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higher arca
make a ton of hay in the States. And
so on ad infinitum. It seems almost
incredible that such lies should be
swallowed by apparently intelligent
people ; but they were, and thousands
of votes were lost to the reciprocity
cause through the quiet circulation of
falsehoods *ouch as these. Those in
charge of the Liberal campaign evi-
dently did not realize that the mem-
ory of the reciprocity campaigns of the right path when it arrived at 'the
two decades ago had almost died out, parting of the ways."'
and that a thorough course of econ- The Hamilton Spectator, another
good Tory paper, confesses that it
t d land the why and
it took •2,910 pounds td loll chamber at a time when they
might earn have been rigidly ex-
cluded ; end this fact alone dore not
make fax r•tassurance. But the Min-
isters with clean records are easilyIn
a majority ; and a majority—If its 1
backbone be stiff and strong—can
rule We cannot profess to be s-
de-
lighted with Mr. Borden's first demo,
titration of his conception of his duties
as a Prime Minister with a free band ;n
any case Mor
but 'the gam u young yet' and, in
r. Bo
has had the un -
in Canada
paralleled glory of keep g
omic education was necessary in the
case of a large proportion of the elec-
torate. Especially was this so in a
period of relatively good times, when
it is much more difficult to introduce
a change in policy than in a period of
hard times end discontent. The op-
portunity has passed, and reciprocity
may never again be the iseug in an
electoral contest in Canada; Lit the
HOW RECIPROCITY WAS DEFEATED
Now that the smoke of battle bas
cleared away, the Liberals are discov-
ering what sort of ammunition was
used against them in the contest of
the 21st of September. It was said on
many platforms during the campaign
that the election was virtually a riot's -
cite on the reciprocity question, and
when the results were known many
Liberals took the defeat of their party
as purely and simply a condemnation
of the reciprocity proposals. It is
now pretty well determined that
many other causes and forces were at
work. About as fat ae it is safe to go
in ascribing the Liberal defeat to the
reciprocity issue is to say that while
the trade question was the cause of
the deflection of many votes hitherto
polled for the Liberal party there was
a comparatively small offset in the
gun of ipro-reciprocity Conservative
votes.
What were the forces arrayed
against the Goverument?
I. The Conservative party vote,
comprising all those who habitually
vote for Conservative candidates, no
matter what the issues may be. This
no doubt included many who on the
trade question, if separated from
party' considerations, would vote for
reciprocity. Indeed, we had the spec-
tacle of men who went to Ottawa
with the farmers' "delegation of De-
cember last to ask for reciprocity vot-
ing -and working against the Govern-
ment which gave throe the opportun-
ity they asked for.
2. The Big,ltnterrsts which opposed
reciprocity as a direct injury to them,
or regarded it as an initial step to-
wards the destruction of their special
privileges. There is no doubt that
these interests spent a vast amount cf
mon_y to defeat the Government.
3. Farmers, factory workers and
others who believed, or were per.
suaded to believe, that reciprocity
would be an injury to them.
4. Those who were influenced by
the scare over the "se temere" de.
cree, the prejudice against a Catholic
Premier, and similar causes. This
class usually votes with the Conserve-
, tive party, anyway : but no doubt it
had at this election a number of new
recruits through the stealthy cam-
paign that was conducted by means of
the Otange lodges and otherwise.
5. Those who wanted to vent their
dislike of the United States or who
were afraid of an anti -imperial effect
from closer trade relationship with
the United States.
Immediately after the elections a
good deal of importance was credited
to the last-mentioned class; but fuller
information and more careful weigh-
ing of the results would seem to indi•
trate that it had really acomparatively
small part in the general result. if
there had been anything in the "loy-
alty" cry it would have cut across the
parties more deeply. Liberals are quite
as loyal as Conservatives ; farmers are
not les* etrringly attached to Britain
and the Empire than are townspeople.
We believe that the "annexation" cry
had very little effect except that It
gave an excuse to many Conservatives
to stay by their party when their
reason told them to support reciproc-
ity. Much greater effect is to be at-
tributed to the misrepresentations of
the anti-recipsoeity party as to the
material effects of the adoption of the
Government's proposals. Farmers
were told that butter at It) cents a
pound and eggs at 8 cents a dozen
would be a sample of the conditions
under reciprocity. Factory men were
told that thousands of idle met were
waiting on the Unita States border
ready to come over and take the jobs
Of Oanadlan workmen if ►eciperse.
