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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Signal, 1911-10-5, Page 6'ItitURbUAi, O(TOSIIR 5, 1911 • THE SIGN AL : GODERICH, ONTARIO A GREAT R�'CORD. FIFTEEN YEARS OF LIBERAL GOV ERNMENT. the Story of Canada during the Re- gime of Sir Wilfrid hurter Has Been One of Wonderful and Con- s.stent Progress and Development A Review of What Has Been Ac- complished since 1896. N hen Sir Wilfrid Laurier tenders the resignation of his Government within the next few day, he will con- clude a record of fifteen years of con- tinuoue service to Canada as Prime )(Mister. History will pay him re- 'l,narkable tribute. Luring his regime the Doininiou has prospered as never before. Her development under his guidance has been unequalled in world history. From the status of a little - talked -of colony Canada has grown to the position of the dominating and recognized premier overseas Dominion of Britain. She has eet..blished her place of prominence throughout the civilized world. The fifteen years- a cutuparatively brit( periods in nation history—have been years of unprecedented achieve- ment, of growth, of progress, of the building up and niouluing tog•-ther of a happy, prosperous and contented people. The Canada of today is not wthe C}.nada of fifteen years ago. The great young country has come into her own. She has passed the crucial mileetone in her national life. And elle is well advanced upon the high- wal of attainment. Canada's Grand Old Man. How eb of thi'. wonderful devel- o „u mit is attributable to the(l and Old !tar, who has been the directing gen- ius will never be adequately known. Hie intense national enthusiasm, his ambitious dreams for the Greater Canada, his jealous guarding of bis country'b good name, and his un - wearying activity and energy in all that made for Canadian weal wete the chartcteristice that burned themselves on the conception of ail who came into closer contact with him. "He lives, um. ice and has his being for Canada," was the memorable verdict of a nesse- merman, at the close of one of those rue intimate confereuces with which "The Chief' occasionally favored the press "boys," One wonders whether Canada has yet grasped the real in- epiration that guides and rules the life of her gtwatesl son, whether she yet netc+- that delicate persistency with which his finger presses the public pulse. There was little surprise among these who have been privileged to cone in Contact with him when, the other day, the ae• tuagenat ian smiling- ly observed. "i will stay with the boye." Sir Wilfrid has done more for Canada than give her good govern- ment. Ile has gat eu her people high ideals. uratede including notional and Im- perial penny postage, and the estab- lishment of rural mail delivery is well uudet way. An energetic De- partment of Lenon has also been or- ganized, and it has already bet the pace for industrial legislation on the continent. Development of Great West. The developuteot of fur new West - e -tt Canada amt rto o, t e lenient have made mighty progre-s. This tank wa. largely consigned t.. the Depart - meut of the lots for, which has wt ought and perfected a splendid pol- icy of iwwigtatiun under which Can- ada has been recut iug annually for some year. past hundreds of thou- band.- of new and worthy citizens from the Old World and the United States. The West was pi tactically an unmown quantity when Sir Wilfrid was called to take the reins of govern - went. Today the eyes of the civilized world are focused upon it. it.. great ggiuwth and inestimable potentialities. Concurrent with the vigorous immi- giation policy, the Government has taken every rnraus in Its power to male it easy tar settlers to get well buttal. land speculation was stayed : homestead laws were simpli- fied. and wade sure liberal ; local agents were appointed to man) places to facilitate homestead entries; mote liberal tenors were given to settlers to buy school Intl: ; settlers were granted lilwial timber permits : tree - planting was started and aseistance given in supplying seed grain. Developing Agricultural Wealth. It would require a volume to ade- quately set forth all that the Govern- meet overnate t of (Sit Wilfrid has door to de- velop the agriculinial wealth of the countiy. Among the iusportent ad- vances made have been the institution