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THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 1917
THE WAR DOES ON.
The Italian disaster may have the
effect of prolonging the war, but it will
not alter the final result. Germain and
Austria. occupying the central posi-
tion in the fighting arena, can
deliver hard blows in any direction
before the Allies can rally to the support
of the thre.tened section. The Central
Powers are doubtless feeling the wearing -
down process, but they still have men and
supplies for such dnves as those which
they have made against Roumania.
Russia and Italy. It is on the western
front, where they meet the indomitable
hosts of Britain and France. that they
can make no impression. but instead are
being steadily. if slowly. driven back.
In the end they must succumb to su-
perior force.
To those who have been hoping for an
early peace the Italian defeat is a sore
disappointment. Many, perhaps possessed
with a more philosophic spirit. have long
since quit looking for immediate great re-
sults -are holding their hopes. in suspense,
as it were. and have braced themselves
against depression over defeat, or too
great exultation over victories.
This is the greatest of all wars and at
must run its course.
THE LAURIER MANIFESTO.
Sir Wilfrid Laurier has issued his mani-
festo to the people of Canada. it is
strikingly
different lo tin t
g Y be Co,vernment
a manifesto in that. instead of meaningless
generalities. it states nearly • the position
which he takes on the great public ques-
tions of the day.
On the question of cons_ription ths.
Lib.ral leader sticks to his guns. declar-
ing that only a specific mandate from the
people can justify a resort to the prin-
ciple of compulsion. Possibly the Liber-
als of Ontario would have preferred a
declaration in favor of the enforcement
of the Military Service Act now on the
statute bodks. with a referendum on any m
proposed extension of the law: but no nn
one can say that Sir Wilfrid has not heti
a corsisten course on this question. He re
quotes from The Toronto Globe of as m
late a December last in support of his op- thm
posifit to conscription. en
He denounces the Canadian Northern (en
ailway legislation of the fast session and 1 Ro
d wi
lases that the new Parliament should ;
review the whole matter. I
r
To combat the high cost of living he
proposes the relief of agriculture and the
encouragement of production by Tariff r
duction: and a• wart me measur
would have public control of food;
ing factories and Governmen
EOITORIAL NOTES.
In the United States the export trade
in Amur is being taken under control by
the Government. which will make all
foreign sales and divide the orders among
the millers.
Three who escape the first drafts under
the Military Service Act treed not con-
gratulate themselves too heartily. Gen.
Mewburn, Minister of Militia, says that
Canada must send not one hundred
thousand men, but two or three hundred
thousand.
The military authorities decline to en-
tertain the suggestion that the men of
the first contingent should be allowed to
come home for a holiday. Military exi-
gencies no doubt must govern. but the de-
cision is a great disappointment to the
communities from which the men of the
first contingent enlisted.
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NA other belligerent country would tol-
erate such sedition spouting as M. BOUT -
as a daily pours out nn Le Devoir, Mr.
Bourassa knows this and presumes on it.—
Toront o Globe.
Yet The Globe supports a Government
which allows this to go on. and deserts
the leader who has been fighting Bourassa
for years.
The Dominion elections come shortly
before Christmas, and never was the
Christmas spirit so needed in Canadian
politics. -Toronto Globe.
Well, if Canada is expected to be Santa
Claus to any more youngsters like Bill
and Dan of the Canadian Northern Rail-
way, the taxpayers will want to abolish
Christmas altogether.
It is impossible to admire the methods
of the "union" Government. The ap-
pointment of the Hon. William Pugsley
as Lieutenant -Governor ,,New Bruns-
wick ismjus
lust. barelticeoi bribery
Pugsley was opposed to the Government,
and as his influence was great and his
fighting abilities were unquestioned. it
was considered a gopd stroke of business
to get him out of the way by g ving him a
choice berth in the Provincial Govern-
ment House at Fredericton. if unscrup-
ulousness of this sort is to hold away at
Ottawa. how is the country to be saved ?