,y 4kflled. Those who believed this
eeidendydid not atop to ask what was
t. gravest these rose from crowds(
a• theboidee ender present oeeditlsss
Cann() 1111 ens
wherefore of certain of Mr, Borden's
Cabinet selections," but it hopes that
the Government will he strengthened
later on. It says :
"As they have been announced to-
day we do not look upon the Borden
Cabinet selections --or at least some of
them—se in any real sense permanent.
It may have seemed advisabte to the
trade question in one form or another new Premier at the moment to do car -
will still be a matter of contention be- lain things, but we believe that Mr.
tween the parties until it is rightly e will not
take *n has other many months to ms ature. and
settled, and Liberals should prepare at which, when matured, will show some
once to do the ground work which is important changes in the Cabinet fans -
Hy We believe this because we
know that Mr. Borden has in his
mind ultimately a uniformly strong
Cabinet bodyguard for himself, and
because we know that some of the
men named are not as strong as some
others who possibly could not be
named at the moment, but would be
available later on."
The Spectator is badly 'disappointed
but tries bravely to keep a stiff upper
lip.
necessary before an appeal can be
made with confidence to an intelligent
and 'informed electorate. Ignorance,
prejudice and the influence of the
privileged classes are foes whose
strength must not be underestimated.
N
"BRITISH BORN" WERE DECEIVED.
How do the "British born" like the
terms in which they are described by
the Quebec wing of the party for
which they cast their votes on the 21st
of September? Here is a sample from
La Vorite, the Conservative organ in
the city of Quebec :
"Laurier, according to his own
newspapers, is the victim of his in-
famous policy of intense immigration,
which has made of Canada a refuge
for the wharf rots of Liverpool and
London. It is Laurier who has
brought in a horde of wretches whom
Orangeism has been able to incite
against him. Under the pretext of
enormously increasing, thepopulation
of the country, Sir Wilfrid has not
only opened our doors to all the dregs
of the old countries, but he has, in
addition, spent vast amounts to
attract them here. As a result be
is able to claim that under his
'reign' the population of Canada
augmented in a phenomenal way,
that the twentieth century would be
the century of Canada ; hut what he
has never said is that his policy of un-
limited immigration has brought into
the country brands of discord and rev-
olutionary elements. In this circum-
stance, as in so many others, Laurier,
the opportunist, has never seen farther
than the immediate interest of his
party. After him the deluge.
"Today we find ourselves with some
millions of individuals who should
never have been allowed in Canada,
who have no qualifications for making
peaceful, lab criotts and honest citi-
zens, and who are only apt to play a
role in some political or social revolu-
tion. The lesson which should be
drawn from that which has happened
to Sir Wilfrid is that it is wise policy
to allow our country to develop nor-
mally, that our immigrants should be
carefully selected, whether they be
English. Fren^h. Russian or German.
Mr. Borden has nothing to gain in fol-
lowing the policy- of intense immigra-
tion which was so dear to the Liberal
Government, at d which. nevertheless,
has proved fatal to it. It will, of
course. be a ainst the established
power that the mob, which dreams
only of trouble and revolution, will
rise. For the rest it would be insen-
sate for the Conservative party to gov-
ern with the support of men who
hold this word in horror, men whom
Liberalism and even Radicalism no
longer /satisfies."
h+, Wit
were tothat the
A4�jrles M Prices ire hay were
States N's
by an IOssed price owing to
the larger demand from Canada, and
the Canadian consumer ty reason of
the fact that he would get his coal
without paying a duty on it? In
short, the benefit of the remission of
duty would be divided between pro-
ducer and cynwhtuer. It was not pro-
posed that the duty on coal should be
aboltabed by the Flelding-Tats agree-
' ment ; but that does not affect the at-
EDITORIAL NOTES.
Can ny Conservative paper in On-
tario say what the Borden t,overn-
ment'., ours policy is?
Perhaps Whitney is waiting to get
Dr. Beattie Nesbitt's promise to come
over and help him before he brings on
the Provincial elections?