of a complete equipment of add -stor- age refugee maim transportation ; eetablishwent of a complete system- atic supervision, mapectiou of hand- ling and transit of Canadian food products from the point of production rn Canada -to the markets in England ; appointment of a live stock commis- sion ; creation of a seeds branch, and the reorganization of ti* Veteritiary 1►etwrtment. Among the prominent samples of advanced legislation for which the Liberal Gover nwent is responsible. is the act providing for the issue of Government annuities for old age. This act has placed within the reach of every man arid woman a mean: of making provision for old age. Militia and Navy. Making Canada Great There is much in the national etre of the past fifteen years with which Sir Wilfrid Laurier and hie Govern - merit will ever be associated. Fore- mo.t is the practical achievement of turning annual national deficits into annual national surpluses. This is the work which was committed to Hon. W. S. Fielding, the Minister of Finsuce—a work he performed in a manaei which ensures him an honor- ed,lace in Canadian history. Fronsa deficit of $619,1011, which confronted him when he tos.l office, he has evolved an unbroken series of al rpluaes, teaching last year the vast total of $2S.O91,1$1. The tactile of Canada also developed by leappe and buunds. I►ur- iug theperiod of liberal rule, Canada's trade with the whole world more than doubled that during the same number of years of Conservative rule. The tots! trade with Britain advanced from $1,204,2.18,826 to $2,:tO0,G1P,086, while that with the United States ad- vanced from $1,2117,291+,719 to 92..Y01,- 760.261. 'L,tt 1,- 780,`I 14. The growing annual surpluses en- abled the Government of Sir Wilfrid Laurier to undertake great national wotla and improvements without jeopeudizing the credit of the young Dominion."The large sum our prede- cessors expended was extravagance," eaid Hon. Mr. Fielding on one occa- sioe, "becnuee they did not have it to expend; the larger sum we have ex- pended is economy. Because we have lived within our means. - In military and naval tuatterb the Liberal Government has contributed much to Canada's progress. Great advances have been made in the mili- tia. Canada has taken over Halifax and fisquimalt, formerly Imperial military and naval stations, and the British taxpayer is no longer called upon to contribute thereby to Cana- dian defence. Command of the Cana- dian militia by a Canadian military council has been substituted for com- mand by an Imperial officer. A sys• tem of annual drill for the whole mili- tia has been inaugurated, its numeri- cal strength increased and its effi- ciency improved in every arm. The Canadian militia immortalized itself in the South African war, in which the Government adopted the patriotic course of sending contingents. The Canadian navy is yet in its in- fancy. The Administration of Sir Wilfrid Laurier inaugurated it and has treated it as it has treated the militia, making it is thoroughly Canadian force, providing that the veserls shall be built of Canadian ma - with Canadian officeta and crews, and placing it under the juris- diction of the Canadian Parliament. (British Preference at Masthead. Tile outstanding principle of Sit Wilfrid Laurier's fiscal policy has been the British preference, which at once etre vied the decline of (creat Britain's exports. to Canada and resulted in greatly increased trade. It resulted, moreover, in a wonderful increase in the export of farm products from Can- ada to Great Britain. The British heal t was lunched by the action of the Canadian Government, mid. although there is no law on the statute -book? providing for at return preference, British merchants are buying (lane- dian products as they never did be- fore. In int educing the original preferential reeolulions, lion. Mr. Fielding declared : "Why should we wait for England to take action ? England has dealt generously with us in the past. England has given us a huger degree of liberty perhaps than is lenssessed by any whet country on the fare of the earth. She has given ne liberty to lax her waters even when she admits our goods free. and we bare taxed them to an enormous de- gree. Why al id we wait for Kng laud to do more? Someone must make a more in this matter. and we propose that Canada shall lead the