The Provincial Treasury has just re -
cermet a cheque from the Canadian Cop-
per Company for the huge sum of S1.366,-
892. being taxes under the act passed at
the last session of the Legislature. Prob-
ably the people of Ontario have Mr.
Hartley Dewart to thank for this contri-
bution to the Provincial funds. It was
he who by his fight in Southwest Toronto,
unassisted by the Liberal papers of the
city and oppos d by one of them, rivetted
the attention of the people upon the slack-
ness of the Government's policy in rela-
tion to the nickel companies and forced
the Government to bring in the legislation
levying the increased taxation.
A, a Conservative meeting in Toronto
last Thursday night attended by Sir
George Foster and other prominent party
men, Mr. Edmund Bristol, a Conservative
member of the Parliament that has just
been dissolved, made these remarkar
"We here a distirytuished member of
the -Union Government here tonight in
the person of Sir George Foster. and I
want to know what that Government
proposes to do with the man who writes
treasonable and seditious articles and the
paper which publishes them. In the Un-
ited States th y are already efficiently
putting such men where they cannot
carry on their seditious campaign and
closing their papers is not this man
Bourassa assisting the common enemy of
ankind by untrue, lying, malicious and
cendiary articles to prevent Canadian
uiting and to assist the Kaiser'"
Sir George Foster evidently made no
ply to the quest:on. Is the Govern-
ent's hand withheld by the knowledge
at In 1911 several of its most prbmin-
t members. including the Premier, Sir
bert Borden, were themselves in league
th Bourassa, who at that time was
caching just such doctrines as he
preaches today ? Or is it just part of the
ifical game to destroy Laurier. the
ribune of the people, by blaming him
for the state of affairs in Quebec, for
which not he, but his detractors. are re-
sponsible ? And there are Liberals over
he
fndus-
pervision
of the prices of all commodities. He would ea
follow the example to) -(treat Britain in hu
taking Does' all lac nes engaged in the de
supply of war materials
ose eyes the wool can be pulled so
lily that they are ready to join in the
e and cry against Laurier, instead of
manding tha the Government do its
y'
dra. --- -
WHAT OTHERS SAY.
To Escape the Fuel Probes.
, in order to stop
profiteering,
First ptce in the concern of the state
he wt-tild give to the soldiers and sailors
vo-P are fighting the country's 'battles;
and in place M the present Government's
policy of conscription of men only he
would form a Government of the ablest
men representing all classes of the ppop'.e
to organize the whole res)urces of the
country in men and wealth and produc-
tive cap city in order to enable Canada
to do her utmost towards winning the
war. Further, he would make adequate
provision "to put the soldiers and their
dependents beyond any p);sibility of
want after public subscriptions have
teased and the glamor and excitement of
the tear have worn away."
He condemns the Wartirne Elections
Act as "a Mot upon every instinct of
justice. honesty. and fair play" and re-
calls to the public mind the fact that this
Act was denounced in Parliament by
nitre a the men who have since joined
the Govjrnment and are to take advan-
tage of its unfair provisions.
We hApe to publish the whole mani-
frto in this issue of The Signal. in order
that all our readers may have befo:-e
them the statement of policy of the
greatest figure in Canadian public life.
Peterhor'i Review.
Mans a man would emulate the wild
goose and settle the fuel problem by going
South for the winter if he possessed the
goose's easy and cheap transportation
facilities.
If They Can Raise It.
Kingston Whig.
Lord Rhondda, Food Controller, says
that Britain wail require from America
next year ten million tons of foodstuffs,
wheat, bacon and flour. at a daily cost of
34,000,000, Great news for the farmers.
An Inappropriate Hymn.
