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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Signal, 1919-5-1, Page 2es •el' •. ••11.•5 • 2—Thursday, May 1, 1919. TEs . SIONAL Sionzd (tell SIGN IPRINTING (Ju., LTD. r1 Thursday, May 1, 1919. A Packet o? THE TARIFF QUESTION. ' A tariff for protection was advocated by the manufacturers at the Godench Organ Company's banquet on Friday night. It was stated that our manufac- turers could not stand up against outside competition if the tariff protection were removed. No explanation was given as to why, under these circumstances. a' manufacturing firm goes to large expense • Presbyterian church. to build up a trade in foreign countries • Germans say they won't sign the peace where it will have to meet the competition treaty. Well. we don't know anybody of the world. The tariff quer on is a targe and coin-' around here that will he awake o' nights plicated one. ar \is nut to be settled • worrying about that. according to the wishs of any one interest Ex Kaiser Bill is to be placed on trial. or class the country. merssewas This will revive the old question as to the made of the Western 1: a and their puri-hment that would best suit his campaign for tariff reduc on. Are their crimes. Why not give him a trip reund claims to be thrown aside a deserving no British Empire, so that be may see consideration in comparison th those of the Brr decadent old thing it is. the manufacturers P If it is to • a stand • what aup tight. with no concession • either The Thedford Tribune stopped publics side, is it not doubtful where the nu- : facturers will find themselves a the tion a year ago,owing io lack of patronage. The business men of the town have now finish' The wearns constantly goo i s got together, secured a large advertising inposition nl the tariff. and is supported in t s patronage and a good subscription list, interest n the Estby a large consuming asked the owner of the plant, to interest in the East. ume publication. "You never m ss It can be argued with a good deal of the water till the well runts dry." force that manufacturing in Canada has, more to gam than to lose by tree trade. A targe delegation from Loudon. St. Undoubtedly some of the industries we Thomas and Port Stanley waited upon now have in the country would go to the wall without the protection on which they • the Hon' F. B. Carvell. Minister of Public % orks, at Ottawa last week and now exist; others after a period of read - jus merit. would fired themselves in a received a promise of an appropriation stronger position under free market con- I for Impr,newenta at the harbor a Port `Manley. Is nothing to he said at tars that do a large export trade. The, Ottawa about Uoberich harbor this LA' Tea, will go further on infusion and give better satisfaction than any other Tea obtainable. BRIO Not a shadow of doubt about this. TRY IT OODSSZORR 01?. r ditions. Especially is this true of indus- I 'ear •f lower their costs of manufacturing the I y more readily they can compete in foreign i They have a viol nist down a: Hensel) markets. Protection inevitably increases alio says a newspaper scribe. can produce manufacturing costs. Under free trade music equal to that of an "Irish angel." Britain can import raw material from the %%e are left to wonder what the allusion United States. convert it into manufac- means. An Irish angel would naturally Lured goods. and sell these goods in the carry a harp, we should suppose; but t'nited States right under the noses of thetlpernaps the angels from the north of Un;ted States manufacturers. I Ireland refuse to be bound by the tradi- A.II this does not mean that violent hands should be laid on the tariff in Can - lions of the major portion of the Irish people. We'll have to ask Mr. Garrett ada at the first opportunity. The country O'Connor about this. is now in a period of readjustment follow. ` ing the war. and this period may be of The pressure of public opinion may considerable duration a:..1 not im- cause a return to the "old" time in Gode •will include a time rich. When the town council inaugurated fuss about the increase in the salary of deputy ministers. He had warned the Government that the high cost of living could not be cured by raising the pay of the cavil servants. and he had cautioned rigid economy in every branch of the public service. Mr. McKenzie recalled this recent deliverance, and Dr. Clark's sudden conversion Irom the tenets of rigid economy to those of lavish expenditure He suggested that tete Doctor could un- derstand a 5500 item. but that when it came to a question of millions he found himself over his head and swept along by the tide. In the interchange of person- alities that followed across the door. the Liberal leader held up his end eo well that his followers cheered him with