way. With the establishment and subs. Inent increaee of the British prefer - ewe, the Government of Sir Wilfrid Leitrim evolved the revieeed scientific tar.ff which has proved a. nnivrraally eatisfact(.ry that the conntrs a • whole has wasted against any chenrte. Some Wasderfed Admeces la conetreetive statecraft the (Aer- ie, (►oveln.t for fifteen year, ba. eitakilthed a world's rvearwd. In every t 01 Government ttMader h_ovasan has. Mem emia��eeTbe est .cellos tie paneder/ l t hes orris dei.tla 1X Ms — kS i ale feta of wse$Itr es. *e UJI alta bene twig. (, ay as the greatest of Ise per a1 statesmen. This was never more lot evidence than at the recent Impelled Conference, where the Can- adian Premier dominated the defiler ations and gained for the Dominion prestige and renown. Sir Wilfrid ba- leen a member of the Conference since its inception, and hie repreeenta tion has done much to bring Paned,. into her own as the premier overseas Dominion. Under his representation the arrangement ,'ae iI'3de, with the hearty co-operation of the home (toy - eminent, by which Canada now makes her own commercial treaties--un- douhtedly a great step forward in nation -building. Canadians, irrespective of party attlliations, pay tribute to the great work of Sir Wilfrid Laurier for Can- ada ; and there ie general satisfaction that his generous decision to remain at the head of the Liberal party as leader of the Opposition_ will insure his further services, the value of which, iu the light of his long experi- ence and remarkable success. cannot lie overeat i mat ed. LOCAL OPTION CONTESTS. Polling Will Take Place in Many Places Next January. There are only 380 municipalities under license in the Province of On• tari). Of these there are 196 whish voted upon local option bylaws either in January, 1910, or January. 1911, and ie here, therefore, it is impossible to vote again in 1912. This leaves only 244 municipalities in the Province of Ontaii) in which licenses are granted and in which local option campaigns are possible, voting to take place next January. The Pioneer states that in probably one hundred of these plaees 'bylaws will besuhmittedat thecotningJanuary wilhugs. The election excitement bas interfered with the commencing of campaigns in many places, but The Pioneer gives the following list of municipalities in which contests are under way. The figure on the right indicates the number of licenses now in force : Belleville Chatham Fort �'lriliam Port Arthur TOWNS. ('ITI6r. No. Licenses. 19 16 17 Ayluter Berlin Forest . . Goderich• Listowel. Mitchell.. Ridgetowa Problems of Transportation. Rental kable achievements have been made in the development of transportation facilities. Foremost among these is the great ex pro t with which Sir Wilfrid'. name will ever be associated, that of the construction of the National Transcontinental Rail- way. When the Liberal Government took office Canada had but one trans- continental line. Within a shott space of time now she will have three. The many pi oblems of transportation wete among the first to which Sir Wilfrid directed special attention. rec- ognizing that in this country of mag- nificent distances it was vitally neces- eary- to provide the best transporta- tion facilities. A bold, progressive policy was adopted. The St. Lawr- ence canal system was pushed to com- pletion. attention was directed to lake and ocean harbors, and aids given to navigation, as a result rat which marine insurance was reduced. Simeone Uxbridge .... Caledonia V ILLAOUB. Cannington .. .. Cayuga . Charlton Chesterville Hagersviye Hepworth Lucknow Milverton• Mimico Newbury............ Port Dover ...... Thedforl............ t.. Watford ...... Wroxeter Townsuffs. Alnwick .... Blandford itosanquet Brock. Burleigh .. Barwick . Cayuga. N.. . . Dunn...... Easthope, N Easthope.............. ........ RIzev it Kkfrid Emo Etohicoke Finch... Glamorgan Greenock . Kinloss Lavelle... McKillop.... ..... Me dors and Wood M iddleton Moroington Morris Orillia Pelee island Percy Pinewood Tyendinaga Wallace I. L. R. on Paying Basra. By_ meatus of a sound business pol- icy Hon. George 1'. Graham has been enabled to put the intereolonial Rail- way on a paying basis. and has fol- lowed a plan of taking over branch lines se feeder•. The Hudson Bay Railway, the construction of the Georgian Bay Canal and the deepen- ing of the Welland (;anal are other pinjects inaugurated by the Laurier Government. Of great importauce has been the new railway act, passed in ii;Ocl, under which the railway law was amended and vastly improved and by which the Railway Commission Was app.,itilted. This is universally ad- mitted M be one of the best legislative enactments that have been passed by the Parliament of Canada in the gen- eral interests of the p{eup.le. The powers exercteed by the ('ntnmiasion, which has been magnificently manned. ate the widest and u.nst absolute. Civil Service Reform. Sir W illi id Laurier is the founder of a great reform in 11sr appointrona of the Civil Service O,umiaaron Hy the act under which this hoard was appointed and given its powers. moth of the evil of the patronage systetu which had green up under previous Adminiatra- tione wan done away with. and ap- pointnteota to the 'male eetvic•e were made nn merit by competitive exam• inatk.n. In the log Parliansent Mir Wilfrid indicated the intention of his Government, had it been returned to power, to extend the operations of this ( 'onrmiesron. As Imperial Swansea. In man- recipe -1s the moat import- ant feature of the fifteenears 0(/�1oogg s reand Iv which Oasis bee ea Vader the noeern mint sir Wilfrid Laurier bM leen ins sass aerrse•d•A rho rkeelaIne In imperial .bass '41r Wllftmd *mei 19 4 11 •2 A' 3 e 4 R 2 3 2 3 1 'L 2 2 3 1 3 2 2 2 3 2 92 0 3 1 5 1 3 1 3 1 2 2 6 1 Woodhouee o .... 0 Government and Parliament. Toronto `star. The Kingston Standard. while it pays a well-deserved tribute to Sir Wilfrid Laurier, talks of his Govern- ment being carried down the road to ruin. The Standard probably does not quite mean all that is implied in the word ruin. it has just carelesely need the prevailing language, which illustrates a peculiar habit we have in this country of regarding a party Gov- ernment as a permanent institution, which can fall only by some terrible blunder or accident. It is surely not eaeeotial to the party system that one patty should always be in power. In tact, for the proper working of That system, there should be more frequent changes then we have in Canada. Again. there is a prevailing notion in Canada that public life offers few indu.•cment. or opportunities except to men in office. The position of a Minister is unduly exalted, while that of a member of Parliament is not valued as it ought to be. When a member is elected the question that is asked is whether he will support or oppose a Government. rather than what he himself will as] in Parlia- ment.. what contribution he will make to the statesmanship and wisdom of Parliament Obviinisly this is a wrong view. 1f the object of an election were merely to send a man to be counted in • di• vision for or against • Government, it would he easier and les. expensive to send a slip of paper to O,t.a sa marled"Grit' or I'er " In fact Parliament might as well be abolished and Ilse launtry allowed simply to elect a ogere•rnment every Ave year.. Instead et this we ought to try to snake Parliament a stems and digni- fied instil »tinn. the greed inquest 01 the n-ri.,n, where the though' of the meth., se ' •meed It sukhonot Imre - ly register 121* decease. of the Ooselra- meet ewe he the• intsnmedi r•y tN r weer • h. Cauver.b.it end iiia people I'm the Cream of the West Miller, and I'll tell you what I'll do—I'll guarantee your next batch of bread IWILL guarantee it to rise away up out of the pans, and make as delicious bread as you ever tasted. The loaves will be the biggest and most wholesome you ever baked with the same amount of flour. I'll guarantee it or you get back the money you paid for the flour! Now see : Just go to your grocer and buy a bag of Cream of the West Flour. Take it home and bake it up. Give it a trial. Give it a couple of trials. Your oven or yeast might not be just right the first time. Now when you give it a fair trial, if you honestly feel that you have not had splendid satisfaction with Cream of the West Flour, return the unused portion of the bag and get your money back Just tell the store man your bread didn't come out right and you want your money back as guaranteed. It's not the grocery man who loses. It doesn't come out of his pocket. It is the Campbell Milling Company, Limited, of Toronto, who pay, and they are satisfied to pay if you'll be satisfied to try Cream of the West Flour. Ask your store - keeper about this guarantee. He knows. He will tell you. Try a bag next baking day. Cream West Flour The hard Wheat flour that is guaranteed for bread 000000o00=000I=0000000o0=00000 CO 6unrnntrr Mrhereby affirm and declare that Cream of the West Flour is a superior bread flttir, and as such is subject to our absolute guarantee of money back if not satisfactory after a fair trial. Any dealer is hereby authorized to return price paid by customer on return of unused portion of bag if the flour is not as represented. The Campbell Milling Company, Limited, Toronto.