HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1908-10-15, Page 91,XURIER 'AND t.
A.PI..,t��: a ' DID SPEECH BY CANADA'S
FINANCE ` INISTER, R. FIELDING
Review of Liberal Government's
Record Contrasted With
That of Conservatives,
HARD FACTS DRIVEN HOME
Startling Figures Presented to
Give Idea of What Really
Has Been Done.
The address of Hon. W. S. Fielding
at Massey Hail, M :Toronto, was one of
the most convincing' campaign utter-
ances that have been heard._ in Toronto
in many a Hay. He began by dispers-
ing the Opposition illusion that .the
Conservatives would gala a vlotoxy.
"I can't imagine," he wild, "when I
recall the splendid spirit which I have
o the Li Ontario,
f
Liberals o
Lound among
what M. the
Imagine, no I saY, I
can't m a-1
world has got Into
the heads of our
Tory Niende when they say that they
are going to sweep the country."
He declared that "twelve Yearn of the
best government that Canada has ever
enjoyed" should be a sufficient answer
to Conservative ambitions,
Ma. Fielding did not waste much time
on the scandal -mongering campaign of
his opponents, for one reason, as he
explained, that those opponents appar-
ame
"In a
d him to do so. g
'she
ant• w
y
of polities," he said, "a noble game, so
long as it to honorably piaYed, there 15
a rule well laid down for one's guld-
.ance: 'Find out what your opponents
want you to do—and don't do !t.' They
want us to ocouey our time with the
potty discussions which take their own
attention. They do not wish us to draw
the attention of the public to our
Splendid moor'.'
Conservatives Lute No (barge.
Mt. Fielding was far from saying
that a charge of graft was necessarily
eirernlnell
ex-
penditure. of one htdmd millonndo-
ltirs, it was necessary to employ an
army of people, differing, of course, In
capability, zeal, and honesty. Ito would
not say, therefore, that there might
not bo room for crltlolsm of details,
but," he continued, whenever you
hear the song that Ministers at Ottawa
„ are corrupt, remember this vitally lm-
norcllaegfoco,f tcorruptiont to
beennlaid
against any member of the Laurier Ad-
ministration."
No man In the Opposition ranks had
had the courage to brake charges on
Inc floor of the Nouse, and demand an
investigation: They had cast suspicion
on a number of officials. most•y Tory
\ appointees. If thorn had been merely
• y. mistakes, there would be leniency
shown; lP wilful eorruptlen, the riffl-
clale would go.
Total. Per year,
1.&75-1896 .. $80,500,000 $3,600,000
1800-1005 .. ,. 411,000,000 84,008,000
These were the startling figures pre-
sented by Mo. Fielding when his dis-
cussion turned upon the commercial
progress of the Dominion, The Con-
servatives used to boast, he pointed out,
that In eighteen years of administra-
tion they lied increased the trade of
Canada by sixty-six and oneaha1f mil-
lion dollars. Perhaps, after all, the
achievement was a creditable ono. If
the Liberals had proceeded at the same
rate they would have to ehOw to -day
that they had increased the wealth of
Canada by 545,000,000 since taking oftice
twelve years ago. IC they did this the
Conservativea would have to say, "well,
you are allright; you have done as well
as we did." What Was the fact? "The
Increase In trade has been not Softy -
five but four hundred and eleven mil-
lions." (Prolonged cheers.)
.Adealiatc Protection"
The leader of the OPpositton had
asked Por adequate protection Mr.
Fielding did not know what that
meant he did not think his audience
did; he was sure 14Ir. Borden didn't,
Ile mete tempted however, to quote
the retort of the Eon. Mr, Po.tersen to
a man Who had contended that It .was
still' the N.P. which is making Cana-
dians rloh. Then," said Mr. Paterson,
'the Liberal' Government apparently
understands it better and turns Itt0
better account." (Laughter)
The Con-
servatives may have invented the ma-
chine, but they were never able to
make it go (Prolonged cheers.)
Sir Wilfrid La,urler's work es the
great unifier, the bringer of • poaeo
among different factions and creeds,
was tcuoh,ed on also by Mr. Flelding,
Pride of our ogreat lhe eadder,"the said, "ts no
r
nobler task could be undertaken by a
public man and notask could be mere
nobly carried out," (Cheers.)