London Daily Chronicle
During Saturday night's air raid the
special a)nstables on duty on Harrow
Hill were watching the reception given to
the invaders over Northeast London
while the boys in the headmaster's house
nearby were assembled for evening pray-
ers. The apeciale smiled when they heard
the hymn being sung. It was "Hark,
hark, my soul !" with the refrain: "Sing-
ing to welconse the pilgrims of the night. '
Our total bank depositaat the end of
August last sere $1 302,000.000, of which
metrics deposits accounted (or 11023.000,-
000. We can easily re -invest 31,t0,000,o00
of this in the Victory Loan.
esticass
THE S!GNAL GObERICH, ONTARIO
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THE LAURIER MANIFESTO.
Liberal Leader Would Organize the Nation for the
Winning of the War.
Sir Wilfrid Laurier has issued his mani-
festo to the Canadian people. It is as
follows:
•a n th_ people at short
. n .e .u.ar peso is is the r-ght of a free
people The constitution provides ac-
cordingly for a general election every five
years. It is undeniable that there bas
existed "a strong desire in the community
to avoid an election during the war.
Election Unavoidable.
An impression prevails that (sad. I ac-
cepted the invitation of the Prime Min-
ister to join his Government a new ex-
tension would have been possible. This
impression is absolutely erroneous, the
fact being that the invitation extended to
me was coupled with the stipulation that
the coalition Government would pass a
conscription measure, and then appeal
to the country, thus making an election
unavoidable.
"The Government as recently recon-
structed, the Union Government **-
called.
o-called. is now appealing to the country
for support. Six members of the Liberal
party, some of them close personal
(vends, have consented to become mem-
bers of the administration, and the pro-
gram which they intend to follow has
already been placed t'efore the public,
but in this program no trace is to be
found that the Liberal members of the
,administration have succeeded in influenc-
ing their colleagues to the adoption of
measures which they deemed essential not
only to win the war, but for the welfare
cf the country at all times. -
Stale Commonplaces.
"Most of the articlesin the Government
manifesto are merely stale commonplaces
extracted from the Conservative program
of 1911, forgotten after the election, resur-
rected for a new election. Such is the
promise of economy of public expenditure,
and such the promise of civil service reform
—two reforms which the Opposition would
have been happy to support in the last
Parliament it the Government had af-
forded them the opportunity.
"Irl the manifesto a strong and progres
sive policy of 'i mmigration is promtaed.
This will be perhaps the moot important
question after the war. The burdens
which are now being accumulated and
which will have to be assumed and borne
by the Canadian people can be faced :1
t he enormous resources of the country are
developed. But development demands a
rapid increase in the population. Hence
the necessity of a strong and progressive
jmmigration policy. It is manifest
that the strong and progressive
policy has been seriously imawired by the
breach of faith with naturalized Canadian
citizens involved in the withdrawal of the
political franchise from large numbers
of these citizens. This must prove a
serious blow to immigration, especially
when the conduct of the Canadian Gov•
ernment is contrasted with the attitude
of the United States. where no such in-
dignity has been placed upon naturalized
citizens.
C. N. R Lase
"An article of the program of the Gov-
ernment speaks of the development of
transportation facilities, but in vague
though rather ambiguous terms. No
mention is made of the acquisition of the
Canadian Northern Railway: yet this
subject was not exhausted by the legis- i
lotion of last session, and it wilt be one of
the Most important duties of the next
Parliament again to review it.
"One feature of the act of the last ses-
sion is that the Government becomes the
owner of the stock of the company, of
the nominal value of sixty million dollars.
There never was a dollar paid on the
stock. Experts employed by the Gov
ernment to appraise the value of the
whole enterprise, men of acknowledged
ability and experience, themselves have
reported that the stock of the company
has no value whatever.
"Yet the Government have taken
authority to appoint a board of arbitra-
tors'to give a value to that property,
which their experts have declared abso-
lutely without value.
"The Opposition asked that the report
of the arbitrators, whatever it might be,
should be laid before Parliament for ap- i
proud. Though thane/Lion was rejected,
it is the right of the people to declare that
the caw should not have been finally
dosed by the action of a moribund Par -
fitment, but that the whole matter should
be reported to and adjudicated upon by
the new Parliament.
Ee000mic Situation.
