find many
['erectus in Huron who will weep with
him over the troubles which have
come upon his industry. Trusts are
not overly popular in Caned* just
now. end when one of them gets hurt
Marne nosympatheti- people jest say.
"Serves them t ight.•
However, we do not wish to dismiss
Mr Rwnaforda complaint in thin way.
We believe he has a grievance in the
retention of the duty an coal. The
I rnthle is net that we are getting Mao
mach reeiproeity: it is that we are
not getting enough. We should have
reciprocity in real. Se for as the
mwnufarttire of salt in this country is
hampered by the tariff on coal, we he•
lieve that A good rase is made ort for
relief. :old no far as The Signet is con-
cerned it will gladly .rapport is move-
ment to have the duty remitted.
Further, we relieve thet the Liberals
of Huron generally would join in ask
inert he Government to rebels Use duty
upon coal word in the manufacture of
alt. The Ottawa Oovernweet ►.•
Wien fart fair 1.• °•- •eeatmen' ♦r man
alas -..•s and •ft slways rend) to Ile
arts nu-efulif w suggasttons for the re -
Mi. Ranstant'A letter with which it
is not necessary to deal. In reference
to his slur on the Minister of Customs,
however. let u+ remind Mr. Ransfori
that only the other day it was an-
nouncers that a prominent confection-
ery manuta•:turer of Toronto was op-
posing the Government at this elec•
tion because .1 the reluction of the
duty on confectionery. Mr. Peter -
WEST HURON 1N 1908.
Following ate the figures of the
election to the House of Commons for
West Huron in 1908, when the candi-
dates were E. N. Lewis (Consers•ative)
and Hobt. Holmes (Liberal) :
AMHFIELD
4(►
No. I.
No. 2
No. 3
No. 4
No. 5
No. 6
son is, or was when he was in bust- 1 No. 7
nese. a ni tnufacturerof conrr tionery. 1
Does Mr. Elmsford see the point
1 Majority
THE NEWS IN JANUARY.
On January 27, 1911, the day after
the announcement of the reciprocity
agreement. The Toronto News made
wn editoritl comment upon it which
reads oddly now, in view of the
present irreconcilable attitude of this
paper towards the proposed measure
of freer trade with the United
States. On that occasion The News
said:
"i1 amounts practically to Free
Trade in natural product* be-
tween Canada and the United
States.
"it means a second market for
t'anadian farmers. it means that
the prices of Canadian prrxlucts
will be determined by the Ameri-
cen market. 21st" a rN
"it meows if expectations are
realized that Canadian farmers at
pertain *easons will receive let-
ter prices for at least a part of
what they produce.
"it is not so certain that there
will he env such average increase+
in Agricultural prices as has been
pkredicted, but that access to the
American market for some of
our products will mean higher
prices for the prrdnc.ri is is rea-
sonable expectation. It is import-
ant to face the fats fairly and
to admit the full force of the
arguments by �w�Jhich many farm
ere are Influenced.
"The Wept will welcome a free
American market for wheat and
oats.
"Undoubtedly the fanners' of
Ontario desire the removal of
,lmetiean customs duties on live
Cork, dairy product*, vegetable".
eggs *nd other artieree covered by
t ha atreemen t.
"Qneber will be interested in a
free market for hay, vegetable*.
dairy pr•o•lneta. Pepe fish will be
a strong attraction to the *LH.
tholeProvinces. ('ngnestionahly,
therefore, the arrangement will
command strong saap.ort from
Canadian producers, and as laws
been raid nothing else cotild have
been expected
" U soler all sbe eirremsteeres
we (The News) mimesis, that
Weaklier's hes efe•-d terns
wµra it is dielkaa Int (.anode to
-elect
And a. •w Phe New. ,• .. eouneng
'.cif toe. s .n rho hue Moses* It Y be-
ing tattiest its ewe Ralik.
Con
78
41 84
44 ria
25 67
53 41
74 - 16
. 7 31)
Ilio 3b9
COLBORNE.
74
1`0. 1
No. 2
No. 3
No. 4
23
Majority
OUDERICH.
No. 1
No. 2
No. 3
No. 4
No. 6. ..
No. 7
te)
42
71 7(1
44 34
212 :!M)
1)
62 83
57 110
72 fl(1
64 (41
41 • 52
78 75
41 38
415 491
Majority.... ......... 76
GODERiCH TOWNSHIP.
No. 1 34 1st
No. 2
No. 3
No. 4
No. 5
No. 6
37 60
43 74)
19 110
31
i2
216
Majority
('LI NTON.
N -'. 1. fol)
No.2. r—i
No. 3 64
No. 4 71
292
Majority
WEST WAWA NOSH.
No. 1 49
No. 42
No. 3 39
No.4 61
51
2132
Majority
MULLETT.
No. I 51
No. ! 64
No. 3 44
No. 4 .......... ..
73
No. 5 S)
No. 6 b8
No. 7. �p
:too
rt*jorsty . 71
RECAPITUI.ATI(►14.
Aab6.Id 154
Ged.rleh 415
Graterielt township 216
('lint.ln >M
West W awawr+lt .... . !I!