'And I, too, have a desire to be a.
conotllator in another field, a more
Lowly field, perhaps, in that of tariff
management. •I have hoped by 1t to.
bring together different Interests, to
hEmotional
ltsfen
the atm ofthe Liberal tariff, d to
that
leader hasodev tedtihIS e to the
nobler work ofconciliating natioese-
1tles and eroeds,
Canada 1s to -day, andwill remain
for many years, an lugriaultural coun-
try. In timsneat manufactures mai
arise In the Wost.ro da it. is grove -
leg rapidly,
distant, when 1110 men west of the
great lakes will Control the* dead:lies
of Canada, 1s It wise to embroil the
Best and the Weet, to antawel:it) the
farmer of the ',vest e.gainet the manus
lecturer of the Beat? That is poesiblee-
yes, it is probable, unless caution be
observed,' y ..
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POINTS PROM MR, FIELDING'S SPEECH,
"Plomember tills Vitally import-
ant fact, that down to this mo-
ment no charge of Corruption has
been laid against any member of
the Laurier Administration."
"There may bo a oes'taen amount
of patronage, brut I do not sub-
scribe to the doctrine that 'to the
vietOrs belong the spoils,' The
pttbilo service of this country is
not a part of the spoils given over
Iron) One party to the other. So
long as a man is fait cul, I do not
mean polltically faithful, but so
long as he is loyal to 111s duty and
does it faithfully, he Is a free man
under the Liberal Government"
"The miser Is not an economist,
IOoonomy means tho application Of
motley to some good purpose for
the development of this great
cauntl y."
If we have given you a 0100,-
000,000 budget, we halve given yeti
e, $100,000,000 oountrY."
"Mr. 8'odtor to trying to per -
Maude you to return to the condi-
leans oe 1800, when you did not
pay so much into the treasury be-
cause you did not have so much to
pay it with."
The time is Doming when the
men west of the Great Lakes will
control the destinies of Canada." '
"The best kind of trade Is that
In 10111eh both parties get a aquaru
deal,"
slaughter prices, were also given warm
applause,
C1i,nnele,
Ono greet nation of theearth mauls
4ltllk.e of, thinking thee aim man
rite rn t
snub Call(01 but �tv11mn the Gorman
surtax sats lmposod, Gorman! found
that C0onada Was b000ming a inatl0)5,
01111 could `talto bare of 11410010, (3?roe
a,pvine:ie.)
:P1etcdindg's remarlC8 in the Anti.
Dumping 'regulations of the 9oVorn-
'Mont, Mined at 1110 proteetiett 02. Can-
e:dlnn Incluetrlerl against Bolted piston thdrein, temoti1,
Tariff When. the tariff was revised two
Yeere ago men from •all over Canada,
in every :000i:with-el were consulted on
tariff improver -tient The result had
been a uzifying proeess, P. better un-
derstanding among the different class-
; es. Be bed been inelinea to take the
opposite view -point to every delega-
Lion that he met, for the purpoee of
arguinent. He had seed to the fernier:
"you mutat eonsider the rights of the
need,' and to the manufanturcr, "eott
muet et:balder the interests et the
Western farmer, who thinee that thetie
taxes are pressieg upon elm,' So In
such week as that much good would
remelt to both aides, ena else te tee
seivee had received benefit from he
Cue:light, for when out. tariff scheme
was brOught down It 'was anemia with.
eta iliVision.
Speaking et the ;British preference,
Mr, Fielding said that the Ceeeerve.-
tives heel been talking itheet It for
years, bat had clone !lathing,
"They Were in favor ot mutual pre-
ference, but in thet We eould deal
with only ono tilde of It, _Otte Aldo. The
other end ratite with the meteor Coun-
try. The Lextrler C4evertinient had
taken the step that resulted itt the
establiehreeht de the menial protere
shoe, 30 far as it could bo done bg
Surplus and Deficits.
Average yearly Conservative deficit,
5416,000,
Average yearly Liberal
surplus,itis,
$9,-
501W/0. 60000.
"Astrong, wholesome,
sound
com-
mercial -
marclal pcite , said Mr,Fielding, "was
a000mPanled bye sounPolley of fin-
ance," He proceeded to prove it.