"It was natural to expect that the re-
constructed Government would give very
serious attention to the economic situa-
tion of the country, which is admittedly
critical. There is no allusion to it ex-
cept the vague promise of effective
measures to prevent excessive profits. to
wohibit hoarding and to prevent com-
binations for the increase of prices, and
thus reduce the high cost of living.
"THE ECONOMIC PROBLEMS
HAVE TO BE GRAPPLED WITH AT
ONCE, IN NO SUCH VAGUE, GEN-
ERAL TERMS, BUT IN VIGOROUS
AND CONCRETE PROPOSALS.
"Tax prices of all commodities have
been steadily rising since the beginning
of the war. The daily provisioning of
the family table is from day to day be-
coming a more and more alarming prob-
lem for all classes of wage-earners and
for all people of small and even moderate
incomes. It is no answer to say that this
is the natural consequence of the war.
WHEN IT iS CONSIDERED THAT
THE PRICE OF BREAD -AND BACON
—TO SPEAK ONLY OF THESE TWO
COMMODITIES- IS HiGHER HERE
1N CANADA THAN iN THE UNITED
PROOF
KINGDOM,
UFFi}CI ENT THATS OF F IS
THE
PRICES HERE ARE INFLATED BY
METHODS WHICH ARE IN NO
WAY CONNECTEDyPITHTHE WAR,i
unless the war is taken advantage of for
the very purpose of inflation. Indeed. the 11
principal causes of these ever -soaring
prices are none other than those described
in the Government manifesto, as 'ex-
cess profits,"'Hoardings,' and 'cornbina
tions for the increase of prices.' Since
the Government knows where the evil
ie. -what prevents the Government from
striking the evil, and striking it hard?
The remedies are at hand, and I at once
set down the policy.
Oce Important Measmr.
"No measure to reduce the cost of living j
can be effective unless and until the tariff
is reformed and its pressure removed
from those commodities in which there
are 'excessive profits,"'boarding' and
combinations for the increase of paces.'
Of this obvious, fundamental reform there m
s nota word in the Government's ani-
esto. indeed, members of the present
Government have announced that all
questions of tariff legislation muss be rel- th
egated till after the war. necess
"Believing that increased food produc- w
rim is one of Canada's best contributions ga
towards winning the war, 1 would pro- a
pose. if intrusted with the administration
of the country, to immediately relievelag- th
riculture from its disabilities in this re- ra
gard.
"Since the commencement of the war,
the Government placed an increase of 7;
per cent. in our tariff on all commodities a
coming into Canada from outside Great W
Britain, and an increase of S per cent. on ag
the goods caning from Great Britain. I
would immediately remove those two dis-
abilities as respects commodities from all
countries other than those with which we
arTHAT UNDER RE at war. THEEXISTING COONUDI-
TIONS THESE INCREASES IN THE
TARIFF ARE A HINDRANCE
RATHER THAN A HELP TO PRO-
DUCTION IN CANADA, WHILST IT
IS CERTAIN THAT IN THE AL
RESORT THE CONSUMER HAS
PAY THESE EXTRA TAXES.
Unfriendly to Britain.
"The increased duty on imports from
Great Britain was an nfriendly tend un-
necessary action on tie part of Canada
towards the mother country at a time
when British trade was staggering under
the disadvantages incidental to the war.
"In further mitigation of the disad-
vantages to agricultural production, I
would immediately remove the duties on
agricultural implements and • other
essentials, as demanded by tate Western
farmers.
"In connection with the high
cost of living, I would take drastic
stepa to bring under Gove,nment
control all food -producing factories
so that ford m ly be sold at a fixed
puce under toe control of the Gov-
ernmept. MS has been done in Great
Bnta n. 'to this end arrangements
should b: made with the manage..
\mint of the food -producing factor-
ies allowing for a fair interest on
investment and fair and reasonable
net profits, so that food may be
obtainable by the. ordinary con-
sumer at the best possible prices.
Should such arrangements not be
possible, I would not hesitate to
commandeer all food factories.