Htereti ' >w
Makjeelby...#
>•Ti
27
:448
122
48
72
59
16
2'36
The Liberals Conbat-
ing Dangerous Na-
liona lis 1
Agrtatron.
t!Mr. `Borden Stands by Willing to Accept the
c4id Of Bourassa and His Folio' ,ers.
Borden-Bourassa Alliance is dailyibecoming m) re
pronounced. it has now been revealed that the Nationalist
pledge has been accepted by the Conservative candidates in
Nipissing and East Algoma, where there are a large num-
ber of French electors. These pledges are published in Le
Devoir (the Nationalist„ organ) of September 1 i and are
almost identical in language. Messrs. Gordon and Smyth,
the Conservative candidates respectively for Nipissing and
East Algoma, promise to vote for a repeal of the naval law,
as demanded by the Nationalists. Bourassa and his crowd
are determined that Canada shall not take any part in the
defence of the Empire and they savagely denounce the
Laurier naval policy. This attitude is now a new one. For
eleven years, since Bourassa broke with Laurier on the
question of sending a contingent to fight for the Empire in
South Africa, the Nationalists have been declaring their de-
testation of the Premier's action. Their language has been
unspeakably vile Mr. Bourassa himself, over his own
signature, on July 13th wrote in Le Dtyoir of Laurier :—
"Mr. Laurier did not stop at the violation of the Cana-
dian constitution, from his own admission, by taking, with-
out authorization, the money of the Canadian people to arm
the Canadian troops and to have Canada participate in this
infamous war (South African war); his cynicism carried him
to the point of proclaiming—in the full light of Parliament—
that this war was the most just that England had ever car-
ried on. No responsible statesman, not even Mr. Chamber-
lain, has ever dared to go so far.
"Yes, the Nestor of the imperial Conference, the Can-
adian Washington, found it right and good that 5o,00o men
'should be ma'isacred, millions of farms to be burnt and
ravaged, peaceful homes to be pillaged, women to be out-
raged, and little children to be shut up in pestilential camps.
where they died like flies.
"English and Afrikander soldiers who fell on the veldt
for the glory of Chamberlain, women who died from shame
or misery for the glorification of Laurier, children whose
entrails have dried up in the concentration camps for the
honor of the Empire ! What do you think of the man ?"
`_-fere is another sample of the damnable appeals that
are being made to the French-Canadians to vote against
Laurier :
sAlr 'Laurier has betrayed the Province of Ouebec and 'all
Canada, but he will not suffer the consequences of this
iniquitous law. He is seventy years old and has no children.
He need not worry himself about the consequences. In
twenty wears the recruiting officer will come to your homes
and will say to your wives : 'Mothers, you count on your
son to make you happy in your old years ; you expect him
to protect your old age ; but you are mistaken. The law
passed in 1910 by the Laurier Government robs you of your
children and I shall carry away thy son with Me. in twenty
years, perhaps, your children maybe' mortally wounded on
the bridge of a warship because you have been too Liberal to
vote against Laurier.
"One day your wives will see the agent of the Govern-
ment coming to them with this iniquitous law in his hand
and saying to them : 'Good mother, it is necessary that
you give me your son, not to defend his native country, but
to fight in all countries and on all the seas of the world
in favor of the English flag ;' bolt when your women learn
some months afterwards that an Austrian howitzer, a Jap-
anese bullet, or a German ball has slain her child, who has
fallen into the depths of an abyss or from the bridge of a
ship, do you think she will say : 'it's all right. My hus-
band was a good Liberal and as it was Mr. Laurier who
passed this law, it's all right.' No, she will curse you, and
she will be right in doing so."
Ind yet when Mr. Borden went into the Province of
Quebec the other day and addressed a number of meetings
there he had not a word to sayin condemnation of the Na-
tionalist campaign. it is left to Laurier and the Liberals to
fight for a united Canada under the British flag.
Will the voters of West Huron stand for Bourassa and
his vile talk
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IN
The Farmers' Opportunity.
1
Faitpunand 1►airy. the well-ko�.wn agricultural pnhlination, says
vp
in ire Ipu,l of August 31 iJ
"Should the farmers of Canada not support the:movement in
flavor of reriprcit, all hope cf farmers as w body receiving any fur-
ther consideration at the heeds of either political party will he set
back for a generation. During the pest ten years the farmers of
nomads hare been clamre
clamoring for [reser trade with the United States.
0114 demand for larger markets and the reduction in the duty on
many- of the art tele. we bey has•grown year by wear O'ar various
farmers' organisations hare all pronounced in feior of it.
"At Iasi the Dominion Government ha. listened to nor demand
31:
and has introduced a meatier* of freer trade Should wr-
. am fanary,.
j Of a majority of os. now vote ageism that aware. tenth political
I1421 1) parties wnnld take it as positive proof that as farmers we menet
tie d.•r»nd►rl .port 1.. stand tnq elver • R ••.- nowt 1 qu.KMn. aril -f 15 )hely «i11 4er .$.. INA, these ate,v ,e r 1,,i•ol metier. hereafter wltl
Nr rest to standing ' 1 the nlwouf.r(nrere and the ., her better of .-
sun 11 R..bww
.d e1.. can we e• hissers afford to se his Milt,*" - 1J
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