great enthusiasm. the "day light -saving" time it was under- sta-i that the factory -men wanted it, but the nine -hour day has changed conditioas and the nien can now start work at 7 o'clock old time and get off at 5 o'clock and have a good long evening before them. The townsh,ps are retaining the old time, and the difference between town and country time causes a good deal of inconvenience. and fur all the difference it makes to the townspeople we might as'. wet. be in lane with our country friends. • Ale LYCIDRYT AT O TAW.t. REVIEW OF THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION. The Legislature prorogued on Thurs- day last with a short ani somewhat sombre ceremony. There was a bare quorum of members present and a few ladies in street attire. The Lieutenant - Governor was attended by a guard of honor of military officers, but he himself wore civilian dress: The bills passed by the House were read by the assistant clerk and His Honor assented to their becoming law in His Majesty's name. He then read a formal address reviewing the work of the session and commending the member for their efforts. His Honor's speech mentioned particul- arly the passing of the Housing Act. educational legislation, the granting of seats to women, the Temperance Act amendments and referendum, the aea- inconnection with its apparently bei props:�1111uuuu1u111u11u1111111111111111111111111uu111111111111111111u111111u11111111MMI sols. their attuude apparently beutg that JJ t he Government) must shoulder responnaibi 1 it rto Its to abort as t 'berets coNGOLEum U undertook w do upon their "abolish the bar" platform in 11(14. The granting til the right to women to become memNB - bers of the Assembly has been advocated • from the Opposition benches from the day the Government adopted the Liberal platform of enfranchising the women, and this measure went thruligh with Particu- lar harmony. Another matter Liberals feel they may congratulate themselves upon is that at last the Governmeut has seen ht to follow the urgings of the Opposition since 1914 to create a De- partment of Labor presided over by a responsible Minister whose chief concern will be to study and pioanote legislative and administrative action for the better- ment of the conditioats of the workers of the Province. The Government tempor- ized by first creating a Trades and Labor IBranch under the Department of Public Works, with a superintendent at its head. then by announcing in the speech from the Throne this year that this gentleman would be made a Deputy Curtain Nets Minister, and finally by adopting the Liberal attitude that the labor unrest industrially and shortage agriculturally at. 38 -inch hemstitched Scrims and Marquisettes called for distinct and separate consider- ation by a Minister unhampered by other ; = in arab, white or ivory. Regular 40c,ifor 2$c important duties. I E Serviceable and handsome patterns now showing a special prices. Size 2x2 yards $ 4.00 3x3 yards 10.00 3x31 yards 13.00 3x4 yards 15.00 Brussels Rugs;, ,,.i .� Special reduced prices on all linea of Brussels and Wilton Rugs. Every size in cock u? to 4x4 yards. Opposition during the past session i = w apestry Squares has lived up to the traditions of that i 1 particular end of our constitution. by I constructively aiding the Government to pass progressive laws instead of endulg-'; 5_ Heavy pile, and in neat patterns, browns. tog in obstruction. The present work- �= greens, etc.itis men's compensation legislation was in 'E ted in the House by William Proud -l= 2 y; x3 yards $ 15.00 3x3 yards $12.00 = a tion of a Ministry of Labor, amend- toot. the present leader of the Opposition. 3x3!; yards $20.00 The Toront World's currespo - ments to the Workmen's pe A t theMiningAct and other British Act modified to meet Canadian • lenghy one. agitation the Government appointed a . 3x4 yards $25.00 OttawanCom n- an 1910, based on the principles of the dent. Tom King—who. by the way. writes i Ration Act, the most readable Ottawa despatches we acts.The list of bills assented to was a condition;. As a result of the ,Liberal = Suiting Serges commission to investigate the matter, but C seem the daily press—records a little ; scrap that came off in the House of; unsuited to its present needs and the it was not until after continued pressure'I E 42, 48 and 54 -inch navy and black Suiting Commons last week. Referring to the I Prime Minister has promised to validate from the Opposition that the Act was = Serges, all pure wool. Beautiful stock and Opposition leader, Judge McKenzie, Mae' by legislation any scheme which the city passed in 1914. The provision made this = unlit uantl limited, but from our old ba k t solve its session for the payment of full medical = quality. ty Toronto has found the Housing Act may decide to em r upon o is own