If SIr Wilfrid Laurier had taken
into his Cabinet a bunch like Monk
and Nantel and Pelletier, what a howl
would have arisen from the Orange
lodges of Ontario !
In Queen's University Quarterly
Prof. W. L Grant neatly hits off Mr.
Borden's position in regard to the
navy question. Hitherto, he says,
Mr. Borden "may be compared iothe
woman of Samaria. for he has had
five policies, and that which he now
has is not a policy."
The "British born" will in time real-
ize that they were grossly deceived in
the recent campaign. Their votes
were used for the triumph of the men
who do not hesitate to speak of them
as "the .scum of the English cities," or.
in La Venits' s elegant language. "the
wharf rats of Liverpool and London."
Their votes were used to bring into
power the anti-British crowd of Que.
bec headed by Monk and Nantel, with
Bourasea pulling the strings—a crowd
that for years has endeavored to fan
the flames of prejudice in Quebec
against Sir Wilfrid Laurier's imperial-
ist policy. Mr. Borden's surrender to
the Monk-Bourassa element should al-
ready have opened the eyes of the
new arrivals from the Old Country
who were persuaded to vote Conserve -
tire in the recent election ; but their
eyes will he opened wider still when
they realize the extent of the decep-
tion that was pries need upon them.
DISAPPOINTED ALREADY.
The Montreal Star. although it
helped greatly in placing Mr. Borden
in office, is not very well pleased with
the way in which he has commenced
his official term. It says :
"Hon. Mr. Borden has now taken
his first step as Prime Minister by
selecting his Cabinet. There was the
highest hope throughout the country
that, with his huge majority largely
composed of 'new blood,' he would
feel free to give us a Government
wholly unahedowed by Peen a ques-
tion as to the character or reputation
of any of the Ministers. it would he
purely hypocrisy for The Montreal
Star topretend that this hose been
done. e's memories are not
short enoughto have forgotten our
public opinion of some of the men
who harts been railed to "Mee."
Ot♦me of the Ministers, The Star
says, eernmand confdenee, and
some me admirably obosen.
"What the wet result of the SAW,
thee win he. Is imyet to fore-
tell $IaI er forties ave be..
paused adoits'on to tbs Prevy 00IM.
gument as to the possibility of bene-
fit to both producer and consumer
from a single transaction.
The Little Things.
The little things—the kindly words and deeds
That one may say and do yet seldom doe..
The Mord of cheer some toiling brother needs
That we withhold and nes er speak because
We didn't think ! Twould turn his day to gold.
Repaying us In cheat ten thousand fold'
The little things—a baby. tiny shoe.
The toys he dropped along the rosy ways.
A broken drum and leaden soldier, too.
All take us back to loot forgotten days
The greatest things we pass and then forget.
The little things— k, me remember yet
the Ilrtle thinge! How a roue and mlwppli.-.t
µ,."a all ',fe i. rnnd,• of.n.•h -
The sheering e+ ord.. of swuduess that abide
The song of love that springs from memory's
touch
The little things in all this throbbing strife
Are, after all. the greatest things in life!
John Dwells.
How can both producer and con-
sumer benefit from the cheap school
book policy? Dead easy. By charg-
ing up a large portion of the cost of
producing the school boots to the Pro-
vincial Treasury. At any rate, the
people think they are getting the
school books cheap when the prices are
manipulated in this way. -'
The suggestion that Hon. Macken-
zie King should take a hand in the
Provincial election campaign and offer
himselt as a candidate for a seat in the
Legislature is an excellent one. Mr.
King could do good work in putting
new life into Provincial politics and
jerking the legislators of Ontario out
of the rut they have got into.
FROM OUR CONTEMPORARIES.
The Best Yet
$imcue Reformer.
Col. Hugh Clark, the jokesmith of
The Kincardine Res iew, is being slated
for a portfolio in the Borden cabinet.
No joke Hugh ever penned would beat
that.
A Good Motto.
Toronto Telegram. •
The motto, "LET WELL ENOUGH
ALONE." is a safe guide for the Per-
liament-that is invited to abaedon an
old holiday like May 24th and erect
June 3rd into a new holiday.
Canada's Greatest Danger.
Prof. W, L. Grant in Queen's Quarterly.