Mr. Foster had cried out In 1898 that
the country would go to the demni-
tion bow -wows." Never a year that
hostel• was in Parliament, and when he
was out of it there was usually some-
one else to take up the ory, that he did
not yell 'Wolf, waif!' In connection
with the Liberal flnanoes, Then,as the
end of the year, the Liberals would
show a surplus. The Conservative de-
ficit had averaged $411,000 per year in
the twelve years preceding 1896. Since
titan 1 g
averaged, d
the Liberals had ve e .
nota
deficit, but, a surplus. of 54,500,000 Per
year. of course, 1f this surplus was
the result of increased taxation 11 had
no right to exist. But taxation had
been lowered. The Government fixed
the rate, not the amount, the latter
depending on consumption. As a mat-
ter of foot, the Customs taxation per
5100 worth of goods imported In 1845
compared as follows with the same
taxation now:
1898 ... ... . .
... ... ..518.28
1903 ... ... ... ... • 16.66
Decrease..... .. .. ' 82.62
2P the Conservative ' rate of taxation
had been continued, the people of Can-
ada would have paid 564,000,000 more
than they did pay.
1879-1408, per year.....
15116-1008, per year.. ... .... 1,500,000
With these figures the Zion. Mr.
Fielding disposed of the public debt
charges. A young country like Can-
ada• he contended, must be expected to
add to Its public debt, and with the
wonderful progress made, it would not
havebeena matter for wonder if the
old rate of Increase had been kept up.
The dlsplartty between Liberal and
Conservative records in this regard,
however, had been even greater than
fan of f for
h e
f wouldseem on the r,
t
do debt is a burden only in propor-
tion to the number of ere which
have to bear the burden.n. For eighteen
-migrants atnthe rate sofr 60 00000t people
per year; for twelve years the Liberals
had brought them In at the rate of
150,000 per year. As a result the debt
in 1890 of a little over 550 per head
TrARGEA CANADA. SUPPLEWil r.G
had been redueefeto 100 and a fraction
per head to -day,
Misers 'Versus ,Economists.
"They say we spend more 000001.
They spent money when they didn't
spend; w e spent .mono
have it to e w Y
P P
have St to send. The
when we d48 lav p
miser is not an economist. Lltconomy
means the -.application of money to
some good purpose for the develop-
ment of this groat country,"
In twelve years preceding- 1896 the
Conservatives spent on capital account
594,000,000, but they added 576,000,000 to
the debt, "and there It is, and you'll
pay Interest on It forever."
In twelve years the Liberals spent a
greater sum on capital account, no leas
than 5108,000,000, but they added. only
519,000,000 to the debt. That was the
difference.
In 1898 there were 10,000 immigrants;
In 1975 D00—two Provinces
of Prince260'the sire
Edward Island every year.
Some undesirables came. It was in-
evitable. But the great progress of the
last few years rested, in great measure,
on the tremendous influx to the West.
The Crow's Nest Pass.
"I shall venture to say a few words
about the Crow's Nest Pass Ra11Way,,
said 'Mr. Fielding, amidst same. amuse-
ment, I am net concerned in the at-
tack on the Toronto Globe; it has
shown that it can take care of itself.
But I am concerned if two millions of
dollars were taken unjustifiably. I am
concerned If certain men, friends of
the Liberal panty, got possession of
coal lands and made themselves mil-
lionaires.. I awn a•so concerned with the
position of the Opposition on this ques-
tion. They talk of the chloroforming
of the public. Who ohlorofo•rmod Sir
Charles Tupper? Who chloroformed
Mr. Foster? Who chloroformed Mr.
Borden? He was 1n the House at the
time of the so-called deal,' and never
opened his mouth till twelve years
after It was a'.1 over. He says that
the facts Were all known. If he knew
them and was silent, Is he the kind of
man you want to make Premier of this
country? (Cheers and laughter.)
"It took two sides to make a deal.
If twomillions were stolen, who got
the swag? It was to the C. P. R. that
the money was paid. Now, the C,P,R,
was a large body of people scattered
all over Canada, but particularly a
small group of men in Toronto and
Montreal. And one of the nearest and
perhaps dearest to vthe audience was
HON. W. S. FIELDING,•
Canada's Minister of Finance.
Mr. B. B, Osler. He did not want to
say that. Mr. Osler was a boodler or a
thief, but Mr. Borden said that this,
that he called a corrupt transaction,
was between Mr. Oster and his col-
leagues and the Government.