NOR IS THIS ALL. THE GOV-
ERNMENT IS INVESTED WITH
POWERS WHICH THEY COULD
AND SHOULD HAVE USED TO
REDUCE THE PRICE OF ALL
COMMODITIES. THESE POWERS
THEY HAVE ALREADY EXER-
CISED IN THE CASE OF NEN S-
PRINT' PAPER.
As far back as the month of Feb-
ruary last an order -in -council was passed
by which it was enacted that 'with a
view to insure publishers of Canadian
newspapers newsprint paper at reasonable
IL --
Prices.' the Minister of Customs was =
'authorized and empowered to fix the "'le -
quantity and price of newsprint in sheets E
and rolls to be 1urntshed by the man-+ •
ufacturers to the publishers in Canada.' I _
-
"By virtue of this 'order' the Govern-
ment has compelled manufacturers of
print paper, against the latter's protest,
Lo supply publishers and newspapers at a
price which they themselves fixed as
reasonable. If they could thus reduce the ' _
pnce of paper to consumers of paper,
why did they stop there? Why should I a
the Government not have reduced to the il=
hundreds of thousands of anxious house-
wives and breadwinners the prices of ,all —
those commodites which made the ever-
increasing cost of living one of the most
insistent and dangerou, of all the prob-
lems that now confront us?
it
P1oAttering Encouraged.
"ONE
IMPOR-
TANT CONTTR BUTIONS �TOO-
WARDS WINNING THE WAR IS
TO PUT A STOP TO PROFITEER-
ING ON WAR SUPPLIES. THE
GOVERNMENT HAS DELIBER-
ATELY
URAGED PRIT-
EER G FOR THE BENEFIOTFOF
ITS PARTISAN FOLLOWERS.
A first duty of my administration
would be to secure to the country,
which pays for war supplies, the ex-
cess of exorbitant prices being reali-
zed by profiteers. Should it be neces-
sary 1 would not hesitate, in order to
i)ediately stop profiteering to take
control 01 the factories which are en-
gaged in the supply of war materials.
I believe that one of the best methods
of providing war supplies, and saving
the country from being exploited by
cprofiteers, would be to turn the
vernment shops which are suitable
for such purposes to the production of
war materials, ships, etc., for the
benefit of the country, at cost price,
it cannot be said too often that this
war the could not have been avoided by
Allies. and that 11 is a contest for
the very existence of civilization. Of
this the entrance of the United States
into the conflict is further proof, if,
indeed. further proof were needed.
"At the very beginning, convinced of
e immensity of the struggle and of the
ity of bending all our efforts to the
inning of the war, we of the Opposition
ve to the Government every possible
*stance. We assented to all their war
measures, except when convinced that
measures) would be detrimental
tt.er than helpful.
A Hindrance to War,
This year the Government introduced
bill to make military service compulsory.
ith this policy l found it impossible to
gree- if it be asked how this view is
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consistent with my oft -expressed deter-
mination to macs[ m winning the war, i
answer without anyhesitation tst►on that this
sudden departure from the voluntary
system was bound more to hinder than to
help the war. it should be remembered
that previous to the war, in the British
countries, conscription was unknown. it
was the pride of British peopleeverys here
that compulsory • military •service, the
bane of continental Europe, had never
been thought of in Great Britain, and
that even the gigantic struggle against
Napoleon had been fought on the purely
voluntary system.
"At the same time it must be pointed
out that in Great Britain. for some years
before the war, in view of the immensity
of war pr preparations amongst all the na-
tions of the continent, the question of
conscription was seriously and increas-
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To speak distinctly, and directly
into the mouthpiece —
A N eminent telephone man of 30 years es-
perience says that this is the great need
in telephoning. Over half the service difficulties
would disappear if distinct and direct speak-
ing were practised.
q To speak towards your telephone from a
yard or so away, or to speak across It mesas
bad transmission—often wrong number, mis-
understanding and annoyance.
q You as help the service. avid wrong numtbvs, lai na-
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