peculiar problems. Liberals have aid to industrial workers was a Liberal = reserve stoc . At per yard $2.25, $3.00, $3.50. The Judge today scored the greatest hit • net sought to embarrass the Government plank in the elation of 1914. f 1 hewent ft the o his career when after — -�• redoubtable Dr. Michael Clark and came t Q Ladles' Coats, Skirts, off victorious The statesman from Red Dar is a hard hitter: and stout must be' the bosses of the buckler than can with -1 stand his blows. He was beating up I Lemieux without mercy when McKenzie; threw himself into the (ray. It seemed I an unequal contest and bets were ten to: one on the Englishman. but the High- I • lander remembered Bannockburn and I brought down his claymore with a mighty blow. Lemieux had made a characteristic speech in which he said the members of I the Government were spending the public money like drunken sailors. He protested • agate: the extravagant program of rail- i way construction promised to the West, and ,aw only bankruptcy ahead for Can. I ada. To this Dr. Clark repli d that Lemieux was talking blue ruin like the' Liberals who Nourished in the days of Alexander Mackenzie and Edward Blake. 1 He more than intimated that Lemieux 1 was acting as a chore boy for the C. P. R., and bade him be bsoyant. optimistic and confident like the praise West. Now it happened that only two days ago the Doctor had made a considerable probably j of commercial and industrial depres- sion throughout the world. 1t is clearly not the most favorable time foe making radical changes which would un- necessarily imperil industries which at another time might survive a considerable ehock apd be all the better for it. If de- pression is to corse—and persons with large opportunity for sizing up conditions say it will come —we dont want it said that it was the result of the appitcation of foe trade principles in Canadian policy. The S gnat believes that free trade, event- ual y. is the right policy for this country. but it does not desire that opponents of that policy should have the opportunity of saying that its adoption brought disas- ter in Canada. If the more glaring in- stances of tariff injustice are removed at the present time, and the protected interests are given to understand that the welfare of the whole country rather than the wishes of any particular class is the guiding principle of legislation. we shall be making very satisfactory progress. When world conditions again become normal the march to fiscal freedom can Ile resumed under more favorable circumstances. Perhaps a word in particular about the Goderich Organ Co. would not he -amiss here. The Messrs Saunders, senior and junior, kept their factory running and giving efnployment to a large number of men during the war in spite of the (act that the market for their goods was largely cut off. Their industry was in an entirely different class from those that made huge profits out of the war. Manufacturers who stuck it out during the war period under discouraging conditions deserve consideration and should at least be free from unnecessary disturbance (or some time to come. EDiTORIAI. TOTES. Detroit Is planning for a World' e Fair, to be hetd in 1922 or 1928. ,. God morning. May! Hope you will be in good humor while you are with us. The Guelph Herald asks for a substitute for coral. There is one, and quite inex- pensive—Freeze. Cudlingwood hart a rate of 40 mills on the dollar again this year. Like Goderich, it is paying off some old scores. Vt hat's the use of those ouija boards so popular among Toronto folks if they can- not rev, al the whereabouts of the mur- derer McCullough With the moderator of the General Aaseentbly of Canada. Rev. Dr. Fletcher, ,t iia the township of t'sborne, and the 1Wilidellatiae of the Synod of Hamilton and ;Odes. Nev. J. S. Hardie, in the town- `st Rill d. it cannot he Raid that It • not doing well for the 1 WHISPERS IN THE AIR. Suits and Waists Ready-to-wear, select and high-class choice. By H. F. GADSBY. _ Ottawa, April 25. -- The Museum building which is occupied as a temporary home by Parliament has become a vera - table whispering gallery. You hear whispers in your ar coming from no one knows whither. The soft-spoken sere , tences trail down the elevator shafts from the top floor where the Unionist caucus is assembled. They spring apparently from the gr.urtd and circle everywhere around 1 the rotunda. In the cit imber of the House s .meone is talking more or lest: audibly to the pati nt Mr. Speaker and the dot pig sergeant -at -arms. A member is talking for publication, but in the corners and the lobbies. especially on the Government side, little groups of mem- bers are whispering together. Sister Ann is an the watch tower scan- ning the eastern horizon. 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