"What a magnificent opportunity for
my frlend, Mr. Alves, and his peep
show," said Mr. Fielding. "Ladles and
gentlemen, we have here, eecured at
enormous expense, the greatest picture
in the world. which I will now show to
you. Click) Behold the original checks
signed by the Roman hand -writing of
the Finance) Minister. Click! Here be-
hold the smiling features of Mr. Osler,
Here's the man who carried . off the
U ap-
plause.) laughter and a
etvagl"" C P g A
plause.)
Mr. Fielding's speech, one of the
greatest political speeches over heard
in Toronto, was greeted with a perfect
shower of applause when the•Finance
Minister resumed his seat, and for
several minutes the cheering went on
uninterrupted.
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THE CONQUERING OF WESTERN CANADA.—PTO. 7.—THE ATTACK.
A series of eight cartoons drawn by0lr, C. W. Tefferys . representing' the aonquest of Canada. for oivillza.tlon and
the men who ere engaged in it. • .
What. the Fielding Tariff Has
Done for Toronto
Figures Showing What the Actual Growth Has Seen in Indubtry and
Population—A Few Soars Under a 13112111822 Adlninis-
tration HAS Borne I'Ile Rich Fruit,
The oily 05 Toronto furnishes a
capital lllustoatlen of the development
that has been going on during the past
twelve years, A great railway centro, a
distrtbl ting• point, a manufacturing
City, Toronto feels quickly, and
preen.ptly responds to, Daly Sollaral na-
tional-proopel'!ty or depression.. The
city had a phenomenal' though not
wholiy substantial development, rea011-
ing a climax about fifteen Years age,
There came a reaction, beginlning In
tlio early nineties, and there was* a
heavy ehrinkage 10 values,
until aUon
1808-9. 'Then anothee change ueme, un-
der the condltiOns 00 preeperitY which
began to proved shortly atter the ad-
vent to power '010 the Liberal party,
and .ever since the growth has been
remnarkabie for Its rapidity and its
substantial character,
Some of the results attained are very
hnstruetive, as Sor example the in-
crease) of 11oc11111t1001, which, according
to the records of, the Assessment o,s-
pertment. teen iroln 100,042 In 18110 to
272,600 for 1007. ?lore is a tnblo Dhow -
Ing the ns0erennei1k on, which tho city'e.
bait tato Tate been.etreck for the ,ye000
1000 ...r to • n 5124,052,069
1002••••,'.. . . . 14,6,144,566
1904..... 6, ..... .,. ,.. 142,025,897
1906 ...... .. ... .. .. 107,411,078
1008 •• 200,088,990
Another evidence of accelerating
progress is to be found in the record
of ,buildingpermits issued, The [01 -
lowing statement gives the value of
the now struolures and the improve-
ments which these permits auuwr,a0
for different yea4'0 of the saano period:
1900 .,.. .. nen $ 1,888,066
11608 ... .. , • 9,864,988
1004.. ..,, 5,806,120
1806: .... .... ..,, 19,1601898
1207 • 14,226,800
The growth of street Hallway traffic,
which Is a r•o0cl iit1090 to buslnees ac-
tivity and general prosperity, Is shown'
In the Sollowing table giving the reer-
e0tle deriver, by the city from its alien
of tho Toronto Railway Company's re-
ceipts;
1000 ... $191,129,10
1002 ...... ... ... 236.447,21
1004 . 928,886.02
1006 . ....• ....,e ,..... 427,408.50
e,
1907 ... ., ..... 000,001.24
A very interesting item of inform/1:e
tion la contained in It bulletin Matted
last year by the Census and'Stnt18t1'cs
Office at Ottawa, giving information
conCerning manufacturing' industries,
and which shows that In the interval.
between the smart) 1000 and 1006 the
progress of these 'industries In Toronto
Showed tho following results:
1900. 1905.
No, of establish
Nom,
... , .•
847 988
Enipl0yes ..97,0 59 44,941
Capital invested $52,114,042 566,520,098
Salaries and
wages ... . 16,505,466 21,660,759
Value of pro-
ducts 58,415,498 86,714,278
Out oP the many other dtasses of in-
teresting statistical information that
might be presented, Iltustro.ting the
ammo cheering progress, only one other
table wilt now be submitted. It gives
the value of rho imports entered at
the port of Toronto and the amount of
clearings reported by the Beek Clear-
ing House Association. They aro as
follows;
Imports, C1oarings.