♦c�A�. V OF - ARCHIeA1D CAM BLt1.. iRFSIDRNT SM v r ;/Pi - 01:300000000000000000000000 111 100 For sal« by John Denholm, Blyth : Beacons k Smythe, Clinton. THE SIGNAL no 1913 $I.00 $3,600 in Cash Prizes for Farmers Your Photograph May WinaPrize AILQMO the prises we are offering in our big Prise Contest 1. one of $19.00 (Prise '("1 for the farmer in each Prortace who fur- nlahee ea with a photograph showing the beet of any partleular kind of work done on his farm during 1111 with 'CANADA" Cement. For this prise, work of every description is included Now lust as anon as you finish that new alio. barn, feeding floor or dairy, that you've teen thinking of bulldfhg. why not photograph it and send the picture to us' The photograph do•en-t neoesaarily have to be taken by a profeastonal or an •sport In fact. yews eon's ear your laugh- ter's earners will do nicety Or failing this. yen might use the kodak of your neighbor's son near- by in any event, don t let the Idea of having a photograph made deter yen from entering the competition Par- llcularly as we have requested your local dealer to help in -nee where 1t to net eonyent- •nt for the turner to pro .rens a eamafa fw its, neighborhood. By this means you are placed on an equal foot- ing with every other contestant RM tip circular. which give. you full particulars of the conditions and d/ the other three prizes. itvery dealer who sells "CANADA" Cemnt will have on hand a supply of these eirculare--end he'll give you one 1f you boat ask for ft Or if you prefer. you can use the attacked coupes—or a postcard will do—.end it to us and you'll receive the complete details of the centeat by return malt. If ren haeen't received your copy r•f 'What tM Parmer (1n Do With Concrete." write for that, Inc. it's • finely illustrated book of lee pagan fo11 of useful and practical in- formation of the uses of concrete Well* us to -night. and you'll receive the book and the circular promptly. Ito not delay--eN right dewer— .age sniff per or peodl and fill ut the -eepot teryw Goods Gamma Company, Limited, .flails l Doak Olaikass. ifissom i Plass. seed cos floe ..freer).. W se.s Come in and Get Acquainted If you are not al read v quainted with the menu. .i STURDY'S GROCERIES try a .ample order. you can be certain of eecurics seasiooable goods here at all times Onr 'phone number u 91Give us a trial. 'Illy qualley of our goods will ; on vise you. Sturdy & Co. Grocers On The R 1, a: -re CANADIAN t-3%-Ctric SPECIAL RATES TO THE COAST VANCOUVER $42ORIA • 15 SEAVICTTTLE PORTLAND SPOKANE FROM OODERICH Second CIas, Sept 13th ts Oct Lan PROPORTiONATY RATE= FROM ONTARIO POINTS ibrongh Train Tomato to Vancouver Mae p.., daily. JOS. KIDD, Agent. Goderieb. Plows We have three of the best and most popular makes of Plows— The Verity Plow Made at Brantford. The Fleury Plow Made at Aurora. The Perrin Plow Made at Smith's Falls. Right on the warer(oui 11,•,8 now. We carry a large stock of all kinds oliPoints. Call in and examine our Plows hefore buying. We can suit you with goods and prices at Robert Wilson's Hamilton Street evematessessesewaserseeseseerweesesWide .ss enada'.s do iracn Linc HUNTERS' Ratan Tickets at Silogk Fare OCT. 9th to NOV. nth to Dolma In Te.nagaml. points Malt*" to lerniakarnlog and Ripawa. 'J inclusive, also to certain peens. Quebec. New Brnn..riek. Nova a c and Maine. OCT. tetk to NOV. nth to MuekeS Pars, 't rgyM I tortes. Hay rtmensd resetan Lek • wan to it. M North elat- (aa lltry esil r setas. was 'leer A�ny ems, Heir »wale ]s ow• 14th IlbTibTlaaeess W COLONIST EXCURSIONS slyly i.til October 5(i TO Spokane, Wage. Nelson. it C Vassoaever, S. C. Warmth/sus It. C. ac0ma s0a Cal Las Anepia, Cal Sas DONIS, Cat One min .scent epwr Ne.-. e sr edam. 11 A.. 3