The greatest danger to Canada to-
day is not annexation, nor clerical-
ism, nor militarism. but the big
financial interests'. M illio anaires though
not necessarily to be suspected are
still less to he deified. We cannot do
without great financiers and manu-
facturers, and go back to au agricul-
tural Arcady, but the struggle at pre$
rut being waged in the United States
shows us the danger. NVe have
learned much from the example of the
Americans, but so also have the in-
terests. Will Mr. Borden be able to
control them? Will 0he be their
master or their puppet ?
Back in the old Conservative days
before I81$ a doctor or a brewer was
considered good enough for the Agri-
cultural portfolio at Ottawa. When
Laurier came to power he put a real
farmer, Hon. Sydney Fisher. in charge
of the Department. Mr. Borden
hasn't gone back to the Carling -Mon-
tague era, but he has turned down a
real farmer to place at the head of the
important Department of Agriculture
a British Columbia fruit -grower.
lion. R. L. Borden was a Liberal in
his younger days. Sir James Whitney
was brought up in a Liberal family.
Premier Roblin of Manitoba was
formerly a Liberal. Liberalism thus
has furnished the Conservative party
with some of its strongest men. And
the latest instance is that of Hon. W.
T. White. who has been only a few
months in the Tory ranks and has al-
ready landed one of the most influen-
tial positions in the Borden Govern-
ment.
The London Free Press rushes to
the defence of Geo. E. Foster and says
it is a "cowardly" thing to recall his
record. What kind of sheet is The
Free Press, anyway ? Only three
short years ago, after the 1408 elec-
tions, it warned Mr. Foster that he
et clear himself of the charges
made against him if he desired to con-
tinue in public life. Mr. Foster took
his ease into court and lost it. Has
The Free Press -ome to the conclu-
sion that any sort of record will do for
a member ret a Borden Cabinet P
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Danger in Their Rule.
Edmonton Bulletin.
Will the domination of Canadian
politics by these "interests,- whom
Mr. Borden must reward and placate.
make for the strengthening of Can-
adian sentiment throughout the Do-
minion ? Will the people oh the West
be impressed with the advantage of
belonging to a country whose Govern-
ment is merely a machine for grinding
them to the profit of those who
neither need nor deserve additional
favors? Will the pride of Canadians
anywhere and everywhere in their
country be heightened by the undeni-
able fact that their country is under
the thumb of a combination of -elf-
interested individuals?
Causes Rejoicing in United States.
American Agriculturist
Canada voted by an overwhelming
majority. on September 21. against
"reciprocity" with the United States.
What will be the effect of recipro,
city's defeat upon the future of our
great agricultural States is the 1/1.10P.
tion of most vital interest at this
time. First of all will be A keen
realization of the fact that the bug-
bear has been swept away, probably
for a generation, of the free admis-
sion of Canadian cereals. live stock
and dairy products. Bearing on the
sensitiveeess of the situation, the
domestic wheat markets for days be-
fore the final vote in Canada were
disturbed, and values often depressed
under the at that time belief Canada
would vote for r•eciprpcity. Had re-
ciprocity won out there would prob-
ably haire been a grand rush from
the States into Canada. with conse-
quent decline in farm values and in
profits on this side of the line. Now,
however. the value ,.f all our agri-
cultural lands should lie well main-
tained. In the future, as in the past,
a reasonable measure ,.f protection
will be afforded the American farmer
against the product of untold millions
of splendid raw Can'idian land, avail-
able for the production of breadstuffs.
meat animals and dairy products.
Our own agriculturist, as pointed omit
time and again in Amer luau Agricul-
turist, were overwhelmingly against
the jug -handled reciprocity with
Canada.
The London Free Prose professes
still to he unable to see bow producer
and consumer could both bs►edt from
reciprocity. The Free Press prehebly
is not en stupid as it imagism itself to
he. It used to advocate intermittent-
ly the abolition of the duty on united
Metes coal catering Canada. Now.
mipposing the duty of iii mutts a tee
were wiped not, would it not be not
only possible, bet prohab e, that beth
the prodtteer and Ms ee.eemw would e
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r Prof. Dorrnwen,l + representa-
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that he will be at the Hotel Bedford
on Wednesday, November tst, with
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