1001 .. 538,808,019 5625,228,800
1408 . ., + 42071,437 808,748,280
1906 ,: .. ,. 88,104,085 1,047,490,701
1007 .. ., 07,405,445 1,2213,506,017
13a.re figures, however, convey little
Innformatloe concerning the marvelous
improvement which this city has nlado.
The prosperity thoy hndien,to 1s the
f011ildatiOn on which has been ereote 1
c
o, great structure of metropolitan ilio,
eppartenity, and soolal alt' 0dueat10ua1
advantage, There are over two Mtn,
tired citur0hee, the Provincial
terslty with associated colleges that
have acquired a continental fame, prl-
mmry and secondary :Wheels of high
character and splendid records oe stele
cess. Hospitals and other charitable
institutions nee on a commensurate
settle, Gardens, pants, theaters, arid
the city's fax named Exhibition pro-
vide ample entertnillmelit, Art and
literature rlourlall, anti geltoratly
speaking, few fifties of equal 'tnp,g111-
tudo ltnve such a high average of earn -
fort, and so lithe of contrasting pov-
erty, Our oltbtiena have reason to be
both proud and grateful in view of
the superior advantages they o1,joy.
What the
It
411,
'� �le ofLa.rier -,II,r
Material Progress, Canadia Unity, and
Sane Imperialism
y{i
What the name of Laurier stands for is clearly and briefly stated
in the following extracts from speeches delivered by the Premier during
the present campaign :
UNITY OF LOCAL AND IM- WHAT THE PREFERENCE
PERIAL PATRIOTISM. HAS ACCOMPLISHED.
• Our polley is Imperial unity
based on local autonomy. .As
part of that policy we have re-
lieved the motherland of the ne-
cessity of eXpenditure for the
i) maintenance of garrisons at Bali -
fee and Il squimalt, As another
!)
part eve have established the
British preference, While we are
Oanadlano first, last, and all the
•r time, we are part and parcel of
the British Empire, The su-
preme o t !r is toave
m ns niton h a.
P
nd o uniona the o-
�� Tpio f between m
•therland and the daughter na-
tion, This is the policy which I
commend to you. my fellow -
countrymen.
'44,
THE PROPER TEST OF
Yl� ECONOMY.
What Is, atter all, the criterion
by winch to ascertain whether,
in private or in public life, there
had been extravagant ant
n ra a expendi-
ture?
g.
TR
ere is one easy cri-
terion, If a man has a certain
inoome and
spends Within
that income he
cannot be called
extravagant, But
if a man spends
beyond his In-
come, then he
becomes extrav-
agate
1 think I may
give a lesson In
finance to Mr.
Foster tram
Charles 110Ckens,
from the char-
acter oe lleloaw-
bar. Like Mr.
srs Foster, Mlcawber
was always In
kci difficulties, and
always waiting
for something to
,.„ turn up, and also
he was fond of
giving good ad-
vice. 'The advice
he gave to David
i Copperfleld was
to keep his ex-
penses within his
income, In these
words; Annual
income, 0020;
expenditure, 10.19
6s; result, happh
nave; income,
•220; expend!-
ture, 220 6s; re-
sult, misery: The
blossom is blight-
ed, the leaf Is
withered, the god
of daY goes down
upon the dreary
sea, and, In short,
you are forever
floored, as I am."
What has been
the record of the
Liberal Govern-
ment, which has
been accused by
Mr. Foster of ex-
travagance? That
record Is that for
for the last
twel
v
e-
y ex-
cept one we have
had surpluses,
We had not a
surplus In the
the
first
yoea
of our mdmiristra-
tfoa, When we followed Mr. Fos-
ter. We had a deficit of 5500,000
in that year. But the year after
that, in 1897, we had a surplus
of
$1,000then of ,then000,
f 58,000 000, then4'of0'58,-
000,000, then Of $7,000,000, then
of
14
,460 poo
$ than
of515,000,-
0
00, thou' at $7,000,000 gai,
then of $12,000,000, then of $16,-
000,000, and at last 519,000,000.
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The British preference has
done three things: First of all
It has given, especially to the
farmers, a substantia' measure
of relief from taxation. Next it
has opened the British markets
to our produetions, You w111
say the British market was open
to us before, and it is true; but
there is such a thing as sent!-
motet oven in
trade and
nd who
n
the British public saw the atti-
tude of the Canadian people they
opened the door wider. There
was another thing. It is an In-
spiration, an example for the
whole British world. It has be-
come part and parcel of the Brtt-
lsh Empire of which we area
part. 1t has been accepted in Now
Zeeland, by Australia, and even
by South Africa. It has been ac-
cepted by the Transvaal, which
Only seven years ago was at
war with the British army.
To
-
daY the Conservative partydarn
net give us battle upon this
point, for the preference has gone
around the world with the Brit-
ish flag
NOT AFRAID To FACE DIE.
FICULTIES.
The Liberals are not afraid
to meet difficulties and to solve
them whenever they occur. en
the last twelve !oars eve have
had diffieulttos more than once
to solve, and we have solved
them to the satisfaction of every
one. I do net pretend that I awn
infallible.
Par grem
It;
bt
it
there i5 one thing which mY oP-
Porients Cannot take away from
me. I have never lacked the
courage to face a difficulty
when a difficulty was Owed be-
fore m0.
'$I®
THE TARIFF HAS BEEN RE•
FORMED.
Our policy was a tariff based
upon revenue, and when we
put
trees
we
office
Came into
principles Into effect, It was
tat wfind a measure of legie
ould give substantial re-
trenobment 'end
not hurt the
manut a Cturera.
because, ueetiaii
in Chis
th0 are undall
q Wet,
loop
ria0se&
kneW that there
were industries
in the count
that have peyen
Outht On a
high tarupiff, and
it was difficult
to bring down a
reform without
doing injury to
the induetrtes
which had been
carried on under
the old system,
but I think we
can claim that
we Sound a
me of giving
the retie! the
- CGu0anntry de'tnatid-
0(L
,.t 1a true we
din .1201 visa). 01110
1.11.510111 0'01010X10.
We are reform-
ers, not 0870alu-
00100r0. .w e
9000 00 the pu0-
p111 oS t mnada
a considerable
measure of re-
lief when we
adopted the new
and unexpected
measure of the
Bsh prefer-
0t10eriti, rlhere was
Siret a reduotfou
on go
a0 12}1 perods 0pro4531[•
-
duced in Ping -
land and coming
from the old
lead. Then it
was made 26 per
cent., and, last-
ly, 88 per cent.
It was a largo
measure of re-
lief, because if
an article is
charged 20 per
cent„ a reduc-
tion S one -
Y,
THE MAN
AND HIS WORK
"If my eyes close upon a Canada more united than 1 found it,
1 shall die in peace."—Sir Wilfrid Laurier at Strathroy.
3
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vii
ONE PERIOD CLOSED FOR-
EVER.
leer a great many years, we
could not keep our own popula-
tion, and our young men went
by the hundreds, by the thous-
ands, by the million even, to the
'United States, to favor with their
labor anted their brains a land
010 more favored by nature than
their own, But, thank heaven,
those days have passed away,
That era has been closed, and
closed by whom? . Closed by the
Liberal Government,
VICTORY ASSURED.
Unless'' I am greatly mistaken
--41110 I am not mistaken—the
verdict pronOunoed by the Cana-
dian people on Oct. 26th will be
the same as It wow four years
ago, eight years ago, and twelve
years' ago. Why 511011111 1t be
otherwise? 'Why, should the
people of Canada have Lost the
OOh018 epee they plated, In us Itt
1808, In 1040, and in 1904?
V& I
HAS PUT LABOR ON A NEW
PLANE.
Vire have done for later whet
has never . been done by any
other government In the world.
The laboring . is no
> 1 g m n a to -day
longer the. septi -slave 11e was
termarly, Ile in s, fallow-citisan
11000 Irl e0ety pertlaul'nr, Ile has
4091110 Which treat be protedted,
a1111 Willolt are protected by the
present Government, There are
tic mere sweeting strops in Cate
Ada where a titan has to wait
eixteolt h0ure a day fol' a. thank-
less ;nester, and we have brought
in the late 'et OGnce11at1oe by
wlk1511 tligpu,tos between employ"
01• anti 010151oyed can be deter+
mimed without r0110ur50 to the
601111107100' and dies remedy of it
atrilte.
HIS GREATEST WORK.
It is now twenty years since
I assumed the leadership of the
Liberal party, or, to put it more
exactly, it is now twenty years
slime the too great partiality of
my friends in the House of Com-
mons put upon my shoulders the
responsibility of leading the Lib-
eral party. When my friends
ohose mo to be their standard-
bearer I swore to myself that
I would give to the task .the
whole of my life, my soul, and
my body, and that 1 have done.
My days cannot be very long
now. But whether they are long
or short, I shall ever treasure es
the most holy thine in my life
the confidence which has been
placed in me by men who were
not of my own kith and kin. I
41ays ertdcovored to maintain the
principle that the Liberal party
is breed enough, that Liberal
principles are large enough, to
give an equal sherd of justiee
and liberality to all mon, no mat-
ter what may los their rano or
religion. This is the feeling
that has animated mo, and this
is the feeling which shall ani-
mate n1e to the end, If I am to
be remembered after I have gene
to my grave, I would rather it
should be because my name has
hoen attached to the great work
of advancing ti,c, unification of
the rapes forming the Canadian
nation. When my life comes to
the end, If my eyes close upon
a Canticle more united than 1
round it twenty years ago, when
1 sastlmed the leadership of the
Liberal party, I shall not have
lived in vain, and 1 shall die fn
peace,
WHERE ARE THE CHARGES?
We arc charged with 010v11g
been corrupt. 'tt*,tat are the
ch
al sea?Winch hen i
to t
made? they
'ben
4
In the
session in
Ee
months' duration whichwan ao
drawn to a close a few weeks
ks ago
Was there any 011arge made
hr as made a ainstn the Der:tserve
tive Government in tate days of
the Pacific scandal, or In the
days of the 1000seevy scandal, or
in the days of the steel ra11$ scan-
dal, when the Government were
directly talion to task for acts of
corruption for which chapter rind
boolt were elven? No, air, No
elt0rge of that hind Wait made
8gehtst the present Adnilnletrer
peen,
1
41a/•
�1It•
7a�C
9S�
d
r.+
third makes the
measure of tax-
ation 20 per
cent
STAGNATION THEN; PRO..
GRESS NOW.
What was the condition of
getnada when the present Gem-
arm/lent
ov-
m
ernent assumed
office? 'Trade
.was stagnant, nutnufactnring es-
pecially was stagnant; something
had to be done, and we undertook
to do le Wo thought that the
polio! of policies which would be
essential to the progress of the,
Canadian people was the policy
of transportation. We bunt the
Crow's Nest Pass Railway, which
brought all the Wealth of miner-
als, especially in coal, in south-
ern British Columbia, to the
deore of the people of the 'west-
ern Pi'ovine05, and we have
brought the Intereolonlal 11a11 -
[1'1w to Montreal. By building
the Grand Trunk Parifte Ivo aro
rolling the map 05 Canada over
one. hundred miles to the north-
ward, We have deepened canals.
We have improved har1ors. We
,have lighted the St. Lawrence,
and the result, of It has been that
to -day t4'0 have not only cheap-
ened the rest of transportation to
the people of Canada, but tvo
have so cheapened it that we aro
getting the, carrying of .Amerlcae
goods. We have made Canada
the third eonnnor0tal itatiott. In
the world. I t1111115 10041 claim
that when the pages aY 11181011
are unfolded to the eyes of future
goileratlons it will be regarded
that, though the generations
which have peasetl ta'i'l the faun-
dations, the sepreme honer 00
crowning the 0difiee Wen reeerv-
0d to the Adinititstr0,tiom Which
you placed in pewee in 1898, the
t renewed.
w vitt tna
felt
nctete of h y
in
and in 1904,
aril which
mandato, I believe, you again
in
544c
sse<r
Tat
9
A
9'a
renew.
19',10
THE LAND Fort ?Ha int
SETTLER. TIS
There has 210t tteen swim tally
by thtt 0.dboral Government elle
single acre of iaitd wh15h v:ait 101t
for oettiemolll, brit In the 0011ree
of a few yeses w0 lime boort 110)140
to plant in the throe North -Wears
ern Provinces ono m1llioth rteep10.
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